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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1998
Page
9
Ken Brodnax sketches a tense reunion over a 50th birthday and looming payback at the Crawl On Inn. A longtime friend Bubba vows revenge while the narrator prepares to vacation, face to face threats, and a light note on aging.
Sara Phipps, moving to Houston, boards Yorkshire terriers Alex and Rizzo at Granny's Critter Center as she and her daughters relocate. Kennels remain busy through summer with many owners leaving pets for vacations or moving, while pet sitters like Rhonda Gardenhire emphasize homes on owners’ turf for better welfare.
Residents from Mexico, Morocco, Poland, India, Pakistan, and the United States join Odessa’s Medical Center Hospital July first. They enter family practice, obstetrics and gynecology, or internal medicine as part of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Odessa. Dr Ammar Alhakim, a fourth-year resident, presents to peers at the hospital.
Odessa in 1958 saw racial tensions flare amid a year of rapid growth and social change. A February meeting united 35 men and 50 women from churches clubs and youth groups to oppose explicit material. Local stores and police pledged cooperation but lacked time to screen all materials.
Texans enjoyed rain and parades but firework bans and burn prohibitions spread across more than 100 counties due to a long drought. Fire officials warned of possible arson linked blazes as 18 holiday deaths were tallied on Texas highways and patrols stepped up, with Dallas area checkpoints seizing illegal fireworks.
Rain across Texas on Saturday prompted flash flood warnings in the Hill Country near Austin and San Antonio. Officials said the soaking rain helped firefighters gain control of two wildfires and reduced fire risk ahead of the Fourth of July. A tropical system moved inland, while warnings urged swimmers away from the Guadalupe River in Braunfels and a brief funnel cloud touched down near Round Rock with no damage.
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