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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 2006
Page
18
A North Carolina resident flies an upside down flag provoking neighbors and theft. The piece explores fierce feelings about the flag amid polls on a constitutional ban and discusses the flag’s multifaceted meanings through quotes and examples, highlighting the paradox of reverence and utilitarian use.
The article notes the US Senate weighing a one sentence constitutional amendment to prohibit flag desecration after Supreme Court rulings made it protected speech. Veterans like Patrick C. Sanders express strong emotion, while observers say a two thirds Senate majority could be near. If approved, states must ratify within seven years and Congress would draft enforcement measures.
World War II veteran Glen Atkins and fellow veteran T L Surratt urge recognition of Flag Day amid views that the public neglects the flag. Sal Guerrero supports flying the flag as a duty, while Surratt says he flies his flag daily and does not celebrate Flag Day.
FBI and Midland Police said the Monday bank robbery report at Complex Community Federal Credit Union was a hoax and the money has been recovered. An FBI agent said an employee of the bank is involved and no bomb was present. No arrests were reported. An unrelated Saturday Citibank robbery remained under investigation with no suspects named.
A police blotter lists felony activities reported to authorities with victim residences and crime locations rounded to the nearest hundred block. The item notes address rounding and emphasizes the provisional nature of the published crime data.
An Odessa man reported two men struck him in the stomach and face at 9 35 p m Monday in the 800 block of East Odessa Street while they took his shorts off.
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