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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1998
Page
1
In a baseball game at the Ector County Elections Office area 1010 W Eighth Street Odessa High rallied from a seven run deficit to defeat Abilene Cooper. The report also notes a reflection on Tammy Wynette as a pioneer in country music.
A two person CNN camera and sound crew was robbed at gunpoint in the Foreign Secretariat parking area in Mexico City during a CNN news conference with U S drug czar Gen Barry McCaffrey and Mexican officials. The thieves stole sound and video gear and a cellular phone valued at 50 000 to 60 000 dollars. It marked CNN's second such theft in Mexico City within a year amid rising local crime concerns.
The Ector County Homicide Unit investigates a Fort Worth tip claiming a baby was buried alive in a West 20th Street backyard in 1980. Bone fragments found in the yard will be tested. no missing baby report exists, and no connection to current owners has been confirmed.
President Clinton opened a national dialogue on Social Security, urging small changes not a total overhaul. He highlighted a $100 billion surplus could extend solvency by at least a year with no other changes, while noting talk of limited privatization.
Susan Serrano reports on conflict resolution programs in Odessa area schools. Junior high students face daily slights and minor conflicts. educators warn these can trigger violence without healthy outlets. Armani led three days of training at Ectorete High School for a pilot project funded by a governor’s grant. Peer mediators will apply new skills to help classmates resolve disputes.
The two bells once used to signal a 1901 sneak attack on American troops in the Philippines are displayed at FE. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne Wyoming, illustrating a clash over historic artifacts and military memory.
In Washington and Cheyenne a century old dispute over two church bells taken from the Philippines by American soldiers resumes. Philippine officials want the bells returned while veterans and lawmakers weigh the historical wounds of the war. The bells hang near Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Nebraska Territory, as the debate surfaces.
A local vehicle damage note lists a Toyota Tacoma a Dodge Dakota Sport a Ford Ranger XLT and a Chevrolet S ten LS. No further details on incidents timing or conditions are provided.
An insurance industry study finds popular small pickups incur large repair costs in 5 mph crash tests. Toyota Tacoma led with 4361 dollars in damage, while Chevrolet S10 LS sustained 2246 dollars. Ford XLT and Dakota Sox showed 2 totals and 3863 dollars respectively, Nissan Frontier XE also tested.
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