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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1994
Page
1
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NFL scoreboard notes San Diego to Los Angeles Rams and Chicago 13, Pittsburgh 27 as Steelers secure home field advantage.
First graders team with student actors to create collaborative art, blending drama and visual work. The project aims to foster creativity, confidence, and community engagement as pupils and performers share ideas and display finished pieces in a classroom showcase.
Russian warplanes fired rockets near Grozny as troops advanced toward the city. Witnesses spoke of a mass casualty event with fleeing refugees and cars crushed by armored carriers. Nine believed dead. Dudayev refuses talks unless Yeltsin or his PM meet him.
A family pauses to view the Noel Heritage Plaza light display in the 300 block of West Fourth Street. An angel figure is lit by a star at night. The lights stay on through the holiday season.
U S helicopter strayed into North Korean airspace and was shot down. Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon of Clarksville Tenn was killed, and Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Hall survived. President Clinton called the loss tragic and urged release of the surviving aviator.
The wife of Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon, killed when his helicopter was downed in North Korea, said he died doing what he loved. Berit Hilemon spoke to the Associated Press hours before news of his death, expressing hope and prayers. White House statements noted the pilot was alive earlier, then confirmed death.
GOP lawmakers push the Common Sense Legal Reform Act to limit punitive damage awards nationwide. The plan follows high profile cases like the McDonald’s coffee ruling and Ford Pinto verdicts, arguing state laws already move toward caps while urging federal standards for 1995 action.
The Dallas Morning News reports Mexico cannot locate the Alamo flag once displayed in a Mexico City museum. The flag’s whereabouts are unknown after transfers between a military museum and the national history museum. Officials say they cannot confirm its fate or locate archival records.
The Lifestyle desk plans a Christmas feature with daily photos depicting one twelfth of the song until December 25. A full page will showcase all verses, each image centered on six geese. Photographer John captures a Mother Goose moment while Scott Prather duplicates a sleeping goose gaggle for the scene.
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