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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 2005
Page
1
KERMIT fire chief said a grass fire north of Kermit stretched about 10 miles to the Texas New Mexico line. The first alarm was at 4 30 p m Tuesday and crews from Wink and Jal assisted to extinguish it by 8 p m. Officials suspect a spark from exhaust or dragged chain.
A fire at Mitre Peak on King Mountain covers about 2771 acres. A second blaze lies between the Boy Scout Ranch and McDonald Observatory. Upton Rankin county firefighters battle a grass fire.
Two lightning wildfires burn thousands of acres near Fort Davis. Mitre Peak on King Mountain covers 2 771 acres with 85 percent containment and crews aiming for full containment by Saturday. The Buffalo Trail Boy Scout Fire, about midway between Boy Scout Ranch and McDonald Observatory, maps at 1 550 acres, burning inaccessible terrain. Crews monitor by air as conditions allow water drops later.
Mikayla Williams finishes first grade at Blackshear Elementary and becomes a second grader. She expresses mixed feelings about summer and the last day of school. Principal figures note teachers like Ann kept students busy with a movie and popcorn party as ECISD wraps up the year.
In Austin, House Speaker Craddick and Lt. Gov. Dewhurst traded blame as the 140-day session nears its end after slow negotiations on school finance. Craddick noted the House passed its plan in mid March while the Senate's version arrived just two weeks ago, amid stalled talks over an alternate business tax.
The industry argues mandating ethanol in new regions is uneconomical while the claim that 8 billion gallons of ethanol could substitute 2 billion barrels of crude is debated. President Bush promotes hydrogen fuel and urges progress on the energy bill.
A Senate committee approved a mandate for refiners to use at least 8 billion gallons of renewable components annually, mostly ethanol, in gasoline. Supporters argued the move would replace about 5 percent of gasoline with domestic ethanol by 2012, reducing oil imports. The measure, part of a broader energy bill, faces House plans and opposition from oil companies.
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