Chevron restructures in Permian amid merger talks and cuts
Chevron plans to move Permian Basin management to Houston and keep a local presence with 300 Permian employees. Early retirement offers will affect 7 percent of global payroll, costing about 150 million dollars in the June quarter. A March fire at Richmond refinery and other issues will reduce second quarter earnings by about 100 million.
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Houston
Midland
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Brian Eisenbarth
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Larkspur
Kenneth Derr
Richmond
Derr
San Francisco Bay Area
Associated Press
Regional water plans merged into state policy by 2002
Regional planning groups lack statutory power to override groundwater conservation districts. Senate Bill 1911 restricted districts from taxing or regulating, prompting withdrawals by Brewster, Presidio and Reeves counties. Local control concerns linger, with options under Chapter 32 to form districts via open election and possible taxing authority. The TDA stresses agriculture input as water use declines from 13.1 to about 10 million acre-feet annually.
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J.E. “Buster” Brown
Lake Jackson
Senate
Tom Beard
Region E Water Planning District
Brewster
Presidio
Reeves
Beard
Brown
Val Beard
TNRCC
TDA
Susan Combs
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Strawberry's Wife Urges Compassion Over Suspension
Charisse Strawberry pleads for empathy for Darryl Strawberry, an outfielder facing a drug policy suspension after a Tampa arrest for cocaine and soliciting a prostitute. She notes harsher treatment for addiction and alcoholism vs illness, citing his cancer experience last fall.
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New York
Darry] Strawberry
Charisse Strawberry
The
Daily News
New York Yankee
Strawberry
Tampa
Fla
DMX Faces Disorderly Conduct Charge in Yonkers
Yonkers rapper Earl Simmons known as DMX was arraigned on disorderly conduct charges connected to a May 27 disturbance. Police say he honked loudly and blasted music, cursed, and alleged harassment during a stop. he remains free on $5,000 bail.
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N.Y
Dmx
Earl Simmons
Simmons
Teaneck
N.J
Flight attendant sues Globe over 1997 Gifford scandal
Suzen Johnson, a 48 year old flight attendant, filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Globe manipulated a 1997 Gifford affair to boost profits. She claims false imprisonment negligence and slander and says she told the paper the two never had sex, only a flirtation. Gifford is married to
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Miami
Frank Gifford
Globe
Suzen Johnson
Gifford
Johnson
The
De La Hoya Signs EMI Latin Record Deal
Los Angeles boxer Oscar De La Hoya has sealed a deal with EMI Latin Records after a bidding war. He will sing on Spanish and English language albums and has begun vocal training with Seth Riggs. The label counts Carlos Ponce Ednita Nazario Graciela Beltran and Selena among its artists.
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Oscar de la Hoya
EMI Latin Records
Variety
de la Hoya
Seth Riggs
EMI Latin
Carlos Ponce
Ednita Nazario
Graciela Beltran
Selena
Ventura memorabilia expands with video and CD release
In St Paul Minnesota a new batch of memorabilia adds a Gov Jesse Ventura election videotape and a CD of his memorable speeches to action figures T shirts mugs and bumper stickers The video and CD are sold only at Best Buy stores in Minnesota and North Dakota and will soon reach nationwide outlets.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Jesse Ventura
Best Buy
Minnesota
North Dakota
Fibreboard asbestos suit settlement upheld by appeals court
The 5th Circuit upheld a nationwide Fibreboard settlement involving Owens Corning and insurers over asbestos claims from about 186000 people. The ruling follows a 1997 Supreme Court decision shaping class action settlements, with commentary on legislative fixes and concerns about conflicts of interest among plaintiffs lawyers.
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Owens Corning
Supreme Court
Maura Abeln
David H. Souter
Coalition For Asbestos Resolution
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Conrad Mallet
Harvard Law
Laurence Tribe
Tribe
Souter
William H. Rehnquist
Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia
Anthony M. Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen G. Breyer
John Paul Stevens
Breyer
Master of disguise linked to series of U S killings
FBI Houston suspects Resendez-Ramirez, a 5 foot 7 inch Mexican native with 30 aliases, as Public Enemy No 1. He has a history of burglaries and identity fraud with multiple deportations since 1976. Authorities link him to several killings from Kentucky to Texas and Florida, including a Houston enclave burglary slaying. He faces new charges for a Gorham, Maine father and daughter homicide.
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FBI
Houston
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Resendez-Ramirez
United States
Mexico
U.S
Luisa Aquino
INS
Florida
New Mexico
Puebla
Upper Midwest
Great Lakes
Vermont
Texas Rangers
Lexington
Weimar
San Antonio
Gorham, II
Resendez Ramirez panic spreads among migrants in Illinois
In Union County and towns like Cahokia and Sparta residents report misidentifications of Hispanics as Resendez Ramirez. FBI notes hundreds of unverified sightings from Wyoming to Ohio while migrants fear harassment, and some face travel and hitchhiking difficulties as communities stay cautious.
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United States
Union County
Jim Nash
Resendez-Ramirez
West Frankfort
Cahokia
Sparta
Gorham
Alan Young
Young
Guadalupe Murillo
Ramirez
Fidel Bartolo
Cobden
Murillo
FBI
Wyoming
Ohio
Adrian Garcia
Bartolo
Illinois
Lubbock flood damage estimated in the millions
Insurance agents in Lubbock estimate flood damage from days of heavy rain will run into the millions, with 80 apartments ruined dozens of cars totaled and many homes still under water. Residents without flood insurance face big financial trouble as roadways reopen and cleanup begins.
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Lubbock
Neil Claton
West Texas
Claton
Worrell Insurance
Jamie Parks
Texas Lottery Winning Numbers Lotto 410 34 41 42 49
The odds and figures show a jackpot estimate of about 4 million dollars for Lotto Texas drawn on Wednesday June 23. Up-to-date results for Lotto Texas Pick 3 and Cash 5 are available via InfoLine by calling 580-4636 and entering 6600.
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InfoLine
No winners in Lotto Texas drawing ends streak
The Associated Press reports no tickets matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday night in Lotto Texas. State lottery officials say Saturday night’s drawing will be worth an estimated seven million dollars.
Cows in Indian Cities and Other Quick Facts
Question and answer column notes cow catchers in New Delhi and Mumbai to move sacred cattle from traffic paths. It also defines work campers as RV living earners. The piece cites 1983 Canon Law widow's sister marriage impossibility and marks 1910 shift to ready to wear with Women’s Wear Daily birth.
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India
New Delhi
Mumbai
Bombay
Edmund Fairchild
Odessa American masthead and policy notice
Official front matter for the Odessa American includes publication details address and contact numbers, policy on advertising acceptance and liability, copyright notice, and restrictions on reproduction. It lists staff roles and the newspaper’s telephone and mailing information.
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L.M. Boyd
Sayhello
Seattle
Odessa American
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