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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1999
Page
1
In Pecos Texas a string of arson fires targets two southeast residences, keeping the town's volunteer fire department busy over recent months and prompting heightened patrols and warnings to residents.
Ward County commissioners tabled a measure tied to House Bill 1910 amid plans to revive the bill and seek a referendum on a radioactive waste site. Laura Burnett of Friends of Ward County says the resolution aimed to reopen the plan, which died earlier in the session due to concerns over federal waste and private industry control.
A new class vasopeptidase inhibitors may surpass ACE inhibitors and calcium channel blockers in lowering blood pressure. Vanlev omapatrilat, the best developed, showed superior results in large scale testing at an AHA meeting in Atlanta. Bristol-Myers Squibb aims for FDA submission by year end.
Ector County commissioners approved a reinvestment zone and a five year 100 percent tax abatement for Southwestern Bell to bring a call center to Odessa on a 4.93 acre tract at 3901 Penbrook Street. The project requires four of five taxing entities approval and includes a $1 million upfront grant if employment targets are met. The company must hire at least 200 workers within three years and maintain that level for five years, with potential clawback of up to 20 percent of incentives per year.
UnitedHealth Group said doctors rather than plan administrators will decide which treatments are covered. The move, rolling out nationwide this month, aims to curb rising costs while expanding physician and patient freedom. The company notes it already approves 99 percent of requests and will still require doctors to justify large or costly orders.
AUSTIN AP Officials of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Rep Henry Cuellar D Laredo promote a new poaching law that treats poaching as a felony with up to two years in state jail and fines up to 10000 It targets hunting without consent vehicle night hunting light use and other violations plus illegal taking of deer and desert bighorn sheep
In Decatur Illinois the district reduced two year expulsions for seven black students after talks with Rev. Jesse Jackson and Gov. George Ryan, offering placement in city alternative schools with possible return after a year while Jackson planned a march to demand readmission.
Former President Bush receives honorary citizenship of Berlin during a ceremony with Helmut Kohl and Mikhail Gorbachev marking the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. Kohl lauds Bush for pushing unity while Germany still grapples with reunification a decade later.
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