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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 2016
Page
1
Odessa area music teachers Abigail Mullins and Barbara Tyler organize a weekend movie themed recital at the Ector theater. They feature five student performers with free admission for the public, marking the venue’s final show in its current form.
Registration for Random Acts of Art costs 350 dollars. Advanced registration is required. Call 550-9696 or visit the museum to register.
University of Texas System regents are expected to approve rules allowing students and staff to carry concealed firearms on campuses except in dormitories. Guns must stay holstered with no chamber rounds in semi autos. Opponents warn of increased risk. gun-rights groups frame as a Second Amendment safeguard. The Texas A&M System adopted similar rules in April.
NTSB reports a fatal January 14 2015 bus crash near Penwell was caused by a damaged guardrail repeatedly struck in 28 hours amid icy conditions. Officials urged Texas DOT to strengthen snow and ice control after noting I 20 lanes were treated only once between January 13 and 14.
Edyta Blaszcyk captures Odessa area graduates in a photography session highlighting ceremony moments and poised faces. The event reflects local school achievements with named students and staff commemorating commencement.
Wilmer Plate and Larry Campbell, former Crane High School students who left to serve, received diplomas at the CHS Awards and Scholarship Assembly. Plate, a World War II Air Corps veteran, piloted a B 24 Liberator with the 489th Bomb Group, flew 31 missions, earned 14 medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross, and is a 96 year old Jacksonville Arkansas resident.
The May sales tax check to Odessa shows a 22.16 percent year over year drop, marking the fifth straight monthly decline amid the oil bust. The payment stands at about 3.56 million, down from 4.57 million a year earlier, with 712000 flowing to the Odessa Development Corporation. Councilman Dewey Bryant notes anticipated effects and watches for a leveling off before next year. The city’s total sales tax of roughly 21.69 million trails the prior year by about 2 percent.
Investigators from federal and state agencies say the 2013 West Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15, injured hundreds, was intentionally set. No arrests yet. four hundred photos and tests at an ATF lab underpin the finding, with arson considered among possible causes.
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