Bell seeks record $1.7 billion rate hike statewide
Southwestern Bell asks the Public Utility Commission for a $1.7 billion statewide rate increase, the largest in Bell’s history. If approved, residential bills could triple from current averages, with Odessa and Midland areas facing higher monthly charges. Bell cites lost long distance revenue after AT&T divestiture and offset needs across regions.
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Eunice cleans up after magazine spotlight on town
In Eunice New Mexico residents rally to remove downtown eyesores after a photograph in New Mexico Magazine highlighted the dilapidated Main Street barbershop built in the late 1930s. The town divides into four cleanup sections under Mayor Ross Robinson with mixed council cooperation and some pushback from owners.
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Challenger lands at Rogers Dry Lake after global circling
Space shuttle Challenger completes its 96th orbit with a sunrise landing on Rogers Dry Lake California after diverting from a planned Florida landing. Flight 7 crew includes Sally Ride the first American woman in space and four NASA astronauts.
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Syria ousts Arafat after Damascus clash with PLO
Syria expelled Yasser Arafat and barred Abu Jihad from returning after clashes with Syrian backed dissidents. Arafat and aides said he flew to Tunis while senior PLO figures reported ambushes that killed or wounded about a dozen Fatah fighters during a convoy move from Damascus to Tripoli.
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Garcia faces charge of soliciting killer
Leonard Garcia, 38, a former Ector County constable, was charged with criminal solicitation to commit capital murder for allegedly hiring a man to kill two witnesses in the Dowd murder case. Bond set at $45,000. Garcia and his wife Andrea were convicted of the October 1982 Odessa motel Killing of Teddy Dowd. daughter-in-law Brandy Williams and widow Tommacene Dowd were named as targets.
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