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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 2000
Page
1
Gen. Barry McCaffrey, the nation’s drug czar and a decorated veteran, says a war on drugs is unnecessary. In Belgrade, parade leader Zeljko Raznatovic known as Arkan, was fatally shot by masked gunmen in the Intercontinental Hotel lobby.
The Odessa American features NASCAR figure Richard Childress, owner of Dale Earnhardt's No 3 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, with a profile and schedules. The article notes Childress is a former Winston Cup driver and highlights stock car racing information.
New York AP report notes television host David Letterman, 52, cracking jokes from his hospital room after emergency quintuple bypass surgery the day before. Doctors say he is progressing well and CBS will air reruns of the Late Show until his full recovery.
A $20 million lawsuit accuses Midland Memorial Hospital and six cardiologists of using defamation and malicious peer reviews to monopolize Midland’s cardiology market. Dr BV Patel is the plaintiff. hospital officials declined comment. Memorial Heart and Vascular Institute, owned by the hospital, performed substantial procedures in 1997. See page 2A.
More than 70 people joined the Martin Luther King Jr Freedom March on Grant Street Odessa organized by the Black Cultural Council. Participants voiced vows to keep King’s dream alive and pass his message of love and peace to future generations. The march began at the King Center and ended at Woodson Park with the theme we heard today a day on not a day off.
A Houston Chronicle and Dallas Morning News poll of 1000 Texas voters finds 49 percent will base their choice on leadership style as they question promises by Democratic candidates and front-runner George W. Bush in the post Clinton era.
Ector County school district Superintendent Vernon Stokes will not recommend hiring a new Permian High School head football coach and athletic coordinator at Tuesday night’s meeting. The selection committee has narrowed the field to two finalists, Grand Prairie head coach Jerry Bomar and Sealy head coach T.J. Mills, with site visits planned Wednesday and Thursday.
The brick red full moon will be visible over the Americas for more than an hour on Thursday night, the first U S continental view since 1996. A second total eclipse comes July 16 on the West Coast, with a Christmas Day solar eclipse brighter in Canada.
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