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Blood supplies at
emergency levels
ODESSA, Texas (AP) —
More numerous hospital
operations have contributed
to a blood shortage in this
West Texas city, along with a
drop in donations and fears
over the West Nile virus,
health officials say.
As a result, surgeries at
Alliance Hospital have been
curtailed, according to the offi
cials who add that the blood
shortage is also affecting
Odessa Regional and Medical
Center hospitals.
“We’re having to cancel sur
geries because we don’t have
enough blood,” Alliance
spokesman Jason Samp told
the Odessa American in
Wednesday’s editions. “We
have canceled at least two, and
we don’t have any blood right
now other than for emergency
surgeries. We’re canceling the
ones that need to be done but
aren’t life-threatening.”
Keller said MCH’s emer
gency supplier, the National
Blood Exchange in Bethesda,
Md., is currently inaccessible
because it is having the same
problems.
Groundbreaking set
for LB) Museum
SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP)
— Work at a museum dedicat
ed to President Lyndon B.
Johnson’s collegiate years in
this Central Texas city is pro
gressing, with a scheduled
opening next year.
Officials will break ground
Oct. 9 for first-floor renovations
at the LBJ Museum of San
Marcos on the west side of the
Hays County Courthouse
Square.
The museum was estab
lished in 1997 to educate the
public about the role played in
the future president’s life by
what was then Southwest
Texas State Teachers
College. The next year, coun
ty commissioners approved a
30-year lease for the
and fund-raising began wtiictj
has resulted in asbestos
abatement, interior demolitioil
and completion of exterioi
renovations.
The next phase will
interior finish and electrical
work, including space
exhibits, a gift shop, informa'
tion area, storage as wellasa
lobby.
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American Airlines pilots who've
had to give up some pay as the
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now topping their concerns
whether to bare their hair.
Pilots are split over a propos
al to do away with their military
style hats. While a majority
wants to toss their caps, a vocal
minority urges keeping them,
according to a survey conducted
by the airline this summer.
Hat advocates say it’s an
issue of professionalism. The
$70 headgear is a symbol, much
like their wings, they say.
Pilots who support the pro
posal to make caps a fashion
option say requiring them is out
dated and meaningless. They
point to Jackie Gleason’s bus
driver character from "The
Honeymooners” as an example,
“There are ... guys that ask,
’How much authority did
Ralph Cramden have? And he
wore a nice hat,’ “ said Sam
Mayer, a member of the Allied
Pilots Association who asked
the union to adopt a uniform
opinion.
The association’s board of
directors responded recently by
narrowly endorsing the
optional proposal, union
cials said.
American’s management
says it won’t vote on the mat
ter. Either pilots will
required to wear them or
will be banned.
“In an effort to maintain
standardized and uniform
appearance, it’s an all-or-
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wrote employees.
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idea of pilots without hats is
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for less than a month and the hat
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issues he discusses with the
pilots and the APA.
“The chief pilot sat down
with our union, and they had a;
big discussion,” said Linda
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and the majority did vote to
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