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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1999
Page
2
Tony Stewart sits fifth in Winston Cup standings and is a top rookie of the year candidate as NASCAR this week highlights results standings statistics and insider notes on the professional stock car circuit. A separate item notes a pipe bomb incident killing a woman who attempted to discard the device from her shattered living room window.
Reggie White, a West Highland White Terrier, fell into a storm sewer in Mosinee after slipping through a culvert. Over four days and about two miles, the dog wandered tunnels until two children heard barking and Kou Xiong pulled the dog to safety. Owner Pat Rondeau reunited with the dirty but lively pet.
Pope John Paul II waves at Gdansk airport marking his first visit home in 20 years. Tens of thousands greet the frail 79 year old at the start of a 13 day tour, with Solidarity banners amid Polish and Vatican flags as memories of the city’s role in ending communist rule are recalled.
The Odessa American previews a yearlong reflection on the 1900s in the Permian Basin centering on education and culture. Ellen Noel Art Museum serves as a focal point for upcoming retrospectives and community memories.
Joanna Cuny recounts how Odessa ranch life and a dirt University Boulevard gave way to a five lane boulevard and the Ellen Noel Art Museum. Lambert, a museum board president, says fundraising Fiesta Del Arte built the museum debt free before the oil bust. The UT Permian Basin campus sits on land donated by Lambert’s family in 1969.
In Macedonia near Kumanovo base talks between Yugoslav delegates and NATO backed efforts to withdraw Serb troops from the PROS. Lt. Col. Robin Clifford said the meeting was constructive and would resume, while Serb fire hit Kruma and Nikolic nearby, killing one and wounding several as refugees fled. OSCE reported eight shells at Kruma and nine at Kukes.
Mel Torme famed as the Velvet Fog and co author of chestnuts roasting on an open fire died at age 73 after stroke complications. He suffered a mild stroke in 1996 and died at UCLA Medical Center with wife Ali and five children at his side. He received a Grammy lifetime achievement award and appeared in Night Court.
A MD-82 jet slid off a runway at Little Rock National Airport during a violent storm, killing nine people including Gordon McLerran and his wife Joyce. Investigators weigh pilot error, weather, or mechanical failure as the cause while loved ones mourn. The McLerrans had planned a return to Scotland after two weeks tracing roots, while others perished at ages from 21 to elderly.
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