Moderates Create Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Over SBC Rift
The Midland Odessa Pecos Valley Baptist Association director Rev Jimmy Law says internal SBC strife between moderates and conservatives could split the 15 million member denomination and impact foreign and home missions funding. Moderates formed the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to curb conservative control.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Jimmy Law
Midland
Odessa
Pecos Valley Baptist Association
Law
SBC
Foreign and Home Missions Boards
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Odessa man John Cole taken hostage after hiding in Kuwait
Donita Cole said her husband John Cole, an Odessan who had been in hiding since the August 2 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, was found and captured over the weekend. She noted their Permian Basin friends should know he has been taken and expressed anger at the situation after a month of evading capture.
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John Cole
Kuwait
Permian
Donita Cole
Budget cuts threaten Midland weather warnings
Federal budget reductions may furlough all 14 National Weather Service employees at Midland International Airport, leaving Midland residents with little warning for severe storms. Meteorologist Rick Davis notes warnings could not be issued if severe weather forms after 9 p.m.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service Office
Midland
Weather Service
Midland International Airport
Congress
Rick Davis
Midland Nws
Davis
Furlough Risk For West Texas Federal Workers If Budget Delays
West Texas federal employees face possible unpaid leave up to 22 days between October and December if Congress and the Bush administration fail to reach a budget by Oct 1 under Gramm Rudman Hollings act. Linda Alexander of Ector County ASCS reports state notice received Aug 28.
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West Texas
Congress
Linda Alexander
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Ector County
College Station
Odessa viewed during Main Street tour amid selection talk
Craig Hunter praised the Odessa downtown view after a Thursday tour while Texas Main Street Urban Program director cautioned that a Texas Historical Commission decision on Odessa becoming a Main Street city remains uncertain.
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Craig Hunter
Odessa
Texas Main Street Urban Program
Texas Historical Commission
Americans seek flights to evacuate from Gulf region
U.S. officials discussed chartered flights to move Americans out of Iraq and Kuwait via Amman and Charleston as talks with Iraq over hostages stalled. Red Cross access was cut off, while lawmakers visited naval forces off Bahrain. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia pledged support for the war effort with billions in funding and aid to affected countries. European and Asian allies weighed financial and military backing as Bush and Gorbachev prepared to meet.
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Beretogon
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Spo
Dillon
International Committee of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Cornelio Sommaruga
Humanitarian Agency
Geneva
U.S
Blue Ridge
Bahrain
Saddam Hussein
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Norie
John P. Murtha
D-Pa
Gulf
James A. Baker II
Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah
Saudi Arabia
Treasury
Nicholas Brady
Paris
London
Seoul
Tokyo
Japan
South Korea
United States
Gianni de Michelis
Turkey
Jordan
Egypt
U.N
Bush
Gorbachev
Moscow
Persian Gulf
Eduard Shevardnadze
More unmarried couples buy homes together
Washington AP reports that unmarried couples are increasingly purchasing homes jointly, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America finds. James W. Nelson notes 89 percent report higher shared home buying compared with five years ago, citing social acceptance and economic benefits of mortgage interest deductions and ownership. He says lenders recognize many couples are financially capable.
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Washington
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
James W. Nelson
Trade Association
Tance
Nelson
Eberhardt Co
Minneapolis
Titan 4 booster linked to heavy payload launches
The Titan 4, built by Martin Marietta, is the Air Force main booster for heavy payloads and is not a nuclear missile. A second Titan 4 valued at $173 million launched June 8 from Cape Canaveral carrying a secret surveillance satellite.
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Martin Marietta Corp
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pentagon
S&L bailout delays spark turf war over property sales
The stalled S&L bailout agreement, set for Aug 3, faces indeterminate hold ups amid Interior Department reviews and software needs. Rep. Stan Parrish warns against environmental delays while advocates seek "compatible use" and potential sales to governments or private developers with conservation conditions.
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S&l
Vento
Interior Department
Scott Sewell
Stan Parrish
Virginia
RTC
Parris
RTC Properties in Texas and Southwest Hold Environmentally Valuable Lands
The Resolution Trust Corp controls about 1,850 properties with environmental, historical, recreational or scientific value across Texas, Arizona, California and Florida. Notable sites include Nags Head Woods in North Carolina, Balcones Canyonlands Habitat, Playa del Rio in deep South Texas, and Friedrich Wilderness Park near San Antonio, with protections and EPA involvement shaping their future use. The FDIC holds ownership on several tracts and works with federal agencies on habitat and water recharge concerns.
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Washington
Resolution Trust Corp
Texas
Arizona
California
Florida
Texas Center For Studies
Austin
Playa del Rio
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande River
FDIC
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Friedrich Wilderness Park
San Antonio
The
Weather extended for Texas Monday to Wednesday
West Texas Panhandle and South Plains fair days with highs 90s and lows 60s. Permian Basin Concho Pecos Valley fair with highs mid to upper 90s and 60s to near 70 lows. Far West Big Bend area fair with 80s highs and 50s to 60s lows. North Texas dry. overnight 70s, highs 90s. South Texas slight inland storms. coastal bend scattered showers, warm nights. Southeast and upper coast mainly daytime showers and thunderstorms.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Permian Basin
Concho- Pecos Valley
Big Bend
North Texas
South Texas
Chi Country
Southcentral
Hill Country
Texas
Bend
Rio Grande Valley
Plains
Rionana
Upper Coast
Weather data summary for Reading Sun day
The entry notes sunset at 8 04 p m and sunrise at 1 29 a m on Sunday. It records zero precipitation in the last 24 hours, 0 20 inch for September, and 8 57 inches year to date. It cites a record high from 1989 and a record low of 53 degrees in 1956.
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Wey Arene
Texas Weather Outlook From Midland Report
The National Weather Service at Midland International Airport says today will see heat and a northeast to east wind at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight and Sunday are forecast for mid to upper middle 90s. Across Texas highs range from the upper 80s to near 100, with a low 66 at Guadalupe Pass in far west Texas.
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Mae Com E
National Weather Service
Midland International Airport
NWS
Texas
Longview
Fort Worth
Guadalupe Pass
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