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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 2004
Page
2
The Odessa postmaster secretary says HOT provides blue and red engraved cards with a soldier name, includes five postcards and monthly prayer instructions. Overseas mail remains 23 cents. regular stamps valid. Care packages cost 19.99 and include a fillable postcard. Leascher picks up and completes the order.
Kathy Hall of Wal Mart North Midland Drive says the H.O.T. program is fantastic as the store sold about 150 bracelets and 75 to 85 care packages since May. Leascher notes rapid growth with plans to expand to schools, businesses, and churches and to add 3000 Texas National Guardsmen deployed to Iraq after Fort Hood training. Soldiers have praised the program for its impactful support.
The policy outlines restrictions on foods of minimal nutritional value and competitive foods in Texas schools. Elementary and junior high limits include 3 oz servings, limited weekly counts, and meal-period restrictions with certain exceptions. High schools ban sugared carbonated drinks during meal periods and limit beverage sugar content in vending machines by 2005-2006.
Actor Danny Glover withdrew from a Caribbean voyage commemorating Haiti's bicentennial citing political upheaval and deaths in the country. About 500 ticketed guests paid up to 2500 dollars for seven days, with celebrities including Katherine Dunham and Marc Morial.
The piece traces White House and Fed interactions from the 1980s to Bush era, noting how administrations pressure or refrain from criticizing the Fed. It highlights how Greenspan’s tenure drew varying responses, with Rubin and Clinton adopting restraint while Bush campaigns balanced praise and risk of signaling weakness.
Health Ministry says a gathering hit a commuter bus station killing two and wounding 17 in Baghdad. A roadside bomb in Baghdad kills a US soldier hours before the conference. At least 31 U.S. service members have died in Iraq since March 2003. In Fallujah U.S. warplanes strike three neighborhoods, killing five civilians and wounding six. Najaf sees tank shells and mortars around the Old City as Mahdi Army clashes continue near Imam Ali Shrine. The National Conference seeks legitimacy for Allawi’s interim government amid Sunni insurgency and Shiite tensions.
A chaotic clipping references John Kerry attacking the White House over gasoline prices and mocks about Rockefeller wealth. It mentions Hurricane Charley’s Florida impact, political jabs over voting tech, and pop culture asides. It ends noting Kobe Bryant case developments in Colorado.
The Odessa American prints daily with contact numbers for news sports and editorial pages. It lists publishing address and postal info plus subscriber options carrier and mail rates and a note about ad acceptance and responsibility.
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