Two hurt in refinery blast at Southwestern refinery
Corpus Christi reports a blast and early morning fire at Southwestern Refining Co. left two workers burned. Juan Alaniz, 39, is in critical condition with third-degree burns. Joe Gonzalez, 40, sustained minor burns and was admitted to the burn unit. Fire contained within 25 minutes. cause under investigation. The refinery processes about 105,000 barrels of crude daily, producing 57,000 barrels of gasoline.
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Southwestern Refining Co
Memorial Medical Center
Juan Alaniz
Joe Gonzalez
Myron Cunningham
Kerr-McGee Corp
Oklahoma City
Southwestern
Kerr-McGee Refining Corp
Kerr- McGee Corp
Cunnin
Intera
Cunningham
Paul Quinn College to Move Campus to Dallas
Paul Quinn College announces relocation from Waco to the Bishop College campus in Dallas. Dallas businessman Conner Cottrell agrees to sell the dormant Bishop site to Paul Quinn, aided by a United Negro College Fund grant of 2 million dollars with Paul Quinn contributing 5 million to complete the move.
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Dallas
Paul Quinn College
Mississippi River
Waco
Bishop College
Conner Cottrell
Paul Quinn
Bishop
Cottrell
Southwest
United Negro College Fund
Man charged in wife's death in Texas case
A Bexar County grand jury indicted Jack Randy Young, 29, for murder in the death of his wife Rebekah Dill Young, 21, of Universal City. Autopsy ruled her October 1989 cocaine related death accidental. Young remains free on $15,000 bail awaiting trial.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Jack Randy Young
Rebekah Dill Young
Universal City
Young
Unive City
Charles B. Dewey
Dewey
Python at Front Door Scares Richland Hills Family
Jana Klarich alerted police after a 10-foot python perched on her front porch. Police and Officer Kathi Perkins caught the snake, which she described as friendly, placing it in a 55-gallon garbage can as her child watched in disbelief.
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Richland Hills
Jana Klarich
Mike Davis
Klarich
Kathi Perkins
City council approves Action Center plan for public complaints
The council backs a Brown led reorganization to create an Action Center to handle issues from alleys to traffic signals. A director and two desk staff will manage a resident mailout system noting how problems are resolved, with budget decisions due for fiscal year 1991.
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Bill Brown
Brown
Action Center
O Brown
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Odessa Medical Center to replace broken radiation equipment
An Odessa committee approved replacing a broken linear accelerator at the Medical Center to restore state-of-the-art cancer therapy for residents. Treatments halted in June forced patients to seek care at Midland Memorial. New high energy accelerator, dual beam device, and simulator were approved, with officials projecting long term competitiveness and updated May financials showing nine months of stabilization.
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Midland Memorial Hospital
Greg Garrett
Hospital board weighs acquisition of diagnostic center
The Ector County Hospital District Board meets at 5 p.m. Wednesday to discuss taking over the Odessa Diapore Imaging Center at 318 N Alleghaney Ave and to hear findings from an ad hoc committee. Also on the agenda is a feasibility study for a regional Permian Basin blood bank, costing 40000 with 20000 from each hospital, plus rate optimization and liability insurance renewals. A closed session will cover personnel matters.
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Ector County Hospital District Board of Directors
N. Alleghaney Ave
McH
Soo
Professional Recove Network
Justices of the Peace
Odessa
Richard Relyea
KTPX
Channel 9
Benny Cope
Ector County
Medicare fixed rate reshapes inpatient admissions
In 1989 admissions rose while stay lengths shifted with a 46.6 percent increase in length of stay and a 17.9 percent decrease. Stephans argues the change is favorable since Medicare operates on a fixed rate, shaping hospital metrics.
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Stephans
Arkansas mass murderer executed in Warner
R Gene Simmons was put to death by lethal injection after waiving appeals. He was convicted of 1987 murders of 16 people, including eight children among his 14 relatives. The 49 year old's execution came after Arkansas switched to injection and followed a prior week’s electrocution.
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Texas
James Smith
Smith
New Orleans
Houston
Simmons
Arkansas
John Edward Swindler
Russellville
County court relief sought in federal suit over county ordinance
The Red Slipper adult nightclub won an injunction in U S District Judge Lucius Bunton's court this month against the ordinance. The decision led many businesses shut for permits at the start of June to reopen, amid confusion over a 90 day grace period for licensing. Commissioners will appoint five member appeal board with a 20 day hearing limit. The ordinance requires sheriff referrals to Health Department and County Engineer for inspections, with a 30 day sheriff determination window and seven day notice. A change removes a crime based license denial replacing charged with convicted to correct wording.
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Andrews Highway
U.S
Lucius Bunton
Sheriff's Det
Bob Brookshire
Bright
Health Department
Brookshire
Precinct 3 Constable Post Up For Replacement In Odessa
Commissioners may appoint a new Precinct 3 Constable after closed session with five candidates, following Joe Commander's resignation to join a DA drug prosecution team. Cmdr earned 100 dollars monthly plus 50 dollars expenses. duties include aiding arrests.
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Precinct 3
Joe Commander
District Attorney's Office
Richard
Ricky” Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Sheriff
Deaths mark Odessa and Alpine area obsequies
Multiple obituary notices for Odessa Alpine and Pecos regions. Charlotte Marie Duffy died after brief illness. services at St James Baptist Church with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. Rossa Evelyn Marshall 94 of Alpine. M H Dorsett 75 of Odessa. Maria Calderon Garcia 79 Pecos. Lois Gladden 70 Odessa. Raymond Allen 77 Odessa pending funeral arrangements.
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Charlotte Marie Duffy
Odessa
St. James Baptist Church
W.R. Ockletree
Rose Hill Cemetery
Miss Duffy
Henderson
Ector High School
Prairie View A&m University
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Teller
St. James ' Church
Ivors
Mazie Duffy
Ruby Lynn Jones
James Duffy
Robert Jamerson Duffy
Jerry Duffy
Fort Worth
Mattie Lee Fuller
Dallas
Harvey Alexander
Martinez Funeral Home
Alpine
Rossa Evelyn Marshall
Geeslin Funeral
Ray Bullock
Elm Grove Cemetery
Pecos
Maria Calderon Garcia
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Mesquite
Greenwood Cemetery
Erm
Medical Center Hospital
San Juan
Mexico
Manuel Garcia
Concepcion Garcia
Ramon Garcia
Manuel Garcia Jr
Saul Garcia
el Paso
Saniens
Eloisa Bustamante
Catalina Lujan
Aida Mata
Socorro Aguilar
Carlota Zubiabe
Chihuahua
Lois Stough Gladden
Kingston Avenue Baptist Church
H. Bailey Stone
Jimmy Braswell
Set Memorial Gardens
Kenai
Alaska
Jerri Knox
Moore
Okla
Louise Sanders
McCloud
Frank W. Wilson
Raymond Allen
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
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Sunset Memo Gardens
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Comanche County
Gladys Atwood
Eastland County
Rising Star
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Carpenter's
Danny C. Dorsett
Kenneth H. Dorsett
Betty D. Butts
Easterling Funeral Home
Maria Garcia
Petra Rayos
Jesus Calderon
Jose Calderon
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Lois Gladden
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