United Way names Griffin campaign manager in Odessa
Bill Griffin, manager of Texas Electric Service Company, was named the Odessa United Way 1983 84 general campaign manager after a short serenade by more than 25 children at Phyllis Wheatley Day Nursery. He announced a fundraising goal of 913000, up 107 from last year, with a six week drive starting September 13.
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Phyllis Wheatley
Bill Griffin
Odessa United Way
Griffin
Texas Electric Service Company
Odessa firm seeks permit for Class I waste storage site
An Odessa company, Sandhills Industries Inc., has applied to the Texas Department of Water Resources for a license to store solid wastes from petroleum and petrochemical industries. The five acre site, four miles southeast of the I 20 and US 385 intersection, would feature a 4000 gallon truck bay and an 8250 gallon drum storage area. The facility would serve as central collection and temporary storage but not accept polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive or explosive wastes. PCBs from West Texas must be moved to the Gulf Coast or Louisiana for storage. Dick Kirkham, Sandhills president, was not reachable for comment.
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Odessa
Sandhills Industries Inc
P.O. Box
Texas Department of Water Resources
Midland-Odessa
Jim Gooris
Monahans Draw
TDWR
West
Texas
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Gooris
El Paso Shares Hint at Possible Buyout
Collins says a required release about a company sale is unlikely. Virgil Waggoner of Houston arrived in Odessa for a series of executive meetings with no comment by noon. Reports of a sale circulated among workers, with one refinery employee noting Mobil might buy the company.
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Collins
Virgil Waggoner
Houston
Odessa
Waggoner
Mobil
El Paso's Odessa plants face closure and job cuts
Eugene Smith, a 29 year old veteran at the polyolefins plant, notes rumors of shutdowns as workload is trimmed since January. In March, the firm announced 95 layoffs after February directors ordered permanent closings of two Odessa operations. The writeoff totals 32 million reflecting plant shutdowns, with 1,200 workers still at Odessa sites. May dividends were cut 54 percent to 17 cents.
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Eugene Smith
Odessa
Sion
Fire
Bayport
Collins
Standard and Poor
el Paso Co
Lucas case raises doubt on hitchhiker killing claim
State District Judge Frank Douthitt heard Lucas while Montague County Sheriff W F Conway and lead investigator expressed skepticism. Conway said 120 calls from law officers in 17 states failed to pan out. Lucas is charged with killing a young hitchhiker near Abilene in December 1981, alleging rape before and after decapitation. the torso was found near Plainview and the skull was missing.
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Lucas
Frank Douthitt
Montague County
W.F. Conway
Weathers
Abilene
Plainview
Arizona suspect linked to multiple murders and graves
Investigators say Lucas sketched a victim’s face and is charged with eight killings including Kate Rich, 80, and Freita Loraine Powell, a 15 year old. He led authorities to two North Texas gravesites on June 16 after a June arrest for an illegal pistol. He is also tied to a 1980 hitchhiker murder in Georgetown and claims of other killings across many states. A gag order and concerns about an impartial Montague County jury followed bond setting.
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Lucas
Kate Rich
Rimggold
Montague
Freita Loraine Powell
Becky
Jacksonville
Fla
Texas
Williamson County
Jim Boutwell
Georgetown
Austin
I-35
Boutwell
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
California
Oregon
South Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Michigan
New Jersey
West Virginia
Florida
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Missouri
Douthitt
Jack McGaughey
Montague County
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Rhonda Norman
Sandhills Industries
Dick Kirkham
Montgomery Ward
el Paso
Scottsdale, Ariz
WOLFE
Il Anniversay
Janet Rove
Standard & Dwarf
Ageratum
Sprengeri
Bermuda
Wolfe's
Bradford
Wintergreen
Ector County
China
Andrews
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