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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 2000

Page

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Playoff Week Boosts NFL Prep for Divisional Round

A look at how NFL teams sharpen for the divisional round with emphasis on coaching depth and strategic prep as the weekend games approach. The piece contrasts the VIP treatment of Elian Gonzalez with the harsher realities faced by unaccompanied migrant children in the United States.

NFL Elian Gonzalez United States

Freedom March set for noon Saturday downtown Odessa

A Freedom March will begin at noon Saturday at the Martin Luther King Jr Center near Second Street and Grant Avenue. The parade proceeds east on Second Street to Dixie Boulevard, south on Dixie to Murphy Street, then east on Murphy to Woodson Park, with lineup at 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by the Black Cultural Council of Odessa and the Odessa Council for the Arts and Humanities.

Martin Luther King Jr. Center Second Street Grant Avenue Dixie Boulevard Dixie Murphy Street Murphy Woodson Park Black Cultural Council of Odessa Odessa Council For the Arts and Humanities

Odessa sees second rise in area sales tax rebates

Odessa Finance Director James Zentner calls January rebate gains encouraging but not a trend yet as the city posts a 14.37 percent year over year increase to 887 426 dollars for November 1999 sales. Midland follows with an 11.74 percent jump to 892 039 dollars as the comptroller reports a longer tax collection period and concerted effort improving revenues.

Odessa West Texas Odessa Finance James Zentner Odessa Development Corp Zentner Comptroller’s Midland Midland Finance Troy Gifford Comptroller

Air quality concerns over Huntsman Polymers flare incident

Company documents show 11 000 pounds of butadiene and 1 400 pounds of benzene sent to the flare after an electrical outage, with 31 089 pounds of ethylene and 5 430 pounds of propylene also flared. TXU Odessa disputes an outage, winds hinder monitor effectiveness, and a second station is planned to better assess emissions and impact.

Mike Hagan Region 7 TNRCC South Odessa Hays Elementary Huntsman Polymers Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission TXU Odessa Terry Blair Blair Huntsman Hays Ector County Roy Gentry Bethel Baptist Church Hagan

Youth killer Nathaniel Abraham to be freed at 21

In Pontiac Michigan Nathaniel Abraham once 11 shot a stranger and faced adult murder charges under a 1997 law. A judge spared life imprisonment sending him to juvenile detention until age 21. The decision cited reform prospects and urged more juvenile resources.

Pontiac, Mich U.S Eugene Moore Michigan Nathaniel Abraham Moore Nathaniel Ronnie Greene Jr Pontiac Daniel Bagdade Ee Abraham Oakland County Mich Ronnie Green Jr Abraham

Vatican to consider Martin Luther King Jr as martyr for jubilee

American Catholic bishops urged the Vatican to name Rev. Martin Luther King Jr a martyr for the Christian faith. King, a Baptist minister assassinated in 1968, is among US nominees for a 20th century martyrs group to be honored by Pope John Paul II on May 7 in Rome during Jubilee 2000. Christine King Farris called the idea humbling.

Boston Vatican Martin Luther King Jr Boston Globe King el Salvador John Paul II Rome Vatican Commission Christine King Farris Coretta Scott King Coretta King Atlanta Paul Henderson U.S Illinois State Capitol Springfield Ill

Antisocial behavior linked to low cortisol in boys

Chicago researchers report that aggressive boys aged 7 to 12 show lower salivary cortisol, suggesting a biological basis for antisocial behavior. The study in Archives of General Psychiatry notes reduced fear response may hinder counseling. Led by Keith McBurnett, the team cautions about limits of traditional treatments.

Chicago Archives of General Psychiatry Keith McBurnett University of Chicago Medical School McBurnett

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