Hall to star as Betty Grable on BBC radio bio
Texas born movie star and Mick Jagger wife Jerry Hall will portray Betty Grable in a BBC radio biography airing in September. Grable, famed for wartime pinup status and a million dollar legs insurance, died in 1973.
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Betty Grable
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Grable
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Independence Day essay contest stirs free speech debate
In the Odessa American column, Poor William notes a Clinton joke sold for 15 dollars, praising American free speech. He argues jokes about the president illustrate liberty, while discussing ridicule of government and potential laws against such jokes, praising the U.S. as the land of the free.
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Hillary
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Test tube gorilla birth anticipated in zoo project
Seventeen years after Louise Brown's birth scientists at Cerne Zoo implant an embryo fertilized outside the womb into a gorilla. The baby is due in December as Betsy Dresser leads the endangered lowland gorilla program. In Florida a gas line blast during a hostage rescue killed the suspect and two teenage girls. two officers were burned and hospitalized.
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Miami
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Medicare birthday clash in tax cut fight
Newt Gingrich publicly denounces Medicare scare tactics used in election rhetoric as Clinton defends the program. GOP leaders push to preserve Medicare into its 37th year while Clinton argues the savings target funds a $245 billion tax cut.
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Texas
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Rich country pop star Kenny Rogers career peak and works
The article notes Kenny Rogers rose to fame by 1973 with The Most Beautiful Girl topping country and pop charts while Behind Closed Doors reached No 15 on the pop chart. It mentions his 1974 CMA entertainer of the year honor and hits like Every Time You Touch Me I Get High and A Very Special Love Song, his battle with alcoholism, and his Hollywood ventures including scores for Benji and For the Love of Benji and a cameo in Every Which Way but Loose.
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American On Line survey prompts Odessa readers
Odessa American invites readers to participate in a weekly survey by phone or fax. Questions include tax increases for county employees, a Bosnian Serbs ultimatum, funding for free legal aid, belief in God, and O J Simpson’s guilt. Participants may be quoted if they provide name and number.
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Odessa
MOTRAN Chairman deplores heated remarks at Lubbock hearing
West Texas leaders clash over MO TRAN corridor comments. Charles Perry says extending a truce could be acceptable, while others call Brown’s remarks clownish and harmful. San Angelo and Midland Odessa backers argue over strategy and tone, with accusations of miscontextualized quotes and strained relations.
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Judge Brown
West Texas
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Carroll Thomas
Midland
Lubbock
Brown
Jim Butler
Butler Kirby & Co
Odessa
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Topolobampo
Sinaloa
McDonald
Ector County
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Spannaus’etter
Jordan
San Angelo
Sancae
Correction: Life Call ads in Camden for Dorothy McHugh
AP corrects obituary details noting the Life Call company of Camden, New Jersey, placed the television ads featuring Dorothy McHugh famous for the catchphrase I ve fallen and I can t get up.
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Dorothy McHugh
Associated Press
Life Call
Camden
N.J
Odessa American Classifieds Policy and Contact Details
The Odessa American publishes daily in Odessa Texas with address and postal info. It outlines advertising contacts including Advertising Director and Classified Dept and states rights to reject ads and limited liability for errors or omissions.
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Bill Salter
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