Amarillo to Host Wakin Up in Reno Film Crew
Big Texan Steak Ranch to close for a day as Miramax Pictures plans to film portions of the road comedy in Amarillo the week of Jan 24. Billy Bob Thornton and Patrick Swayze are mentioned among the cast, with extras to be cast locally. Production largely in Los Angeles with actors and crew from California.
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Billy Bob Thorton
Patrick Swayze
Reno
Arkansas
Nev
Variety
Big Texan Steak Ranch
Bobby Lee
Lee
Miramax Pictures
Big Texan
Miramax
Sheryl Anderson
Anderson Talent Agency
Anderson
Los Angeles
California
Brad Pitt
Jennifer Aniston
Luke Wilson
Denise Richards
Ben Affleck
Brady
Dill Scallion
Brent Briscoe
Mark Fauser
Panhandle
Abilene
Ernest Borgnine
Shamrock
Dane
Swayze
Bradley Gore health care clash marks first 2000 debate
In Durham New Hampshire Bill Bradley and Al Gore spar over health care plans. Bradley accuses Gore of distortion while Gore says the plan would leave many residents high and dry. The exchange occurs on stage at the University of New Hampshire amid the 2000 campaign.
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Durham
N.H
Bill Bradley
al Gore
New Hampshire
Peter Jennings
Gore
Bradley
University of New Hampshire
Larry Truman
New Jersey
Construction Crane Lifts Beam as Bridge Support Fails
A crane lifting a concrete beam at the downtown interchange caused a $6,700 beam to fall onto the old Interstate 27 bridge, splitting it in half. TXDOT official Tonya Detten cited mechanical failure and reported no injuries as workers removed the beam.
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Tonya Detten
Texas Department of Transportation
Detten
DOE picks Savannah site over Pantex for plutonium facilities
Energy Secretary Richardson announced the Savannah River Site in South Carolina will host key surplus plutonium disposition facilities, displacing Pantex near Carson County. The plan includes a pit disassembly and conversion facility and MOX fuel fabrication, with shipments from Rocky Flats to Savannah River and multiple labs designated for testing and analysis.
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Bill Richardson
Pantex
Richardson
Savannah River
South Carolina
Department of Energy
Carson County
Aiken
S.C
U.S
DOE
North Carolina
Virginia
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rocky Flats
Denver
Cuban Americans protest INS decision to return Elian Gonzalez
Hundreds of Cuban Americans protested the INS ruling that 6 year old Elian Gonzalez be sent back to Cuba. The decision followed a long international clash after Elian was found clinging to a sea inner tube amid a fatal voyage. Protesters contended for family ties and liberty as demonstrations unfolded outside the Miami home holding flags and chanting anti Castro slogans.
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Boy
Miami
U.S
Elian Gonzalez
Cuba
Elian
Florida
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Dori Meissner
Washington
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Doy
Janet Reno
Marisleysis Gonzalez
Mamlnote
Little Havana
Osprey plant finishes ahead of schedule
Dwight Byars spokesman for Wilt-rotor operations reports the Bell Heli copter Textron Tiltrotor Assembly Center in Amarillo is running. The first phase of the main building is complete and ship 14, the V-22, lifted off the flight line during a first test, signaling progress for the military aircraft project.
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Dwight Byars
Amarillo
Amarillo Economic Development Corp
Western Builders
Amari 19
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