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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1997
Page
1
Two bombs detonated an hour apart at a building housing an abortion clinic in Atlanta. Six people were injured including federal agents, rescue workers, and a TV cameraman. Mayor Campbell called the second blast designed to maim responders. President Clinton condemned the acts as terror.
Planned Parenthood pursues a $1 million jury award against anti abortion groups for 1992 GOP convention protests. Garnishment papers were filed in Oklahoma against LifeLine operator Ameri Vision Communications and related entities. The case also involves directing Lifeline customers to donate to Operation Rescue National and allied groups. A Houston jury had in 1994 ordered leaders of the groups to pay $1.01 million in punitive damages.
Typical player wagers about 12 dollars weekly and 636 dollars yearly. Seventy percent of adult Texans bought a ticket in the prior year while sixty four percent reported playing the lottery's scratch games.
A University of Texas survey for the Texas Lottery Commission shows 70 percent of adult Texans bought a ticket in the prior year, with typical players spending about 12 dollars weekly. The study notes higher participation among higher income and education groups and cites 1996 prize totals and state profit figures.
Ennis William Cosby, 27, the son of Bill Cosby, was killed in what police term a possible robbery while changing a flat on a freeway. A female friend, who reported the shooting, described a white male suspect as investigators questioned witnesses.
Odessans plan to attend Clinton's second term inauguration in Washington DC. locals like Delma Abalos and K T McLeaish, plus Judge Jay Gibson, join others for the swearing in, parade, galas, and balls after involvement in the campaign. McLeaish traveled to Chicago for the Democratic convention and was one of 600 Texans invited.
With record cold weather fueling demand Odessa gas usage hit an all time high reaching about 38 million cubic feet, exceeding the prior 28 million set in 1996. Sustained cold and low supplies pushed prices higher as stored gas ran low and utilities faced higher costs.
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