One Year After Crash Foale Remembers Mir Silence
Space center Houston AP Michael Foale recalls the silent extent of Mir after the June 25 1997 collision with a cargo ship. He reflects on the haunting quietness the ship offered and the vivid memories of the crisis and the crew including Vasily Tsibliyev.
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Ander Lazutkin
Vasily Tsibliyev
Russia
Mission Control
Tsibliyev
Mir
Foale
Vasily
Johnson Space Center
NASA
Space Agency
Jim van Laak
van Laak
Man Arrested After Fight With Off-Duty Officer
Midland man Victor Marquez, 38, was charged with aggravated assault after an altercation with an off duty Midland police officer on Midkiff Road. A struggle led to arrests. a semi automatic pistol was found in the Mustang. The driver remained in Midland County Detention Center on $50,000 bond. a 37-year-old passenger faced a misdemeanor public intoxication charge.
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Midland
Midland Police Department
Jesse Ortiz
Midkiff Road
Ortiz
Victor Marquez
Marquez
Midland County Detention Center
Odessa picks Longhorn Partners Pipeline site for refinery link
Economist Ray Perryman notes consumers will save about 9 million dollars annually in gasoline costs as competition among refineries rises. Feagan predicts lower prices due to Gulf Coast refiners feeding the Permian Basin. Odessa Chamber officials cite existing pipeline infrastructure and West Texas market demand as reasons, with the terminal due to finish by December or January.
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Ray Perryman
Perryman
Perryman Group
Edwin L. Cox School of Business
Southern Methodist University
Odessa
Permian Basin
Gulf Coast
Feagan
Longhorn Partners Pipeline
Midland
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Neil McDonald
West Texas
Terminal and Co
County officials split on joining West Texas task force
The meeting discussed a June 30 deadline for a yes or no to join Gov. Bush's West Texas Narcotics Enforce ment Task Force. Officials cited unknown costs and questioned inform ation as the group debated attendance at a July 15 meeting. Commissioners voted 3-1 to table joining the task force, with Todd opposing. The article notes concern over funding and a prior task force loss, and mentions jail inmate counts and revenue from the county jail.
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Governor’s Office
Patton
Todd
Bob Bryant
Bryant
Austin
George Bush
West Texas
Cmdr
Tom Finley
DPS
Midland County
Gary Painter
Andrews
Bud Jones
Yearwood
Ector
John) Smith
Ector County
CiviGenics
Bob Prince
Prince
Court finds school district not liable in teacher sexual assault case
Frank W, 52, Lago Vista high school social studies teacher, was found naked with a 15-year-old student in 1993. The relationship lasted about six months. he was fired, stripped of his teaching certificate, and pleaded no contest to attempted sexual assault. The federal judge and the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals upheld dismissal for lack of knowledge by administrators.
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Frank W
Lago Vista
Waldrop
5Th U.S. Court of Appeals
Autopsy shows woman strangled in Big Spring garage
Barbara Irene Villegas, 27, was found dead in a garage in May. Police say the autopsy confirms strangulation by hand. Her boyfriend, Juan Ruben Gaitan, has been indicted for murder and faces up to life in prison. Villegas was reported missing May 23.
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Barbara Irene Villegas
Gaitan
BLOTTER: Violent Theft and Assault Reports
A Hobbs woman reported two unknown men forced entry in a motel room and stole 1500 dollars in jewelry as an attempted sexual assault. An Odessa woman was beaten and taken to hospital after a mugging in the 2000 block of Coahuila Street. Another Odessa woman said a known person entered her East Second Street motel room, stole her wallet, and beat her with a clothing rod. A 53-year-old Odessa man was released on an aggravated assault charge with bond set at 10000 dollars for Louis Alva Garza of 421 McKinney Avenue. A man with a knife was seen in the 400 block of McKinney Avenue around 4:20 p.m. Sunday.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Coahuila St
East Second Street
Ector County
Louis Alva Garza
McKinney Ave
McKinney Avenue
Odessa Man Reports Grand Am Stolen From Golder Avenue
An 18 year old Odessa man reported theft of his 1990 Pontiac Grand Am valued at $8,000 from the 4100 block of Golder Avenue around midnight Sunday.
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Odessa
Golder Avenue
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