Odessa unemployment rate climbs to 7.2 percent in September
Odessa's job market worsened in September with 7.2 percent unemployment, up from 6.4 percent in August, while Midland fell from 4.8 to 4.7 percent. TEC Director Frank Kasko called the rise shocking as Odessa nears the state rate of 8.4 percent. The national rate stands at 10.1 percent. Employment figures show Odessa employed fell from 65,650 in August to 64,450 in September, with about 5,000 seeking benefits and 400 previously drawing benefits last year. In Midland, unemployment dropped from 3,050 to 2,900. Officials attribute Odessa’s higher rate to blue collar service and manufacturing workers facing more hardship, while Midland’s mix of administrative and technical services fared better. Labor forces declined in both cities as out-of-state claims decreased.
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Elizabeth Simpson
Odessa
Texas Employment Commission
Midland
Frank Kasko
Kasko
TED
Charmian Carl
TEC
Carl
Kaska
SEC faults exchange for crisis in 1980 silver market
The Securities and Exchange Commission released a staff report criticizing the New York Stock Exchange for failing to detect the 1980 silver crisis. It said the exchange did not receive enough information from member brokerages and trusted firms to provide candid, timely data. The report urged stronger controls and surveys of members.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
Exchange
Tylenol killer suspect eludes New York dragnet
Police pursued James W. Lewis described as a prime Tylenol killings suspect while questioning whether he was in Chicago during the deaths. A man matching Lewis was turned away from a Midtown hotel 90 minutes before authorities closed in as FBI agents and city detectives combed New York. Lewis, 36, is charged with trying to extort McNeil Consumer Products. Nine victims died after Tylenol capsules were laced with cyanide. Lewis and his wife Leann lived at the Rutledge Hotel where he was last seen. Investigators considered Chicago sightings and searched for a brown 1969 AMC station wagon with Missouri plates.
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New York
James W. Lewis
Illinois
Lewis
Chicago
FBI
Kenneth Walton
McNeil Consumer Products Co
Rutledge
Leann
James T. Sullivan
Tyrone Fahner
Walton
Port Authority
Boston
Lewises
Rutledge Hotel
Nancy Richardson
John Nick
Palmer Hotel
Tylenol suspect called a monster by cousin
Lucille Mallott recalls James W. Lewis as a cold cruel and sadistic boy who fought his stepfather and attacked his adoptive mother with an ax. Police say he was diagnosed as schizophrenic and later sought in New York with his wife Leann by FBI and police for questioning in seven Tylenol deaths and charged with attempted extortion.
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Associated Press
James W. Lewis
Chicago
Lucille Mallott
Lewis
Carl Junction
Mallott
Mallett
Odessa pastor aids Nebraska church school
Odessa minister Rev. James Johnson joined a Louisville church crusade against government regulation of church education. With 19 students in a 29-student school, classes continued in a bus and at a minister's home as Judge Case planned enforcement options. Hundreds gathered to show support for the church and its minister Everett Sileven amid ongoing disputes over the school’s operation.
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Odessa
Louisville
Neb
James Johnson
Yukon Heights
Johnson
Cass County
Raymond Case
Case
Nebraska
Everett Sileven
Sileven
Home school case may reach Texas Supreme Court
An Ector County Baptist minister seeks permission to educate his children at home, with the judge noting the case could set a statewide precedent. Peace Justice Charles Gee said the appeal could land in the Texas Supreme Court if not, similar cases in other counties may. The issue centers on government interference in church ministry and home education.
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Ector County
Texas Supreme Court
Charles Gee
Gee
Donald Culley
West Odessa
Culley
Supreme Court
Texas
Odessa
James Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Johnson
Louisville
Neb
Faith Baptist Church
Yukon Heights
Peace Justice
Texas Education Agency
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Horicon
Wis
Tylenol
Nevada
James Lewis
Nebraska Church
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