Odessa Development Corp approves $850000 speculative building
In a 4 0 vote the Odessa Development Corp approves an $850000 speculative building to attract big business. The Odessa Industrial Development Corp will hire a builder and purchase land for a 64000 square foot shell structure costing 707000 for construction and 144000 for the site.
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Odessa Development Corp
Odessa
ODC
Seldon Hensley
Dick Sivalls
Joe Molina
OIDC
Plane ride to write about stunt planes turns into memory
Reporter volunteers for FINA Extra 300L flight with pilot Charlie Jirik and Jan Collmer aboard. The experience includes a preflight scramble for a barf bag as the small two seater taxis from the Midland airport and climbs into the blue sky.
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Laura Dennis
FINA
Midland City
Charlie Jirik
Jan Collmer
Charlie
Odessa veteran seeks missing flag of honor after theft
Jim Smith, a 61 year old Vietnam veteran from Odessa, marks the loss of a flag presented by fellow soldiers before his service. He kept it for 30 plus years in honor of comrades who did not return, hoping it will be recovered from the Brentwood Avenue display spot.
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Jim Smith
Smith
Vietnam
United States
Brentwood Avenue
Bush
U.S. Army
65Th Engineers
UTPB lecture explores future of the family panel
Thursday night at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin distinguished lecture series featured Gary Bauer Campaign for Working Families Stephanie Coontz Evergreen State College David Elkind Tufts University and Alvin Poussaint Harvard Medical School discussing family life. Ann Taylor Fleming moderated. Bauer tied Sept 11 to family impact and noted the terrorists viewed America a nation at risk.
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University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Gary Bauer
Campaign For Working Families
Stephanie Coontz
The
Evergreen
State College
Olympia
Washington
David Elkind
Tufts University
Massachusetts
Alvin Poussaint
Harvard Medical School
Ann Taylor Fleming
Fleming
NewsHour
Jim Lehr
Bauer
America
Ut-Permian Basin
John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute
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Gary Payne
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