TU Electric proposes new lower rates in Odessa plan
TU Electric seeks a targeted rate package aimed at retaining local firms and attracting environmentally friendly services. District Manager Ron Prince says qualifying commercial industrial and wholesale customers could receive lower rates to compete regionally and spur economic growth. The plan, backed by City Council tentative approval, requires strict qualifications and could take 35 days after final clearance.
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Odessa
TU Electric
Ron Prince
Prince
Chamber of Commerce
TV Electric
Joel Roberts
Bob Slider
Slider
Place in the sun and the stars collide in a Libra tale
A newspaper reader muses on astrology from the 1970s to the Reagan era. Libras seek fame and fortune through rising signs and a supervisor, while Geminis face caution in speech and delays, leading the narrator to skip work and ponder fate, luck, and career.
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Dixon
Libras
Mars
Taurus
Librans
Oil lawmakers press plan on marginal wells for security
U S Rep Larry Combest joined about 80 oil state lawmakers and officials in Washington to press President Clinton on oil security. Deputy Energy Secretary White said Clinton is weighing oil dependence amid a 50 percent import share and asked for a bipartisan plan including marginal well tax credits without worsening the deficit.
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U.S
Larry Combest
Midland
Clinton
Washington
Securit
Il White
Secretary of the Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
White
Energy Caucus
Mexico probes inmate kidnapping claim across border
A Mexican national inmate at Presidio County Jail alleges he was abducted by U S agents in Mexico and transported to Marfa for charges. Mexican officials call the claim delicate while U S officials deny any abduction, noting the case involves Customs and DEA jurisdiction and territorial rules.
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Presidio County
Mexico
U.S
Texas
Modesto Lujan Valles
el Paso
Marfa
Ite
Lujan
Manuel Hernandez
DEA
Hernandez
Isidro Morales Armendariz
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Alpine
U.S. Customs Service
Michael Lappe
Customs
Customs Service
Lappe
County seeks options to bring water to West Odessa
Ector County officials plan a feasibility study next year to identify a new water system for about 10 000 residents outside the Ector County Utility District. If state funding is obtained the study will map costs and methods to supply clean drinking water west of Odessa city limits amid dwindling wells and rising demand. The effort, backed by the district, faces hurdles from board chairman Woody Gregory over the pace of any solution.
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West Odessa
Ector County
Odessa
Ector County Utility District
Public Works
Don Bonifay
Bonifay
West
Jack Crider
Odessa City Limits
Crider
T. L
Woody’’ Gregory
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South Ector County
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Davidian Sentencing
Joe Turner
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Terrance Kirk
Ruth Ottman Riddle
San Antonio
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Rocket Rosen
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Kevin Whitecliff
Livingston Fagan
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