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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1990
Page
2
In People interview Stallone says audiences identify with character depth more than superhero muscles. The Rocky star, 44, reflecting on Rambo III, admits earlier films featured invincible heroes and vows to develop dialogue and character in future roles.
Isaac Stern marked his 70th birthday after more than five decades in San Francisco, where the San Francisco Symphony honored him with a Sunday concert attended by 30,000. Rostropovich performed The Swan from Carnival of the Animals in a playful wig and tutu, and Gregory Peck offered a tribute, underscoring Stern's global musical impact.
Stormie Jones a 13 year old from White Settlement Texas received a second liver in February after a hepatitis damaged the first. She is the world’s first heart liver transplant recipient and hopes to write an autobiography titled In The Darkness about her life family and pets. She and her mother Lois Purcell stay near Children’s Hospital as Stormie undergoes treatment and enjoys horror fiction and Tales From The Crypt.
Keene in The Times links a lettered chess puzzle to the Jan 18 to Jan 23 timeline in Lancashire and London tied to Mrs Terry's disappearance. He interprets moves as signs of arrogance and cunning, aligning them with tied Visa records and a possible body location near Limerick. Police will search the area indicated.
Stock indices slid sharply marking a sobering session after closing near 3 000 earlier in the week. Traders blamed program trading for exaggerated moves as the Dow suffered its worst one day point drop since late January while futures trading invoked a temporary circuit breaker in Chicago.
Skelton Wetzel said the Supreme Court upholds about 95 percent of death penalty cases from the Texas criminal appeals court, though an appeals court reversal of a murder conviction is unusual. He noted that appellate judges know higher and lower courts will review these cases. Botsford, Wetzel's Austin attorney, was unavailable for comment Monday.
Rain has been recorded since January well below the 7.07 inch norm as dry conditions are forecast through Friday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were noted along a cold front from San Angelo to Texarkana, with temps in the 50s to 60s across the region. Early Monday temps ranged from 59 at Guadalupe Pass to 83 at Corpus Christi naval air station.
President Bush names David Souter as nominee to replace Justice Brennan. Souter, 60, currently on the First Circuit, appeared alongside Bush after a White House review. Brennan resigns after decades on the court, with abortion policy and Roe v Wade looming in confirmation debates.
Thursday and Friday expect hot conditions across West Texas Permian Basin and Panhandle South Plains with highs in the 90s and lows upper 60s to 70s. Far West Texas may see scattered storms Thursday with mid-90s highs. Coastal Bend and Valley inland remain hot with 80s to near 100 inland.
The National Weather Service notes an overnight low of 64 with sunset at 8 52 p m and sunrise at 6 59 a m on Wednesday. A trace of precipitation occurred in the last 24 hours, with July totals at 0 57 inch and year to date at 5 14 inches. The record high was 103 degrees in 1981 and the record low 62 degrees in 1947.
The forecast from the National Weather Service at Midland International Airport calls for a cloudy morning giving way to partly cloudy skies in the afternoon with a high near 90. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a mid 60s low, and Wednesday is expected to be partly cloudy with highs in the lower 90s as thunderstorms move through the area. Winds are generally southerly 5 to 15 mph, increasing toward the Panhandle and southern Texas tip.
New Mexico shows fair late nights and mornings with scattered showers through Wednesday. Lows in the mid-40s to 50s, highs mid-70s to 80s in mountains and upper 80s to mid-90s elsewhere. Oklahoma sunny and warm with breezy conditions today and Wednesday, highs upper 80s to 90s. Louisiana expects widely scattered thunderstorms tonight and again today and Wednesday.
The Odessa American issue metadata notes copyright date of 1990 for Volume 66, with address at 222 E Fourth Street Odessa Texas 79760. The snippet records publication details and legal ownership as part of the newspaper’s masthead.
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