Airstrike in Fallujah Kills 14 Amid Sovereignty Showdown
Iraqi officials say a US authorized airstrike hit Fallujah trenches used by al Qaida linked fighters, killing 14. Officials stressed Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi approved the attack to demonstrate sovereignty amid reliance on foreign troops. A morgue worker aids families of the security guard killed by an errant rocket as Marines pull back.
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Iyad Allawi
Fallujah
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Allawi
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New UTPB Faculty Added After Tuition Hike
UTPB expands offices in Mesa Building to house 15 new and displaced staff including new art and kinesiology faculty. Assistant professor Derek Catsam sets up in a cubicle in the J. Conrad Dunagan Library as renovations proceed. Tuition increases since 2003 funded hiring, with 10 additional faculty members and about 100 dollars per credit hour now paid by students.
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Derek Catsam
J. Conrad Dunagan
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Catsam
Mesa
UTPB
David Watts
Rick Dempsey
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School board to consider personnel ECISD agenda item
Ector County school board members will meet at 7 p m in the Board Room to consider recommended personnel for an executive elementary director and three new principals Cameron Ross and Ireland elementaries. Interim Superintendent Wendell Sollis notes candidates come from within the district though outside hires are possible. He cites 44 applicants for the elementary director role.
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Ector County School Board
Ector County Independent School District School Board
N. Sam Houston
Wendell Sollis
Cameron, Ross and Ireland
Lollis
Sollis
ECISD
Sue Ferguson
Lynne Norwood
Board of Texas Staff Development Group
Rankin wagon relic recalls 1924 Texas journey
Calvin Rankin, 94, recalls the 1924 covered-wagon trek from Checotah Oklahoma to Texas with his family. The family left after a house fire, endured a yearlong trip with money shortages, hiring horses to haul pipe and stopping to pick cotton for horse feed, culminating in their Texas arrival.
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Texas
Leroy Rankin
Leroy
Pat Gilliam
Calvin
Rankins
Jeff
Lucille
Checotah
Okla
Gilliam
Wichita Falls
Ruth
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