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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 2000
Page
1
Keep Odessa Beautiful sponsors two city litter removals this week. A 12-year-old boy survives a heart pierced by a pencil. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4372 hosts a candidates forum at 7 p m at 208 E 63rd St auditorium.
Voters may cast ballots at five locations across Ector County with hours set for weekdays weekends and select holidays. Through Sunday 91 Republicans and 22 Democrats had voted and by Monday 7 p.m. totals were 548 Republicans and 157 Democrats. Locations include the Ector County Courthouse Annex Lowe’s Supermarket Music City Mall Police Department office Odessa College and Medical Center Hospital Family Health Center.
The Supreme Court refused to hear challenges to state Good Friday holidays. Indiana may keep its 1941 designation granting employees the day off, with the court also turning away a Maryland school closings challenge. The cases questioned the separation of church and state and the laws in multiple states.
An 8000 foot Mayon volcano threatens nearby villages as rains could trigger debris flows. Thousands return to ash and boulders littering fields while officials warn slides may bury parts of several communities even without new eruptions.
The Mexican American Network of Odessa opens a new loan option for Permian Basin firms with weak credit. MANO now offers 500 to 25000 dollar loans through Accion Texas with electronic processing and rapid approvals, though rates range from 12.5 to 14.5 percent for Accion loans, versus a capped 10 percent under MANO. Eligibility includes 21 years old and established business.
RADFORD Va AP search dogs found two women buried under debris in a plant where an explosion killed a coworker. The blast at New River Castings Sunday night sent a black soot cloud over a wide area and left the building smoldering. Fire Chief Lee Simpkins put damage at 30 million dollars. Rescue crews and dogs cleared charred twisted metal as investigators questioned cause with OSHA on hand.
The Department of Energy projects gasoline prices rising from 1.60 per gallon across grades with crude oil at 32.18 per barrel. They show potential price paths with production increases and barrels per day reaching 1.7 to 2.5 million. Projections include 24.50 by August and 21 by December, and 23 by August, 17 by December for various scenarios.
The Energy Department warned that gasoline prices could jump about 20 cents by late May and reach unprecedented levels as summer driving begins. Stocks were described as alarmingly low and markets moving into uncharted territory even as Iran says no need to boost oil output.
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