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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1997

Page

6

School conduct code push hinges on gay rights debate

The school board weighs a student publications policy amid a months long dispute over Palmer High School newspaper articles on homosexuality and same sex marriage. CFV and Focus on the Family back a broad policy addressing every aspect of student life, urging school leaders to guide teen conduct. Supporters plan postcards and a Jan 15 meeting, while critics warn against censorship and potential harms to gay students. Local officials moved the meeting to Wasson High School to accommodate a hoped for turnout.

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Inmates Escape Tunnels From Maximum Prison

Six inmates tunneling from a maximum security facility used a 70 foot shaft under a machine shop area to reach a warehouse on the other side. An auto body shop inmate triggered a diversion button around 8 a.m. The tunnel ran beneath heated pipes and a stone wall, with the group including an experienced welder. Authorities withheld details on materials and exact tunnel length.

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Poetic Police Chief Spars Over Ticket Complaint in Laguna Beach

In Laguna Beach California police chief Purcell faces ribbing after a radio segment where Chris Baumgartner of Denver and his grandmother Adeline Hess read a letter about a ticket. The discussion centered on a rental car lapse and a negotiated dispensation, prompting questions about poetic handling of fines.

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New prosecutor says Kevorkian trials waste of money

Oakland County prosecutor Gordon Gorcyca argues that pursuing charges against Dr. Jack Kevorkian in assisted suicide deaths would waste taxpayer funds as prosecutions failed under prior leadership. He points to nine charges and notes a political decision influenced by prior cases. Geoffrey Fieger counters that prosecutors should set legal guidelines, not abandon enforcement.

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