Voter Drive Across Odessa Stores and Club Events
Odessa hosts a noon to 8 p m voter registration drive at two Wal Mart Superstores and Sam s Club today and Friday with locations on John Ben Shepperd Parkway Boulevard 42nd Street and 2450 W Loop 338 A music rave at Kay Kay s Blues Club 2117 E Eighth St begins at 9 p m Karaoke Bennie Dendy perform at Incredibles 600 N Grandview Ave also at 9 p m Organist David Higgs will give a 3 p m recital at First Presbyterian Church 800 W Texas Ave the West Texas Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents the program Higgs heads the organ department at Eastman Rochester NY 345-2686.
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Odessa
Wal-Mart
Sam's Club
Sam's
42Nd Street
Loop 338
Midland
David Higgs
First Presbyterian Church
Texas Ave
West Texas
American Guild of Organists
Higgs
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N.Y
Longhorn Pipeline Hurdles Over Health and Safety Provisions
Texas official Dewhurst demands strong federal health and safety standards before approving easements for the 700 mile Longhorn Pipeline from Houston to El Paso. The council of environmental quality calls its measures unprecedented, while the line crosses Edwards Aquifer areas and is idle since 1995 after carrying crude oil.
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el Paso
U.S
Dewhurst
Council of Environmental Quality
Longhorn
Longhorn Pipeline
Edwards
Austin
Oil executive warns refinery shortage caps oil reserves
Burns blames lack of new refineries as the main bottleneck in expanding refinery capacity. Jim Henry of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association notes OPEC struggles to manage prices via production, predicting overproduction may be needed to balance swings. He warns high prices may persist as oil supplies tighten and prices could average around $20 a barrel.
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Jim Henry
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
OPEC
Henry
1996 Bridgestone Firestone test data raise tire safety questions
congressional investigators say a second 1996 Bridgestone Firestone test shows high tire failure rates at the Decatur Illinois plant with 13.5 percent failure among 229 tires and 20 tread-separation incidents. Ford admits no durability test on Explorer tires before production amid recall linked to 108 deaths and 400 injuries.
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Bridgestone
Firestone Inc
Firestone
Ford Motor Co
Billy Tauzin
Rsa
Ken Johnson
Tauzin
Bridgestone/Firestone
Decatur
Johnson
Dan Adamitis
Graham home from Mayo Clinic after Parkinsons treatment
The Rev Billy Graham, aged 81, returns to Asheville after 104 days at Mayo Clinic with Parkinsons disease and brain fluid buildup. He plans more crusades, with next event Nov 25 in Jacksonville Florida, though he doubts further international trips.
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Asheville
N.C
Billy Graham
Graham
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Nashville
Jacksonville
Fla
Envirocare project draws mixed signals from Texas officials
Bonilla expected to be informed on Envirocare waste site in Ward County amid growing opposition. Friends of Ward County claim strong local activism with a petition of around 2000 names and calls to Governor Bush for a stance.
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Envirocare of Texas
Jacobi
Austin
Laura Burnett
Friends of
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Bonilla
West Texas
Envirocare
Burnett
Washington
San Antonio
Midland
Taryn Fritz
Ward
George W.__ Bush
Texas
Bush
A&M student senate denounces off campus bonfire plans
Texas A&M University student leaders pass a resolution 38 to 8 denouncing off campus bonfire plans amid a two year moratorium after the 12 killed and 27 injured in the 2 million pound stack collapse. The measure backs university supervision and the professionally engineered design.
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College Station
Texas A&m University
Chad Wagner
Wagner
Ray Bowen
Texas A&m
Bowen
Odessa weighs site for new prison economic boost
Odessa chamber officials and local commissioners debated locating a new prison in the city to diversify the economy. Projections suggested 1,500 to 2,000 inmates and up to 700 jobs, with concerns over impact on city image and competing facilities.
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Ector County
Odessa
McDonald
Chamber
Texas Bureau of Prisons
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Greg Simmons
Etter County
ECLEC
Simmons
Hext
Lottery Winning Numbers for Lotto and Pick 3
The drawing listed Lotto numbers 2 9 11 31 47 48 for Wednesday September 20 with an estimated $9 million jackpot. Pick 3 numbers were also drawn as part of the same lottery event.
Oddities and facts from various topics mixed in brief notes
A collage of curious statements covers twin traditions, turkey blood pressure, Navy wooden ships as minesweepers, South African diamond mining with vacuum hoses, raisins in omelets, starfish digestion, a clams lazy exit, koalas with extra thumbs, Henry Ford wooden shipping for Model T parts, and a contact address for L. M. Boyd.
Odessa American Postal Information Note
The Odessa American prints its USPS publication details including mailing address at 222 E. 4th Street Odessa Texas 79761 with second class postage paid in Odessa and a post office box for address changes. This entry confirms standard newspaper mailing and postmaster information.
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Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Odessa
Odessa American contact and policy notices
Classified page provides switchedboard numbers 337 6262 and toll free 800 375 4661, editor and publisher details, office and fax contacts, staff roles for executive editor advertising director circulation and production, with a disclaimer on ad acceptance and liability, and customer service hours plus copyright statement.
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Bill Salter
Jon Kerr
Tammye Mineo
Tyler Patton
Bill Mills
Frances Irvine
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Church News
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A&m Student Senate
Precinct 4
Wilmer Ray
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