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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 2000
Page
10
Sonja McGillivray ponders the reliability of memory and forecast in the year 2000. She argues historians and individuals reinterpret events, notes 60s social shifts, and warns that the computer era may erode real versus virtual reality while urging focus on the present.
Odessa American city editor Laura Dennis reflects on the Y2K era and the year 2000, arguing crises stem from people not machines. She questions whether future progress will honor human dignity, safety, and equality as technology accelerates.
Glen Larum, Odessa district public information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation, recounts the Bankhead Highway from its 1917 pathfinding to its evolution into US Highways 1 and 80 and finally Interstate 20. The effort, led by Senator John Bankhead and the USGRA, spurred early federal aid for road-building and highlighted Iowa to Texas routes via Midland and Odessa before detours to San Angelo and Fort Stockton due to washouts.
A 58-year-old female worker at Vegas Vegas on 2651 Kermit Highway reported two black males entering the store about 4:45 a.m. Friday displayed a suspected sawed-off shotgun and demanded money. They fled with $250 in cash and two $5 coupons. Suspects described as in their 20s, one about 5 feet 9 inches and 200 pounds.
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