Odessa Guard Unit Deployed to Aid Midland Airport Security
An Odessa based field artillery unit of the Texas Army National Guard, part of a statewide deployment to Texas airports, will assist Midland International Airport security. Maj. Juan Vera said 10 guards are deployed to aid Midland Police Department, focusing on the upper concourse security checkpoints. only passengers may pass the second floor entrance amid heightened post 9 11 security measures.
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Odessa Field Artillery
Texas Army National Guard
Midland International
Odessa
Texas
Midland
Juan Vera
Field Artillery National Guard
Vera
Deborah Dimmig
Travis County
49Th Armored Division
Elisandro Alvarez
Texas National Guard
133Rd Field Artillery
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Odessa National Guard
Midland International Airport
Vietnam Wall Experience returns to Midland for veterans
The 240 foot long replica wall travels from Washington to Midland with Bill McNeill and Terry Dearing by the side of Jerry Watson. The event honors more than 58 000 Americans including 225 from the Permian Basin and runs through the weekend with an opening ceremony at 2 30 p m Friday. A later name reading by the Midland Recording Library for the Blind and a bagpiper will accompany a 7 p m concert by Michael J Martin and a 10 p m candlelight service.
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Bill McNeill
Terry Dearing
Washington
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Midland International Airport
Cecil Curtis McKinney
Midland
Rocky D. Armstead
Monahans
Jobless claims rise as economy trembles after attacks
Unemployment claims jump to a nine year high as terror attacks hit travel and tourism. August unemployment climbs to 4.9 percent, with payroll cuts of 113000. Economists foresee further job losses and a rise to 5 percent in September, possibly 6 percent by year end. Claims for the week ending Sept 29 rise to 528000, after a 64000 increase prior.
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Washington
Mark Zandi
Economy.com
Labor Department
Couple found dead in Ector County home by deputies
Deputies found Monica Heredia 19 and Adam Nunez Minjarez 20 with gunshot wounds in the kitchen of Heredia’s home at 7409 Diana St in northwest Ector County. A revolver was recovered. autopsies were ordered as investigations continue and no other suspects are named. The couple’s 2-year-old son was unharmed and placed with relatives.
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Sheriff’s
Ector County
Monica Heredia
Adam Nunez Minjarez
Mark Donaldson
Donaldson
Ector County Medical Examiner’s
Sheriff’s Office
Minjarez
Heredia
Law
Patricia Capps
Capps
Plane crash fuels fears of terrorist attack in Russia
A Russian Tupolev 154 with at least 76 aboard, traveling from Tel Aviv to Siberia, exploded and fell into the Black Sea 114 miles from Adler. US officials said an accidental Ukrainian exercise missile may have brought it down, while Putin suggested terrorists could be involved.
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Israel
Black Sea
U.S
Vladimir Putin
Adler
Vasily Yurchuk
Ministry of Emergency Situations
Sibir Airlines
Tel Aviv
Siberian
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