Early voting continues in Texas primary across five sites
As of Wednesday 7 p.m. 538 Republicans and 121 Democrats had voted with results from Thursday delayed by a courthouse phone outage. County officials say voting will continue by hand at four branches with hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m at the annex and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m at the other locations including Lowe's Music City Mall Police Department Office at Music City Mall Medical Center Hospital Family Health Center and Odessa College plus Eighth Street annex open extended.
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Texas
Ector County
Sharon Wilson
Wilson
Odessa Police Department
Music City Mall
Medical Center Hospital Family Health Center
W. Clements St
Odessa College
W. University Blvd
House votes to raise minimum wage and tax cut package
The House approved a two year $1 minimum wage increase raising pay for full time workers to about $2,000, while backing a 10 year $122 billion Republican tax cut. President Clinton threatened a veto as Senate action differed on the wage and bankruptcy tax provisions.
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Washington
House
Clinton
Jim Traficant
Ohio
Senate
Fire at West 48th Street destroys three structures in Odessa
Officials suspect an electrical short sparked the Thursday morning blaze at 401 W. 48th St. Five people escaped unharmed, including a disabled woman aided by a friend. The fire damaged a mobile home, a garage, and a small house, with tires in a tin garage taking longer to smolder. No injuries were reported.
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West 48Th Street
Odessa
al Mata
Lanny Phillips
Phillips
Levi Decker
Bill
Debbie Decker
Daniel Chaffin
Chaffin
48Th St
Decker
City of Odessa
Tim Herrington
Bobby Walles
W. 48Th St
Kinder Morgan to Buy Shell CO2 80 Percent Interest
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners will acquire an outstanding 80 percent stake in Shell CO2 Co Ltd for 185.5 million dollars from Shell, boosting its ownership to 100 percent of the partnership's assets. The deal adds a 78 percent limited and 2 percent general partnership interest. Shell CO2 runs a 900 mile pipeline network delivering 400 million cubic feet a day of carbon dioxide from McElmo Dome near Cortez Colorado to boosts oil recovery. Closing is expected in the next few weeks.
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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
Shell Co2 Co. Ltd
Shell
Kinder Morgan
McElmo Dome
Cortez
Colo
Permian
Shell Co2
United States
Richard D. Kinder
KMP
Larry Pierce
Kinder Morgan Inc
Shell Exploration & Production Co
National Hispanic chamber salutes MANO for growth
Ramon Rodriguez of the U S Hispanic Chamber praised MANO at its seventh annual banquet in Odessa. MANO won the 1999 National Hispanic Chamber of the Year award and has been named Texas Hispanic Chamber of the Year three times.
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Odessa
Holiday Inn Suites
Mano
Rodriguez
Texas
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