13 Feb 1999
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1999
Page
1
Community welcomes contestants as riders test the Lajitas trail course. Clinton to announce the United States ready to contribute ground troops for Kosovo peacekeeping.
The last of six teens accused of conspiring to kill Odessa businesswoman Rachel Green in 1994 will be tried in a Fort Worth auxiliary courtroom. Brandi Middaugh, 22, faces trial March 29 after venue shifts to avoid pretrial publicity and to be near an airport for out of state witnesses.
William Jefferson Clinton is acquitted on perjury and obstruction charges after a five week impeachment trial. Chief Justice Rehnquist delivers the verdict as Republicans and Democrats react, with some GOP votes breaking ranks and a post-trial push for censure failing. Clinton proclaims remorse while lawmakers plan to move on.
Lawmakers weigh the next steps as Kenneth Starr outlines a list of targets to pursue. For some, the vote was the hardest of their lives, while others accept the outcome. TV coverage of the impeachment proceedings helps pass the time as Americans await further action. See IMPEACH on page 2A.
After a year of political soap opera and constitutional crisis, two final roll calls offered a somber relief on Capitol Hill and a spared but stained President Clinton. Analysts say no one emerges well as Democrats and Republicans reflect on the ordeal and future consequences.
Odessa Republican Rep. Buddy West is named vice chairman of the Texas House Appropriations Committee, starting his fourth term. He aims to channel part of a $6 billion surplus into teacher pay raises and vows strong scrutiny of agency funding during the session.
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