Meet Your Candidates forum in Ector County slated for Thursday
A candidate forum will be held at the American Legion Post 430 on 2701 E 8th St at 7 30 p m next Thursday. About eleven candidates including Sheriff Reggie Yearwood have confirmed attendance. Sponsored by Texas Motorcycle Rights Association and the legion, the event invites residents to question contenders and press for public involvement.
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Ector County
Texas Motorcycle Rights Association
American Legion Post 430
Dean Maltsberger
Maltsberger
the Legion
Reggie Yearwood
Clinton unveils 350 billion tax cut and education boost
President Clinton proposed a 350 billion tax cut and major spending boosts for schools and health care. He urged action in a reform agenda including photo ID licenses for handgun purchases and retirement savings accounts, aiming to extend coverage for lower and middle income Americans. The speech touted record economic growth and challenged Congress to act.
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Washington
Clinton
United States
Congress
White House
al Gore
Old Man Winter Returns Hits North Texas With Ice and Snow
A cold front dumped ice and snow across north Texas and Oklahoma driving temperatures to the twenties in the Permian Basin. Freezing rain sleet and snow snarled hundreds of airline flights and cut power to thousands. Private jet slid off Dallas Love Field runway with no injuries. DPS and other officers responded to dozens of wrecks on slick roads as snow began in Dallas Fort Worth area. Paris firefighter clears snow from a car under a collapsed gas station awning.
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Fort Worth
Texas Department of Public Safety
Denton County
Texas 114
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas
Oklahoma
Dallas Love Field
Sulphur Springs
Sherman
North Texas
Chad Richey
Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Paris
Daniel Frey
Property rights group joins suit against military flights
Alpine Brewster County advocates join ranchers and environmentalists in a federal suit filed in Washington DC against the Department of Defense and the Air Force. They argue the low altitude training flights harm livestock and property and demand a nationwide environmental impact assessment before any more flights. Primary voices include Bryan Kelley and Richard Smucker describing the impacts.
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Brewster County
U.S. Department of Defense
Washington D.C
Defense Department
U.S. Air Force
Trans
Kelley
Nevada
Richard Smucker
Department of Defense
Middle schoolers show rising smoking rate in survey
Atlanta AP reports a nationwide survey finds nearly 10 percent of middle-schoolers smoke cigarettes. The study of 7,529 high-schoolers shows 28.4 percent used tobacco in the prior month, signaling ongoing youth tobacco use despite declines among older students.
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Atlanta
Sealy bids farewell to longtime football coach Mills
Sealy residents gathered at Knights of Columbus Hall to honor former Sealy high school coach T. J. Mills as he departs to become Permian's head coach. More than 700 people attended, sharing sadness and pride in his accomplishments as a banner night of memories. Mills will start at Permian on February 14 as his team packs up a strong era at Sealy.
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SEALY
Permian High School
Jay Janczak
Knights of Columbus
T.J. Mills
Mills
Permian
Gene Adams
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Odessa College
Washington Street
Klamath Falls
Ore
Terry Edmonds
Old Man Winter
Darwin Weigel
Odessa
Permian High
Mark Faldyn
Laura Dennis
Abby
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