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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1981

Page

8

Four killed as car struck by Rock Island train

A car carrying eight, returning from a New Year outing, ran around a lowered crossing gate and was hit broadside by a Rock Island commuter train in Chicago. Four died, including a 6 year old Terrynette Banks, and three men. two others suffered serious injuries. Passengers aided in rescuing others as flames engulfed the sedan. the crash occurred about 12:20 a.m. on the South Side.

Chicago Rock Island Joliet Terrynette Banks Cook County South Side Bonnie Banks Maurice Schmitz

Horse Sense Quiz Answers and Scoring

A brain teaser style quiz asks five scored questions on animal terms sounds and ethics, plus a six question matching idioms puzzle with mixed readable fragments and garbled endings. The scoring ranges from poor to very superior, with answers including litter offspring, bassinet sound, Ambulance chasing racket, ampule related object, and unrelated to school links among birds and animals.

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Judge orders police to escort white girls to Buckeye High

In Alexandria Louisiana a state judge ordered police to take Ramona Carbo age 12 Michelle Laborde age 13 and Lynda McNeal age 13 to Buckeye High School to avoid integration under a federal desegregation order. Judge Richard E Lee warned school officials to treat them as any other students or face jail and fines.

Exandria Richard E. Lee Buckeye High School U.S Nauman Scott Buckeye School Alexandria Ramona Carbo Michelle Laborde Lynda McNeal Rapides Parish Buckeye Jones Junior High Scott’s Inn Laborde Michelle Scott Lee

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME by Henri Arnold and Bob Lee

Unscramble four Jumbles each with one letter per square to form four ordinary words.

Henri Arnold Bob Lee

Cartoon Circles Hidden Message Reveals the Surprise

Readers are invited to extract circled letters from the panel sequence to spell out a concealed word. The cartoon guides the method, yielding a playful final answer once the letters are rearranged.

Cleveland desegregation overseer faulted in reform plan

A federal watchdog report criticizes the Cleveland desegregation chief Donald Waldrip for lacking a comprehensive plan to upgrade education in the district. It cites administrative weaknesses, insufficient testing and reading programs, counseling, extracurriculars, staff training, and parental involvement, amid a tense governance clash with the school board.

Cleveland U.S Frank Battisti Donald L. Waldrip Waldrip Battisti Ohio Cincinnati

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