Bridges movie charms Odessa audiences in faithful book adaption
Local patrons praised Bridges of Madison County for sticking closely to Robert James Waller’s bestseller. At United Artists Northpark theater, viewers highlighted Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, noting scenes in the pickup and the couple’s quarrel as standout moments.
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Travis Magnet Elementary Sends Off 1994-95 Year
On the last day of school, Travis Magnet Elementary prepares for a break after TAAS tests. Sixth-graders graduate in a morning ceremony while teachers and students share hugs and tears, recalling a year of hard work and fond memories.
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Karen Watkins
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Monica Gerard
Leslie Campbell
Lawmakers push to end automatic U S citizenship at birth
Rep Mark Foley and 19 sponsors seek a constitutional amendment denying citizenship to babies born in the United States without at least one parent with legal status. Other GOP members propose tougher rules including English-language nativity limits. Civil rights groups oppose altering the 14th Amendment. Foley argues the clause was not intended to promote illegal immigration.
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Possible Longfellow work found in garage sale frame
Houston AP report notes Mark Holmes bought a small wooden frame for a quarter or 50 cents at a garage sale. Inside a faded blue verse copy, possibly by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, may be an unknown manuscript version of The Village Blacksmith dated to 1840. See Longfellow on page 2A.
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U S F 16 shot down over Serb held Bosnia
A U S F 16 fighter jet was shot down Friday over Serb held northern Bosnia during a NATO mission to monitor a no fly zone. A search and rescue effort was under way for the American pilot as U N force hostages were freed later Saturday.
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Man dies in snow after taking back road to safety
DeWitt Finley, 56, stranded for nine weeks in a pickup cabin in Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest chose faith over action and reportedly starved as a rescue failed to reach him. Teenagers later found the body, and locals recall a dangerous, blocked Bear Camp Road. Finley had planned marriage and had relocated from California to Montana for work with World Vision before his fatal trek.
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