Escape of Seven Convicts Ties Up Guards In Connally Unit
Seven inmates overpowered staff over 2 1/2 hours at Connally Unit in Texas, bound employees, stole clothes, and drove off in a prison truck after a Dec 13 escape. The gang is linked to a Christmas Eve murder of an Irving police officer and remains at large. A report criticizes staff errors and urges policy reviews on inmate movement and gate procedures.
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Austin
South Texas
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Connally
Gary Johnson
TDCJ
Irving
MLK Day Holiday Closures Almanac
City offices open for MLK Day while county offices and major institutions including Ector County Courthouse Odessa College UTPB and ECISD schools are closed. Banks and U.S. Post Offices also close for the holiday.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Ector County
Odessa College
U.S
Missing minister resurfaces after 16 years in Texas church
James Simmons once known as Wesley Barrett Cox reappears in Dallas at White Rock Community Church after 16 years missing. He claims a 1984 beating caused a coma and memory loss of his family and youth minister life. FBI and police investigate with no records found.
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Dallas
Texas
James Simmons
Wesley Barrett
Barre” Cox
San Antonio
Simmons
FBI
White Rock Community Church
Fred Ward
Barre
Beth Cox
Midland braces for Bush farewell visit in hometown stop
Midland and Odessa leaders scramble to aid a Bush visit as he nears inauguration. City officials call the event a hometown farewell with President elect George W. Bush expected to depart for Washington after the Midland appearance. Susie Hitchcock of South Forty Confections plans to send celebratory treats to the inauguration.
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Midland
George W. Bush
Bush
Washington, D.C
David Mark
Odessa
Rick Menchaca
Washington
West Texas candy at Bush inauguration confections
Midland shop South Forty Confections will supply free sweets to Bush insiders at the January 20 inauguration in Washington. Owner Susie Hitchcock-Hall, a longtime supporter and former Midland neighbor, recalls sending a Texas candy basket to Bush when he was governor. Candies include winners chocolates and kickers pecan pralines shaped like cowboy boots, matching the black ties and boots inaugural ball theme.
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West Texas
George W. Bush
Washington, D.C
South Forty Confections
Bush
Susie Hitchcock-Hall
Hitchcock-Hall
Midland
Cheneys
Hitchcock- Hall
Texas
Cathy Fowler
Fowler
President-elect taps Chao as labor secretary and Zoellick as trade head
The incoming administration names Elaine Chao a former Peace Corps director to lead labor policy and Robert Zoellick a veteran diplomat as U S trade representative. President Bush responds to education plan critics.
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Peace Corps
Elaine Chao
AOL Time Warner merger wins FCC approval
The $106 billion AOL Time Warner merger clears the last regulatory hurdle and closes, forming the nation's largest media empire with 26 million Internet subscribers and assets including CNN HBO Sports Illustrated and Warner Bros. Steve Case says the deal will drive media and Internet convergence while Gerald Levin leads the new company. The FCC required steps to open AOL IM to rival providers on Time Warner cable lines amid concerns for consumer choice and regulatory reach.
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America Online
Time Warner
Federal Communications Commission
AOL Time Warner
U.S
CNN
HBO
Sports Illustrated
Warner Bros
Steve Case
Gerald Levin
FCC
AOL
William Kennard
Commission
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Odfssa
Midlander
Robert Zoellick
Chao
Zoellick
Cal Thomas
Linda
Chavez
Dear Abby
DR. Donohue
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