Gaza pullout seen as largely bloodless by observers
The piece weighs emotional responses to Israel’s Gaza withdrawal, noting military restraint and minimal violence. It discusses Israeli settlers’ anger, security concerns, Ariel Sharon’s stance, and the US role as a cautious observer amid debate over long term effects on Israeli defense and Palestinian control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaza Strip
Israel
Gaza
Ariel Sharon
Sharon
United States
Contact details for Texas lawmakers and officials
Lawmakers and officials listed with offices in Washington and Texas. Includes U S representatives Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer Henry Bonilla and senators John Cornyn Kay Bailey Hutchison, plus state reps George West Tom Craddick and senators Robert Duncan Kel Seliger and Gov Rick Perry with street addresses and phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Randy Neugebauer
Republican
Lubbock
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
George E. “Buddy” West
P.O. Box
Austin
Texas
Tom Craddick
Republican of
Robert Duncan
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
N. FM
Rick Perry
State Capitol
Pulitzer Prize 1988 Editorial Page Staff
The Odessa newspaper announces the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for editorial page work credited to editor Ken Brodnax columnist and page editor Bill Salter as publisher emeritus and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Brodnax
Bill Salter
Terican: A Manifesto on Freedom and Self Control
A brief manifesto stresses individual freedom as a divine gift guiding moral self restraint. It argues true freedom comes from personal discipline aligned with moral guides such as the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.
Debunking Hiroshima guilt claims on the bomb’s 60th anniversary
The author argues that morality, not technology, determines the bomb’s ethics and asserts invasion would have caused far greater casualties. Paraphrasing Churchill and Sherman, the piece cautions against revisionist history, warns of media bias, and defends unconditional surrender’s role in Japan’s transformation under MacArthur.
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Hiroshima
Time Magazine
Gen. Sherman
Winston Churchill
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Japan
Normandy
Pacific
America
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Purple Sage Festival proposed to lift community mood
A public forum proposes a festival celebrating purple sage bloom as a peaceful retreat from politics with religious freedom, no protests, and a lighthearted communal focus. reader calls for a nonpartisan family event. Odessa letters discuss hospital board spending and past changes at Medical Center Hospital, urging accountability and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
Bill Webster
MCH
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Ector County Commissioners
Ector County
Fred Martin
Webster
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Eee
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ODESS
John Ker
Terican
God
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Php
John Trever
Rally Round the Sage
Don Brand Odessa
Faye Woolf Odessa
Odessa High
Freedom.com
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