Land mine kills U S soldier in Bosnia near Tuzla
An American soldier was killed north of Tuzla when he stepped on a land mine during NATO force duties in Bosnia. The death marks the first U S fatality in the mission and the ninth allied fatality since December. Another U S soldier died at a logistics base in Hungary, reportedly of natural causes. President Clinton offered condolences and reaffirmed commitment to the mission.
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212Th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
Clinton
New Hampshire
Odessa 911 Bowl Brings Out Firefighters and Officers
Civil servants clash in a charity full contact football game at Ratliff Stadium on a cold Saturday. About 50 fans attended as OPD and fire department players battled to a 6-6 tie, with proceeds supporting seven charities and both sides claiming camaraderie over competition.
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Odessa
Angela Pearce
Lling
Vic Kirk
Ballew
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Eae
Ballewsa
Gary Sutherland
Taner Drake
Odessa Firefighters
Odessa Police Officers
Pride spans generations Black family remembers battles fought
In Seattle the Gayton family honors patriarch J T Gayton who fled Yazoo City in 1888 after threats from white assailants. The 18 year old coachman turned pioneer builder of a Black legacy includes lawyers, athletes, professors and entrepreneurs, tracing a century of achievement and urging pride and service. The narrative follows his early Seattle years as a servant, housepainter and barber before becoming a waiter in the mid-1890s.
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John Thomas Gayton
Yazoo City
Miss
J.T
J.T. Gayton
Record Cold Grips Nation With Subzero Lows Across States
Severe cold spread nationwide with Chicago hitting 19 below, Salt Lake City at 12 below, and Minnesota towns plunging toward 60 below. Ice and power failures left hundreds of thousands without electricity, while deaths mounted. The bitter spell disrupted events from Badger State winter games to coastal shipping and daily life.
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Chicago
Patrick O'Connell
O’connell
Utah
Salt Lake City
Indiana
Alabama
Huntsville
Tate
Rochford
Minnesota
Tower
Wayne Sharp
Sharp
Valentine
Neb
Nebraska
Brewster
Monroe
Dyersburg
Tenn
Wisconsin
Wausau
Atlantic
Georgia
Saturn
Oil Prices Jump to Record Natural Gas Levels
A deep freeze across the Plains Midwest and South sent natural gas prices to record highs on Friday. Henry Hub spot gas traded from 12 to 13.50 per thousand cubic feet while Chicago prices reached 20 to 26 per thousand cubic feet. An energy consultant called the surge the highest ever, noting expectations would have been dismissed two weeks earlier.
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Houston
Plains
Midwest
South
Henry Hub
Gulf Coast
Chicago
Dick Sutton
Joffee Corp
Telecommunications reshape conflict as law revamp passes
Congress approves a major update to the Communications Act, enabling local, long distance and cable firms to enter each other’s markets, deregulating cables, expanding media holdings, and restricting explicit material on networks. Expect mergers and alliances as firms seek one stop shopping.
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Brave New World of Communications
Big Brother
Congress
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