Pioneer physician honored in Odessa as medical pavilion named
Our View praises Dr Wheatley Stewart for breaking barriers as Odessa’s first black physician and a community mover. The upcoming Outpatient Surgery and Imaging Center will bear his name, honoring a self-made pioneer who built a practice on Murphy Street with Erma Jo. The tribute recognizes a half century of service and lasting ties to Odessans.
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Wheatley Stewart
Ector County Hospital Board
Stewart
Odessa
Bier
Erma Jo
Murphy Street
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Public Forum to Odessa American Readers
Odessa American invites reader comments via mail to PO Box 2952 or fax at 482-333-7742. Readers may also submit online at a provided link for electronic letters to the editor.
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Odessa
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Stretching the poor by the political left
Thomas Lowell argues the left spins poverty statistics to justify expanding power. He cites selective data on income groups, criticizes media framing around a NYT Magazine piece, and accuses the left of shifting costs to others while highlighting a single woman's hardship as representative.
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Times
America
Caroline
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Pickering Recess Appointment Sparks Bipartisan Debate
CAL THOMAS notes Bush used a recess appointment to install Charles W. Pickering Sr. as an Article III judge, sparking claims of civil rights defiance by Sen. Corzine and a wider fight over judicial power. The piece traces recess appointment history, party stances, and implications for the judiciary amid political tensions.
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Clinton
Bush
Victor Williams
Catholic University
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Jimmy Carter
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Congress
Mississippi
Thomas
Fox News Channel
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
George E. “Buddy” West
Austin
Texas
Tom Craddick
Midland
Robert Duncan
Eighth St
Teel Bivins
Amarillo
Pulrzer Prize
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Joan Kerr
Ken Broonax
Bil Salter
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