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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 2000
Page
11
In Irving an AP report says firefighters rappelled from a 12 story Waterway Tower to reach two window workers stranded about 100 feet below the roof after the suspended scaffold buckled near the 11th floor. The men had worked on the building’s windows for about three months before being lowered safely to the ground.
Cash America International will repair its 9 story Fort Worth office tower over the Trinity River after a March tornado. An engineering study found the structure sound though costs and timetable are not yet set. The firm had moved headquarters to two towers nearby and will restore its former namesake building.
Death notices from Texas towns report the June 2000 passing of Gertrude Coats of Denver City and Ruby Lee Davis of McKinney, along with Ruth Dowdy of League City, Dorthea Hollingworth of Odessa, Clyde Perry of Imperial, Bessie Rider of Andrews, and M. A. Sims of Fritch. Each entry lists service details, burial sites, and survivors including children, siblings, and grandchildren.
A 31 year old woman at The Methodist Hospital Houston underwent a three hour operation to replace the MicroMed DeBakey Ventricular Assist Device with a donor heart and remains in satisfactory condition in intensive care. The device had aided her heart since June 7 and is smaller than older pumps improving blood flow. Dr. George Noon, who helped DeBakey and NASA develop the device, removed it before the transplant. The pump has been used in 32 European patients since 1998 and FDA trials were approved recently.
Southwest Airlines flight 1591 from Columbus to Las Vegas diverted to Kansas City to arrest an unruly male passenger who was not violent but did not follow crew directives. He was arrested for disturbing the peace and hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation. charges unclear and federal interference with flight crew is a crime.
Premier Cruise Lines will restart seven day Mexico voyages from Houston on Big Red Boat III after two weeks of repairs. A crew member stabbed another aboard the 760 foot liner about 70 miles offshore. the assailant, a Jamaican citizen, was turned over to Mobile authorities as repairs continued.
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