Odessa Housing Rehab Program rebuilds lives with HUD funds
Odessa officials expand the Housing Rehab Program using Block Grant and Home Grant funds from HUD. The Carillos, elderly homeowners with health issues and a decaying 40 year old house, will receive emergency repairs and full rehab. In 1996-97, 25 homes will get full rehab and about 20 more emergency repairs with deferred or repaid loans. For qualification, owners must hold title, owe no back taxes, and show financial need.
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Odessa
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Carillo
Ruth
Ector County Independent School District
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Chiapas violence intensifies as Zapatista clash escalates
The Chiapas conflict deepens with pro rebel Las Abejas claiming attacks by PRI factions and government forces resisting violence. Seven months of fighting in Chenabo county have left about 30 dead and nearly 7,000 displaced as priests and human rights groups call for renewed peace talks.
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Chenabo
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Lees
Ehe Human Rights
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Tioris
Camel escapes Nativity scene and is struck on Route 50
A 6-foot 600-pound camel named Ernie broke loose from a Kent Island United Methodist Church Nativity display near Stevensville and wandered onto Route 50 where it was struck and killed. Motorist Vinit Mody and his wife Kiran, treated for minor injuries, witnessed the incident and questioned how a camel could appear on a public road. The camel had been tied to a trailer at the church and was owned by church members.
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Route 50
United States of America
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Kiran
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Ernie
Kent Island
Coolio hands out gifts in Los Angeles Christmas drive
Los Angeles rapper Coolio distributed food cassette tapes T shirts books and coloring books to about 950 needy families across several areas. Heritage Begins Within founded by his wife Josefa Salinas organized the drive with city workers assisting during the holiday period.
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Los Angeles
Heritage Begins Within
Josefa Salinas
Thompson left Kermit with lifelong impact on district
Thompson built a career in Kermit starting as a teacher in Pecos, rising to principal and sports coach for a 200 pupil school in 1934. He earned a UT Austin master's, led as TSTA president, founded the Chamber of Commerce, and served Lions Club for 55 years. Survived by wife Louise and two sons, services Friday at First United Methodist Church.
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Prosecution rebuffs Kaczynski insanity defense withdrawal offer
In Sacramento, prosecutors rejected Theodore Kaczynski’s offer to drop the insanity defense in exchange for using schizophrenia as the argument to save his life if convicted as the Unabomber. Judge Garland Burrell Jr. ruled negotiations forbidden and set the timing for mental evidence decisions.
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Calif
Theodore Kaczynski
U.S
Garland Burrell Jr
Burrell
Kaczynski
Ics
Gary Sewards
Robert Cleary
Sowards
Sewards
Up-to-date Lotto Texas and Pick 3 numbers via Infoline
Infoline provides current Lotto Texas and Pick 3 numbers by calling 580-4636 and entering 6600. Winning numbers remain unofficial until verified by the Texas Lottery Commission. The TLC Odessa regional office is at 4682 E University Blvd with phone 915 368 5243.
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Infoline
Texas Lottery Commission
TLC
Odessa
E. University Blvd
Christmas Card Reveals Long-Lost Cousin Saga
Dorothy Hagerty of St. Petersburg recalls receiving a Christmas card from Perry Taylor, an only child who cared for her sick mother and worked at a department store. The note softened the detective’s view as she learned about the woman she never knew and the family ties once distant.
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Taylor
Hagerty
St. Petersburg
Fla
Perry
Yale fraud case ends with suspended sentence for forged grades
Lon Grammer, 28, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to forging Yale grades and fake recommendations to gain admission while nearing graduation. He received a three year suspended sentence, five years probation, and about $30,000 restitution. A co defendant Tonica Jenkins pleaded innocent to related charges.
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Yale
B. Jay Cooper
Grammer
Cuesta Community College
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Tonica Jenkins
East Cleveland
Ohio
Jenkins
Central State University
Wilberforce
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland
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