Delta jet crashes in storm near Dallas killing 130
A Delta Air Lines L 1011 bound from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles with 149 passengers and 11 crew crashed during final approach to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in a thunderstorm. About 130 dead, many bodies on the tarmac, 34+ injured. An infant died. a man was decapitated in a vehicle strike.
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Delta Air Lines
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Linda Harrison
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Dallas
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Los Angeles
Grieving travelers face Delta 191 crash aftermath
In Grapevine crowds at the Delta terminal watched as smoke from Flight 191 drifted in a thunderstorm north of Dallas Fort Worth. Passengers and relatives described fear of flying and sought news while delays persisted and takeoffs resumed after the crash.
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Gordon Dearing
Chicago
Delta 191
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Delta
Local hotshot blends fun and intensity in horseshoes
Odessa's Dos Amigos hosts top players led by Buddy Hale a former teacher and pipe inspector who treats the game as serious sport. Hale drills at 35 foot stakes chalking up three points and inviting rivals to join again. He says he plays for steam relief after work and competes with intensity against locals and strangers alike.
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Hale
Dos Amigos
47Th Street
Golder Avenue
Odessa
Ronnie Lewis
Prostitution linked to escort services in Odessa
Odessa police allege that escort services such as Bluebonnet and Sunshine Girls employ female escorts who offer more than companionship for a fee. Police classify these workers as prostitutes and note several arrests linked to escort services.
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Odessa
Bluebonnet
Sunshine Girls
Jack White
White
Odessa loses prison bid as Palestine chosen for new state facility
Civic leaders pushed to bring a TDC high security prison to Odessa but the Site Selection Committee named Palestine as the location for a 2,200-inmate facility. Odessa officials, chamber members, and citizens react amid budget talks and local tax hike plans.
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Texas Department of Corrections
Palestine
TDC
East Texas
Greater Odessa Area
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Amy Gomez
Whitaker Avenue
Eric Augesen
Gomez
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John Harrison
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