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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1998
Page
1
Pamela Bachman sues her former employer claiming Zippy the office mail robot slammed into her, squeezing her against a filing cabinet and causing injuries to her back feet and toe. The suit seeks unpaid wages and medical costs, while a Pacific Bell spokesman downplays robot safety.
In two coordinated blasts 450 miles apart in Kenya and Tanzania at least 81 people die and more than 1,700 are injured. The attacks strike busy city streets minutes apart with no immediate claim of responsibility. Several Americans are among the dead and missing.
About two dozen anti-nuclear activists trek nearly 90 miles from El Paso to Sierra Blanca to protest a proposed West Texas radioactive dump. They march mostly at dawn and night through Fabens and deserts, carrying water and supplies as supporters honk in encouragement.
US District Judge Norman Holloway Johnson ruled that Kenneth Starr may have violated grand jury secrecy rules. The decision cites Starrs comments to a magazine and remarks to TV cameras about a sealed ruling as potentially serious and repetitive disclosures.
The Texas Rangers will present evidence to the Ector County grand jury starting Monday to review the Permian Basin Drug Task Force. Sheriff Painter may testify. Funding was cut May 31 after criminal allegations led Gov. Bush to dismantle the unit and form a new one led by DPS.
Sally White, Odessa's first female fire marshal, marks six months in the role amid lingering surprise from some who once saw fire departments as male only. At 53, she previously logged 20 years with the Odessa Fire Department and is now among a small group of women fire protection officers in Texas.
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