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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1998
Page
1
Good morning report notes 7A highlights an escape by Ohio inmates Saturday with four captured and two remaining at large. Authorities pursue the remaining suspects as details unfold.
South African King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi said Nelson Mandela’s Tembu kin paid 60 prime cattle as lobola for Grace Machel and that she is worth every bristle of hair and hoof. The private wedding occurred last Saturday at Mandela’s Johannesburg home on his 80th birthday.
Seven boys who found a soccer-ball sized meteorite in Monahans West Texas watched bids end at $23000 at auction far below hopes of $60000. Orlando Lyles father of two finders lamented lower than expected offers while NASA studies had earlier spurred bids up to $31000 before city officials declined to return the rock.
Odessa couple Larry and Tammie Colbath pursue commercial driver licenses through Odessa College Professional Driver’s program after 20 years of dreaming. Both work in trucking, and with their children grown they seize the opportunity to train together.
Capitol officers killed in a gunfire burst will lie in state in the Rotunda. Capitol Police Chief Gary Abrecht announced a special ceremony to honor the two fallen officers whose coffins have rested in the same historic hall as presidents and generals.
President Clinton faces a critical week in the Monica Lewinsky inquiry as lawyers work with Kenneth Starr to avoid direct grand jury testimony. Senate chairman Orrin Hatch warned that refusing cooperation could lead to impeachment, while White House aides dodged comments. Kendall, pressed for comment, is traveling and unavailable.
An editor's note recounts 1980 in Odessa with tensions over school busing plans for Ector County, talks of closing Ector High and converting Blackshear, a failed $19.9 million downtown bond for an activity center, anti-abortion protests over a Planned Parenthood lease, and a $5 million to $9 million marijuana seizure near Odessa involving four arrests.
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