TESCO toClean Up Oil Spill Could Involve PCBs
Texas Electric Service Company plans cleanup of an electrical equipment oil spill on the 1700 block of Crescent Drive Odessa amid tests for polychlorinated biphenyls PCBs. TDWR says spills pose no immediate threat but cleanup costs may affect rates.
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Texas Electric Service Company
Gerald Gotcher
TESCO
Odessa
Cresent Drive
Texas Department of Water Resources
TDWR
Lethal hydrogen sulfide risk highlights oil patch seminar
Odessa College hosted a safety seminar on hydrogen sulfide dangers amid oil field work. Stephen Bostick, 26, recounted exposure while servicing a blowout preventer, stressing the gas’s quick, deadly effects and the need for monitoring and protective gear.
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Stephen Bostick
Bostick
Odessa College
The man who would not be king and other notes
A humorous meditation on monarchy and politics ends with a jab at royal life. The piece nods to Prince William and Canada. It also notes Ector High School 1973 graduates planning a 10 year reunion with Vera Lockhart and Betty Vuelas as contacts. It mentions Texas laws on peeping and emergency legislature sessions.
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Prince William
Canada
Tyke
Ector High
Vera Lockhart
Betty Vuelas
Austin
Texas
Fellows
El Paso denies rumors of sale by parent company
El Paso Products Co. says reports it will be divested from its parent are unfounded. Jim Collins, a spokesman, said he spoke with an executive vice president Thursday night who confirmed there is no pending sale. The background involves Burlington Northern Inc. actions since December 1982 and control moves affecting El Paso Co.
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el Paso Products Co
Early Today Products Company
Jim Collins
el Paso Co
Burlington Northern Inc
Burlington
Correction Corrected 7-year-old boy's name in Odessa case
The 7-year-old fatally shot child was named Stoney Justin Palmer, not Ricky Palmer as previously reported. The mother, Sandra Palmer, said another son named Ricky, age 11, was at home during the incident but unharmed.
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Stoney Justin Palmer
Ricky Palmer
Odessa
Police weighing local link in Lucas killing spree
Odessa police review possible ties between missing locals and Henry Lee Lucas who claims to have killed up to 100 women. Lucas, tied to four confirmed slayings, faces a $1 million bail after a Montague court set bond as investigators pursue leads from state to state.
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Odessa
Henry Lee Lucas
Lucas
Montague
Wichita Falls
Jerry Smith
Smith
Michigan
Texas
Carl Weathers
Lubbock
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