Border mayors warn smaller towns amid border growth
Mayors from U S and Mexican border cities described crime pollution and long border lines as warning signs for smaller communities facing industrial expansion. Arizona official Ema Lea Shoop urged resource and funding focus to prevent past mistakes and air pollution while maquiladoras drive growth along the 2000 mile boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
U.S
el Paso
Ciudad Juarez
Ema Lea Shoop
Yuma
Ariz
Mexico
Washington, D.C
Mexico City
Irwin Rubenstein
State Department
U.s.-Mexico
Maquiladoras
Hummer Bird Celebration Draws Rockport Visitors
In Rockport Fulton area up to 200 hummingbirds gather at feeders during the second annual Hummer Bird Celebration. Betty Baker says ruby throated hummingbirds funnel from the east as the festival promotes viewing sites and awareness of native nectar loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
Rockport-Fulton
Corpus Christi
Central
South America
United States
Betty Baker
Rockport-Fulton Area
Plant seeks permit to dump arsenic water into Bryan lake
Atochem North America and Missouri Pacific Railroad asked the Texas Water Commission for permission to pump nearly 62 million gallons of arsenic contaminated water into Bryan Municipal Lake to prevent leaching into the city’s water system. The commission urged denial and urged Atochem to treat the water downstream, though cost was not cited as a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Bryan Municipal Lake
Atochem North America Inc
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Texas Water Commission
No Name Lake
Finfeather Lake
Bill Colbert
Water Commission
Atochem
Colbert
Highway panel facing calls for Dedman resignation
Environmental groups demanded the resignation of Texas Highway Commission Chairman Robert Dedman over landholdings tied to highway decisions. State Rep Lena Guerrero noted lack of women and Hispanics in management as the Texas Advisory on Highways reviews the department's performance record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Highway Commission
Robert Dedman
Lena Guerrero
Texas Advisory On
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Dynagen Tire Defends Itself Over Odor Complaint
Dynagen Tire denies creating a nuisance and says odors from solar ponds arise from algae decomposition due to unusual summer weather. Five of seven ponds improved after treatment. the northeast area is slated for further work. The firm will keep working with the air board and report progress toward a permanent solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tire
Gorman
Dynagen
Air Board
YMCA adds infant care center near Lakeview Drive
The YMCA plans an infant care facility in a two bedroom, two bath home behind the main building on Lakeview Drive after a United Way YMCA survey showed demand. Enrollment does not require membership and an all day five day program costs 25 per month with a scholarship fund to assist families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gram
Younger
YMCA
United Way
Lakeview Drive
Hollowell
Ana
Texas economy cheers as oil boom may soften downturn
Recession fears tie to oil shocks as Dederick and Darman warn deficits grow from Gulf buildup. Williams argues Permian Basin benefits from higher crude prices, with Texas unemployment around 5.9 percent in August and Odessa job prospects improving in transport and utilities. Labor stats show 130,000 Texas jobs added in the year ending July, while national outlook remains tepid and tied to Middle East events. Local forecast expects limited opportunities in durable goods and a cautious hiring outlook for Odessa late 1990.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dederick
Richard Darman
Persian Gulf
Jim Williams
Texas
Permian
Williams
U.S
New York Mercantile Exchange
Middle East
Odessa
Idland
Florida
Michigan
Labor Department
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington, D.C
Texas Employment Commission
Manpower Inc
Donna Wanner
Tempo
Wantier
Texas unemployment rate slips to 5.9 percent in August
Texas jobless rate fell to 5.9 percent in August as oil price tensions and the Kuwait crisis began to impact markets, though economists say effects on the Texas economy were not yet evident. Nonfarm wages show a slow job rise with about 130000 jobs added over the year, led by transport utilities services and mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Iraq
Kuwait
Nic Santangelo
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Bureau
U.S
Kaki Coleman
Washington
Santangelo
Death notices span Odessa to Kermit communities in brief
Crane, Midland and Kermit note multiple death services and funerals. Ruth Galindo Rodriguez infant of Raul and Edna Rodriguez of Odessa died Friday in Dallas, services Sunday in Crane County Cemetery officiated by Joseph Lewis Rodriguez. R.E. Dutch Lunsford 79 of Midland to be buried at Resthaven Memorial Park after services at Ellis Funeral Home Chapel. Pablo Cruz Hernandez 48 of Kermit to be buried at Kermit Cemetery after First Assembly of God Church service today. Michael Eldon Halbrook 43 of Houston to be buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens after Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home service. Jeff Love 77 of Odessa to be cremated or buried after Hubbard Kelly service with several survivors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CRANE
Ruth Galindo Rodriguez
Raul
Edna Rodriguez
Odessa
Crane County
Joseph Lewis Rodriguez
Children's Medical Center
Dallas
Raul Rodriguez Jr
McCamey
Eddie
Carol Galindo
Richard W. Box Funeral Home
Midland
R.E
Lunsford
Ellis Funeral Home
Glen Hood
Fred Baily
Resthaven Memorial Park
Midland Memorial Hospital
Caldwell County
Marguarette Lucile
Superior Oil Co
West Side Free Will Baptist Church
Odd Fellows Co
Sutton Circle
Istrict Odd Fellow
Rebekah Association
1.O.C.F. of
Texas
Lions Club
Boy Scouts
Little League Lions
Fox
Kermit
Pablo Cruz Hernandez
First Assembly of God Church
Len Hutsell
Ernest Brown
Kermit Cemetery
Mr. Hernandez
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Pecos
Lupe Valenzuela
Hernandez
J&j Construction Co
Fabian Hernandez
Pablo Hernandez Jr
Brenda Hernandez Drews
Santiago
Wink
Blaisia Garcia
Plasida Tenerio
Josefa Hernandez
Michael Eldon Halbrook
Houston
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
David Weyant
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Halbrook
Rohmhawas Chemical Co
University of Texas
Eldon Halbrook
Cynthia Halbrook Harrison
Jeff Love
A.D. Kyle
Mr. Love
New Horizons Nursing Home
Boswell
Oklo
Madonna Narcissus Cragg
Yuma
Ariz
San Diego
The
Disabled American Veterans
West Odessa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
San Jacinto State Historical Park
Okinawa
Bill Clements
Texas Nent and Wildlife
John Kruse
TEC
Icee
Permian Basin
Saddam Hussein
Bush
US. Dept of Labor
Ruth Rodriguez
R.E. Lunsford
Order of the Arrow
Butch’’ Lunsford
Carlsbad
N.M
Doug Lunsford
Abilene
Sharon D. Halbrook
Shelia L. Cook
Lyndi Faye Daughtery
Delbert L. Lunsford
Kansas City
Sylvia Orem
Arlington
Eleanor Taylor
Flossie Logsdon
Hamilton
Virginia Jones
Brookfield
Bay of America
Pablo Hernandez
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Michael Halbrook
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!