Apartment owner opens doors to poor says God will provide
Walter F. Rode in Houston opened Severne Apartments to the poor last May and stopped paying bills, claiming divine provision. Sixty-four families live rent free while power is cut and a bank plans repossession. Tenants endure 90 degree heat as disagreements flare and Rode remains confident in his faith.
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Associated Press
Houston
Walter F. Rode
Rode
Severne
Germany
Jesus Christ
Debbie Inchima
Syrian troops leave Tripoli amid militia clashes in Lebanon
Lebanese police chief Osman Osman met militia leaders in Tripoli as Syrian troops abruptly withdrew, triggering sporadic gunfire between competing militias for control of Lebanon third largest city. In Bekaa Valley fighting paused after six days, leaving 26 dead and 53 wounded. Phalangists halted protests over Israel's decision to close a Phalangist militia bar, urging peaceful resolution.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Tripoli
Bekaa Valley
Kfar Falous
Israel
Phalangists
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Osman Osman
Christian Voice of Lebanon
Islamic Unity
Syria
West Bank
Hebron
Dam collapse buries workers in Colombian Andes killing many
An avalanche of earth and mud buried workers heading to a dam site near Bogota. At least 120 men are dead with around 10 trapped. survivors report most victims were aboard buses when the slides struck. Victims include Yugoslav and Italian technicians and 10 police. The dam on the Guavio River is part of a hydroelectric project due for completion in 1989.
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Bogota
Colombia
Andes
Julio Cesar Sanchez
Cundinamarca
Aquilino Martinez Vega
Caracol
Guavio
Students' views on desegregation in Odessa high schools
The Odessa American charts a year of desegregation impact through six students from Odessa and Permian high schools. Transfers from Ector High to Odessa and Permian, plus other students who stayed, reveal mixed feelings, adjustments, leadership roles, and social shifts in the wake of school closures.
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Ector County
Odessa
Ector High School
Permian
Odessa American
Anl
Ector
Odessa High
Andrea
Elizabeth
Donna Conlon
Katy McFall
Orlando Ontiverez
Donna
Orlando
Katy
Frances
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Pacific Ocean
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Guerrero
Ontiveroz
McFall
Carter
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