Retiring lawmakers with pension benefits exceed $50,000 a year
National Taxpayers Union notes lawmakers departing Congress face pensions above $50,000 annually. Names include Bumpers Coats Ford Glenn Dellums Fazio Gonzalez Hamilton Kennelly McDade Schumer Yates and others with 1998 1999 start years and varying Marine Corps credits.
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D-Ark
Dan Coats
R-ind
Wendell Ford
D-Ky
Sen
John Glenn
D-Ohio
Marine Corps
Ronald Dellums
D-Calif
Vic Fazio
Henry Gonzalez
Texas
Lee Hamilton
D-ind
Barbara Kennelly
D-Conn
N. 1
Joseph McDade
R-Pa
Charles Schumer
D-Ny
Sidney Yates
D-Iil
Pension debate grows as lawmakers edge toward longer service
Aides defend pensions for long serving lawmakers Yates Gonzalez Hamilton McDade and Glenn noting over three decades in public service. The dispute centers on pre 1984 pension credits and newer, less generous plans for those elected since January 1984.
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Vice
Yates
Gonzalez
Mary Bain
Hamilton
McDade
House
Glenn
Congress
Clinton
Capitol Hill
National Taxpayers Union
Civil Service
Taxpayers’ Group
Paul McHale
D-Pa
McHale
Turbulent Flight Injuries Reported On Pacific Boeing Trip
Passengers suffered head and neck injuries after a United jet hit severe clear air turbulence 1100 miles east of Narita. Lights on and off debates, NTSB to analyze flight recorders, and announcements in English and Japanese noted buckle up. Passengers described red wine spilled ceilings, broken plates, and scattered debris as oxygen masks dangled.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Matthew Furman
NTSB
Washington
D.C
United States
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FAA
Alisonnette
Chieko Ejiri
Ejiri
Hiroaki
Restraint devices spark debate in Colorado jails
The ACLU questions restraint boards used at El Paso County and other jails amid reports of abuse. Officials say devices are used only under strict supervision as a last resort, with medical and law enforcement oversight, and no intent to punish. Inmates are held on boards from one to twelve hours, with frequent checks and limb movement.
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el Paso Criminal Justice Center
ACLU
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Colorado Aclu
Criminal Justice Center
Alexander
el Paso County
John Anderson
Dan Corsentino
Pueblo County
Colorado County Sheriff's Association
Corsentino
Utah
Ganade
Anderson
Carmen Santiago
Santiago
Jefferson County
el Paso
Geton
Strom Thurmond hospitalized with mild respiratory infection
U S Senator Strom Thurmond 95 was hospitalized Monday at Eisenhower Medical Center Fort Gordon Ga after a daylong illness cites spokesman John DeCrosta Doctors diagnosed a mild respiratory infection and expected release Tuesday Thurmond longtime Senate leader elected in 1948 previously hospital visit followed dizziness at a 1986 rally
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Columbia
S.C
U.S
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Republican
Eisenhower Medical Center
Fort Gordon
John DeCrosta
Thurmond
DeCrosta
Washington
Promise Keepers
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Bus crash injures 30 in Alabama
A Greyhound bus collided with a pickup at a rain slick intersection near Calera Alabama injuring about 30. Six were taken to University Hospital two in critical condition. other passengers treated and released. The bus carried 41 passengers en route from Montgomery to Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Montgomery
Katherine Williams
Greyhound
Dallas
Man impersonating officer in Texas traffic stop shocks driver
Rankin, in rush hour on I 35, reports a man with UT badge and gun forced him from his red 97 Dodge Caravan. The officer, in an unmarked car, handcuffed Rankin and searched the vehicle before saying the gag foot was a Halloween prank. The deli manager described the incident as embarrassing. Myers defends caution, noting body parts sometimes found in vehicles.
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Robert L. Ewan
Rankin Rankin
Rankin
Deli
Ran Shabat
Myers
Austin American- Statesman
Family recalls stabbing victim and son’s struggles
Fabela said her son had friends at the Drury Lane home and urged him to stay away after the stabbing. While with relatives in Snyder he worked a steady restaurant job and appeared to be turning his life around. Mass is set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph's Church with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery. arrangements by Odessa Funeral Home.
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Fabela
Drury Lane
Snyder
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Odessa Funeral Home
Odessa American Front Matter
The Odessa American publishes daily from 222 E Fourth Street Odessa Texas with listed contacts for publisher offices and advertising. Postal and office details include postmaster address and phone numbers for circulation advertising and publication inquiries.
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Odessa American
Fourth Street
Odessa
Eeree
BON Salter
Udusnel
Gary Newsom
Tony Cooper
Tony Traven
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