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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1996

Page

14

Odessa Industrial Development Corp appoints 1996 97 officers

Odessa Industrial Development Corp names 1996 97 officers and new board members led by president Dick Sivalls of Sivalls Inc. Also named are vice president Peggy Dean treasurer Ron Prince secretary Neil McDonald, with executive committee members from Southwestern Bell Elms Faris Sun Motors and Melton Insurance.

Odessa Industrial Development Corp Dick Sivalls Sivalls Inc OIDC Peggy Dean Johnson Miller & Co Ron Prince TV Electric Neil McDonald Odessa Chamber of Commerce Guy Andrews Southwestern Bell Bill Elms Elms Faris & Co Jim Morris Sun Motors Tom Melton Melton Insurance

Bomb plot leads Tyler man to 20 year sentence

Charles Ray Polk, 46, of Tyler, convicted on six counts including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, received 20 years and nine months in prison for plotting to blow up the IRS service center in Austin. A six man jury deliberated about four hours before a guilty verdict in April. Prosecutors said Polk planned the attack between 1994 and his July 1995 arrest. The judge imposed the term despite the potential for life without parole.

Tyler IRS Austin Charles Ray Polk William Justice Polk Mike Bradford

Judge denies Norplant group class status

BEAUMONT AP Judge Richard Schell denied class action status for lawsuits claiming medical problems from Norplant. He said it is premature since no individual case has gone to trial and invited renewed requests after early trials begin in February. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories distributes Norplant in the United States.

Beaumont U.S Richard Schell Schell Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories

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