Gore urges tying federal education funds to test results in push for school reform
In Dallas Gore argues to withhold Title 1 funds from underperforming states and redirect to failing schools for reforms, while Bush favors private school vouchers funded by federal money. Gore bills a detailed 115 billion plan over 10 years including incentives and turnaround grants to improve scores and reduce dropouts.
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Two Odessa men face federal charges in drug probe
Hobbs New Mexico authorities say five people were rounded up after a yearlong trafficking investigation between West Texas and southeast New Mexico. James Meridyth and Edward Oliver, both of Odessa, are among those facing conspiracy to traffic charges. The raid seized three pickups and involved multiple agencies.
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Ronnie Meridyth
Las Cruces
Donnie Graham
Afton
Texas
Graham
Drug Enforcement Administration
FBI
Lea County Drug Task Force
Pecos Valley
Former OC chair, officer Cooksey dies at 74
Brownwood staff writer reports longtime peace officer Bill Clyde Cooksey, former Odessa College Law Enforcement Training Division chair, died April 27 2000 in Brownwood at age 74. He served from 1948 in Texas DPS then taught at A&M and OC, and led Terrell County Sheriff's Office 1961–1972 before joining OC. Services set for 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Mullin with burial at Oakview.
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Adoption ruling highlights delayed parental rights case
The appeals court upheld a district court ruling involving Marywood and a mother Corina over a relinquishment affidavit that could nullify a sharing plan for the child. Justice Lee Yeakel noted the boy’s life with adoptive parents. Alberts warned against extended appeals harming those involved.
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Lee Yeakel
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Yeakel
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Indicted atheist Gary Karr tied to 1995 O'Hair family case
In Austin court papers Gary Karr is named as the sole indicted figure in the 1995 disappearance of the O'Hair family. Investigators allege a kidnapping plot involving David Waters and Danny Fry to extract 500000 in gold coins, with Fry later found headless in Dallas County. Waters is jailed for separate crimes. Karr faces the charges linked to the case.
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Florida
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Waters
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Denver mayor Webb elected president of Black Mayors group
Wellington Webb, Denver's first black mayor in 1991 and a former city auditor, was chosen to lead the National Conference of Black Mayors. He succeeds Prichard, Alabama mayor Jesse Norwood, who faced impeachment and is suspended amid misuse of office charges.
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Mobile County
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Wellington Webb
National Conference of Black Mayors
Jesse Norwood
Ala
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Pecos County Memorial Hospital to rise with 32 beds
Interim administrator Nick Blythe says the county funds a new 85 000 square foot 13.5 million general hospital with a level four trauma center and on site physician offices. It will lack an ICU and aims to ease rural staffing with scholarships from Reeves County Hospital while noting a doctor shortage and ongoing recruiting at nearby facilities.
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