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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 2002
Page
1
The Odessa American requests firsthand accounts from the terror attacks for a special one year anniversary section. Readers are asked to share experiences via email or mail and may contact Laura Dennis for details.
On I-20 near Pecos, a spike in crashes prompts drivers to blame inattention fatigue heavy traffic and cell phone use. Bruce Field a 10 year trucker notes drivers watch others closely and warns to stay alert. A June 18 wreck involved a 1999 Ford crew cab and a tractor-trailer. no fatalities but two pickups injured and taken to Medical Center Hospital.
Accidents at a glance recount fatal rollovers near Odessa and Pyote. Tomas Limon, 22, of Victoria died in a single-vehicle crash east of Van Horn, with two passengers, Brian Wayne Flores and Guadelupe Limon, critically injured. A separate July 9 rollover west of Pyote killed four Dallas relatives, Stanley Barrance, Amanda Barrance, Barrance, and Tynell Sims. James Ellis and Dion Sims were also noted in the report.
Odessa attorney Michele Greene of Keep Odessa Beautiful says the inmate trash cleanup started in May and is a real success. Nonviolent county jail inmates in green and white suits have cleaned 25 city and county lots and filled over 350 bags of trash, with Saturday cleanups coordinated by the city and sheriff's office and supplies provided by KOB.
In Somerset Pennsylvania nine coal miners were rescued after 74 hours of drilling through 240 feet of rock. Governor Schweiker confirmed all nine are alive and well. one reported heart stress and will be evaluated. Rescue crews communicated with the men and prepared to lift them from the shaft as families celebrated at the Sipesville Fire Hall.
Hobbs New Mexico police plan to amend charges against a 37 year old man to add a second count of capital murder. About 5 50 a m Saturday 80 year old Julia Tafoya died from wounds suffered during a home robbery. See HOBBS on Page 4A.
Five American soldiers were injured and two Afghan militiamen died during a 4 1/2 hour gun battle in eastern Afghanistan while forces hunted Taliban and al Qaida fighters holed up in a mud brick compound.
Under MCH Women's Auxiliary direction a benefit concert by Willie Nelson is set for 7 30 p m today at the Ector County Coliseum to aid the Ector County Education Foundation.
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