Fink Town Keeps Name Alive With Local Fest And Marker Bid
In Pottsboro Texas area, the 9 year old National Fink Day festival gathers locals and non Finks to celebrate the Fink surname. Officials plan a historical marker, highway signs, and events including a hall of fame induction and a Fink of the Year golf tournament on Lake Texoma. Donations under five dollars earn thanks, five dollars buys citizenship, ten or more yields a deed to a Fink Lot and citizenship signed by the mayor.
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Fink
Pottsboro
Virginia
Alvin B. Fink
Fink Hall of Fame
Lake Texoma
Bob Fink
Denison Herald
Fink General Store
Fink Museum
Davie Haliburton
Grayson County
Suspects Held in Madrid Airport Bomb Blast
A Palestinian and a Spaniard were arrested after a suitcase bomb exploded near Madrid Barajas El Al check in. The bomb injured 13. it was set to explode after the plane's departure but detonated 15 minutes early. Suspect el Ali, an active lieutenant, led to chemicals found in a Madrid apartment. Jalafe Jalafe was detained at the scene. authorities suspect a Middle East link.
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Madrid
Spain
el al
Barajas
Nasser Hassam el-Ali
Isaias Manuel Jalafe Jalafe
Jalafe
Tel Aviv
El-Ali
el- Ali
Palestine Liberation Organization
OPEC oil price talks unlikely to aid U S, Nugent says
Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Jim Nugent states Americans should not rely on OPEC ministers to resolve the oil price drop as OPEC meets in Brioni Yugoslavia. He urges a national energy program with tax incentives to boost U S production and criticizes the Reagan administration for inaction.
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OPEC
Nugent
United States
America
Suburb Faces Flooded Dirt Streets After June Odessa Rains
West Odessa residents in the Webber subdivision struggle with repeated street flooding and mud on unpaved Dodd and nearby roads after the June storms that dumped 32 inches of rain. Neighbors petitioned Ector County for street improvements but a policy requiring basic standards blocked county drainage work. Residents cope with water, mud, and potholes while awaiting negotiations with developer Selwin Webber and county action.
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Odessa
Josefina Parra
Parra
Webber Subdivision
FM 1936
Dunn Street
Dodd Street
Diana Gonzalez
Dodd St
Lorina Guevara
County jobless rate hits record 16 percent in May
Unemployment in Ector County rose to 16 percent in May from 11.4 in April as the Texas Employment Commission reported a new high. April previously topped 10.5 percent, the prior record. A city election task force formed by Vern Foreman has not met, though he says it has been busy. Foreman and Kelly Fish deny political motives. Odessa to upgrade 4,800 streetlights to sodium vapor with $325,000 in federal funds over 1985-86. Helen Hammond denies FBI kidnapping in her husband Willie Hammond Jr.'s arson trial. a DOJ probe continues. Appeals in Hammond and Keith Wedder cases set for July 8 in New Orleans.
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Ector County
Texas Employment Commission
Odessa
Vern Foreman
Foreman
Kelly Fish
Midland
Helen Hammond
Willie Hammond Jr
FBI
U.S. Justice Department
Hammond
Keith Wedder
New Orleans
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Jan Clark
Nabors Lane
Dana Ketron
Belmont Ave
Ketron
Clark
Houston
Rrchead
Dodd Court
Guevara
Texas Electric Service Co
Matt Squyres
Pecos A
Pecos Insurance Agent
Pecos
Carroll Thomson
Thomas DeGrassini
Western Insurance Agency
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