Hoffa Reclaims Teamster Mantle In Posthumous Reunion
James F Hoffa, following his father Jimmy, is chosen to lead the Teamsters in a significant revival event. Nearby, Terlingua resident Mozelle Jeffrey works on a unique home project, employing a rediscovered architectural method during a two day workshop along a desert road near the Christmas mountain range.
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Hoffa
Jimmy
James F Hoffa
Christmas Mountain Range
Mozelle Jeffrey
Empty Stocking Fund seeks help for holiday gifts
The Odessa American and Salvation Army urge support for the Empty Stocking Fund to aid Permian Basin families during Christmas. The 1998 goal is 35000 dollars, with the paper matching the first 3000 and donors urged to contribute by December 20. Angel Tree displays will list children needing toys and clothes, with donation options by mail or at local centers.
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Mary
Permian Basin
Empty Stocking Fund
Odessa American
Salvation Army
Odessa
Salvation Army Community Center
11Th St
Fourth St
Chase Bank
Grant Ave
Seventh Street
Lee Avenue
Iion
Judiciary Committee eyes week of high drama in Clinton impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee, dominated by Republicans, races toward a likely recommendation to remove President Clinton as impeachment inquiry nears final stages. Clinton lawyers seek days to present witnesses while panel set to vote on impeachment articles, with Summations to follow from Starr investigators.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Clinton
Monica Lewinsky
Henry Hyde
R-Il
White House
Johnson Administration
Nicholas de. Katzenbach
Bruce Ackerman
Yale University
Sean Wilentz
Princeton
Hyde
Richard M. Nixon
Kenneth Starr
David Schippers
Chicago
Abbe Lowell
Lewinsky
William Clinger
Parade of Lights Delights Town on Grant Avenue
Families line Grant Avenue for the annual Parade of Lights as bands, living nativity scenes, and festive floats roll past. Children wave to Santa hats and reindeer drawn sleighs while spectators praise the effort of students like Shaina Zellars on the junior high float and the excitement of police and fire vehicles in the street scene.
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Seth Acosta
Cathy Ramirez
Fred
Susan Zellars
Bonham Junior High School
Shaina Zellars
Fred Zellars
Paula Munoz
Donna Allen
Allen
Mark Sterkel
Odessa
U N leader meets with Gaddafi in Libya talks
U N Secretary General Kofi Annan said talks with Muammar Gadhafi were fruitful and positive but failed to secure an immediate agreement to try two Libyans over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Annan noted Libya showed seriousness and readiness to find a solution and pursue a trial.
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Tripoli
Libya
U.N
Kofi Annan
Muammar Gadhafi
Annan
Gadhafi
Lamen Khalifa Fhimah
Netherlands
Lockerbie
Scotland
Gaddafi
First hurdle met Astronauts hoist Unity chamber on shuttle
Endeavour astronauts lift the 25 000 pound Unity module from the cargo bay with inches to spare and attach it to the shuttle. Nancy Currie uses the 50 foot robot arm in delicate, precise maneuvers as Mission Control celebrates the first American made station component. The crew expects a tougher task next to grapple with the Russian Zarya component in orbit.
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Nancy Currie
Endeavour
Unity
International Space Station
Mission Control
Currie
Robert Cabana
NASA
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Grant Avenue
Ken Brodnax
Bubba
Abby
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