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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1998
Page
1
The Grant Chapel AME Choir sang during the Martin Luther King service on Sunday as parades and museums prepared to honor the civil rights leader's holiday. Local events highlighted commemorations across communities.
Baytown voters approved a half cent sales tax increase to fund crime fighting, raising the rate to 7.75 cents per dollar and projected to generate 17.8 million over five years. The funds will hire six traffic division officers, a truancy officer, three detectives, 11 jailers, and support new jail and court facilities. Lance Cpl Tim Garner saxophonist in the British Army Regimental Band opens the North American tour at Lutcher Theater in Orange, Texas.
President Clinton spent a quiet Sunday with wife Hillary at Foundry United Methodist Church and the White House as the Jones case fallout continued. Paula Jones and her husband left Washington quietly, while Clinton avoided comment on the deposition amid a gag order. Newsweek reports cited Willey’s secret deposition alleging an Oval Office kiss and fondling in 1993.
Terrilee Buzbee, born without legs and with one arm in 1959, faced heartbreak and doubt from her mother Bonnie Buxton. She grew up to lead a full life and now has a healthy child, as doctors ponder a suspected link to a sleeping pill.
Odessa attorneys weigh Karla Faye Tucker as she faces a February 3 execution. Her case sparked national interest because of gender and claimed religious awakening. Clemen cy petitions loom while Gov Bush holds the final say, with local lawyers predicting tough political optics.
BEVERLY HILLS CA AP Titanic was named best dramatic picture at the Golden Globes and earned three other awards. James Cameron accepted best director for his film amidst jokes about film size and the project’s $200 million budget. The Globes signal momentum toward the Academy Awards.
Wade Burnett, now a 26-year-old LSU law student and defense investigator, helps his mother Susie Mowbray in a retrial over the 1987 shoot death of Bill Mowbray. Susie was convicted in 1988 of murder for life, released after nine years when an appeals court granted a new trial. The case centers on insurance money and questions of suicide versus homicide.
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