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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1998
Page
1
The Jackalopes acquire the league's top scorer from the West Coast Hockey League in a move aimed at boosting offense. The veteran forward joins the team, bringing goal scoring and playmaking prowess to the roster as the season progresses.
In Myrtle Beach years ago two USC biology professors, Guy and Gilles Leclerc, vowed to date only twins. They married identical twins in Lablachere France after a 10 month online courtship. More than 1300 emails and global media coverage accompanied the nuptials.
Governor George W. Bush seeks federal help from President Clinton to preposition fire fighting equipment and personnel in high risk areas as Texas faces extreme wildfire danger amid the early drought. Officials urge outdoor burning bans and water conservation, noting conditions resemble 1993 and 1996 droughts and threaten crops and lives.
Ex sheriff deputy Richard Pate claims Sheriff Reggie Yearwood ousted him for opposing the Permian Basin Drug Task Force probe. Pate accuses Yearwood and Lt. Aguilar of denying involvement as Dickson alleges payroll fraud and phantom payments. The task force was shuttered after a $1.4 million grant was cut amid an official probe.
Big Bend National Park closed indefinitely two hiking trails Pine Canyon and Lost Mine and the Pine Canyon 4 campsite after a Harlingen woman Mary Jane Coder and her three daughters aged 6 8 and 9 faced a cougar during a Memorial Day hike. Coder defended with a pocket knife and guided her children to safety as rangers search for the animal suspected in another aggressive incident.
The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston, famed for playing Moses, as president to restore its mainstream image and broaden its appeal after recent criticism from school shootings. Wayne LaPierre was re-elected executive vice president as the group seeks to regain supporters drawn away by hardline voices.
President Clinton called on about 150 nations to end finger pointing and join a global effort against illegal drugs. He announced a $2 billion five year media campaign aimed at young people to curb drug supply and consumption and protect children from heroin.
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