Correction of age in aggravated kidnapping case
A reporting error corrected the age of Perry Wayne Wells in the aggravated kidnapping case. Wells is 39 years old. The OA regrets the error.
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 2002
Page
2
Fox Skips Texas Visit Strains Fox Bush Immigration Ties
Mexican lawmakers say Fox feels abandoned as U S policy shifts to terrorism. Fox canceled his Texas trip to press for an immigration accord after a Mexican citizen faced execution in Dallas. Analysts call the move a setback to U S Mexico ties but a domestic political boon for Fox.
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Mexico
Bush
U.S
Fox
Eddie Varon
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Iraq
Texas
Dallas
Texas Ranch
Rodolfo Elizondo
Alicia Buenrostro
Associated Press
Mexico City
George Grayson
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Virginia
United States
Roe
Vicente Fox
Coca- Cola
Odessa hosts ceremonial groundbreaking for Family Dollar site
Speck cites support from BILLBOARDS and Clear Channel as Odessa holds a 10:30 AM groundbreaking at Andrews Highway. Family Dollar officials speak, with the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang serving tea and cookies while bands from Odessa High and Permian High perform. Burnett says construction may start around Labor Day with trailers and temporary electricity in place.
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Speck
Clear Channel
Andrews Highway
Odessa
Family Dollar
Burnett
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
Permian
Ben Stein's Money canceled after six seasons
Comedy Central ends Win Ben Stein's Money, with six seasons. New episodes taped will air weeknights starting Oct. 28 and run through 2003, as ratings slipped. Stein, 57, once collaborated with Jimmy Kimmel, now hosts with Sal Iacono as sidekick. In San Diego, Adelina Domingues, 114, is certified as oldest U.S. resident by Guinness, though birth year adjusted to 1888 after Cape Verde records.
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New York
Ben Stein
Comedy Central
Steve Albani
Daily Show
South Park
Stein
Jimmy Kimmel
Kimmel
Nancy Pimental
Sal Iacono
San Diego
California
United States
Adelina Domingues
Spring Valley
Cape Verde Islands
West Africa
Deborah Murphy
Guinness
Kamato Hongo
Japan
Watermelon Seed Growers Duel Ends With Giant Melon Tale
In Charleston Missouri, Wallace Reeves and neighbor Babcock plan a spring contest to grow the biggest watermelon. Babcock nurtured a melon named Big Bertha, watered daily, with hints of Miracle Gro and rich soil. Reeves and Babcock compare seeds and anticipate who tops the crop.
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Wallace Reeves
Charleston
Babcock
Big Bertha
Reeves
Betty
Navy weighs change to Speicher status from missing in action
The Navy weighs redesignating Gulf War pilot Scott Speicher from missing in action to captured or POW status. Navy Secretary Gordon England would approve any change, with aides saying no decision has been made. Speicher was shot down January 1991 over Iraq. intelligence notes he may have survived and been captured, though no proof exists.
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Navy
Gulf
Scott Speicher
Speicher
Gordon England
Iraq
Congress
U.S
Senate Intelligence Committee
Cmdr
Baghdad
Tion
State Department
International Committee of the Red Cross
Texas lawmaker forms task force to protect children from abuse
West, joined by Sen Florence Shapiro and Rep Pete Gallego, unveils a legislative task force after incidents involving James Jenkins arrest and Abdul Baluch accusation. West aims to draft measures to shield children from child pornography and related harms across Texas communities.
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State Senate
House of Representatives
Florence Shapiro
West
Texas
Monsoon Floods Persist Across South Asia Amid Destruction
Kalita, 57, survived with his family but lost his home to floods in Assam. Across India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, monsoon rains have killed over 900 people since June and displaced about 25 million, with Nepal suffering the highest toll at 424. Flooding recedes slowly in Assam, but officials fear renewed downpours.
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Kalita
South Asia
India
Bangladesh
Nepal
Assam
Himalayas
Ganges
Brahmaputra
Jamuna
Odessa American Phone and Contact Line Snippet
A fragment from the Odessa American lists contact numbers and hours for readers and staff including main line 337-6262, out-of-town numbers 800-375-4661 and 888-375-0AOA, plus special call times and a few unreadable local extensions.
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Oaoa
Classified Fax Numbers at Odessa American
The readers guide classifieds fax line operates 24 hours with numbers 333-7602 334-8641 333-7777 333-7619 333-7722 333-7605 333-7640. The Odessa American reserves the right to accept or reject any classified submission and not liable for errors. Web site listed www.caod.com. IMMUNICATIONS, 180.
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Odessa
Untitled clutter of politicians and celebrities
A fragmented collection of sensational anecdotes spans politics, entertainment, and crime. It mentions Ted Williams’ children disputing autographed bats and cremation choices, airline bankruptcy with mass pilot losses, West Nile fears, droughts, and various remarks attributed to public figures. The text blends rumor and satire with bold, unverified claims.
Least Competent Criminals Paint Stolen Car Black in Parking Lot
Edwardsville Pennsylvania police chased two suspects painting a stolen white car black in a mall parking lot. In Martinsburg West Virginia after a bank robbery officers tracked the red Jeep Wrangler, later found with a For Sale sign in a nearby yard where a 39 year old woman confessed to the crime.
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Edwardsville
Martinsburg
W.va
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