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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 2000
Page
2
American Pride, a photo competition, will be displayed at the Presidential Museum located at 622 N. Lee through August 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Contact 332-7123 for details.
A study warns Texas would need about 14,600 additional prison beds by August 2005 unless parole rates and policies for returning parole violators change. It traces rapid incarceration to a prison-building binge and prior inmate releases to ease overcrowding, noting crime declines lag national trends and large racial disparities in confinement.
A presidential panel examines theft and provenance of Holocaust valuables while American firms face forced labor claims. Executives and survivors push for action amid legal concerns, with 17 nations forming inquiries and U.S. companies increasingly hiring historians as lawsuits unfold.
At a National Rifle Association event in Las Vegas Louise Mandrell said her father Irby was attacked by parolee convicts in California but escaped thanks to his police training and a handgun. She has trained to protect herself and carries a file of threats against her life.
A church women’s literacy effort grows from a note in a window into a 90 minute daily program for 12 to 15 children. Volunteers Lopez Wampler and other neighbors work with families who struggle with reading, aided by bilingual roles and school partnerships.
The interview with Fox cited labor shortages in Monterrey as a factor that could ease Mexican immigration to the United States within a decade. Officials note U S border crackdowns push migrants to desert routes, while Monterrey draws factories from Johnson & Johnson to Whirlpool. The city, near the Texas line, touts infrastructure and proximity to lure employers, even as housing and services strain border regions.
A compilation of diverse trivia covers topics from ancient Gaulish methods of execution to Tolstoy's praise of Lincoln. It cites a prehistoric city Chemi Shanidar with 150 inhabitants, a definition of the at sign, and North American attitudes toward dominoes versus playing cards in the Bible Belt. It ends with an old mailing address in Seattle.
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