Permian Basin Oil Show Returns With Community Focus
Odessa American highlights the eight part biennial Permian Basin International Oil Show. The section surveys industry impact on the basin, show activities, and local community during the event. Former Odessan achieves lifelong goal by playing piano at Carnegie Hall. Voters have another chance today to choose a local candidate for the November 3 election. A candidate forum is set for 6 30 p m at Ector Junior High Auditorium involving District Judge County Court at Law No 2 and Justices of the Peace Precincts 3 and 4.
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Permian Basin
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League of United Latin American Citizens
Ector Junior High
Law No
Justice of the Peace
Permian Basin International Oil Show
Ector County Coliseum
National Weather Service
Texans snap up 65 million Lotto tickets in Texas draw
Texans rush to buy tickets for tonight's lottery drawing, the largest jackpot in over four years at 65 million dollars. Officials note the prize ties a 65 million payout from August 1994 and is second only to the 75 million Texas record in March 1994. Scotty Sansom of Lamar County Electric Coop helps place a steel cowboy hat atop the Paris Eiffel Tower display at Love Civic Center.
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Austin
Texas
Lamar County Electric Coop
Scotty Sansom
Paris, Texas
Love Civic Center
Texans recall flood as Guadalupe river swamps homes
In Seguin and New Braunfels floodwaters from the Guadalupe river inundate homes and tear apart interiors. Myra Martin surveys mud coated rooms while residents recall devastating floods in 1952 1972 and current damage runs deep across Seguin New Braunfels and Victoria as families salvage belongings and face extensive repairs.
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New Braunfels
Seguin
Duke Stevens
Lake Placid Estates
Guadalupe
Stevens
Cold front brings cool damp weather to area from tropical storm
After months of heat, area residents woke to cooler skies and rain as a tropical storm off Mexico, formerly Hurricane Madeline, sends widespread moisture across Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. Odessa reports light rain. Alpine sees higher totals as fog blankets Big Bend. Highs remain in the 60s and 70s with continued cloudiness and chances of rain over the next two days.
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National Weather Service
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Mexico
Pacific
Cain
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
San Antonio
Tucson
Ariz
Odessa
Alpine
West Texas
Big Bend
South Texas
Mideast peace talks boost Clinton even without deal
Washington reports that President Clinton gains from the Mideast talks regardless of an agreement. He has sharpened his image as a world statesman by engaging Palestinians and Israelis, with images of him in the Rose Garden and efforts to mediate difficult negotiations.
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Clinton
Mideast
Rose Garden
Presidents shift topic to appear busy in diplomacy
Michael Mandelbaum of Johns Hopkins says the move is a political calibration to claim a triumph for Clinton. He notes the presidency is a political office and expects the administration to spin it regardless of outcomes. See MIDEAST on Page 2A.
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Michael Mandelbaum
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Seminar on Laser Tech Could Transform Oilfields
Parker leads a seminar at the Permian Basin International Oil Show on laser application in drilling with experts from MIT Phillips Petroleum and U.S. military labs. The talk compares potential changes to the shift from cable tools to rotary drilling, highlighting safety goggles for workers.
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Areauit
Parker
Permian Basin
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Phillips Petroleum
Colorado School of Mines
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Massive 520 Billion Spending Bill Passes House
The House approved a $520 billion bill 333 to 95, sending the sprawling package to the Senate hours before the year ends. It funds farmers, teachers, and the Pentagon in a bipartisan compromise aimed at ending a long budget clash. President Clinton looked set to sign.
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House
Pentagon
White House
Senate
Clinton
Martin Sabo
D-Minn
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
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