Icy forecast and outages across Permian Basin with cancellations
Freezing rain swept the Permian Basin causing airline cancellations and power outages. About 400 to 500 Cap Rock Electric customers lost power from Wednesday night into Thursday morning due to a transformer failure at Lange Substation southwest of Big Spring. Crews worked through the night. life support and a hatching chick operation received generators. Cap Rock officials, including president Howard Ingram, were unavailable for comment.
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Permian Basin
Jimmy Chandler
Cap Rock Electric
Stanton
Lange
Big Spring
Cap Rock J
Howard Ingram
Cap Rock
Buchanan
Coahoma
American Eagle
Midland International Airport
Senate Defeats Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment
The Senate defeats the balanced budget amendment 65 to 35, short of a two thirds majority. Republicans face accusations of threatening Social Security, while President Clinton demands detail on promises of the Contract With America. Dole voters the measure to stay alive for potential 1996 action. Daschle says Democrats protect Social Security trust funds by opposing the amendment.
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Bob Dole
White House
Clinton
Congress
America
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Dole
Tom Daschle
Lawmakers push for fiscal rules amid debt worries
The article reports lawmakers and groups debating a constitutional or automatic spending cap to curb deficits. It notes the failed balanced budget amendment and Gramm Rudman law, with Republicans pushing a 2002 balanced budget trigger amid concerns the national debt nears five trillion. Martha Phillips questions the political cover such rules provide.
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Washington
Gramm-Rudman
Martha Phillips
Concord Coalition
Gunman kills two in Seattle courthouse shooting
A gunman killed his pregnant wife Susana Blackwell and her friend Phoebe Dizon at the King County Courthouse while three women waited to testify in an annulment hearing. A third woman, Veronica Laurencia, was hospitalized in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds.
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Timothy C. Blackwell
Susana Remerata Blackwell
Philippines
United States
Blackwell
King County
Susana Blackwell
Phoebe Dizon
Veronicia Laurencia
Odessa College lowers tuition while raising building use fees
The Odessa College board of trustees voted to reduce tuition to 14 per semester hour but raise the building use fee to 12 per hour, shifting $6 from tuition to the building charge. President Phil Speegle said the move aims to boost the college’s credit with bond holders and that students see little price difference. The changes take effect for the upcoming summer semester. Last year two national credit-rating services affirmed OC’s bond ratings after a 22 million investment portfolio.
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Odessa College Board of Trustees
Phil Speegle
Lugar enters 1996 race as foreign policy focused contender
Indiana Senator Richard Lugar announced his bid for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination. He framed himself as an experienced foreign policy hand, citing his background as a businessman, Indianapolis mayor, and four-term senator. He stressed an inclusive campaign and warned against withdrawing from global leadership, aiming to differentiate on international issues.
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Bob Dole
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Phil Gramm
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Tennessee
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