Atlanta approves panhandling ban near downtown
City Council backed a ban on begging in downtown Atlanta and near tourist sites, despite protests. The ordinance, to take effect with Mayor Shirley Franklin's signature, bars panhandling at night and near public phones or ATMs citywide, with escalating penalties.
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Derrick Boazman
Shirley Franklin
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Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
Panhandle
Richard Cobble
ECISD First Day Glows Amid Rain at Multiple Campuses
Students and staff returned to ECISD schools on a soggy Monday with 23,798 walkers, 1,600 projected at Ector Junior High, and upgrades at Odessa High. New entrances, renovated choir and Mariachi rooms, and uniform rules highlighted campus activity as Wendell Sollis toured Jordan, Ector, Nimitz, and Dowling Elementary schools.
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Reagan Elementary
Tercero
Burnet
Ector Junior High
Nen
Roy Garcia
Kelsey Longabaugh
Longabaugh
Garcia
Ector
Nimitz
Leach
Wendell Sollis
ECISD
Jordan Elementary
Dowling
Lollis
Public TV station KOCV aim for PBPT handover plan
Officials discuss interim management and a potential transfer of KOCV to PBPT with ECISD oversight. Aimed by Sept 1 changeover, funds include CPB grants totaling about 680000 and an 800000 annual budget, backed by community support from Odessa and surrounding areas.
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PBS
Jackson
PBPT
ECISD
Revell
Odessa College
Federal Communications Commission
James
KOCYV
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Barebones
CPB
Team named to transfer KOCV-TV license in Midland Odessa
Permian Basin Public Telecommunications coordinates license transfer from ECISD for KOCV-TV with a Midland and Washington DC based team. Key figures include John James Tomcat USA engineer Necola Staples CPB manager Jon Lindgren ViaMedia Janet Wood Daphne Dowdy Jerold Jacobs Wayne Rosberg Consultant A Lamar Casparis Pat Long Weaver Robert Rendall Stubbeman McRae Sealy Laughlin Browder Jane Wolf Legacy Real Estate Charles Spence Odessa publishers Pat Canty.
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Pat Long Weaver
Robert Rendall
Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder Inc
Babies and famous names trigger no-fly list mixups at airports
The article describes infants and well known figures being stopped because their names match government no-fly listings. It notes flights delayed while passports or paperwork are faxed and argues a name based system risks misidentifications. The Secure Flight program is in development amid growing name lists and privacy concerns.
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Sanden
Sarah Zapolsky
Dulles International
Washington
Zapolsky
Edward M. Kennedy
John Lewis
D-Ga
David Nelson
Ozzie and Harriet
Sept. Il
Ing
T Kennedy
ACLU
Tim Sparapani
Unseasonable West Texas Storm Breaks Rain Records
Weather expert Vesper notes 144 inches of rain on Sunday as the highest August daily total and a 67 degree low, amid a stalled front in Odessa Midland. Moisture and disturbances keep rain heavy while weak winds fail to push the front out. The National Weather Service issues a flash flood warning for parts of the Permian Basin as flooding concerns rise. The outlook calls for mid 90s highs and low 70s by Wednesday.
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Vesper
Odessa- Midland
West Texas
Midland
West
Texas
Morgan
National Weather Service
Permian Basin
Big Spring prison riot disrupts weekend at federal contract facility
A couple hundred inmates rioted for six hours at the Big Spring Correctional Center this weekend. One guard was treated for minor injuries. no inmates were hurt. The minimum security site, opened in 1989, houses nonviolent illegal aliens with five years or less left on their sentences and contracts with the U S Bureau of Prisons. Attempts to reach Cornell Companies Inc the operator were unsuccessful.
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Big Spring
Cornell Companies Inc
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Hearing aid study seeks 50 testers across five manufacturers
Better hearing focuses on communication and quality of life. A digital sound system uses a tiny tube to transmit into the ear canal with a micro processor for hi fidelity to soft speech. Five manufacturers seek 50 volunteers with frequency hearing loss for a product study. testers will be paid.
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Gregg Lindly
Livingston Hearing Centers
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