Huntsman screenings in Odessa reveal cancer rates
In Odessa screenings 2625 women aged over 35 and 962 men over 40 were tested for breast and prostate cancer. Among 170 women and 50 men who tested positive, lung, prostate and breast cancers were the hospital’s top treatments. Prostate and breast cancer formed 8.3 and 12.2 percent of 1998 cases, with tests funded by Huntsman and conducted by MCH Odessa Regional Hospital West Texas Cancer Center and TTU Mobile Mammography Unit.
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Andrea Wade
Medical Center Hospital
MCH
Odessa_ Regional Hospital
West Texas Cancer Center
Texas Tech Mobile Mammography Unit
Huntsman
REAP consolidates officers to oversee sex offenders
The REAP program formed a 42 member team on April 11 to coordinate agencies tracking sex offenders in Ector County. OPD Chief James Jenkins said the effort improves cross agency monitoring and moves from reactive to proactive enforcement. During Operation Harvest, 111 offenders were watched. 104 adults and seven juveniles were compliant, two adults violated rules, and four files remained undetermined.
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REAP
OPD
James Jenkins
Ector County
Pippins
Midland Woman Dies In I-20 Crash Near Stanton
A 26 year old Midland woman Jeannie Michelle Crews died when her van overturned after a semi overcorrected and crossed all lanes on I-20 one mile west of Stanton. The Houston driver Sammie Lee Drain had no injuries. Authorities continue investigating the cause.
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Midland
Stanton
Midland Department of Public Safety
Jeannie Michelle Crews
Midland Dps
Jackie Taylor
Sammie Lee Drain
Houston
Kenworth
State Department Phones Knocked Out Late Evening
All State Department phones failed Thursday night cutting lines to key offices including the 24 hour operations center. The outage began around 8 40 p m EDT and lasted nearly three hours.
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Washington
State Department
Matthew Perry asks Emmy withdrawal after misfiled lead nod
Perry requested removal from the best actor category after being entered by mistake for Friends. Publicist Lisa Kasteler said the error kept him from pursuing supporting roles alongside co stars. With his withdrawal only Schwimmer and Kudrow remain nominated from the cast. Kudrow has two nods and a 1998 win.
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Los Angeles
Matthew Perry
NBC
United Front
Perry
Lisa Kasteler
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Bergen says engaged but unsure about formalizing
Actress Candice Bergen, 54, said she feels too old to be engaged to New York businessman Marshall Rose yet hinted at a possible wedding. She spoke after a lecture at the Atlanta Civic Center and noted no date. Her ex-husband Louis Malle died in 1995. Bergen remains tied to Murphy Brown while planning TV work on Oxygen.
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Candice Bergen
New York
Marshall Rose
Bergen
Atlanta Civic Center
Louis Malle
CBS
Murphy Brown
Oxygen
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Congress mulls lifting ban on CAFE studies amid fuel worries
Sens. Gorton and Feinstein seek a compromise to allow studies on fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks while delaying new standards. The House has kept a ban in the transportation bill since 1995, despite rising gas prices and the SUV trend. The 1975 CAFE rule set 27.5 mpg for cars and 20.7 mpg for light trucks, with debates over technology and consumer pressure intensifying.
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Slade Gorton
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Dianne Feinstein
D-Calif
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Gorton
Congress
Moving targets in 0.08 BAC debate and trucking rules
The AP reports on 0.08 BAC definitions by MADD and opponents, Senate attempts to attach the standard to a highway bill, and industry views. It also covers proposed trucking hours rules, industry reactions, fatigue concerns, and a Senate voting quirk with Sen. Rockefeller absent.
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Frank Lautenberg
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American Trucking Associations
Jim Whittinghill
Stuart Mackintosh
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Highway and Auto Safety
Arge
National Academy of Sciences
Jay Rockefeller
D-W. Va
Ventura to Appear on The Young and the Restless as Himself
Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura made a soap appearance on CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless playing himself. He said butterflies bothered him before filming, but cast and crew noted his calm presence. The episode airs July 10 and Ventura hinted at possible further soap roles.
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Los Angeles
Minnesota
Jesse Ventura
Ventura
The
Young and the Restless
Eric Braeden
Melody Thomas
Scott
Braeden
Baldwin avoids costly setback in legal fight with photographer
California Supreme Court declines to review ruling that Alec Baldwin may not recover 18000 dollars in legal costs from a 1995 incident with photographer Alan Zanger who filmed Baldwin and Kim Basinger and their child Ireland. The case followed a 1996 acquittal for misdemeanor battery.
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San Francisco
Alec Baldwin
California Supreme Court
Alan Zanger
Baldwin
Kim Basinger
Ireland
Zanger
Colorado fire urges evacuations as flames inch closer
Fire trucks aided evacuations as residents hose down grass and load belongings into two cars. JoAnne Grace described the blaze about a mile from her home, its smoke visible over the ridge and threatening scattered houses across a dozen small communities.
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JoAnne Grace
Grace
Firefighters retreat as winds push flames toward sawmill site
Fire crews pulled back to open meadows for safety as roaring wind driven flames neared a 1930 sawmill. Jim Krugman warned winds are the main hazard though cooler, more humid weather is forecast to ease conditions. The northern blaze hit ranching communities with small homes, while the southwestern fire endangered about a dozen subdivisions popular with retirees. The fire carved a 3 to 4 mile scar with charred trees and scorched earth. Barbara Dokter, evacuated from Bailey area, was allowed back to gather belongings after her new home, finished three weeks earlier, survived. She said the fire started five miles away and described melted aluminum and glass as the inferno struck.
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Jim Krugman
Rimarily
Ming
Barbara Dokter
Bailey
Texas Lottery Winning Numbers Cash S
The Texas Lottery announces the winning numbers for Cash S. Draw results show numbers 2 1 3 8 39 with no additional prize details provided.
Frail meanings in slang and early hospital roots
In this brisk Q and A style piece a musician slang sense of frail is described as a woman and a raisin basket term while other senses refer to fragile delicacy and a simple metaphor of a bird’s water stroke. The text also touches on puppy etymology the Greek temple hospitals and a legal blind standard. It closes with a quirky note on garlic in Elizabethan bouquets and contact info for L M Boyd.
Odessa American contact page and subscription details
Community newspaper Odessa American lists staff contacts and departments including editor publisher and advertising, then provides delivery and subscription rates. The page showcases home delivery pricing for daily and weekend editions, mail subscription options, and service hours for customer support.
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Imo
Mail
Odessa American
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