Odessa planners push expansion of eastside industrial park
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce and Odessa Industrial Development Corp. plan to expand an eastside industrial park across I 20, contracting to buy about 600 acres south of I 20 from Odessan Bill Pool. The site bounded by Loop 338, South Grandview Avenue, South Ranchito, and I 20 could be bisected by an extension of John Ben Shepperd Parkway. Pool inherited the land from his father Oso Pool in 1988 after a long family ownership dating to 1937.
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Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Odessa Industrial Development Corp
Interstate 20
OIDC
Odessan
Bill Pool
Neil
McDonald
Grandview Avenue
John Ben Shepperd
Family Dollar
Mammoth
Pool
Odessa Heat Reaches 104 Degrees As Residents Sweat
Heat sizzles as Odessa records a 104 degree high. Local workers cope with the scorch urging sunscreen and long sleeves. Businesses like Lawn Scapes provide water stations and hats while supervisors monitor workers for signs of heat exhaustion.
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Paul Wyman
Wyman
Blamey
In the Swim of Things Opens Pools for Memorial Day
Odessans can swim at several city pools starting Memorial Day with varying admission prices. Sherwood Park at 44th Street and Dixie Boulevard charges $3.50 for adults, hours 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily except Tuesdays and Thursdays when closing time is 8 p.m. Woodson Park on 1020 E and Floyd Gwin Park at 10th Street and West County Road charge $2.50 for adults and $1 for youth.
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Cindera Nealy
Juan Valeriano
Fifth Street
West County Road
Sherwood Park
44Th Street
Dixie Boulevard
Woodson Park
Floyd Gwin Park
10Th Street
U S deaths surge in Iraq amid drive by shootings
A car bomb hit a U S Army convoy in Baghdad followed by a drive by shooting, raising U S fatalities to 14 in three days as attacks surge. Militants reportedly controlled Tal Afar with sectarian clashes after two car bombs killed at least 20, with 18 American troops killed in the past week.
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Iraq
USS
Tal Afar
Ahmed Hashem Taki
Tal
U.S
Texas lawmakers inch toward school finance deal
House and Senate negotiators near an agreement on tax changes to cut school property taxes and boost funding. With a week left, they debate business tax, sales tax increase proposals, and the pace of property tax relief from $1.50 to $1.15 in 2006 and $1.10 the following year, while scrapping a snack tax.
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Austin House
Senate
Ingany
Sen
Kim Brimer
Fort Worth
House
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