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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1996
Page
1
Morales campaigns across the state after quitting a 2300 monthly teaching job. He says regulation is needed but overreach hurts oil and gas. His team counts five staffers and about 200000 in the bank as he travels in a pickup to court voters.
In San Diego the GOP rolls out support for Bob Dole with speeches praising his honor and career. Satellite supporters from Russell Kansas praise the nomination as fireworks erupt in Russell and Gingrich presides over the roll call as states sequentially back Dole toward the 996 votes needed to clinch.
In San Diego an AP report notes Bob Dole stands apart at his convention running on a Pat Buchanan influenced platform. Democrats move to exploit the situation as Dole added Kemp to the ticket and White House spokesman Mike McCurry says Dole faces the fall campaign aligned with Buchanan and Jack Kemp.
Four to six masked men seized cash from an Air France Europe flight bound from Paris to Perpignan, unloading 800000 in Spanish pesetas from Brinks cargo. The crew kept passengers calm as shots were fired at the hatch and two empty vans and a pistol were left behind on the tarmac.
Ernie Crawford received praise from the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission board despite outcry over $700 topless bar charges to taxpayers. A standing vote of confidence kept him unpunished while the board ordered Elms Faris & to audit three years of PBRPC staff travel for possible action. Jeff Norwood led the move for an internal review to recover ineligible costs, as an Odessa American probe cited about $26,000 spent in bars and restaurants, with most directors limiting discussion to Crawford’s expenses.
John Corner buys an insurance policy to guarantee his $640 monthly child support if he loses his job, touted as a national first. Diller & Associates in Fort Wayne, with Cigna underwrite, offer the plan to fathers worried about job loss.
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