Odessa council to decide sales tax March 13
A joint meeting between Odessa City Council and Ector County Hospital District was canceled this week over sales tax plans. The council plans to vote at 9 a.m. March 13 on asking voters for a one half percent sales tax for industrial development while the hospital board seeks a 1 percent tax. Bassett said he’s back to square one as the two sides clash over who should pay taxes in the county.
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Odessa
Ector County Hospital
Mac O’ Boring Jr
Don Carter
Bill Brown
Omer Bishop
Ector County
District 2
Billy Basset
Hospital Board
Bassett
Commission backs 66 billion universal health care plan
The Pepper Commission urged Congress to adopt a universal health care system phased in over five years with long term care, backed by $66.2 billion in federal spending and an additional $20 billion from private employers. The plan, criticized by some lawmakers for lacking a funding method, would federalize Medicaid and expand coverage through private plans.
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Busan
Tidiny
Congress
U.S
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West German Acrobat Sigrid Ruwill at Odessa Circus Show
Sigrid Ruwill of West Germany participates in a Gatti Circus performance for handi er children and Odessa elementary students at Ector County Coliseum. The 36th Odessa Shrine Club circus and carnival opens Saturday at 11:30 am and Sunday at noon with shows at 10:30 am 2:30 pm and 7 pm on Saturday and 2 pm and 6 pm Sunday. General admission is 5 dollars and seating is 6 dollars. proceeds fund Shriner hospital transport for children to Houston and Galveston.
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Sigrid Ruwill
West Germany
Gatti Circus
Odessa
Ector County Coliseum
Odessa Shrine Club
Shrine Club
Shriners
Houston
Galveston
Buses roll with strike breakers over Greyhound walkout
Striking workers and scab chants clashed with police as Greyhound buses began a nationwide strike. Passengers stranded, some scornful of the disruption while Greyhound said 700 replacement drivers and 1,100 union workers operated about 20 percent of the system with plans to expand. In Odessa a prior scheduling effort kept east and west service limited to two runs.
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Greyhound
Debra Schindler
Charlotte
N.C
New York City
San Antonio
Greyhound Lines Inc
Odessa
Tony Mostia
Greyhound Trailways
Mostia
Richards Defends Civility Amid Racial Debate in Texas
State Treasurer Ann Richards and her two Democratic rivals faced questions on alleged racist remarks from 1976 and a debate misstep. Richards rejected the charges, citing her civil rights record. Gov. White and AG Mattox defended her, while Republicans held a separate forum with Clayton Williams leading.
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Dallas
Ann Richards
Richards
Travis County
Houston
Mark White
Jim Mattox
Mattox
Clayton Williams
Jack Rains
Tom Luce
Mexican diplomat urges withdrawal of Fort Hancock dump approval
Mexican Consul-General Roberto Gamboa Mascarenas says new studies show the Fort Hancock radioactive waste site risks contaminating the Rio Grande and border groundwater. He asks SEDUE to withdraw approval, warning of possible international dispute and citing a 60 mile border consultation rule.
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Fort Hancock
Rio Grande
Roberto Gamboa Mascarenas
U.s.-Mexico
Gamboa
Mexico
Department of Urban Development and Ecology
SEDUE
Hudspeth
Rick Jacobi
Texas
el Paso County
Minerva Rojo
U.S. State Department
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