Court allows textbooks opposed by fundamentalists in Alabama
The 11th U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a ruling banning 44 books in Alabama schools, finding no evidence the texts promoted secular humanism as a religion. The decision, described as a step toward the Supreme Court, stems from a clash over church state neutrality and book content.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Supreme Court
11Th
U.S. Court of Appeals
Bob Sherling
Cincinnati
Tennesee
Gion
U.S
Frank Johnson Jr
Odessa Man Seeks Permit Battle Over Weedy Barbecue Stand
Huey Mitchell, 56, wants to sell barbecued ribs from a rundown building at Murphy Street and Muskingum Avenue but must pave a lot, buy a dishwasher, paint, glass and other supplies and obtain city permits to meet code. The Odessa City Council granted a stay from condemnation on condition the property be kept weed free, while noting weeds remain tall along the back and sides. Mitchell, citing economic hardship and arthritis, says he’s in the process of acquiring the property and has limited funds. The case dates to 1986 with the Board of Survey.
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Huey Mitchell
Murphy Street
Muskingum Avenue
Mitchell
Odessa
Don Carter
Council
Mitchell Bar-B-Q
Barney Rodriguez
Board of Survey
DOE to publish drafts of nuclear waste site plans
The U S Department of Energy will release in January preliminary drafts of site characterization plans for proposed nuclear waste dump sites including Deaf Smith County Texas Yucca Mountain Nevada and Hanford Washington. The drafts aim to give residents and officials more time to review the proposed study methodology and will cover drilling thousands of holes and two 2500 foot shafts on a nine square mile tract in Deaf Smith County.
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Amarillo
U.S. Department of Energy
Deaf Smith County
Department
Yucca Mountain
Nev
Hanford
Wash
Andrews site reaction to ISA concerns on Ogallala aquifer
DOE officials rebut contamination fears from ISA activities alleging Ogallala aquifer salt sterilization. Deputy project manager Bob Wunderlich of Hereford says the draft plan release in January allows more review time without delaying site characterization work in Des. DOE/2A
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Ogallala
Department of Energy
Bob Wunderlich
DOE
Hereford
Deaf Smith
Oil prices rise above nineteen dollars on OPEC talks
Oil futures rallied as reports said OPEC pricing and quotas committees would meet soon to address a supply glut. WTI October settled at 19.46 a barrel on the NYMEX, up 82 cents. diesel and heating oil also climbed. OPEC President Lukman said a Vienna meeting with Indonesia and Venezuela would seek to ensure quota compliance.
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New York
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
New York Mercantile Exchange
West Texas Intermediate
U.S
OPEC
Rilwanu Lukman
Lagos
Nigeria
Vienna
Indonesia
Venezuela
GOP poised to gain Texas Supreme Court seat
Democratic Chief Justice John Hill will retire January 1, leaving Governor Bill Clements to appoint a chief justice who will serve until 1988. Republicans urge a qualified, electable appointee. Democrat leaders say the seat will revert to Dems in 1988.
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Austin
John Hill
State Supreme Court
GOP
George Strake
Houston
Hill
Bill Clements
Strake
Clements
Sherman
Texas
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