Oil show kicks off next week
The Permian Basin Oil Show at the Ector County Coliseum opens October 20 to 23 with 542 exhibitors from 25 states. Organizers expect at least 500000 attendees. exhibits span drilling rigs to production gear, drawing visitors from Australia to the Middle East. Funds raised go to planning the next show, with space at the Coliseum a growing constraint.
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Ector County
Jay Alvey
Alvey
Australia
France
Italy
Norway
Middle East
Odessa-Midland
Houston
Coliseum
Arms race undermines security says global study
Washington report by Ruth Leger Siward for nine arms control groups warns that massive military spending worsens world danger and harms economic growth. It cites 65 conflicts since 1960 killing 10 million, with over 9 trillion dollars spent on defense and current spending about 1 million dollars each minute.
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Washington
Ruth Leger Siward
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
United Nations
Rockefeller Foundation
Arms Control Association
Institute For World Order
British Council of Churches
Pentagon
CIA
Prime lending rate cut to 12 percent by leading banks
Morgan Guaranty Trust and Chemical Bank slashed the prime rate a full point to 12 percent, the lowest in 25 months, triggering market optimism. The move follows earlier cuts by Mellon Bank and signals further relief amid a rally, with banks citing improved rates after a July peak of 16.5 percent.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust and Chemical Bank
Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh
Court appoints mediator in Odessa rehabilitation dispute
A special master, Odessa attorney Jimmy Edwards, was appointed by 1611th District Court Judge R L McKim to mediate a two year old dispute among homeowner Rita Ratliff contractor Don Dangerfield and the city of Odessa over 1980 work on Ratliff’s home funded by an interest free federal grant. The court action risks Odessa taxpayers’ legal costs.
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Odessa
Jimmy Edwards
1611St
R.L. McKim
Rita Ratliff
Don Dangerfield
Edwards
Ratliff
Medical care costs a bargain to survivors
Oliver Jordan White, Joe Raubal, and David Daniels are survivors of serious illness, funded by private insurance or government support. The piece explores how advanced newborn and chronic care costs rise with technology, noting early life ICU care costing billions annually and raising questions about affordability within a rising health care bill system.
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Daniels Haney
Associated Press
Boston
Oliver Jordan White
Joe Raubal
Paper Company
Oliver White
David Daniels
Ment
Oliver
United States
Little Oliver
Jeffrey J. Pomerance
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles
Holliston
Framingham Union Hospital
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Morgan
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Sheila Welsh
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Peter White
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