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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1986
Page
1
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Tiny roads refill as rains bring bluebonnets ragweed and renewed growth. The Colorado River awakens after about 27 inches of annual rainfall with plentiful streams and Concho River forks feeding the Leaday area in the far south of Coleman County about 200 miles from an anchor point.
Mary Stephenson, 82, recalls a bygone Colorado River life near Stacy Dam east of Odessa where locals once bought groceries in Seaday and horses crossed water up to their saddles. Now the river is dammed for water and power, with only a post office serving the isolated community.
Shifting winds hampered firefighters at Yosemite National Park's Glacier Point where an 8,500 acre forest fire entered its second day. About 200 crews with two helicopters fought to contain the 650 acre blaze as winds stayed erratic. Utah's Pine Valley Mountains fire, nine days old, remained 70 percent contained with 220 firefighters using helicopters and air tankers to hold lines ahead of gusts up to 45 mph.
Bud Ham of Gardendale has raced quarter horses in New Mexico for over 20 years. He often drives 550 miles to Ruidoso Downs or 600 miles to Sunland Park. If a $14 million Hobbs racetrack opens by October 1987, Ham and four southeastern New Mexico businessmen would shorten trips to about 180 miles, allowing him to bring many horses to Hobbs instead of traveling far.
More than 21 000 Odessa electric customers lost power for 26 minutes Saturday night when a west side switching station on Third Street west of Moss Avenue caught fire. Lights blinked in about 30 percent of Midland TESCO customers. Power was restored by rerouting lines. Police faced generator failure and had to direct traffic at three intersections. one major crash and a robbery were reported during the outage.
OPEC ministers reach broad agreement to limit output to about 17.4 million bpd for summer and 17.9 million bpd for Q4, aiming to lift prices to 17 to 19 dollars, but three members block final accord and a unanimous decision is postponed. Algeria's Belkacem Nabi predicts no agreement, UAE minister Meta Saeed Oteiba voices concern.
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