Houston elects first Black mayor Lee Brown in runoff
Lee Brown, former Houston police chief, defeats Rob Mosbacher 53 percent to claim America's fourth largest city’s top job. Lanier aids Brown’s campaign, minority turnout rises, and Brown vows to keep the economy growing as Houston becomes racially diverse and politically energized. President Clinton and Vice President Gore backed Brown. Giuliani criticized Brown over Crown Heights.
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Lee Brown
Bes
Bob Lanier
America
H Ouston
Brown
Houston
Rob Mosbacher
Mosbacher
U.S. Senate
Lanier
Houston Chronicle
Harris County
Fort Bend
Lanier- Brown
New York City
Atlanta
Clinton
al Gore
Commerce
Bush
Barbara Bush
New York
Rudolph Giuliani
Crown Heights
Giuliani
Rob Mosbachern
Mexican journalists march in Tijuana over drug violence and corruption
More than 100 reporters protested in Tijuana and at the federal Attorney General's building demanding stronger protection as gunmen wounded Jesus Blancornelas of Zeta. Activists cited 500 journalists targeted since 1995 and rising violence this year amid drug cartel influence.
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Tuyana
Mexico
Tijuana
U.S
Federal Attorney General’s
Dora Elena Cortes
el Universal
Jesus Blancomelas
Zeta
Juan Bautista
Blancornelas
David Barron Corona
Arellano Felix
Bartolome Rubio
Cambio
Odessa woman 84 dies at home after long Texas life
Odessa resident Wavis C. Martin 84 died Friday December 5 1997 at her home. Born January 29 1913 in Christoval Texas she lived in Hobbs New Mexico from 1939 to 1965 before moving to Odessa. Survived by two daughters a son seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday December 9 at 2 pm at Frank W Wilson Funeral Directors with interment Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials suggested to Nurses Hospice Odessa or Medina Children’s Home.
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Odessa
Wavis C. Martin
Christoval
Texas
Hobbs
N.M
Jefferson Street
Ariz
Bill Martin
Dallas
Herschel
Matt) Martin
LaPorte
Dorothy Bragg
Hope
Frank W. Wilson
Joe Cross
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Nurses Hospice, Inc
P.O
Medina Children's Home
HCR
Medina
Wayne Tyler Odessa
Wayne Tyler
Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Midland
Bor
Clarksville
Sharon Tyler
Ella Tyler Anderson
Tammy
Ballard Leon Wise
Stanton Care Center
Highland United Methodist Church
Davide Z. Ring III
Swink
Okla
Pattonville
Donald Leon Wise
Greenwood
Judith Shields
Spring
Edith Ferguson
Soper
Morris Wise
Santa Ynez
Calif
John Wayne Wise Jr
Fort Worth
Five men charged in Carrollton teen slaying found in Grand Prairie
Five men, including two teens, are jailed on capital murder charges after 17 year old Lindsay Williams disappeared October 25 and was found murdered in a Grand Prairie creek. Williams was shot several times and her body wrapped in sheets and a garbage bag. Police say the killers were part of a small drug ring and killed her after she refused to reveal a friend’s location.
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Carrollton (Ap
Grand Prairie Creek
Lindsay Williams
Carrollton
Miss Williams
Williams
Shawn Tutton
Farmers Branch
Lew Sterrett
Dallas County
John Harris
Tutton
Ing
Jack Adams
Heather Williams
Death notices from Texas cities recount lifespans and survivors
Obituaries list Jimmy R Esquivel 55 of Crane born 1942 died Dec 7 1997 with mass at Good Shepherd Catholic Church and burial in Crane County Cemetery. Other notices include Hipolito Herrera 52 Odessa machinist and Ursulo Lilanez Jr 14 months Odessa, plus James G Jerry Jones 66 former Odessa resident and minister, Jes�s Lerma Marquez newborn in Odessa, Merle Shaffer 80 Jal NM, Wayne Tyler 59 Odessa, Ballard Wise 90 Odessa, and Willie Creear Sr 71 Odessa area. Each entry notes service times, burial places, birthplaces and surviving relatives.
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Crane
Jimmy R. Esquivel
Good Shepherd Catholic Church
Frank Chavez
Crane County
Richard W. Box
Sanderson
Elsa Esquivel
Doria Esquivel
Denise Esquivel
Odessa
Hipolito Paul Albidrez Herrera
Medical Center Hospital
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
David Herrera
Rose Hill
Sierra Blanca
Maria Linda Herrera
William Anthony Herrera
James Jones Brownwood
James G
Jerry’’ Jones
University Medical Center
Lubbock
First Christian Church
Jim Smith
Davis-Morris Funeral Home
Disciples of Christ Christian Church
Myrtle Jones
Lake Proctor
LaDell Garrett
McCamey
Sherry Maulden
Wichita Falls
Yvonne Petross
Lamesa
Billye Leuthold
Reno, Nev
Richard D. Jones
Ursulo Albert Llanez Jr
Rose Hill Cemetery
Babyland
Martinez Funeral Home
Jal
N.M
Merle Shaffer
Mountain Time Church of God
Michael Mays
Cooper Funeral Chapel
Jean Shaffer
Carol Redding
Ingram
Donna Armstrong
Bessie Swearengin
Ella Mae Price
Oklahoma City
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Steve Pa Oye Ase Ache
Wavis
C. Martin
Odessa American
Ursulo Llanez Jr
Ursulo Albert Lilanez Sr
Emma Garcia
Kasie Nicole Llanez
Brittany Lilanez
Albert Anthony Llanez
Ismael
Delia Duran
Ursula M. Llanez
Lucy Llanez
Jesus Lerma Marquez
Armando Marquez
Yadira Lerma
Natasia
Rosalinda Lerma
Elsa Marquez
Willie Creear Sr
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Big Spring
N. Dixie
Santa Fe Square
Ernest Lynch & Associates
Conseco Financal Service, Inc
Pennsylvania Street
Carmel
Indiana
Ernest C. Lynch
C.L.U
Pearl Sale
Peter Hsu
China
West Texas
Iron Works
Andrews Hwy
Sun-Mon
Ed Rieter
Jrican
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