Odessa High and Permian face playoff twists and state titles
The Odessa area reels from a flood of sports and legal notes. Permian fights an injunction over an ineligible player and loses a playoff win. Odessa High secures a boys track state title, with Permian also claiming 1993 top honors. A major pollution settlement involves Dynagen paying 1.6 million and funding scholarships while health concerns linger. Police and jail costs rise as county bonds fund a new 660 bed facility and inmate housing shifts.
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Dynagen
South Odessa
Permian High School
Panthers
Odessa High
Permian
Lubbock Coronado
Champion Technologies
Annee
Diety
Loop 338
Ector County
Fred Crawford
Lamar Casparis
Marilyn Hall
Crawford
Casparis
Jaime Ramirez
David Edwards
Bob Slider
Melissa Haynie
Hall
Haynie
Edwards
Odessa
Permian High
Seminole
World Trade Center
New York
Branch Davidian
Ronaldo and wife extend Christmas wishes in quiet ceremony
Inter Milan star Ronaldo and his pregnant wife stepped out to greet press despite knee recovery. They thanked supporters for Christmas wishes and planned a simple celebration reflecting poverty in Brazil, with a Jan 10 return to Paris for medical review.
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Ronaldo
Paris
ECISD leaders recall Christmas memories of service and giving
Memories from ECISD leaders highlight acts of kindness during Christmas. Phil Fouche and Dr. Vernon Stokes share moments of caroling to shut ins and lifting spirits, while a family story recalls helping a banker’s relatives with a tree and gifts amid a gas leak emergency.
Bethlehem Christmas Celebrations Guarded by Police and Soldiers
In Bethlehem, thousands gathered for the last Christmas Eve of the millennium despite heavy security. Palestinian police monitored the crowd as Israeli troops manned checkpoints. Arafat met foreign leaders and Patriarch Sabbah led the midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity amid banners and choirs.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Manger Square
Albert Hofstede
Michel Sabbah
Holy Land
Peny
Jesus
Sabbah
Yousef Hoeib
Yasser Arafat
Spain
Italy
Palestine
Arafat
Israel
Rana Handan
Soha
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Shepherds Field
Nazareth
Basilica of the Annunciation
Gabriel
Ramez Jeraisi
Odessa American Public Notice Contact Information
Public notice header lists mailing address and contact details for Odessa American. Includes street address 222 E 4th St Odessa TX 79761 and P.O. Box 2952. Provides switchboard numbers 337-6262 and toll free 800-375-4661 plus email and web access.
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E. 4Th Street
Odessa
Freedom
Hijackers Seize Plane After Negotiations with Pakistan
A Pakistan backed negotiation with hijackers allowed refueling and safe takeoff after authorities supplied food. The aircraft, with 178 passengers and 11 crew, crossed from Nepal into Indian airspace and headed toward Kabul before attempts to land in Oman and UAE. Passengers included 150 Indians, eight Nepalese, plus several nationalities.
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Shabir Ahmed
Punjab
Ahmed
Press Trust of India
India
Lahore
Afghanistan
Kabul
Taliban
United Arab Emirates
Muscat
Oman
Nepal
Narayan Singh Pun
Katmandu
Pockets in Clothing and Parasitic Musings
A brief Q A explores who invented pockets and why they appeared in late 1500s fashion during Shakespeare's era. It notes a dubious claim about alcohol effects, lists river deltas with the Ganges highlighted, and touches on parasites among plants and fish. It references Christopher Columbus era weaponry and notes Charles Schulz's Snoopy evolution per a vintage columnist.
Museum hours updated for Confederate Air Force venue
Correction states American Airpower Heritage Museum will be closed today and opens noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday this week.
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Imo
Odessa American
Confederate Air Force
American Airpower Heritage Museum
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