Conservation Takeover Aims to Preserve Davis Mountains Ranch
Melvor contemplates selling part of a West Texas ranch to the Nature Conservancy to protect Mount Livermore Preserve in the Davis Mountains. James King notes endemism and rare Texas species, with a four tract plan using conservation easements to restrict land use and keep the land for research and education.
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Melver
West
Texas
McIvor
James King
The
Nature Conservancy
Mclvor
King
Conservancy
Melvor
Mount Livermore Preserve
Chihuahuan Desert
U.S
Davis Mountains
United States
National
Niki McDaniel
McDaniel
Mce Observatory
Mount Locke
Scott Locke Jr
White House eyes veto power amid budget debate
White House aides say a line item veto would be vetoed only if inconsistent with policy and not negotiated, while Rahm Emanuel says Clinton has reviewed economic effects. Emanuel notes the move signals an end to business as usual and calls for fiscal discipline, amid constitutional challenges anticipated by opponents. Rubin declines to discuss whether a veto will occur.
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Rahm Emanuel
Clinton
CBS
Emanuel
Congress
Washington
Supreme Court
ARC
Rubin
Flip Wilson fans push for return to TV
Fans urge Flip Wilson to return to television after years away. Wilson notes he left TV to raise his children in 1974 and recalls past earnings from The Flip Wilson Show. He reflects on lack of second chances and discusses brief 1985 86 comeback.
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New York
Flip Wilson
TV Guide
Wilson
Gladys Knight
Charlie & Co
Neil LaBute
LaBute
Entertainment Weekly
Sony Pictures Classics
U.S
Arafat Meets US Officials on Security and Peace Talks
Palestinian leader Arafat told reporters the United States would push a broad political initiative after security cooperation. He pressed for easing travel bans and criticized Israeli actions while Netanyahu urged action against militancy. Netanyahu to visit Jordan as Hezbollah clashes kill soldiers in south Lebanon.
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Madeleine Albright
Ross
Arafat
Jerusalem
Israel
United States
Yasser Abed Rabbo
Albright
Nabil Amr
Netanyahu
Ezer Weizman
Hamas
CNN
Jordan
Hussein
Red Sea
Aqaba
Lebanon
Iran
Hezbollah
Bridge damaged before Amtrak derailment near Kingman
Officials said the bridge was damaged before the Amtrak derailment in northwestern Arizona as the train hit a buckled trestle over a dry gully. Investigators noted a dip in the track and that trains faced lower speed limits after the incident.
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Kingman
Ariz
Amtrak
Arizona
Desert Gully
Jim Hall
National Transportation Safety Board
Hall
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Sundse
Gina Giallondardo
Red Cross
Texas property tax pressure rises for homeowners amid reforms
A state official notes property tax rates and values threaten home ownership in Texas while a strong economy, tax cuts, and education funding aim to ease local school tax bills. He says Texans must speak up for more relief. A constitutional amendment boosts the homestead exemption by 10000 dollars, cutting about 12 dollars per month for most homeowners, but renters and business property owners gain little.
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Texas
White House souvenir theft through the ages
Memoir quotes recall guests pocketing items from the White House many decades apart. Secret Service and butlers recount how forks and spoons often vanish and later reappear, while presidents and staff tried to curb pilfering with replacements and surveillance. A few notable thefts include Nancy Reagan and a 1990 case of $7,000 in china, with lingering temptations seen in linen and lamp snatching at Lincoln era.
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White House
Nancy Reagan
Eleanor Roosevelt
Lincoln
San Francisco
Willie Brown
Noel Lattimore
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Clinton White House
Clinton
Lattimore
Secret Service
Rex Scouten
Scouten
Eugene Allen
Truman
Reagan
Nelson Pierce
Scouteaidh
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Lincoln White
William Seale
Odessa Texas Postmaster Adress Phone and Mail Details
USPS entry lists address telephone and contact lines for Odessa Texas post office and local publisher staff including publisher Gary Newsom editor Tony Cooper and advertising director Tony Traven along with classified department numbers and out of town line.
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Bill Satter
Gary Newsom
Tony Cooper
Tony Traven
Bob Braswell
Wupsens
Alam
Denly
Brdais
Church News
Ken Brodnax
Laura Dens
Sonja Merrick
Imo
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