Tsunami hits villages near Aitape Papua New Guinea
A tsunami off the coast near Aitape in West Sepik province devastates Nimas and Warapu villages. Authorities report 599 confirmed dead, 500 in Warapu, with hundreds injured and about 6 000 left homeless. Pope John Paul II dedicated prayers to victims.
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Sie Gra da Te Tos Eensic
Jerry Apuan
Paul Saroya
Nimas Village
Australian Broadcasting Corp. Television
Papua New Guinea
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Australia
Aitape
West Sepik
Dickson Dalle
Nimas
Warapu
Sissano
Dalle
Arop
Bill Skate
Rome
John Paul II
Watercraft ban tests travel rights in San Juan Islands
The San Juan Islands face a legal fight over a water bike ordinance aimed at personal watercraft powered by gas engines. Advocates say the ban protects shorelines and safety while critics argue it infringes the right to travel. Local residents have mixed views as courts review the case.
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Kawasaki
Washington State
Washington, D.C
Florida
Monroe
Florida Keys
San Juan County
Monroe County
Keith Douglass
San Juan Islands
Carol Ford
Mark Button
Scott Philips
Spielberg film on rescue mission raises moral questions
The article discusses People etcetera film as a team of soldiers tries to extract one man after all his brothers die within 48 hours. Spielberg questions whether the mission is a Washington PR ploy while defending the film’s brutal realism of war crimes in D-Day era combat. Dayton also honors Apollo 13 commander James Lovell, inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame after four missions including Apollo 8 and the abortive Apollo 13 flight.
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Daily News
Washington
France
Dayton
Ohio
James Lovell
Tom Hanks
Lovell
National Aviation Hall of Fame
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
America
EPA secondhand smoke ruling challenged by North Carolina judge
Federal court in North Carolina ruled EPA erred in classifying secondhand tobacco smoke as a cancer cause, citing improper procedure and industry exclusion. The decision could threaten public smoking bans and restrict similar regulations, drawing praise from RJ Reynolds and criticism from health advocates.
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California
Osteen
Fox News
Health and Human Services
Donna Shalala
EPA
Loretta Ucelli
Associated Press
Middle District
North Carolina
The
Washington Post
Charles A. Blixt
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco
Stanley Rosenblatt
Tobacco Country
Odessa Area Faces Tax, Gasoline Crises in 1973
Odessa voters approved a 1 percent sales tax effective January 1 1974 while the Permian Junior College System died and Odessa College became independent. A gas shortage loomed as inflation pressed households. serial crimes and a political scandal marked the year with coliseum manager Fred Cowen indicted. UTPB began as a two year upper level college with a long buildup and a campus expansion followed by housing shortages.
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Permian Junior College
City Hall
Odessa
UTPB
Texas
Bill Amstead
University of Texas At Austin
Houston
University Boulevard
Windwood Mall
Midland
Midland College
Johnny Meadows
Huntsville
Ector County
State of Texas
Fred Cowen
Cowen
Alice Cooper
Coliseum
Three dead seven injured in Gaines County crash
A two vehicle collision on Sunday afternoon at the intersection of two farm to market roads in Gaines County left three dead and seven injured. Victims include 39 year old Scott Pollart of Seminole and 38 year old Maria Porras of Seagraves and the infant Arlene Porras of Seagraves who died at Denver City hospital. The Porras family members were air lifted or treated in Lubbock hospitals with mixed conditions. Police say a Porras pickup struck Pollart's vehicle on FM 2056.
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Gaines County
Scott Pollart
Seminole
Maria Porras
Seagraves
Arlene Porras
Department of Public Safety
Pollart
Denver City
DPS
Porras
University Medical Center Hospital
Lubbock
Carmen Porras
Mary Porras
Brenda Porras
Jackie Porras
Lubbock Hospital
Eric Porras
Esmeralda
Manuel Porras
What the World Says About Odd Facts and Folklore
A collage of trivia and quotations covers British Tommy Atkins origin, TV remote rule, mickeys for mouse speed, child labor notes in Egypt, powdered wigs of Louis XIV and era fashion, Utah marital accountability, and a short note on television sex scene study, plus contact details for L M Boyd.
Odessa American newspaper masthead and contact details
Odessa American publishes every morning from 222 E 4th Street Odessa Texas with USPS 402 960. Postage paid at Odessa as second class and address changes sent to RO Box 2952 Odessa TX 79760 2952.
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Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Odessa
Odessa American Ad Policy and Hours Notice
The Odessa American notes it may accept or reject ads and is not liable for errors omissions or failures to publish. Customer service operates Monday through Friday 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 6 to 11 a.m.
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