Odessa trash policy and a city recall election amid local changes
Odessa enforces a drug free policy affecting workers, with earlier lab drills recalled as part of the program. Mario P. Salinas, 61, a noted minority business leader, died at Medical Center Hospital after a long illness, drawing tributes from Abel R. Quintela and chamber colleagues. BIG SPRING council to set an election within 20 days, and Mayor Max Green faces recall on March 24 despite a petition.
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Medical Center Hospital
Mario P. Salinas
Abel R. Quintela
Salinas
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Big Spring
Max Green
Green
Midland residents form group over water contamination fears
About 200 residents from a southern Midland unincorporated area gathered at West Kentucky Ish Church to protest state testing results and form Midland Residents Concerned About Water and Air amid worries about toxic substances contaminating local wells.
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Midland
West Kentucky Ish Church
Dallas woman gets 20 years for drug possession
A 37 year old Dallas woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $10 000 after a jury found her in possession of 1 35 grams of Debra Ann Starkey sobbed in the 143rd District courtroom as Judge Bob Parks delivered the judgment at about 6 15 p m The report notes the sentencing followed the jury verdict in the case related to drug possession.
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Debra Ann Starkey
Bob Parks
John C. Skelton
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Memorial for John Ben Shepperd Held at UT of the Basin
Longtime civic leader John Ben Shepperd died early Thursday after a lengthy cancer battle at age 74. A memorial service was set for 11 a.m. today in the University of Texas of the Permian Basin student lounge in Odessa, a campus he championed building.
Local education push gains Texas wide support
Kauffman notes efforts to raise education levels across Texas districts. He advocates statewide coordination to improve schools and student outcomes amid district by district challenges.
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School finance plans target Texas districts with revenue shifts
MALDEF criticizes Uribe Luna and Parker plans as favoring wealthier districts once tax rates exceed one dollar per hundred valuation. Kauffman cites 1990 91 and 1992 93 data showing per student revenue gains for 105 rest districts and total new revenue of about 800 million in year one.
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Maldef
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D-El Paso
Bob Bullock
Texas
Tax fight over proposed free sales tax for Odessa
Letters from John Shepperd urged voters to back a 1 percent sales tax to fund Ector County’s MCH hospital and spur regional growth. City leaders warn distribution disputes and timing, while hospital officials say the tax is needed to avert losses, update equipment, and stay competitive. The City Council weighs the first reading, with a two-reading requirement before the election.
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Ector County
Permian Basin
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Hospital District Board
Odessa
Military to expand drug interdiction despite denial of new missions
Duncan outlined a Pentagon plan to spend 1.2 billion dollars next year on drug war efforts. The strategy adds more of the same actions rather than new missions, with four to five naval ships allocated to tracking drug traffic, expanded use of AWACS, and broader deployment of aircraft such as P-3 Orions F-4 Phantoms and F-14 Tomcats. The North American Aerospace Defense Command will boost radar coverage and border patrols, while the Pacific and Southern Commands increase ships aircraft and training for Latin American partners to counter cartels.
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Fire destroys Jim Bakker parsonage in Teqa Cay South Carolina
A 10,226 square foot mansion once used by Jim and Tammy Bakker burned early Friday on Lake Wylie hillside. Fire chief Bill Kruysman said renovation-heavy layout hampered efforts, and the South Carolina Arson Task Force opened an investigation. The Bakkers left the home in 1987 after Bakker’s scandal and conviction. Tammy Faye Bakker now resides in Orlando.
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Jim
Tammy Bakker
Lake Wylie
New Jersey
Robert Rubino
Rubino
Bakkers
Religi Ie
Aenae
Bill Kruysman
Kruysman
PTL
Bakker
Jessica Hahn
Tammy Faye Bakker
Orlando
Fla
South Carolina
Krugsman
Weather Outlook for West Texas and Panhandle Regions
Extended forecasts show mainly warm conditions with scattered showers or thunderstorms possible daily. Permian Basin highs upper 70s to near 70 midweek, Lows from near 40 to mid 40s. Panhandle and South Texas mainly mid to upper 50s, lows 30s to 40s. Far West dry, mountains near 70, lower elevations near 80, nights 40s to 50s.
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Panhandle
South Texas
Concho
Pecos Valley
North Sare
Reading Weather Summary Shows Mild March Conditions
Reading daily report notes overcast today at 6 53 p m Sunday 04 a m precipitation last 24 hours none precipitation for March none year to date 1 3 inches near record high 85 in 1948 noted.
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Afigay
Ensia Tone
Midday forecast: mostly cloudy with storms possible
The National Weather Service at Midland International Airport expects a mostly cloudy day with a 30 percent chance of afternoon storms and a high in the mid seventies. Winds will be 15 to 25 mph with gusts. Tonight, partly cloudy skies bring a 20 percent chance of evening thunder, low temps in the upper fifties, and a dry air advance into the far west. A dry line stretches across the northwest Panhandle from Dalhart to Amarillo and west along a Wink area.
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National Weather Service
Midland International Airport
NWS
Panhandle
Dalhart
Amarillo
Far West
Border States Weather Report for New Mexico and Oklahoma
New Mexico mostly cloudy with varied highs from the 50s in the northwest to the 60s elsewhere and lows in the teens to 40s. Oklahoma remains mostly cloudy and warm with a chance of thunderstorms mainly west and highs in the 70s to 60s across regions.
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New Mexico
Oklahoma
Odessa American notice text unclear from archive
The OCR fragment provides scant readable data about a 1980 Odessa American notice. It mentions years, addresses, and postal references but lacks coherent events, names, or actions. No clear subject or outcome can be determined from the readable portion.
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