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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 2000
Page
1
A field trip to the Sand Hills Stockshow and Rodeo offers area students a chance to experience a real rodeo up close, providing a hands on look at arena events and rodeo culture.
Odessa firefighters responded to a Monday night blaze at 4122 East 37th Street after a neighbor dialed 9 1 1 just before 8 p m. Battalion Chief Lanny Phillips said the fire started on the back porch from an electrical source and moved into the home filling it with smoke. Homeowner Carla Bryant suggested the doghouse lightbulb may have started the fire. her dog escaped unharmed. Neighbors saw only smoke, not flames, and crews remained over an hour to extinguish hot spots.
Acting President Vladimir Putin fired Boris Yeltsin’s daughter Tatyana Dyachenko from her Kremlin image adviser role as part of quick staff reshuffles aimed at showing a crackdown on corruption. The move follows Yeltsin’s resignation and signals efforts to distance from his administration.
A cold front pushed across West Texas cooling conditions after a record high 76 on Saturday. The wind driven drop saw 55 at 10 PM Sunday fall to 38 by 7 AM Monday, with a Monday high near 51 and overnight lows around 20. Forecasters expect mid to upper 50s then near 60 by Thursday, with 20s nights. Odessa averages in the 50s. Winds reached 35 mph in parts of West Texas and light snow fell in the northern Panhandle. Permian High School sophomore Ashley Rounds, 16, and teammates braved the wind at Hogan Park for a long scrimmage with teams from around the state.
In Lubbock and across Texas disappointed shoppers returned Y2K supplies, with some Wal Mart branches issuing refunds under 90 day policies. Others like Outdoorsman and Childress Hardware kept strict no return rules, denying or limiting refunds on food water and purification items.
Charles Schulz published his final daily Peanuts strip but Odessa American will publish classic 1974 Peanuts panels on Page 50 Monday through Saturday each week. Schulz, 77, retired after colon cancer diagnosis in November, ending near the 50th anniversary of Peanuts.
New Delhi accuses Pakistan of involvement in the eight day hijacking of an Indian Airlines jetliner that killed one. A Kashmir land mine blast killed 17 and wounded 31 near Srinagar as shelling and militant attacks escalate. Vajpayee urged the United States to declare Pakistan a terrorist state to isolate it.
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