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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1998
Page
1
Cuban president Fidel Castro pays tribute to victims of the 1973 air disaster. The ceremony recalls the fatal accident, honoring those who perished and reaffirming the state’s memory of the event.
A 23-year-old Chinese man clung to a Northwest Airlines 747 landing gear for three hours to survive sub zero temperatures after the Shanghai flight. He was found conscious but immobile when the plane landed in Tokyo. Deported and hospitalized in critical condition, he said he sought work in Japan amid a wave of migrants.
A nonprofit Habitat for Humanity blitz built a home from Friday night to Saturday morning with over 200 volunteers. The overnight project sought to beat daytime heat as San Antonio temperatures hovered around 100 degrees. Sue Duke called it the first Habitat build done overnight.
Chewbacca a full grown dromedary from the VisionQuest Camel Corps visits Fort Lancaster State Park on a Saturday. VisionQuest runs four national boot camp programs for nonviolent juvenile offenders and is based in Uvalde led by Doug and Trish Baum.
VisionQuest Camel Corps in Uvalde recreates 1850s Army camel program with teens learning care handling and riding 2000 pound creatures. Doug and Trish Baum guide 23 dromedaries and bactrians at Fort Lancaster and nearby state parks while staff conduct boot camp style meetings with youths.
Texas drought worries lawmakers as drought could trim state funds, yet economists insist no catastrophe. Comptroller John Sharp projected a $6 billion surplus ahead of the January budget session, while Weather Service notes record 100 degree days and minimal rain in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Lubbock, underscoring drought severity but not derailing fiscal outlook.
Washington lawmakers press for release of tens of thousands of top secret documents detailing U S intelligence contacts with Nazi war criminals in the early Cold War. Historians warn the disclosures could bring immense embarrassment to the United States and expose actions done in anti communism. Historian Robert Herzstein notes ongoing CIA and FBI secrecy challenges.
The Lewinsky affair widens into a potential presidential crisis as Monica Lewinsky under immunity talks tells prosecutors her story while President Bill Clinton faces a criminal inquiry for perjury and obstruction. The White House grapples with a developing political crisis as key aides are compelled to testify.
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