Permian Basin Oil Show heats Odessa with special Biz edition
Odessa hosts the Permian Basin International Oil Show Tuesday through Thursday drawing thousands. Odessa American publishes a Biz oil show edition and special sections outlining industry changes and community events during the show. Early voting begins today at multiple Odessa locations including the Ector County Administration Building Medical Center Hospital Family Health Building Lowe's Odessa College Cafeteria and the Odessa Police Department Music City Mall.
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Odessa Police Department
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Company offers seat of history at Diana funeral sale
London AP reports chairs that held guests at Princess Diana’s funeral service are up for sale at 5100 dollars each. Westminster Abbey used beech and elm chairs until March and sold 800 chairs to Pew Corner of Surrey. Pew Corner plans to market the chairs to buyers in their States to defray new chair costs.
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Floods batter Texas as tornado kills man near Houston
A tornado swept through Brookshire in Waller County killing an unidentified man and damaging mobile homes while record rainfall swamped southeast Texas. Evacuations by boat continued as as much as 15 inches of rain fell, with four shelters opened and residents like Pat Snow seeking refuge in churches and attics before rescue by airboat.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Pat Drew
Snow
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Nigeria Pipeline Blast Kills At Least 250 In Lagos Area
Reported pipeline explosion blamed on thieves siphoning oil near Jesse 180 miles southeast of Lagos killed and injured many villagers and farmers. Journalists counted 230 bodies in one pile. others died in hospitals or were buried by relatives. Vandals included children among the dead. Assisting officials ordered a mass burial.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Walter Feghabo
Odessa conductor Hobart Earle aids Ukrainian orchestra comeback
Ken Brodnax recalls Hobart Earle guiding the Odessa (Ukraine) Philharmonic in the early 1990s during a time of hardship for the Soviet era ensemble. Earle, then 29, accepted a modest $50 monthly salary to become its full-time conductor, a pivotal step in his career and the orchestra’s revival.
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Odessa
Andrews man freed after two months in Mexican prison
Rusty Salmon, 38, returned to Andrews after more than two months in a Chihuahua jail for carrying a rifle into Mexico. Two Waste Control Specialists salesmen, Noel Marquez and an associate, arranged contacts and pursued aid, aiding Salmon’s release while a companion paid a fine. A local lawyer reportedly sought profit from the case.
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Noel Marquez
WCS
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