Texas Life Series to Spotlight Texan Daily Life
Texas A&M University Press will publish a Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series on Texan daily life from Spanish explorers to modern times. James Michener will serve as consulting editor. Clayton Williams of Midland will provide 150000 dollars toward a 100000 dollar anonymous gift.
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College Station
Texas
Texas A&m University Press
James Michener
Michener
Austin
Clayton Wheat Williams
Williams
Clayton Williams
Midland
A&m Publishing House
Lloyd Lyman
Lyman
Texas A&m
Gulf Coast
Sisters wait on standby for Los Angeles flight
At Dallas airport a muttering 18 year old Nina Fraser naps atop chairs while her sister Cindy, 21, watches and reads. The pair, from Abilene, hope to catch an 845 a m flight but fear most planes are full as American Airlines reroutes some Dallas flights through Chicago to preserve connections.
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American Airlines
Dallas
Chicago
Nina Fraser
Cindy
Abilene
Los Angeles
Christmas travel chaos at airport as flights stall
Cindy frets to Abilene before dark while others like T Wilson face only options to stay. Business traveler from Campbellsville waits, planes idle, passengers read, feed children, or watch TVs. Panuck Esparza and husband aim for Florida after a long delay. taxiing plane finally returns to gates amid cold. local residents recount never seeing Odessa closed by weather and long delays.
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Cindy
Abilene
T. Wilson
Campbellsville
Wilson
Rona Panuck Esparza
Panuck Esparza
Supreme Court ruling may force new peremptory strike criteria
Judge Ater says the court must affirm and define the basis of the ruling before deciding if it changes law. If Nickerson's decision is adopted, the Legislature will need to set different criteria for peremptory strikes and new standards may be required each time.
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Supreme Court
Ater
Nickerson
Court hears on peremptory challenges impact
Justice Nickerson's ruling prompts a hearing to determine if peremptory challenges were based on race sex religion or natural origin. Analysts say the ruling may influence jury selection in Texas and beyond, making all involved more cautious.
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Ater
Nickerson
Alvarado
Texas
Police Beat Odessa and Ector County thefts report several crimes
Odessa police log for December 22 lists several offenses including burglary at Dixie Auto on East Third Street where $1 700 to $2 000 in cash vanished between noon and 3 p m. A separate burglary on East 10th Street saw a $2 300 stereo system stolen and two car windows broken between 8 45 and 9 15 p m. A theft at Permian Mall involved a $2 000 gold chain taken about 8 30 p m Tuesday. Another theft involved seven guns two knives and three holsters valued at $3 000 from a residence on West 31st Street between 3 and 4 35 p m Wednesday. Additional burglaries and thefts include a color TV worth $640 from a residence on East 56th Street between Tuesday and Wednesday and a pistol plus jewelry worth $2 750 taken from a residence about 6 30 p m Friday. Ector County Sheriff reports four studded tires worth $940 stolen from a residence between 5 p m Tuesday and unknown time Wednesday and a separate theft of four tires and four wheels worth $500 from Consolidated Bottling Co between 6 p m Tuesday and 6 30 a m Wednesday.
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Odessa
Jack Golden
Dixie Auto
Third St
T. Barrington
Steve Overstreet
East 10Th Street
Billy J. Pyle
Permian Mall
M. Marinelli
Richard Dix Null
W. 31St St. No. 7
S.L. Woods
Dearl Trent Taylor
M.L. Moss
W. University Blvd
R. Thonton
Sherman Lee Owen
Consolidated Bottling Co
Stephens Road
R. Wright
Deaf couple marks diamond anniversary in Texas
Leonard Perry and his wife Nannie celebrate 60 years of marriage at Northwood Manor Nursing Home Carrollton Texas. Leonard, 85, once a commercial baker, spoke in sign language to say devotion to each other is the key to their long union.
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Dallas Morning News
Carrollton
Texas
Leonard Perry
Nannie
Northwood Manor Nursing Home
Perry
Michigan
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Samsung - Tappan
RCA
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W.c.t
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BUY Now & Save
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Capr
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