Texas tortoise advocate toing hopes for extinction halt
A Southwest Texas State professor works to save Texas tortoises from extinction. Odessa’s first black doctor 77 dies Saturday after a lifetime of advocacy for the poor. A 1B plea admits guilt on five rapes and molestations of seven girls in Ford City, with prosecutors blaming parents for letting the girls visit Booher’s home.
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Clinton denies intern affair as Lewinsky offers cooperation
President Clinton vocally denies any sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky while Lewinsky signals willingness to testify to Whitewater prosecutors. Secret tapes reportedly include Lewinsky stating Clinton urged her to deny the relationship. If immunity is granted, Stark’s case could hinge on Clinton's honesty and impact the presidency.
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Community considers library input funding and focus groups
County commissioners approve 3600 to hire consultant Richard Waters to gather public input on the future of the Ector County Library in Odessa. Waters will lead two days of March focus groups and report results, as Junior League backs 150000 in improvements over five years.
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Ector County
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Denton
Waters
Junior League of Odessa
Teresa Owens
Owens
Jim Jordan
Jordan
Texas State Library
Ector
Odessa arcades face crackdown after AG opinion on gambling law
Attorney General Dan Morales ruled that a 1995 Texas law allowing non cash prize games is unconstitutional. He said eight liner casino style machines violate the constitution and urged prosecutors and agencies to act. In Odessa ten arcades have opened since the law, with machines seen in Bingo parlors and stores.
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Texas
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OPEC ministers weigh options as crude price sinks
OPEC ministers met in Vienna amid a four year low in crude prices driven by Asia’s crisis and a mild winter. Prices reversed Tuesday with a rise over 1 dollar a barrel as worries about Iraq UN inspections and potential military action linger. Odessa economist Dennis Elam cautions that local oil economics hinge on futures around 15 dollars and perception of conflict over actual disruption.
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Israeli archaeologist links Essenes to Ein Gedi site
Israeli archaeologist Yizhar Hirschfeld says a Judean Hills cluster of limestone huts forms a small Essene settlement with cave like cells a communal kitchen and ritual bath near Ein Gedi. He notes preserved balsam trees and perfume sap once valued in Rome and by Cleopatra though scholars debate the Qumran theory.
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