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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1996
Page
2
A 17th century Giovanni Grancino violin valued around 216000 dollars was stolen from a car in a Cologne department store parking lot over the weekend. The instrument belonged to a Korean violinist, whose name was not released. Thieves shattered a car window and took the violin with its case and four bows. the bridge bears the name of a Dutch restorer.
China expects a good rice harvest this year despite devastating floods in the southern rice belt. Agriculture Ministry official Wu Hongyao said early rice output rose overall though not as much as hoped. Floods killed about 3,000, inundated hundreds of thousands of acres, destroyed about 3,000 square miles of crops, and caused over 11 billion dollars in economic losses.
A Kobe District Court ruled that AIA Insurance Co must pay 1 million to the family of a Tokyo executive who died after falling from a Los Angeles hotel balcony in 1993. Police found a pipe fragment in his throat and wounds suggesting resistance, but foul play status remained undetermined.
In closing arguments prosecutors described Ramzi Yousef and two others as pursuing a “perverse mission of retaliation” to target U S jetliners over Asia. They planned two days in Los Angeles and other cities, though no attacks occurred. A December 1994 Philippines Airlines test bomb killed a Japanese passenger and wounded ten.
Gov. Pete Wilson backs a bill passed by the state Senate to force hormone suppressors on first time child molesters upon parole and mandating treatment for a second offense, with physical castration as an optional path. The measure aims to curb deviant behavior and reduce recidivism.
Arsenio Hall signs with ABC and DreamWorks to star in a 1997 midseason sitcom as a married sportscaster. Vivica A Fox plays his wife. 13 episodes ordered. ABC touts the pairing as a hot network couple. Hall left The Arsenio Hall Show in 1994 after fading ratings.
Texas Senate panel backs a package to curb underage drinking and driving with a $1 million implementation cost and potential loss of $38.4 million in federal highway funds if no law by October 1, 1998. Recommendations include earlier license limits and suspensions for offenses, aimed to be bundled into one bill for the 1997 session.
Ector County commissioners weigh funding the 1996 97 budget with a 1 cent tax rate increase expected to raise about 350 000 and a transfer of reserve funds. Patton Bryant and Jordan approve the vehicle registration hike while Crider and Todd oppose the fee as a tax. Todd suggests cutting operations to fund the budget, citing computerization and fewer road projects. The board also approves a regional transportation planning contract and settles an $8 500 claim with a juvenile corrections officer incident.
The Odessa American reports a weekly online and fax survey asking if all sex offenders should be subject to public notification, noting exemptions for adjudicated sentences and victims over 17. It contrasts opponent and supporter views on treating offenders uniformly versus focusing on the worst.
A correction notes the induction of the first vicar, Rev Michael A Jasper, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St Barnabas Church, 4141 Tanglewood Lane. Guest preacher Rev Jim K Alcorn of St Luke's Texas Medical Center leads the service. A reception follows in the parish hall. Call 362 3881 for details.
Democrats frame the future with Hollywood style emotion on the convention stage. Christopher Reeve, famed for playing Clark Kent and now paralyzed from a riding accident, becomes the emblem of national dreams. The scene contrasts with a Republican tribute in San Diego to a fallen New York officer, shaping a national memory.
Brazell, Hannah House board member, favors alternative accreditation over state licensing for charities, citing concerns about extra bureaucracy and freedom. Sullivan says public input was sought and that task force chairmen drove the closed meetings, not their office, denying sinister motives.
Public notice of the Odessa American rules outlines ad acceptance refusal liability and non publication errors. It mentions contact details for address changes and postmaster, with placeholder garbled text in the ad guidance.
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