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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1996
Page
2
The official death toll from a cholera outbreak in Mongolia rose to eight, with 92 confirmed cases and 75 victims in Khoetol, as Ulan Bator shows seven confirmed cases. Quarantine numbers reach 1,901 nationwide while civic defense troops patrol to enforce a street food ban.
Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan backed Turkish troops who shot Solomos Solomou, 26, as he climbed to haul down a Turkish flag near the UN buffer zone in Cyprus. Erbakan said soldiers were simply carrying out duties amid border tensions. He spoke after a three day Malaysia visit before leaving for Indonesia.
Sudanese doctors at Khartoum's main hospital and other facilities walked out for four days to protest security guards questioning women visitors about their relations and companions. The strike spread to five other hospitals as guards were replaced by police volunteers after the walkout ended.
U S Embassy says about 800 dependents of Defense Department personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia are being repatriated for security reasons and due to lack of housing at a military base near Al Khasij 50 miles south of Riyadh.
Jamie Lee Curtis offers flexible adoption guidelines and cautions about a child's sense of loss as she and Christopher Guest raise two children. In Zimbabwe, Mugabe wed Grace Marufu in a public ceremony with blessings from the pope. Elizabeth Hurley explains weight loss is due to busyness, not disorder. Larry Hagman hosts a fundraiser for Kathy Long, highlighting local political involvement.
The Brookfield Zoo toddler rescue by Binti Jua, an 8 year old western lowland gorilla, boosted attendance to 18 500 as crowds surged for the tale of the animal savior. The child’s injuries were not disclosed and his condition was upgraded to fair.
Readers are invited to vote on weekly questions via toll free dial in or fax and email. The deadline is midnight Thursday and results plus new questions appear in Sunday's Odessa American. The current topic asks whether televised political conventions should be aired with party funding or dropped from air time.
Public notice explains that responders need not give their name but may provide a name and phone number if they wish to be quoted. The advisory emphasizes confidentiality and voluntary disclosure for attribution.
Austin AP reports no winners in the $8 million Lotto Texas drawing on Saturday. The Wednesday drawing rises to about $12 million. Eighty three tickets matched five of six for about $2,077 each, 5,150 matched four for $120, and 107,759 tickets matched three for $3 each. The numbers drawn were 7, 8, 25, 35, 39, and the remaining digit.
Former presidential candidate Ross Perot urged creation of a reform party to wrest power from special interests. He cited 1992 campaign themes with charts and pledges, noting plans to accept $30 million in federal funds and raise millions from a birthday fundraiser in New York. He called for broad fundraising from supporters and urged contributions.
Singapore officials push a campaign on public toilet etiquette and hygiene, surveying 800 of 12 000 facilities. The Environment Ministry plans two month follow up, while fines from 106 to 709 dollars apply for non compliance. offenders risk police handover. Public hygiene is treated as a priority in a bid to normalize proper toilet behavior.
Clinton celebrated his birthday beside a cake shaped like an American flag in Jackson Wyoming. A protester held a welfare bill poster prompting boos while Clinton urged applause for all messages. The event tied to baby boomers born 1946 to 1964 with fundraisers and satellite broadcasts to 80 cities.
A Dyess Air Force Base C 130 crew was killed when their plane crashed after takeoff from Jackson Hole en route to New York. The crash site search yielded no survivors, and officials pledged a thorough investigation as families and base neighbors mourn the loss.
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