Water taps prompt billing rethink for Odessa district
Officials question unauthorized water use as city seeks to recoup losses. A.C. Barnes opposes changing the billing method while city leaders push metering to measure water entering the district. Unaccounted water runs high, with up to 28 percent in some months, though aims target about 5 percent. Odessa bought 7.2 billion gallons last year, about 860 million gallons unaccounted.
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Ector County
A.C. Barnes
Bob Bryant
Bob Derrington
West Odessa
Colorado River
Derrington
Cow on the Loose Crashes Through Fence in Neighborhood
Motorists on Andrews Highway reported a cruising cow that broke through a fence at Susie Kendall's home on 6812 N. Golder Ave. Animal control officers, sheriff's deputies, and volunteers chased the animal for about two hours, corralling it near the intersection of 42nd Street and Kermit Highway.
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Andrews Highway
Susie Kendall
N. Golder Ave
42Nd Street
Kermit
Israel and Lebanon sign withdrawal pact at border ceremony
Israel and Lebanon signed a U S mediated two stage withdrawal pact in Khalde and Kiryat Shmona ceremonies. Syria retaliated by blockading routes into Lebanon and cutting Beirut Damascus and Beirut Tripoli highways. Syrian officials warned of further action while Lebanese and Israeli delegates formalized Hebrew English and French texts.
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Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Beirut-Damascus
Safar
Beirut
Bekaa
Tripoli
Helweh
Al-Thawra
Damascus
Khalde
Antoine Fattal
David Kim
NASA to study balloon failure in ozone mission mishap
NASA officials probe the failure of two $55,000 balloons that scrubbed a mission to study Earth's ozone. One balloon tangled in trees, the other leaked at 70 000 feet. payloads worth over $1 million were damaged or recovered, with instruments from seven countries.
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Palestine
NASA
Earth
Keith Hazlewood
National Balloon Launch Center
Hazlewood
Bob Kububa
Hazelwood
Bob Watson
House Rejects PUC Elections in Texas Reform Effort
Gov. Mark White led a push to elect the Public Utility Commission rather than appoint its three members. Rep. Bruce Gibson’s amendment to extend the PUC’s life to include elections failed 104 to 39 as the House rejected the plan after Senate opposition.
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Austin
Mark White
Public Utility Commission
House
Bruce Gibson
D-Godley
PUC
Gibson
Senate
White
Elton Bomer
Dmontalba
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Bomer
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