Gasoline Prices Rise Ahead of Summer Travel
As Memorial Day weekend kicks off the peak driving season, Odessa area prices rise from $1.03 to $1.12 per gallon, with Rio Grande Distributors noting ongoing increases through summer. Texaco stations are two cents higher, while Midland Odessa leads Texas for self serve regular at $1.12. Industry sources say no shortages expected this summer despite tighter stockpiles and allocations, with crude oil surpluses and refinery capacity supporting sufficient supply.
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Odessa
Pete Wrenn
Rio Grande Distributors, Inc
Wrenn
Rio Grande
Texaco
Associated Press
Midland-Odessa
Texas
American Petroleum Institute
Washington
Charles J. DiBona
Institute
DiBona
U.S
Weather storm whips West Texas with hail and funnel clouds
Winter funnel clouds drifted over the Permian Basin as marble to baseball size hail battered homes and vehicles in Ector County and nearby counties. An Odessa sighting reported a tornado five miles west of Goldsmith at 3:45 p.m. moving northeast at 30 to 35 mph, with funnel activity south of the Odessa Kermit Highway later. Weather spotters logged 50 mph winds near Gardendale and baseball sized hail northwest of Odessa, as unofficial reports poured in from Odessa and Midland.
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Permian Basin
Ector County
Texas
National Weather Service
Goldsmith
Odessa
Odessa-Kermit Highway
Midland
Gardendale
Gene discovery links cancer genes to viruses
Biologists led by Geoffrey Cooper report cancer genes in every cell and note a close relation to Kirsten and Harvey sarcoma viruses. They identify genes for lung colon and bladder cancer and anticipate isolating leukemia and breast cancer genes, signaling progress toward understanding cancer biology. The finding, announced at Rockefeller University, suggests normal cells sometimes transform into tumors and may years later aid prevention.
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New York
Geoffrey Cooper
Sidney Farber Cancer Institute
Boston
Cooper
Rockefeller University
Kirsten
House Defeats Budget Plans in Chaotic Vote Logjam
Washington AP Congress ends Memorial Day recess as House rejects all major fiscal 1983 budget blueprints amid chaotic votes. GOP plan backed by Reagan, Democratic alternatives, and a bipartisan moderate version all fail. Jones to reconvene panel as House steps away for five day break.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Reagan
Democratic Heirarchy
House Budget Committee
James R. Jones
D-Okla
Jones
Kent Hance
D-Lubbock
Richard
Senate panel backs immigration bill with broad legal status plan
Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed a sweeping immigration bill by 16 to 1, with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy the sole dissenter. The measure would grant temporary or potential legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants amid estimates of six million in the United States. The proposal advances to the full Senate.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Kennedy
Recession Near End as Leading Index Rises in April
Washington AP report shows the Commerce Department index of leading indicators up 0.8 percent in April, the first gain since May 1981 and the strongest signal yet that the recession may be ending. Increases in corporate liquid assets stock prices money supply and workweek length aided the rise.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
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