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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1999
Page
1
Professional storytellers gather in Midland for the school district's annual event. For the first time ever, scientists mapped virtually an entire human chromosome.
The Ku Klux Klan national director defends Missouri's Adopt A Highway participation after a federal ruling allowed it amid five years of legal battles. Missouri transportation workers restored a cut down sign along Interstate 55 as the program proceeds despite appeals.
Protesters were detained as National Guard troops patrolled outside. Delegates from 135 nations gathered to revive world trade talks halted by demonstrations. President Clinton urged transparency and linking deals to labor rights and environmental protection, but some delegates remained cool to his approach.
Odessa city worker Billy Tucker and colleagues prepare the Star Bright Village holiday display at McKinney Park. The display opens to the public Friday evening as Mike Benavides Raymond Hernandez Chris Flores and Richard Mayfield dig holes for decorative poles.
Pecos residents file for a contested case hearing with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission over plans to expand the municipal sewage treatment plant. They fear two new holding ponds will worsen odors described as putrid and rancid while proponents say the ponds are for emergencies only and will not raise discharges. Community members urge erosion of current agreements with rancher Marcos Martinez and propose alternatives such as reallocating acreage, irrigation use, wetlands treatment, or on site groundwater recharge.
NASA officials say the Mars Polar Lander landing will be shared with the public online as virtual tourists access pictures weather data and science updates from 157 million miles away. Mirror sites and improved traffic systems aim to prevent outages while NASA TV streams video and a panorama from JPL rooms.
Bill, an unemployed father, faces a tightening benefit period and a looming Christmas without toys or clothes for his three children. Donations to the Empty Stocking Fund, Odessa See STOCKING on Page 2A, aid Bill and other local families lacking funds for food, gifts, and clothing this holiday season.
Odessa patrol memory helps arrest Michael Juarez 22 in connection with 15 burglaries over four months. He faced one burglary count and was jailed in Ector County with a 50000 dollar bond. Police traced crimes to east Odessa area between Beechwood and East 21st and Bonham to JBS Parkway. Chief Jenkins noted long investigation hours and a warning issued September 24 about a home-intruder who entered while residents slept.
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