Koresh obsessed with Madonna and kept hit list, report says
The Houston Chronicle cites investigator Geoffrey Hossack who says Branch Davidians leader David Koresh fixated on Madonna and contemplated killing her. He allegedly kept a hit list of more than 10 defectors, never in written form but referenced during Bible studies, with belief that Koresh would rise from the dead.
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Houston
David Koresh
Madonna
Koresh
The
Houston Chronicle
Geoffrey Hossack
Hossack
Trial of Ashley deputy district attorney in Anchondo case
Ashley presides as temporary deputy D A in a trial about sexual assault of a girl by Anchondo. The girl testified in detail about being touched and assaulted in 1992 and described fear of reporting. The defense questioned reporting delays and Pinnell's training as a child abuse investigator. The case awaits continuation in 70th District Court.
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Ashley
Smith
Anchondo Sonal
Anchondo
Tom Hirsch
Tonya Pinnell
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Ms. Pinnell
Hirsch
Ing
Pinnell
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Florida
70Th District Court
Texas counties among top 25 minority dominated in nation
Census data show Texas counties led by Starr Maverick Webb Zavala Jim Hogg and Brooks among the nations top 25 minority dominated areas with ratings from 90 percent to 95.7 percent Hispanic majority. Additional Texas counties across the list include El Paso Nueces Bexar Hidalgo Uvalde and more with percentages ranging from about 50 to 81 percent.
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Texas
Starr County
Census Bureau
Maverick County
Webb County
Zavala County
Jim Hogg
Brooks County
Duvalounty
Hidalgo County
Willacy County
Dimmit County
Cameron County
Presidio County
South
Zapata
Kenedy
la Salle
Reeves
el Paso
Frio
Jim Wells
Val Verde
Culberson
Hudspeth
Kleberg
Uvalde
Bexar
Pecos
Nueces
Bee
Terrell
Atascosa
Kinney
San Patricio
Edwards
Deaf Smith
Karnes
Crockett
Mary Thompson Named New Vice President On Odessa Board
Mary Thompson will replace Johnnie Hooper as vice president and lead board meetings in the chair’s absence while organizing educational seminars. The board approved $146,756 in medical equipment for the hospital including a computer upgrade a CNS signal measurement system and thoracoscopy tools to enter the chest without an incision. The hospital aims to attract more patients with better equipment, Steve Thompson said. Also approved were certified registered nurse anesthetist anesthesia provisions and a tax abatement for Jesse Jimenez to open a meat market at 917 S Dixie in the South Odessa Enterprise Zone.
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Johnnie Hooper
Steve Thompson
Crnas
Jesse Jimenez
S. Dixie
Jimenez
South Odessa
Deaths in West Texas note Pry Mason Wiley services
Death notices from Pecos Marble Falls and Alpine report graveside services for Donald M. Pry 65 of Pecos at Tamarask Cemetery with Rev. Robert J. Sebesta and for Robert Clyde Mason 90 of Marble Falls at Marble Falls City Cemetery. Also listed are Martha Wiley 77 of Alpine with First Christian Church ties and funeral home arrangements by Pi and Geeslin. Pry was born in Akron Ohio May 2 1928 and retired in 1985 from General Tire. Mason worked 44 years for Phillips Petroleum and held leadership roles at Odessa College and local hospitals. Wiley was born in Gentryville Missouri and survived by husband Clay Wiley and family. Memorials to First Presbyterian Church Pecos.
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Donald M. Pry
Pecos
Tamarask
Robert J. Sebesta
Mr. Pry
Reeves County Hospital
Akron
Ohio
Charlene Brown
General Tire
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Agnes Johnson
Russell Mack Pry
David M. Pry
New Philadelphia
Ray
Fran M. Platt
College Station
American Society of First Presbyterian Church of
Pi Funeral Home
Marble Falls
Robert Clyde Mason
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
Eddie Wells
Marble Falls City
Mason
North Wood
Evant
Bonnie Lucille Rowe
Phillips Petroleum
Odessa College
Ector County Hospital
Odessa
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Sandra “Taylor
Houston
Robert C. Mason Jr
Utah
Mildred Clater
Evelyn Rose
Stephenville
Alice Cox
Fort Worth
Rodney Mason
Clarence Mason
Midland
Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home
Alpine
Martha Wiley
First Christian Church
Walter Esch
Albany Cemetery
Albany
Reading director Peggy Holland would aid reading needs
Peggy Holland, a reading education doctor with 11 years as a classroom teacher and three years as a junior high principal, proposes specialized services for English learners. She stresses dual language curriculum, reading to learn in secondary grades, and targeted strategies like summarizing and vocabulary building to lift reading proficiency.
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Holland
Arkansas
Canyon
Life Letters call for Odessa area obituaries
The Odessa American invites readers to submit Life Letters honoring loved ones who died in the past 90 days. Limit 150 words include name, age, and date of death. Mail to Life Letters Odessa American P O Box 2952 Odessa 79760 or fax 334-8641.
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Life Letters
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Odessa
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Ector County Hospital District
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Robert Mason
Wiley
Big Bend Regional Medical Center
Gentryville
Clay Wiley
Marian Bowman
St. Joseph, Mo
Darlene Reed
Illinois
Geeslin Funeral Home of
Alanis
East Texas State University
Henderson State University
Southern Arkansas
ANN Shop
Sihoe
Permian Mall
Permian Basin Center For Battered Women
Walkathon
Midland College
Ramah Bosecker
Arden Grover
Wesley Pittman
Joel Reed
Earl Craig, Jr
Sam Guyton
Kpmg Peat Marwick Nations Bank
Murray Fasken
Mark Hardwich
Oes Basin
Midland Reporter
Telegram
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Airlines
Jim Woodcock
Wagner & Brown
Rayden
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