Amarillo doctors among 13 killed in Rwanda plane crash
Eight Amarillo residents die in a charter plane crash in Rwanda while on a photo safari to see gorillas. Victims include Dr Daniel J. Schwartz obstetrician gynecologist and part time professor, Dr Thelma Yambao, Nancy Gerald, Dr Mary Slater, Becky Fergerson, Ernest and Shirley Farino, and Donald Wilberforce. Texas Tech Health Sciences Center confirms the group, with other U S residents and a Kenyan pilot among the dead.
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Amarillo
Africa
Rwanda
Todd Overton
State Department
Department
U.S
Gene White
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Kenya
Daniel J. Schwartz
Tampa, Fla
Thelma Yambao
Nancy
Gerald
Mary Slater
Becky Fergerson
The
Baptist Hospital Urgent Care
Ernest and
Shirley Farino
Farino Photography
Donald Wilberforce
Panhandle
Washington
Charles Redman
Savings flood thrifts drive big October deposits
Washington reports deposits in federally insured thrift institutions rose by 6.1 billion dollars in October, the largest monthly gain in over three years. Bank Board economist James Barth noted investors fled the stock market, boosting confidence in insured S&L deposits after a year of declines.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
James Barth
Bank Board
S&ls
Clements slams Texaco handling in Texas hearing decision
Gov. Bill Clements blasted the Texas Supreme Court for not hearing Texaco’s $11 billion Pennzoil judgment appeal. He said the case absence eroded business confidence, drawing praise from Texas business leaders and noting nationwide concern over the huge award and the court’s lack of an opinion. He urged a hearing to clarify the record amid heavy investment in Texas.
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Austin
Bill Clements
Texas Supreme Court
Texaco Inc
Texas
Texaco
Pennzoil
Getty Oil Co
Houston
U.S. Supreme Court
Clements
Supreme Court
Voters reject coliseum bond in Ector County vote
Ector County voters rejected an $18 million coliseum renovation bond by 7,160 to 5,085, with 12,290 of 50,936 registered voters casting ballots. The Save the Coliseum committee said the defeat ends months of effort to save the aging facility as two 1989 livestock events were canceled.
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Ector County Coliseum
Ector County
Save the Coliseum
Wednesey
Prison transfer drugs end of Cuban inmates siege
Cuban inmates who seized a federal prison 12 days ago surrendered one by one on Friday and were moved to buses for new cells leaving 89 hostages freed after an agreement to end the long stand off. Authorities said the 85 year old prison would be gradually cleared as detainees are dispersed to 47 facilities nationwide.
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Atlanta
U.S
U.S. Justice Department
Patrick Korten
Bureau of Prisons
John Vangur
Edwin Meese III
FBI
William Sessions
Michael Quinlan
Meese
Stone Prison
Dobbins
Korten
Carl Gates
Gene Dixon
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Goma
Zaire
Burundi
Uganda
Kampala
Tanzania
Kisumu
Nairobi
Dave Skidmore
Associated Press
Mojo
Permian High School
Dallas
Arlington
Colts
Texas Stadium
Tee
Lee Buice
Midland
Bob Wakefield
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
John Frazee
Wakefield
Kelly Fish
Fish
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