Proclaimed innocent killer Jones executed in Texas
Richard Wayne Jones, 40, was executed for abducting and fatally stabbing Tammy Livingston in 1986 and burning her body. He proclaimed innocence to the end and thanked supporters as the lethal drugs ended his life at 6 19 p m CDT. The case followed appeals and requests for DNA testing but the Supreme Court allowed the execution, joining Texas’s high rate of capital punishment this year.
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Huntsville
Richard Wayne Jones
Tarrant County
Jones
Tammy Livingston
Hurst
Texas
David Gibbs
Conroe
U.S. Supreme Court
Gibbs
Livingston
Robert Gill
Parole Board
George W. Bush
Gary Graham
Bush
Compaq, DoE to build world’s fastest supercomputer
The U S Department of Energy selected Compaq Computer Corp to develop a $200 million supercomputer for Los Alamos National Laboratory New Mexico. The 11 968 processors will deliver over 30 trillion operations per second and start up in early 2002 doubling today’s fastest system. John A Gordon notes this accelerates weapons reliability computing.
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Compaq
Department of Energy
Houston
U.S. Department of Energy
Compaq Computer Corp
Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Mexico
Department
National Nuclear Security Administration
John A. Gordon
Nuclear Security Agency
AHD approves dental program expansion in Amarillo
Amarillo Hospital District directors approved a partnership with Catholic Family Service to extend dental care for the indigent. The plan allocates up to 549 615 for salaries and supplies, with equipment costs up to 340 000 and a first year target of 9 600 procedures serving over 2 400 patients.
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Catholic Family Service
Amarillo
Social Services Agency
Steve Walton
Universal Health Services
AHD
CFS
Walton
Howard Cassada
Amarillo Area Foundation
Kay Kennedy
CPS Baptist St. Anthony’s Health System
Kennedy
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Tee
Northwest Texas Healthcare System
Jerry Kirkland
Lisa Dunham, M.D
Medi Park
A-Plus Roofing Inc
Dillard's
Elizabeth Arden
Izabech Ard
Weentrio
Dillards.com
Dillard’s
Visa
MasterCard
American Express
Discover
Diners Club
Westgate Mall
Elizabeth
Yaseq
Lati
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