Gunman ends 30 hour daycare siege by releasing two kin
Plano AP reports gunman James Lipscomb Jr. released his 5 year old son James Lipscomb III and 7 year old stepson Xavier Jones after keeping more than 60 children and adults hostage at the Bigsbee Child Development Center. He surrendered without terms of surrender. No one was hurt.
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PLANO
James Monroe Lipscomb Jr
Bruce Glasscock
Lipscomb
James Lipscomb III
Xavier Jones
Bigsbee
Glasscock
Kris Lipscomb
Garland
TU Electric May Cut Rates by 9.4 Percent in Two Years
Odessa residents could pay less on utilities if the Public Utility Commission and customer groups approve TU Electric's rate request. The plan would lower residential costs by 4 percent in 1998 and 1.4 percent in 1999, totaling 5.4 percent, with other small to mid-size customers seeing a 1–2 percent cut and expect final approval by March 1998.
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Odessa
Public Utility Commission
TU Electric
Tom Baker
Terry Blair
Blair
PAC
Austin
Texas Utilities Co
Odessa man dies after calling 911
Randall Bryant Smith, 40, died early Thursday in the back of a reserve ambulance at Fire Station 6 after a 911 call for assistance from his home on Penbrook Avenue. Paramedics could not locate him at his residence and he drove about 10 blocks to the fire station before dying. The incident is under investigation.
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Odessa
Randall Bryant Smith
Smith
Penbrook Avenue
Grandview Avenue
Brentwood Drive
Katherine Poteet
Grandfather seeks help for two grandchildren at Christmas
Nathan, a grandfather raising two grandchildren, needs donations for the Empty Stocking Fund run by the Salvation Army and the Odessa American. After a recent surgery and resulting expenses, funds will supply Christmas gifts and food to Odessa low income families. The fund drive ends today with a $000 goal. the Odessa American matched $3,000 and challenges others to match gifts. Donors can mail or deliver to the Salvation Army. names of contributors appear on Page 2A.
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Nathan
Salvation Army
Odessa American
Odessa
Chris Farley found dead at 33 in Chicago apartment
Chicago AP report states Chris Farley, famed SNL comic known for high energy characters, was found dead in his 60th floor John Hancock Building apartment on Michigan Avenue. Cause unknown. autopsy planned. Brother John called 911. no signs of foul play.
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Chicago
Chris Farley
Farley
John Belushi
John
John Hancock
Michigan Avenue
Magnificent Mile
Cook County
Steppin’ Out Magazine
David
Spade
Belushi
Matt Foley
da Bears
Chipes
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