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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 2003
Page
2
OC trustees ended a June session with approval of a plan to address February legislature budget cuts. The package includes raising tuition, cutting funding for the local PBS TV station, closing the downtown Noel Building, and eliminating the general homestead exemption though the final vote on the exemption was tabled.
Governing Council of Iraqi leaders views a new political framework as a positive start to stabilizing Iraq but warns it may provoke higher resistance from enemies. The ambush deaths raise US losses to 151 since the March 20 start of war, with 36 since May 1. Wolfowitz tours Iraq to review military, economic, and political progress. Bernard Kerik shows a prison site where inmates were brutalized and evidence suggests many women prisoners may be buried.
Nelson Mandela officially opened a new Johannesburg bridge named in his honor, hours after hosting 1,600 guests for his 85th birthday. Present were Thabo Mbeki and other dignitaries, with Mandela calling the bridge a symbol of freedom from apartheid. Attending guests included Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro, F W de Klerk, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Chelsea.
In Belleville Illinois fans of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy staged a two day tribute starting with a crowd reenacting the Battle of the Century pie fight outside the Lincoln Theatre. Trudy Welten of Olivette Missouri wore whipped cream after the scene, hoping to stay messy. The event continues Sunday with four silent films accompanied by organ music by Stan Kann and Dennis Ammann.
Electronic stability control, proven to reduce crashes in Germany, is on only about 6 percent of U.S. vehicles. European cars feature it on roughly one third. Suppliers launch an eight city Washington tour to push consumer demand over government mandates. Developed by Bosch and Mercedes-Benz, stability control differs from traction control and all wheel drive and aims to keep vehicles from fishtailing. Mercedes made it standard in 1999 and German data show a 29 percent drop in accidents after adoption.
Thompson says five day field study took students to Italy Ireland and Santa Fe with Ortega. They learned about culture and practiced photography in new settings while exploring Carrizozo Valley of Fires and other northern New Mexico sites. Students produced portfolios and many plan to return.
The piece notes that some communicators, charging about $25 for 15 minutes, claim to interpret animals emotions in human terms. Their client base reportedly includes spiders, an iguana, a snake, a skunk, a hawk, a camel and cockroaches, with work often done remotely by having the pet near a telephone. Animal Planet airs a weekly Pet Psychic show and newspapers have profiled practitioners in Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Spiders are said to care about avoiding death, and one mindsets English is reportedly imagined.
The Odessa American provides main contact hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and separate numbers for out-of-town readers. Additional lines list various office and departments with different extensions and times.
Readers Guide details advertising contact numbers and policies for publication errors. It lists subscription options with weekly and weekend pricing and notes holiday editions and delivery times. The page includes publisher and executive contacts and a site URL with disclaimers about ads and factual accuracy.
A fragmented collage notes Kobe Bryant facing rape charges in Colorado and the national reaction. It mentions Gregory Peck as a supposed lawyer, White House statements, and broad political and social commentary, including references to Howard Dean, Saddam Hussein, and other figures, all in a chaotic, satirical tone.
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