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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 2004
Page
1
At Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq 293 detainees were freed on Friday after a visit by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld who urged reducing the inmate population. Guards shouted at inmates and the facility was described as unsafe as insurgents target it with mortar rounds.
Huntsman Polymers in south Odessa will restart non stop operations after a three week shutdown for a comprehensive maintenance overhaul. Manager Bob Squires said the restart began Friday and will continue through the weekend as equipment comes back online. Intermittent flaring may occur with orange flames visible at flare stacks while the plant stabilizes over the next week or two.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said state senators will not vote on a school funding bill in the current special session and more time is needed to reach a plan. The Senate has run out of time to approve a new funding package to replace the share-the-wealth system and cut property taxes, with the 30 day session ending Wednesday.
In Austin lawmakers debate taxes on businesses cars bottled water newspapers billboards and pro sports tickets and consider raising sales taxes legalizing and taxing video slots and hike cigarette taxes. They cite needs to boost school funding and cut property taxes while seeking a new school funding system, but agreement remains elusive.
Mary Mayo attended a memorial service honoring four Permian Basin officers who died in line of duty. She remembered her nephew Odessa officer Gordon Toal, killed August 19, 1982, in a traffic crash. Mayo laid a wreath at Sunset Memorial Gardens as about 100 law enforcement and fire department personnel observed.
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