Mixed reviews as proposed budget cuts loom for city
City officials spar over a 10 percent budget cut directive for 1985 86 with Police Chief Alan Stewart warning 32 layoffs unless manpower cuts occur Firefighters and city secretary staff also face reductions while other departments insist personnel costs drive most budgets City Manager John Harrison ordered cuts in May and department heads assess savings through retirements resignations and vacancy management. overall impact remains disputed as officials reference 81 million city budget and 269 thousand city attorney salaries.
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John Harrison
Alan Stewart
Harrison
Stewart
Tena Walker
Nicky Sheets
Walker
Fiscal Services Department
Frank Muser
Muser
Joel Roberts
Roberts
Administrative Services Department
Jim Hall
Hall
Public Works
Bobby Tucker
Tucker
Tax proposal stirs oilmen in Permian Basin
Ed Thompson of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association says Reagan’s plan to end the 68 year old oil depletion deduction would hurt producers who reinvest and relied on the tax break. He notes the deduction now applies to most wells but would be limited to stripper wells under 10 barrels a day, with royalty owners excluded.
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Midland
Ed Thompson
Thompson
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Reagan
PEPA
Treasury
Donald Regan
Mary Evelyn receives earmarked funds for medical bills
Mary Evelyn Mosqueda, a ward of Ector County born with a fatal liver disease, will have $50,000 set aside for hospital costs. Jimmy Edwards, chairman of the Ector County Children's Services Board, said extra funds totaling over $100,000 appeared on a monthly bank statement from the children's services fund. Commissioners had previously refused to pay her medical bills, and officials traced the money to unspent budget funds from prior years.
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Mary Evelyn Mosqueda
Jimmy Edwards
Children Service
Edwards
Ector County Children’s Services Board
Ector County
Mary Evelyn
University of Minnesota Hospital
Merit pay plan divides Odessa teachers under 420000 funding
About 1 500 in state merit pay checks were sent to roughly 500 Ector County teachers while around 300 of 800 eligible will receive nothing, according to two Odessa educators. Ann Carrell of the Texas Classroom Teacher's Association Ector County chapter calls the method unfair and says the plan will not raise teaching quality.
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Ector County
Odessa
Ann Carrell
Texas Classroom Teacher's Association
Carrell
Crockett Junior High
Texas
H. Ross Perot
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The Truth About Being A Sportswriter In Odessa
A veteran reflection on the tough life of sportswriters and their battles with fans players and jealous rivals. The piece recalls personal clashes over coverage and a famous yarn about a writer named Ellis who faced prankish revenge from Larry Gatlin and Tris Barrs. The tale ends with a blunt shot: see the job stinks.
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Larry Gatlin
Odessa American
Ellis
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Sonny Boy
Odessa High
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OHL
Tris Barrs
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