Volunteers mobilize for tar ball cleanup along Texas coast
About 60 volunteers joined a beach sweep at Sea Rim State Park as Gulf Coast responders prepare for a wave of tar balls from the Mega Borg wreck. Officials forecast tar balls washing ashore along a 45 mile stretch between High Island and Sabine Pass with hundreds more volunteers expected this week. The oil slick remained seven miles offshore, moving roughly two miles daily, as a Mexican vessel continued skimming the Gulf.
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High Island
Gulf of Mexico
Sea Rim State Park
Sabine Pass
Andy Mangan
Texas
Galveston
Phoenix man held on manslaughter and gun charges with Texas extradition
Phoenix, 24, Robert Lee Graves, suspected in a Midland, Texas, killing, is jailed on a 13,700 bond for probation violation and manslaughter with a weapon. Graves faced a murder warrant from Midland Police for the June 4 death of Ocis Williams at a Madison Street residence. Police stopped him in Phoenix after an outstanding warrant surfaced. Graves may be transferred to Texas years later after serving time in Arizona.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Lee Graves
Maricopa County
Midland
Graves
Ocis
Buster’’ Williams
Texas Ave
Richard Czech
Williams
S. Madison St
Sgt. Robinson
Phoenix Police Department
Texas
Phoeix
Assault on North Dixie Boulevard Ends with Injuries
Edward Young told Odessa Police that a man was assaulted with an unknown sharp object in the 3100 block of North Dixie Boulevard Sunday night. The 21 year old was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital for head lacerations, a fractured elbow, and arm injuries. A separate burglary report notes items valued at 1550 taken from a residence on South Texas Avenue between 1
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Medical Center Hospital
Edward Young
Odessa
North Dixie Boulevard
Burglary and theft reports across city streets
Crime log notes multiple incidents. Celestino Cisneros reported air conditioning equipment valued at 2000 dollars stolen from Taylor Petroleum on Andrews Highway between 12 30 am and 3 26 am Monday. Robert Marshall reported a Ford LTD taken from East Ridge Road at 8 30 pm Sunday. Maria Garcia reported a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird stolen from East May Street between 1 and 2 pm Friday. Jessie Fuller reported a 1986 Chevrolet Nova taken from Judy Street between 2 pm June 6 and 2 pm Sunday. Robert Vasquez reported a 1050 dollar cellular phone stolen from Allen's Clean Up Shop at 6 15 pm Friday. Jackie Swindall reported a 1295 dollar boat motor stolen from West Beng on Friday and 7 am Saturday. Donald Hill Sr. reported a VCR and weapons total 4434 dollars taken from Shermark Drive between 8 am Thursday and 6 pm Friday.
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R.J. Hammerman
Celestino P. Cisneros
Taylor Petroleum
Andrews Highway
G. Haenelt
Robert Leroy Marshall
Mgt Ford Ltd
East Ridge Road
R. Phillips
Maria Sanchez Garcia
East May Street
A.C. Hughes
Jessie Fuller
Judy Street
Butler
Robert Vasquez
Allen's
Yucca St
A. Diaz
Jackie James Swindall
L. Looney
Donald C. Hill Sr
Shermark Drive
J. McKinney
Dallas Zoo Uses Heat Sensors on Red Pandas Tarzan Pasha
Dallas Zoo officials monitor Tarzan and Pasha the Red Pandas with implanted thermal sensors to track body temperature during extreme heat. Only a few zoos nationwide employ such devices to prevent heat stress in these furred mammals.
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Dallas
Dallas Zoo
Texas
Tarzan
Pasha
Mexican Wolf activists seek park home in Midland talk
A Richardson group plans a Midland meeting at the Sibley Metal Center to push reintroduction of Mexican wolves. Speaker Rick LaBelle of the Mexican Wolf Coalition of Texas will discuss recovery efforts and show footage of a wolf captured in Durango 12 years ago.
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Midland
A _ Richardson group
Big Bend National
Sibley Metal Center
E. Wadley Ave
Rick LaBelle
Big Bend
Mexicanolf Recovery
Mexican Wolf Coalition of Texas
Durango
Mexico
Texas
Ies
Go Endange
Fish and Wildlife Serve See
LoBelle
Burr Williams
Property value challenges heard in Ector County
Ector County residents challenged property values at an all day hearing by the Ector County Appraisal District. The three member board led by A G Lonnie Sims includes Jimmy Dunn and Ray Fuqua and will decide if values should be lowered.
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Ector County
Rty
Ector County Appraisal District
A.G
Lonnie’’ Sims
Jimmy Dunn
Ray Fuqua
Permian High School
Jim Goodwin
Win
State Regulation Sparks Student Teacher Exodus
Houston AP report details mass departures of student teachers from Texas universities due to a 1987 law requiring bachelor’s degrees in an academic major and limiting teacher education credits. Deans Ishler Dishner and McLevie describe losses of leadership and professionals, signaling broad program disruption ahead of the 1991 compliance deadline.
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Texas Tech
University of South Carolina
Ernest Dishner
Southwest Texas State University
Penn State University
Dishner
John McLevie
University of Houston-Clear Lake
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Bernice Ave
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Mockingbird Lane
Bon Tema
Lincoln Ave
Ariai
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Arlina Gabaidon Castor
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