Europe Europe Burnt by Heat and Fires Across Continent
Heat wave grips Europe with temperatures well above 100 degrees causing dozens of deaths and widespread brush fires from Spain to Greece. Citizens flee cities while seeking relief in theaters and parks as August travel surges and roads clog.
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Europe
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Kelly Doyle
San Francisco
Tehran and Antofagasta hit by blasts and quake reports
Across Tehran a double car bomb attack injures three as two blasts rattle central districts amid unrest blamed on Mujahedeen Khalq. In Chile a 8.8 magnitude quake near Antofagasta kills one and injures twelve, with aftershocks and power outages reported. A Kashmiri separatist leader urges hostage release tied to Ramzi Yousef case. In France a former Foreign Legionnaire dies after a standoff ending in suicide with a hand grenade.
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Selleck Defends Quiet Conservatism Amid Hollywood Liberal Loudness
Radnor Pennsylvania star Tom Selleck describes being a discreet conservative among outspoken liberals. He criticizes Barbra Streisand for grandstanding and says he avoids political soapboxing since 1980. He notes media labels and comparisons to Charlton Heston as Hollywood’s conservative leader.
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Midnight Basketball Brings Teens Off the Streets in Odessa
A community led program began June 9 in Odessa offering 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. games at South Odessa gym with a $10,000 grant funded by city county and Medical Center Hospital. The Odessa Family YMCA spearheaded the effort, aiming to give older teens and young adults constructive activity, while police noted some drug deals nearby and one woman, Lydia Adkins, became the first female challenger.
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Keisha Crawford
Odessa College
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Lydia Adkins
Gunman Attack at Fort Worth Apartment Complex Leaves Several Wounded
A gunman opened fire at a Fort Worth apartment complex injuring a security guard, a 19 year old, a 20 month old, and others. Witness Adelina Mendez described the shooter and said she hid as shots rang out. Police and medical examiners reported multiple gunshot wounds and ongoing investigations with victims in critical and stable condition.
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Odessa American Online Survey Questions
A public poll asks five questions for readers to vote on via a phone system. Topics include Susan Smith’s death penalty, Vincent Foster’s death, tobacco company liability, extraterrestrial visitation, and O J Simpson guilt with four digit entry codes for responses.
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Fax submission option for responses to penal notice
Readers may submit answers by fax to 915 333 7742. No name needed to respond, but if you wish to be the penal please provide your name and phone number.
One Lotto Texas ticket wins 45 million jackpot
AP reports a single ticket purchased in El Paso matched all six numbers in Lotto Texas drawing for a $45 million jackpot. The numbers drawn were 1 9 14 18 24 46 from a field of 50. 317 tickets matched five of six for a $1,663 prize.
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Dinosaurs raise protest over park concession in Mexico
Sendel plans a multimillion dollar development for The Caves of Time while critics claim officials failed proper vetting. The Group of 100 warns the caverns, opened in 1920 and nationalized in 1936, must stay in their natural state amid visions of hotels gondolas and a planetarium. Local visitors urge preservation as families imagine dinosaur attractions.
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Associated Press
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Mexico
Homero Aridjis
Bernice Hecker
Seattle
Nick
Fernando Luna
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Concepcion Rivera
Parents react as jurors convict Smith in kids deaths
Smith and family comment on the verdict after a jury finds Smith guilty, declaring the outcome a sign of victimization and cowardice in the county. The emotional reactions include mentions that parole eligibility at 30 years is insufficient and that online responses favored death for Smith in a nationwide poll.
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Doug Smith
Smith
American Online
Odessa American Classifieds Rights and Contact Info
The Odessa American published daily in Odessa Texas 79761 provides advertising guidelines. It notes postmaster address changes P O Box 2952 and reserves right to accept or reject ads. It disclaims liability for errors omissions or failure to publish and not be responsible for factual representations in ads.
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E. 4Th Street
Odessa
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