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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 2002
Page
2
Odessa American corrects an error from December 23 noting Girl Scout Troop 121 will pick up Christmas trees for a fee between Thursday and January 1. For information call 550-7947. The OA regrets the error.
State Farm plans average home policy increases of 6.5 percent with auto rates up 5 to 9 percent in various areas. Spokesman Keith Androff cites rising repair costs and more claims for fire, theft, wind, hail, and water. In Odessa and Midland, rates vary by policy and deductible. Protection class changes and ZIP code factors also influence premiums.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a 10 am Saturday service at Temple Church and a trip to a PHS fieldhouse on a Thursday morning. Mentions Sheri cremation and a trophy case with a choreographer Angela from Dallas. Details are unclear and several words are garbled.
Buckingham Palace reports the queen strained a ligament during a Friday visit to Newmarket Suffolk and will use a stick occasionally. She plans to attend Christmas church with family near Sandringham and released her annual address preview to boost ratings. The clip shows her in a powder blue dress with photos of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother.
Pastic practice at a glance provides contact information and reference number 528 8185 for further details.
Jones notes the squad is peaking at the right time and quotes Sheri about not wanting perfection until the finals. He recalls she missed a lot recently and emphasizes staying on track to meet her expectations.
State Department officials say talks with North Korea are unlikely as Washington rejects conceding to blackmail. Washington cites past proposals and fears Pyongyang could supply weapons or materials to unfriendly nations while outlining contingency planning for various military options.
Officials predict a robust holiday travel period with more than 3.1 million passengers through Dec 20 to Jan 6, up from 2.8 million the prior year. Bush Intercontinental and Hobby combined may see about 1.5 million travelers, while DFW opens a Santa tracker hotline and designates a runway with hay for Santa.
Local publication provides mailing address and postmaster details for Odessa American. It lists change of address requests and several phone numbers for main office and out of town readers with hours of operation and weekend call times.
An OCR read shows a Readers Guide site with subscription options listed for daily and weekend access, including email contact links and price tables. The data includes monthly and multi month rates, with figures in dollars for daily Sunday and weekend plans, though formatting is inconsistent.
A collage of brief items shows Senator Byrd in Gods and Generals amid stage fright and public backlash. Woodward cites a White House source as Strep Throat. Bush vaccination, rising hospital costs, defibrillator cashiers, and a shifting Senate leadership frame a tense political moment in early February.
James Sabatino, jailed in Putnam County for attacking a federal officer, spent nearly eight hours daily on prison phones for five months before another scam was uncovered. The New York Post reported he manipulated phone companies into supplying about a thousand activated cell phones for fake movie shoots, arranged by his girlfriend, at no cost.
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