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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 2005

Page

5

Extradition fight in Tennessee officers’ killing couple

George and Jennifer Hyatte challenge extradition to Tennessee after a Kingston courthouse shooting that killed guard Morgan. In Columbus Ohio hearing, Jennifer appeared dazed while George clung to his wife, declaring he does not want to leave without her. Morgan, a Vietnam veteran and Meadowview Baptist Church deacon, was laid to rest with full honors as authorities hunted the fugitives.

Columbus Ohio Tennessee George and Jennifer Hyatte Kingston Tenn George Hyatte Hyatte John Sproat Robert Essex Morgan Wayne “Cotton” Morgan Meadowview Baptist Church Viana Dennis Morgan

Lutherans vote against allowing gay clergy in ELCA

In Orlando, delegates to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America rejected a proposal to permit gays in committed relationships to serve as clergy under conditions. The measure failed 503 to 490, needing two thirds, as leaders also voted 851 to 127 to keep the church unified amid disputes over homosexuality.

Orlando Fla Evangelical Lutheran Church In America

Bond Granted To Klansman Edgar Ray Killen In Mississippi

A Mississippi judge set a 600000 bond Friday allowing Edgar Ray Killen the former Klansman to await appeal of his manslaughter convictions for the 1964 killings of Michael Schwerner James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. Killen 80 and wheelchair bound was deemed not a flight risk or danger.

Philadelphia Miss Edgar Ray Killen Marcus Gordon Killen Gordon Mississippi Supreme Court Michael Schwerner James Chaney Andrew Goodman Kenny Spencer Mississippi

NYU to receive $105 million donation from immigrant doctor

Dr. Jan T. Vilcek, a microbiology professor who fled Nazi persecution, plans a $105 million gift to New York University School of Medicine. The donation, the largest in NYU’s history, will endow professorships and fellowships, fund research, recruit faculty, and improve facilities and basic science programs.

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