Golf Nutter Column Sparks City Championship Debate
Poor William outlines readers’ and golfers’ reactions to Cameron Hollway’s critique of city championships. He argues slow high-handicap players slow play, prefers seventh flight winners over hotshot pros, and suggests format changes at Ratliff Ranch Golf Links. The column defends local golf culture and calls for varied formats to boost participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Cameron Hollway
Hollway
Ken Brodnax
Mike Royko
Schuyler Dixon
Dixon
Ratliff Ranch Golf Links
Ixon
Cameron
Schuyler
Golf League
Poor William
Ratliff
Hurley confronts reporters at London airport over Grant scandal
Elizabeth Hurley returned from Los Angeles to London and refused to answer questions about Hugh Grant hiring a prostitute. She snapped at reporters asking if she forgives him and said she would not discuss his televised mea culpas. She stated she came back to work while Grant was in America filming.
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Hurley
London
Hugh Grant
England
Elizabeth Hurley
Heathrow Airport
Los Angeles
Grant
Hugh
America
Estee Lauder
Texas Lottery Draw Date and Jackpot Note
The fragment notes a Saturday July 15 1995 drawing date with an estimated jackpot around 10 million dollars for Pick 3. The text is incomplete but indicates a lottery drawing event and prize amount.
Car crashes into tour crowd at Coors Brewery
In Golden Colorado a car struck a line of visitors awaiting a Coors Brewery tour injuring 12. Police said the driver appeared to have blacked out. The driver and five others were hospitalized in fair condition while two were in serious condition. The rest were treated and released.
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Jean-Michel Jarre
Paris
Jarre
Unesco
U.N. Ae
Golden
Colo
Coors Brewery
Bob Tortora
Hearing Loss In Permian Basin Workers Sparks Safety Warns
Audiologist Lourdez Zamora-Fierro notes a high rate of work related hearing loss in the Permian Basin from long duration noise and guns. The condition sensorineural nerve loss has no restore. West Texas Safety Training Center head Anthony Logsdon recalls 80 percent deafness from bomb run noise and urges hearing protection and postings above 80 decibels.
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Lourdez Zamora-Fierro
CCCA
Permian
Zamora-Fierro
Audiology Consultants
Anthony L. Logsdon
West Texas Safety Training Center
Logsdon
U.S. Air Force
American Academy of Otolaryngology
London
Trinity test recall shows heat, light, and a lasting echo
The account recalls the July 16 1945 Trinity detonation. Engineers struggled to fit cold high explosive and warm plutonium components, then prepared the Gadget for detonation amid tense officials awaiting the weather report. McKibben oversaw switch relays and cameras, Aeby shot the color photo, and observers described the vast light, blast, and echoed shock across the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schreiber
Joe McKibben
Trinity Test
Kenneth Bainbridge
McKibben
Ground Zero
Bainbridge
George Kistiakowsky
Noise complaints in Odessa rise with apartment living
Odessa officials report dozens of unreasonable noise and disorderly conduct cases annually. Don Vanadore cites 88 cases filed in 1994. 1995 figures unavailable. Deputies handle five to ten such calls weekly, from gunshots to private parties with live bands.
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Blount
Don Vanadore
Odessa
Mark Donaldson
Ector County Sheriff's Department
Donaldson
OPD
Louis Orras
Orras
Nuclear fears as metaphor of the age described
Randall Clark of Pfeiffer College notes island survival echoes nuclear war fears with shelter and water needs. Jayne Loader recalls persistent anxiety about atomic threats and nuclear nightmares shaping culture from film to literature.
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Randall Clark
Pfeiffer College
Misenheimer
N.C
Clark
Hollywood
Jayne Loader
Odessa American Ad Guidelines and Contact Details
The Odessa American publishes daily from 222 E. 4th St Odessa TX 79761 with second class postage. Postmaster: changes to P O Box 2952 Odessa TX 79760-2952. Ads may be accepted or rejected. liability limits apply for errors omissions or failure to publish. Advertising Director contact numbers provided.
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Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Odessa
P.O
Bill Salter
Oroerens
Office
Gary Newsom
Pat Eeee Neat
Lori Ellington
Seeeaeaeners
Tony Traven
Bob Braswell
Frances Irvine
June Baumann
Educa Neeneseneesenenesrnerens
Sennen Net
Eee Ee
Fadeee Nee
Ken Brodnax
Laura Ludewell
Dennis
Sonja Merrick
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William Tells
Cameron Hallway
City Golf Tour
Texas Lottery
White Rock
Los Alamos
Jack Aeby
Aeby
Espanola
Trinity Site
Pacific
Trinity
Brenda Huffy
University Gardens
Oakwood Drive
Huffy
Nuclear
Pitte
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