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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 2002
Page
1
Baghdad AP dispatch reports Saddam Hussein, defiant after organizing a large military parade, warning that the forces of evil should not attack Iraq while he urged world powers to pressure him to honor international agreements.
Historical report outlines Iraq's 1991 defeat in the Gulf War and its subsequent stance on UN inspections. It notes Iraq’s blocks and coercion of inspectors between 1991 and 1993, periods of noncooperation and later coercive air raids by the United States and allies.
In September 1997 Iraq barred UN inspectors from eight presidential sites as tensions over weapons inspections rose. By November Iraq demanded all access and then abruptly retreated from a further ultimatum, signaling a shift in confrontation with the United States and UN monitors.
WorldCom Inc. reports an additional 3.3 billion in bogus accounting, raising total irregularities to about 7.1 billion. The disclosure expands as internal probes review 1999 and 2000, with most of the new figures tied to 2000. The Clinton, Mississippi based firm warns more problems may emerge.
In Big Spring, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of West Texas helps Garin Fox, 6, living with CHARGE syndrome, travel to Disney destinations after years of medical challenges and isolation. His mother Carrie Fox says he relies on a feeding tube and cannot swallow.
Friends and colleagues remember former Odessa Police Department homicide investigator Jerry Don Smith, 52, as a professional and hard working officer who solved heinous crimes in the 1980s. Smith died after a heart attack following a battle with cancer, leaving a void in the police communities he served in Odessa and Cleburne.
A major law officer association requests a temporary pause of 11 days on political advertisements. The move aims to curb pre election messaging as campaigns intensify across the region.
ECISD urges parents to decide on bus transportation for their children as soon as possible. Vanell Stroud, driver foreman, notes a typical three day waiting period before adding students to routes. Sally Morgan, transportation director, says eligibility is within two miles of the school attended and that only minor route changes have been made so far.
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