Jacks Hit Road For Crucial Playoff Push In Amarillo
Jacks travel to Amarillo for one of the biggest games in franchise history as City prepares to begin repairing the Ector Theater, closed for over a decade. Governor George W. Bush after a Wednesday meeting with New Jersey and South Carolina leaders says he is warming to the task of running for president.
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Odessa American runs Jobs Wanted page for oil slowdown workers
The Odessa American offers free Jobs Wanted classified ads on page 60 for workers displaced by the oil slowdown. Call 333-7777 or visit the paper's website www.oa0a.com for details and submission.
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NATION 9 convicted in sale of pets for research
Nine southern Oregon residents were convicted in a scheme to steal or fraudulently obtain dogs for sale to research facilities in Seattle and Los Angeles. Leaders Betty Gayle Davis and Bobby Ray Davis received six months house confinement for conspiring to violate the Animal Welfare Act. Betty Davis, 49, ordered restitution to Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute for returning animals.
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Oregon
Seattle
Los Angeles
Betty Gayle Davis
Bobby Ray Davis
Brentwood Bio- Medical Research Institute
David F. Dickson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Davises
Bonilla to push for federal oil aid in Texas
U S Rep Henry Bonilla after meeting Permian Basin Petroleum Association leaders plans to press President Clinton to curb cheap imported oil from Iraq. He highlights job losses among Hispanic workers and says he will rally Hispanic groups and the League of United Latin American Citizens to back federal import restrictions. PBPA praised his leadership.
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Henry Bonilla
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Permian Basin Petroleum Association
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Iraq
San Antonio
League of United Latin American Citizens
PBPA
Jim Henry
Israelis Kill Three Kurds at Berlin Consulate
Berlin AP reports Israeli security forces killed three Kurds and injured others during a protest at the Israeli consulate. Demonstrators clashed with police as Kurdish leaders and families demanded action and transparency amid tensions over Turkish rebel Abdullah Ocalan. Reuters and AP notes confirmed officials’ statements and videotaped footage of the incident.
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Europe
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TAAS Test Tampering Probed In Texas Districts
TEA investigates excessive erasures on TAAS tests across 11 districts including Ector County and Midland. Officials say some schools showed unusually high answer changes over three years. Districts must submit findings by April 1 as investigations proceed.
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Ector County
Midland
Texas Education Agency
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Ector County Independent School District
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Merita Hart
Washington
Joseph Baressi
Baressi
Clinton pitches Social Security plan to sandwich generation
President Clinton, in a satellite address to college campuses, argued to students that using budget surpluses to reinforce Social Security and Medicare will stabilize families and the economy, contrasting with a GOP plan for a universal 10 percent tax cut. Students at Temple University weighed the implications.
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Clinton
United States
Philadelphia
Temple University
John Chaump
Anthony Gilbert
Texas draw pun filled tourism campaign kicks off
A nine million dollar ad drive launches in Texas to promote the state as more than stereotypes. TV spots on 22 national networks highlight Western swing golf Panhandle scenery and longhorn jazz, noting Texas size surpasses Rhode Island and France while inviting travelers to explore its music, golf and geography.
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Department of Economic Development
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