Conservative transformation of Marvin Olasky headlines shift
UT journalism professor Marvin Olasky rose to national prominence as a welfare policy guru for conservatives after Newt Gingrich cited his book The Tragedy of American Compassion. Raised Jewish and once a Marxist, Olasky converted to Christianity, moved to Austin, and now credits faith and family with guiding his career and life choices.
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Boston
Lubbock Radio Message Spans 2000 Miles
New Hampshire state police detected unusual radio traffic that originated in Lubbock Texas and traveled over 2000 miles via in-house dispatch channels. A teletype bulletin at Lubbock PD referenced the message as a compliment to their radio system.
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Security guard sentenced in Arlington bank robbery case
In Dallas the former currency plant security guard Kenneth Ray Wright, 40, was sentenced by U S District Judge John McBryde to 117 months in federal prison plus three years of supervised release. Wright, convicted of bank robbery and using a firearm during a felony, had worked as a training safety officer and guard at the currency plant.
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Beasley, Sallie Louise Beasley obituary in Odessa
Sallie Louise Beasley born March 25, 1900 in Knox County died July 19, 1995 in Houston at West Oaks Geriatric Center. She married Wiley Beasley December 21, 1921 in Knox County and moved to Odessa in 1925. A homemaker and retired LVN, she attended Brownfield High School and Odessa College, taught Women’s Bible Study, survived by grandchildren and great grandchildren, services at First Baptist Church Odessa with interment at Ector County Cemetery. Memorials to First Baptist Church.
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Macy Omer
Cody Williams
Blanche Murry
Snyder
Ruth Murry
el Paso
First Baptist Church
David Johnson
Ector County
White Funeral Home
Lubbock
Frank W. Wilson
Death notices from Pecos and Andrews
Obituaries published for Geanne Compton in Pecos Toyah area. Also Bessie Lawson of Andrews and Lucia Carrasco of Odessa, with services and burial details, families and survivors listed. Compton, Lawson and Carrasco residents, all Baptist or Catholic, with funeral homes and churches named.
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Toyah
David Hamilton
Pecos
Sandra Jarrett
Cindy Bagley
Ann Orona
Claude Parsons
Bill Parsons
Midland
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Mary Jane Mahaffey
Katy
Bush urges GOP to back Mexican bailout in Texas speech
Gov. George Bush urged Senate leaders to resist moves to end U S support for Mexico's bailout. He told about 400 at the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce that the United States must stand by Mexico as it battles peso devaluations. Bush also pressed border security, education for Mexican descent children, and efforts to mitigate impacts of the Kelly Air Force Base shutdown on San Antonio’s economy.
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Marxist economist Ernest Mandel dies at 72 in Brussels
Ernest Mandel, a veteran revolutionary and leading Marxist economist, died of a heart attack at his Brussels home at age 72. Born in Frankfurt in 1923, he survived WWII in Belgium, led the Belgian Fourth International section, and faced bans from several countries. He is survived by his wife Anne.
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Austraia
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Family ties extended across Texas and Nevada in obituary list
Of Celina and Esperanza C Molinar of Frisco sisters Refugia Sanchez of Odessa and Elisa Spencer of Presidio brothers Alberto Baeza of Sunnyvale California Dolores Baeza of Fort Davis Cruz Baeza of Las Vegas and Alfredo Baeza 33 grandchildren and 51 great grandchildren.
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Esperanza C. Molinar
Frisco
Refugia Sanchez
Odessa
Elisa Spencer
Presidio
Alberto Baeza
Sunnyvale, Calif
Dolores Baeza
Fort Davis
Cruz Baeza
Las Vegas
Alfredo Baeza
Odessa American Death Notices Policy Summary
The Odessa American accepts death notices and paid obituaries from established funeral homes or with funeral home confirmation. Notices may include tributes and life history, with photos for paid obituaries. Notices received by 4:30 p.m. typically publish the next day, within circulation area limits and length rules.
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