Texas Diesel Surcharge Bills and Homeland Security Fund Proposed
Texas lawmakers push HB 1365 to raise diesel equipment surcharges to 2 percent and tax storage use of new and used gear, adding mining and drilling equipment. HB 2921 would bar state agencies from private competition. HB 3500 proposes a Homeland Security Fund funded by a 0.5 percent corporate franchise tax, guiding $150 million annually to DPS, Health, and Education for border security and bioterror programs, effective Jan 1 if passed.
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Texas
House
Senate
Wayne Christian
Rcenter
Texas-Mexico
South Texas
Richard Raymond
Claredo
Raymond
Laredo
U.s.-Mexico
Homeland Security Fund
General Revenue Fund
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Department of Health
Texas Education Agency For Homeland Security
Mexico
Family confrontation draws 30 officers in Wyandotte Oklahoma
In March a brick through a window led to police visiting Phillip and Jerry Logan in Wyandotte. The Logans summoned relatives, sparking clashes that drew 30 law enforcement officers from eight agencies. Six Logans, including the 61 year old father and 55 year old mother, were arrested. Ottawa County records show immediate Logan family members face 250 crimes in five years.
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Phillip
Jerry Logan
Wyandotte
Okla
Logans
Ottawa County
Logan
Hollywood High filmmaker recalls stars open about drugs
Bruce Sinofsky reports candid interviews with Oliver Stone Willem Dafoe and John Waters for a film on Hollywood drug depictions. The documentary traces drug cinema from Reefer Madness to Requiem for a Dream and Traffic highlighting honesty about personal drug use.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Bruce Sinofsky
AMC
Oliver Stone
Jim Morrison
Sinofsky
Willem Dafoe
John Waters
U.S. War Outlook Grows Grim as Iraqi Resistance Increases
Rockefeller warned on CNN that the invasion faces greater Iraqi resistance than expected and may force war plan changes. General Franks cautioned the duration is uncertain while Powell pledged confidence in the plan. About 100,000 troops are in Iraq with more en route as forces close on Baghdad from multiple fronts.
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U.S
6Th Motors Transport Battalion
Zane Smith
Odessa
Jorge Villalobos
Midland
8Th Engineers Support Battalion
Iraqi Desert
6Th Mtb
2Nd Force Service Support Group
Iraq
8Th Esb
Rockefeller
West Virginia
CNN
Tommy Franks
Colin Powell
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Franks
Saddam Hussein
Baghdad
Myers
Republican Guard
Saddam
Basra
Registration centers set for county and state election in Ector
Wilson announced registration is open at the Texas DPS office in Odessa the Ector County Library and most post offices. Ector County has 64,824 registered voters. An early voting window runs April 16 to 29 with ballots printed on a tight schedule. A drawing for Ector County ballot order in the 19th Congressional District will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Texas
College Station
Texas Department of Public Safety
Interstate 20 West
Ector County
Fifth St
Wilson
Secretary of State
Gwyn Shea
Austin
Andrews
Bailey, Cochran
Crane
Ector
Gaines
Hockley
Howard
Loving
Lubbock
Lynn
Martin
Palmer
Terry
Ward
Winkler
Yoakum
Lamb
Lamb County
Mac Thornberry
Clarendon
Odessa American Contact and Circulation Numbers
The Odessa American lists contact numbers for general inquiries and circulation. Main line 337 6262 weekday 8 am to 5 pm. Out of town line 800 375 4661. Paper missing 337 7314 and 888 375 OA04. Hours vary including weekend morning times.
Readers Guide Department Classified Fax Notice
Odessa American advertises 24 hour fax service. The paper reserves right to accept or reject any advertisement and disclaims liability for errors. Contact via web at www.oao0.com or email links provided. Publisher Bill Salter and executive editor John Kerr listed.
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Department
Odessa
Bill Salter
John Kerr
Toronto plans to lure Yankees to city in war of words
A jumble of items from a newspaper page notes the Yankees opener against the Blue Jays in Toronto and a plan to lure the visitors into the city. It also covers film, court, labor, politics, and international events with multiple named figures.
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Toronto
Yankees
Hollywood
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
Bronx Bombers
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Judon Fambrough
American Society of Farm Managers and
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Chuck She
Cheech and Chong
KRT Photo
James
James Bond
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
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Baath Party
Albert Whitley
Rumsfeld
United States
Whitley
Umm Qasr
Yasser Hassan Ghanim
Najaf
3Rd Infantry Division
Chris Carter
Abu Garayb
Karada
Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Weve
Wees
ORG
Ilink.freedom
Sel Et
Eae Nw Sewne
Tammye Misane
Bill Mills
Frances Irvine
Sunda
Celine Aeenatted
Ladey Gee Wiedens
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