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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1995
Page
2
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Bruce Springsteen Chuck Berry Prince and others will perform at the September 2 opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland Stadium. The lineup includes Aretha Franklin Al Green John Mellencamp and the Pretenders with unique pairings of artists performing each other’s work. Tickets go on sale June 24 and a world wide TV broadcast is planned.
Cameron returns to a traditional calendar as district cites Chapter 1 funding cuts and revised Title I rules. Gale Pond Alamo Elementary remains magnet under a 1982 desegregation order while Cameron adds Reading Recovery, counselor and programs to meet students. Officials note per pupil funding and decentralization drive smaller overall federal education dollars, affecting several campuses.
The Odessa American lists a weekly survey with five questions. Readers dial 580 4636 to vote from outside Odessa, followed by four digit question codes, with results appearing in Monday’s edition. Responses are due by Thursday midnight.
Readers may submit answers by fax at 915 333 7742. No name is required to respond, but if you wish to be identified please provide your name and number.
A National Center for Health Statistics report shows out-of-wedlock births rose 54 percent from 1980 to 1992 with 29.4 births per 1,000 unmarried women in 1980 and 45.2 in 1991 and 1992. Highest rates occur among ages 20–24, 18–19, and 25–29, with Hispanics leading. The race gap narrows as white rates surge while black rates grow slowly. many unwed mothers remain young, poor, and likely to face long-term single-parent consequences.
Barbour said Republicans raised $9 million in soft money receipts in the first four months of this year, with $7.3 million from donors and the rest from loans and transfers. He noted 1,000 new individual donors per business day at about $45 each. Tobacco giants led, with Philip Morris at $338,000, Brown & Williamson at $55,000, and RJR Nabisco at $30,000, plus $40,000 from the NRA.
Geology researchers Breyer and colleagues from TCU and the University of Arkansas report finding 11 bumpy patches on a ranch cliff near Van Horn. They suggest multicellular life could have arisen over a billion years ago, vanished, then reappeared 350 million years later, based on rocks brought back for dating and verification.
The Odessa American issues this notice outlining advertising acceptance rights liabilities and contact channels. It covers postmaster mailing addresses advertisement classification deadlines and the paper's authority to accept reject or correct ads with liability limits and no guarantee of publication.
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