Settlement disputed in Lutheran sex abuse case in Texas
The case involves former pastor Gerald Patrick Thomas and 14 plaintiffs from a Lutheran church network. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Trinity Lutheran Seminary report tentative settlements, while plaintiffs say no settlements exist. Court dates and statements suggest possible approval as jurors are seated.
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Ment
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Columbus
Ohio
Elcas
Louisiana Synod
Dallas
U.S
Edward Hohn
Gerald Patrick Thomas
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
East
Texas
Thomas
John Brooks
Scott Shanes
Bonnie Leggat
Shanes
Lyda Creus Melanphy
Marshall
Brooks
Mel Swoyer
Purdue export leader aims to boost Basin trade ties
Exports manager from Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana and his wife Brenda have no children. He spent two years in the early 1990s as a statewide trade specialist in his home state and recently worked for Centillion a data services firm. Recobs supports Swart's Basin export optimism and wants to help grow foreign business. He notes the region is exciting and residents are eager to engage in exporting.
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Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Brenda
Centillion
Recobs
Swart
Hispanic chamber banquet marks growth in buying power
Iris Correa said 740 reservations were made for the Hispanic chamber's 11th annual banquet at the Holiday Inn. Cisneros is concluding a two year term as San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce chairman after being invited as keynote by MANO last November. Mariachi Nuevo San Luis performed.
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Restau- Mano
Iris Correa
Hispanic Chamber
Holiday Inn
Cisneros
San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Mano
Mariachi Band
Nuevo San Luis
Psychiatrists sway verdicts in Yates and Laney cases
Tyler AP report compares Andrea Yates and Deanna Laney. Both mothers with severe mental illness killed their children. Yates is serving life for capital murder. Laney was acquitted by insanity. Experts cite differing psychiatric testimony as the key factor shaping juries. Dietz called Laney a textbook insanity case, citing delusions and religious framing.
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TYLER
Andrea Yates
Deanna Laney
Yates
Laney
Texas
Brian Serr
Baylor University
Stacy Schreiber
Houston Area
Schreiber
Park Dietz
Dietz
God
Egyptian conjoined twins Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim discharged from Dallas hospital
Ex conjoined twins Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim, separated in a 34 hour operation last year, have been discharged from North Texas Hospital for Children at Medical City. They live with their parents in a Dallas apartment and visit weekly for physical therapy. They turn three on June 2.
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Dallas
North Texas Hospital For Children
Medical City
Mohamed
Ahmed Ibrahim
Sue Blackwood
World Craniofacial Foundation
Ibrahim Gad
Children’s Medical
Mohamed Ibrahim
Apartment complex struck by Sunday morning lightning
Lightning ripped through Bent Tree Apartments at 1448 Brittany Lane at 8 10 a m Sunday punching a hole in the roof and igniting two fires one in apartment 12 and a smaller one in 9. The bolt damaged the electrical system and forced evacuation of the building with seven other units sustaining smoke damage. Two married couples and three singles were relocated to motels by the Red Cross. No children were involved.
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Bent Tree Apartments
Brittany Lane
American Red Cross
Johnny Prieto
Prieto
Red Cross Emergency Services
Robert Conner
Conner
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Beaumont
Munoz
Eas and
Jimenez
Yates. Laney
No. 12
No. 9
IRS Parkway At University
Cor Town & Country
Nere Center
M. Chase, NY
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