Odessa considers HUD loan plan for capital projects
Odessa officials seek new financing to fund 50 million dollars in capital improvements. City Manager Jerry McGuire and advisers propose a Section 108 loan backed by 1.6 million in Community Development Block Grant funds, potentially raising taxes to 0.17 per 100 valuation by 2008, with up to eight million dollars borrowable and a twenty year repayment.
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Odessa
Jerry McGuire
McGuire
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
City Finance
James Zentner
Marcia Hinojosa
Fort Worth
Republicans threaten Reno with contempt
Republicans warned Attorney General Janet Reno of contempt of Congress over her decision to forgo an independent counsel for White House fund raising. Senator Orrin Hatch urged FBI Director Louis Freeh to probe Democratic ties, while Senator John Glenn defended Reno's stance. Burton pledged a contempt inquiry by the House panel.
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Janet Reno
Congress
White House
Orrin Hatch
Utah
FBI
Louis Freeh
Reno
John Glenn
Dohio
Glenn
Clinton
al Gore
Justice Department
Dan Burton
House Government Reform and Oversight Committee
Fox News
Injured mom Denise seeks help for Christmas gifts
Denise, a single mother of four, cannot work for a month and hopes for donations to the Empty Stocking Fund run by the Salvation Army and the Odessa American. The fund aims to raise 40000 to provide toys and food for Odessa low income families with the Odessa American matching the first 3000 and others urged to match. Donors can mail or deliver to See STOCKING on Page 2A.
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Denise
Salvation Army
Odessa
Odessa American
Jet crashes into building in Irkutsk street disaster
On Grazhdanskaya Street a military cargo jet clipped an orphanage and demolished part of a five story building. A 15 year old girl Lena Meistakhova describes a burning car and a woman fleeing a fur coat on fire as neighbors watched a violent blast unleash heat and smoke across the block.
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Irkutsk
Russia
Grazhdanskaya Street
Lena Meistakhova
No. 45
Grazhdanskaya
Siberian
Clinton eyes limited nuclear use for chemical and biological attacks
The Clinton administration approved a Presidential Decision Directive that contemplates using nuclear weapons against attackers who strike U S forces with chemical or biological arms. The policy, as reported by The Washington Post, maintains the nuclear triad and shifts away from plans for a protracted nuclear war, signaling heightened concern over rogue states potentially arming against U S troops.
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U.S
Clinton
United States
Pentagon
Iraq
Clinton Administration
White House
Washington Post
Triad
Countries cited for chemical and biological weapons use
Countries most often mentioned for chemical and biological weapons include Iran Iraq Libya Syria North Korea Taiwan Israel Egypt Vietnam India South Korea China Russia for chemical threats and Laos Cuba Bulgaria South Africa for biological cases with Burma Pakistan Ethiopia also listed for chemical. Source CQ Researcher and U S Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
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Iraq
Libya
Syria
North Korea
Taiwan
Israel
Egypt
Vietnam
India
South Korea
China
Russia
Laos
Cuba
Bulgaria
South Africa
Burma
Pakistan
Ethiopia
Congressional Quarterly
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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