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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 2000
Page
1
The AP reports a September poll of 1,008 adults showing 38 percent favor Al Gore and 40 percent favor George W. Bush as better to handle high gas prices. It also finds 50 percent see prices as more permanent, 45 percent as temporary, and notes a 3 point margin of error for the Sept 11-13 survey.
Groundbreaking on the American Airpower Heritage Museum aviation art gallery will occur during the Confederate Air Force Airsho 2000 at the CAF headquarters in Midland. The event links museum project with the airshow schedule and Midland venue.
The October Vanity Fair featuring Gov. George W. Bush arrives in Odessa and surrounding outlets, drawing quick sales. At Hastings, 36 copies sold in under a day as managers seek reorders. Barnes & Noble Midland reports limited stock while Walden Books and other stores await shipments. The article, "The Accidental Candidate" by Gail Sheehy, portrays Odessa and Huntsman Corp., and questions Bush’s literacy.
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson plans a tour of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad New Mexico with a brief media briefing after the tour. DOE says he will discuss operations at WIPP during the visit and will make a statement.
Democrat Al Gore proposed tapping the emergency oil reserve to curb gasoline and heating oil prices as the 2000 campaign nears. He urged President Clinton to approve several releases of 5 million barrels each, arguing aggressive action is needed amid tight supplies and looming cold weather. Republican George W. Bush criticized the move as a risk to national security for short term political gain.
Area industry experts question Al Gore's proposal to tap the nation's emergency petroleum reserve. Morris Burns of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association says the reserve is for short term wartime or catastrophe supply and that the U.S. lacks refining capacity to convert more crude into heating oil. Burns warns an oil emergency could occur soon.
Kaitlyn Pendleton, a 4-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy, benefits from hippotherapy at the Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center in Odessa. Occupational therapist Gena Ramos notes her muscle tone could deteriorate further without the horse assisted program, as Kaitlyn’s father also faces the disorder. See HORSES on Page 2A.
Odessa police announced the arrests of four suspects in the Sept. 10 shooting death of 15 year old Brandon Webster. An 18 year old, Isaiah Seymore, faces murder charges with a $200,000 bond. two 17 year olds also charged with murder. a 16 year old detained in juvenile facility. A fifth suspect remains at large as investigators pursue gang-linked motives and tip leads.
A cool air shift sweeps into Texas signaling autumn with highs in the upper 70s to near 80 and overnight lows dipping into the 40s and 50s in parts of the state. Forecasters say relief may be brief as warmer returns loom next month and La Nina weakens toward neutral variability.
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