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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 2000
Page
1
The Permian Basin Fair hosts The Bear Show focusing on the bears' intelligence and agility. In Throckmorton a 21 mile pipeline restored water after two months of drought relief efforts. A drug firm will fund Norplant users to obtain backup contraception due to variable batch effectiveness.
Local MOTRAN will meet Friday at the Holiday Inn Odessa North. The 10:30 a.m. session runs to 4 p.m. with lunch. Topics include NAFTA tourism and La Entrada al Pacifico. Speakers include Mexican representatives from Chihuahua and Sinaloa and TEX 21 on state funding for trade corridors.
Odessa shoppers seek the October Vanity Fair featuring Gail Sheehy on George W. Bush with focus on Odessa Huntsman Polymers plant and Texas NRCC. Hastings and Albertson's report strong demand and expect copies by Friday while Wednesday coverage appeared in Odessa American.
Morris Burns of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association criticizes Texas Railroad Commission actions as overreacting to pipeline accidents in Carlsbad and Abilene. He says plastic pipes are not used for high pressure natural gas and opposes new costly regulations on plastics.
A brush clearing crew on a utility right of way along South Dixie Boulevard near I 20 found a man's skeletal remains at about 9 am Wednesday. Sheriff Sgt Carl Rogers and Medical Examiner investigator B J White said the body looked to have been there for several months, with the pelvic bone noted among the remains.
Wen Ho Lee, once branded a national security threat and held in solitary confinement for nine months, left the Albuquerque courthouse with an apology from the judge and supporters cheering. He pled guilty to mishandling nuclear secrets under a plea deal, receiving 278 days time served, while 58 of 59 counts were dropped.
The House vote to sustain President Clinton's veto of the marriage penalty bill blocks a tax cut for 25 million dual income couples, 270 to 158, falling short of the two thirds to override. Republicans intend to revisit next year as Democrats and independents split, with focus shifting to broader tax priorities.
A Pecos County grand jury decided not to indict campaign workers accused of illegally pressuring elderly absentee voters in a hotly contested district attorney race. The probe centered on Steve Spurgin's campaign after he lost to Frank Brown in a third Democratic primary marred by racism and voter fraud claims. Brown will now hold the office.
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