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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1997
Page
12
Today remains cloudy and cold with a chance of measurable precipitation in the 40s. Tonight turns colder with possible mixed precipitation including sleet in some areas and light snow in others. Overnight lows dip into the 30s across the county.
Albert Kronkosky Jr. died October 23 1995 at 87 leaving the bulk of his 300 million estate to the Bert and Bessie Mae Kronkosky Foundation. The gift promises at least 15 million annually to local charities with distributions limited to Bexar Bandera Comal and Kendall counties potentially making the foundation among the state’s largest.
New Mexico forecasts cold today with snow likely in mountains and northern and central lowlands. Southern lowlands may see snow or rain with highs near 40 in the inter mountain and northern districts and upper 30s to near 40 elsewhere.
Congressman Frank Tejeda remains hospitalized following a weekend fall at his San Antonio home that fractured a rib. The 51 year old Democrat, treated for a brain tumor since October 1995, will miss the swearing in of the 105th Congress as a fellow member administers the oath.
BEDFORD AP The mother of 13 year old Derrick Dowse who died last week of a suspected heroin overdose says she saw no indications her son used the narcotic. Derrick a Central Junior High honor student died after being found unconscious in bed by his 17 year old step brother Police found needle tracks on his arm and feet along with as much as 3 grams of black tar heroin in his bedroom. A small amount of marijuana and other needles were found elsewhere in the house. Dowse 32 said the news is painful and plans for further interviews with police and prosecutors were noted. The stepbrother told police Derrick drank vodka and took pills before dying and that after he fell asleep Derrick injected heroin sometime after 2 a.m. funeral scheduled 1:30 p.m. today at Lucas Funeral Home in Hurst.
Police say Michelle Suzanne Ernst of Georgetown pretended to have a 5 week old infant and staged a kidnapping at a Killeen mall. She admitted fabricating the story and remains jailed on a misdemeanor charge with possible felony counts for forging evidence.
El Barzon, a mass debtors group claiming hundreds of thousands of members, breaks non partisanship to endorse Laudha Sansores of the Democratic Revolution Party for Campeche governor. Alfonso Ramirez Cuellar says the group aims to hold the government to account for repossessed billions in property amid the 1994 crisis. Sansores, a federal senator, seeks the DRP gubernatorial nomination.
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