Insurance committee in Midland area weighs higher premiums plan
A school district committee led by Gary Whitehead proposes that trustees pay 31 percent higher employee health insurance premiums through February while studying alternatives. The panel will also evaluate self insurance and contracting for cheaper coverage, amid rising district costs and pending bids from American National.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Biggers
Gary Whitehead
Ector County Independent School District
Whitehead
Shirley Huffaker
Insurance Committee
American National Insurance Co
American National
Gene Eddings
Ector County
Bill Hicks
Hicks
Dallas
Huffaker
Denver City man dies in head on truck crash near town
A two truck head on collision three miles southwest of Denver City on FM 2005 killed 44 year old Donald Andrew Roberson and injured two others. Roberson died at the scene and his passenger Jesus Lopez and the other driver George Henry Smith were treated. Services for Roberson set for First Baptist Church of Denver City with burial at Denver City Memorial Park. He lived in Denver City 32 years, worked for W L Kidd Oil Co, and was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife two sons his mother seven sisters and one grandson.
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Denver City
Donald Andrew Roberson
Gaines County
Justice of the Peace Front
Cox
Jesus Lopez
Roberson
Yoakum County Hospital
George Henry Smith
Department of Public Safety
Smith
First Baptist Church of
Denver City Memorial Park
Singleton Funeral Home
Robeson
Seagraves
W.L. Kidd Oil Co
Doris Benningfield
Lovington
N.M
Terry Don Robeson
Albuquerque
Leonard Lee Robeson
Merle Smelley
Billy Lumpkin
Odessa
Joann Barbee
Andrews
Rita Weddle
Dorothea Williams
Pecos
Johnny Blackwell
Mary Williams
Shirley Henderson
Stereo gear thefts top four burglaries in city
Police investigated four burglaries with stereo components valued over 1 000 dollars taken from residences. Items stolen include a receiver 480 dollars a cassette player 310 dollars a stereo equalizer 333 dollars and speakers 520 dollars from Ricky Newton 2230 East 52nd. Other burglaries involved a television set two cameras and a purse with credit cards and cash. Damages included two tires cut from a car and three shattered windows at Collingsworth Millwright Service. Also four Texas counties Bowie Dahiam Reagan and Cameron designated SBA disaster areas due to drought and weather.
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Ricky Newton
East 52Nd
Bill Dutch
East 19Th
Anna Marie Arispe
East Ann
North Grandview
Brenda Lee Woods
Andrews
East 43Rd
Ray H. Cremer
North Hancock
Collingsworth Millwright Service
Carolyn
Austin
Texas
Small Business Administration
Dolph Briscoe
Bowie
Dahiam
Reagan
Cameron County
FiveYearOld Girl Injured In Car Pedestrian Crash
A five year old Odessa girl Mel any Sanchez was in guarded condition in Medical Center Hospital ICU Friday after a car pedestrian crash near her home on Santa Rosa Avenue Thursday. She sustained a broken collarbone and facial injuries when she ran between parked cars into a southbound car driven by Delores Nell Stone. Police report the accident occurred around 9 15 p.m. near 1910 Santa Rosa. Howard Dale Jones was in stable condition with a broken right leg after a motorcycle crash on West Murphy at 6 p.m. Thursday.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Melanie Sanchez
Santa Rosa
Delores Nell Stone
Sunset
Howard Dale Jones
Route 3
Medical Center
Auto motor fire heads to city calls
An Odessa Fire Department crew tackled two early Friday incidents. A carburetor backfire on Cardillo Valdez’s car at West Sixth and Grant caused extensive motor damage. A separate call at West Loop 338 involved an electrical short sparking minor damage to Martha Preat’s trailer house.
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Odessa
Cardillo Valdez
South Lincoln
West Sixth
Grant
West Loop 338
Martha Preat
Arts panel sees more art grants expansion
Washington AP reports the National Endowment for the Arts expands efforts to aid more minority groups and individuals in obtaining federal grants though no new budget is set. Gordon Braithwaite, NEA staff since 1973, will lead the initiative as liaison between offices and ethnic groups nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Endowment For the Arts
Gordon Braithwaite
GSA halts contracts over furniture supplier probe
The General Services Administration terminated one contract and paused four others for review after an internal probe into Art Metal USA Inc. of Newark New Jersey. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Medaglia said the actions target Art Metal amid a dispute over alleged blacklisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Services Administration
GSA
U.S
Elizabeth Medaglia
Harold Green
Art Metalusa Inc
Newark
N.J
Art Metal
First U.S. Natural Foods Exhibit Goes Overseas
The Agriculture Department promotes exports of chemical free foods with the first U.S. natural foods exhibit abroad. Readiness shown as products are displayed to buyers in Zurich for two days with another exhibit planned in Stockholm later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Zurich
Switzerland
Stockholm
Sweden
East West trade slowdown warned by Brookings study
Brookings Institution warns that East West trade growth will slow as Soviet Union and other Communist nations near borrowing limits. Nations owe nearly 50 billion dollars and face debt servicing problems, with Poland and Bulgaria in worst shape. The study notes continued Western borrowing is needed to finance imports.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Brookings Institution
Washington Based
Economic Research Institution
Poland
Bulgaria
Public spending on U S law enforcement rises in 1977
The Justice Department reports total U S spending on law enforcement reached 21.5 billion in 1977, up 9.3 percent from 1976. State spending rose 11.7 percent, federal 10.8 percent, and local 7.9 percent, with federal and state outlays more than doubling since 1969. President Carter set to hold first formal news conference in six weeks at 4 p.m. EDT, with all three networks planning broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Carter
Stress and the danger of work related stress
KNIGHT NEWS WIRE reports that NIOSH researchers under Tennessee health contract studied 22,000 workers in 130 occupations to identify the top 12 stress related jobs. Unskilled laborers and secretaries top the list due to boredom fatigue and deadlines. Farm owners and health care workers are highlighted for economic and emotional pressures respectively. Personal coping and job matching are advised to limit long term harm.
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Knight News
Michael Smith
Federal National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
NIOSH
Tennessee Department of Health and Mental Retardation
Helth
Smith
Journal of Human Stress
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