The Bill and Monica Show as Political Soap Opera
Ken Brodnax likens ongoing political plots to daytime soap operas in a satirical column. He notes constant twists around Monica and Bill, media overanalysis, and the idea of endless storylines with no clear resolution, predicting the show is only beginning.
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D.C
Big Daddy
Bill
Monica
Daddy Bill
Linda Tripp
Feds
Mama Hilliary
John Kennedy
City to convert 16th and 17th Streets to two-way traffic
Public Works Director Matt Squyres told the city council that very low volumes on one-way streets justify changing 16th and 17th Streets from Golder Avenue to Dixie Boulevard to two-way. Phase I includes eight downtown streets. cost is about 78000 dollars with construction months away.
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16Th
17Th
Golder Avenue
Dixie Boulevard
Matt Squyres
Squyres
Tom Green
Third Street
Eighth Street
Sixth Street
Washington Avenue
16Th Street
Cleaver
Javier Joven
Billy Hext
Deaderick
Terry Witherspoon
Odessa
Black hawk nest project sparks federal complaint
Rancher Mac Sproul, under an environmental landowner incentive program with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, faces a federal criminal complaint filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in San Antonio. TPW officials say the nesting pair is Texas threatened and supported by biologists and federal agencies.
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David Whitesell
Fort Davis
Mac Sproul
Texas
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
Environmental Responsibility
San Antonio
Parks and Wildlife
Tp&w
Bonnie McKinney
Trans-Pecos
Las Po
Gary Graham
TPW
Peer
Us, Fish & Wildlife Service
National Audubon Society
Sproul
Graham
Odessa City Council dumps truck agreement
The Odessa City Council voted to cancel six Impac refuse truck bodies and revert to Pak-mor, citing higher maintenance costs. The switch adds 14,400 to the price but is expected to reduce repair and overtime expenses over time. Superintendent Morris Shaw cited nine to twelve month delivery times and warranty work costs as factors.
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Odessa
Impac
Morris Shaw
Shaw
1983 Headlines Reflect Terror and Global Events
In 1983 major stories included the Beirut truck bombing that killed 241 U.S. Marines, a similar French attack, the downing of a South Korean airliner, Lech Walesa winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and the U.S. invasion of Grenada. Also noted were Reagan era shifts, James Watt resigning, and weather impacts tied to El Nino.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Lech
Walesa
Menachem Begin
Israel
U.S
Grenada
Reagan
Fidel Castro
James Watt
Watt
Invasion Framed as Protection but Seen as Message to Fidel
The report states officials claimed the invasion was for protection, while many analysts perceived it as a strategic signaling move toward Fidel Castro.
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Fidel Castro
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Fourth Street
Hancock Avenue
Fifth Street
17Th Street
Habitat Fight
Darwin Weigel
Black Hawk
Lee Hawk
Ban
Slaughter
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