Skull in Carry-On Foils Airport Security Expectations
A traveler reports her plastic skull passed through O’Hare security without inspection while other bag contents were examined. She notes heightened measures yet questions why the skull drew no scrutiny as her daughter and she faced mortification and curiosity from security staff. The piece reflects on travel stress and the oddities of screening.
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Washington
D.C
Chicago
University of Chicago
Texas
David
Herbert
Mary
O'Hare
The
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Missing Bags and Lost Items in Modern History Theory
Merrick muses on unclaimed bags at security checkpoints, suggesting a warehouse of forgotten possessions could explain disappearances from Hoffa to Brung Magic shoes. The column blends speculative links to O J Simpson and other famous cases with a wry, conspiratorial tone.
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O.J
Chicago
Jimmy Hoffa
Roy Bean
Merrick
Odessa launches city home page on the information highway
Odessa officials unveiled the City of Odessa Home Page on the World Wide Web to提供 general information about city history government and services. The 19 screen site was created by public information coordinator Katherine Poteet chamber specialist Carolyn Peschke and Odessa College technician Jess Whitfield after four months of work.
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Odessa
Peschke
Odessa College
Poteet
Internet Global Inc
Midland
Yahoo
Bill lets schools set meals under federal guidelines
President Clinton signed a law easing how districts meet USDA nutrition rules for school meals. It removes mandates for using complex analysis and computer programs while preserving the 30 percent calories from fat limit. Odessa and Midland districts praised the measure as reducing paperwork and costs.
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Clinton
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ron Clark
Food Service
Ector County Independent
Clark
Washington
Odessa
Texas
Southwest
American School Food Services Legislative Committee
Ector County
U.S.C.A
Patricia Mouser
Midland Independent School District
Tech aided therapy program trains future occupational therapists
Anna Dendy pursues a Bachelor’s in Occupational Therapy at Texas Tech Odessa as the program expands from Lubbock to Amarillo and Odessa. Thirteen students completed coursework in two years with ten graduating in Amarillo and three in Lubbock.
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Anna Dendy
Texas Tech School of Allied Health
Odessa
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Amarillo
Dendy
Tech
Marla Miles
Black
Kim Cooper
Nova Care
Cooper
Larry Beckner
Maria Miles-Black
Sarah Patton
Buinger Named Finalist for Bibb County Schools Superintendent
Gene Buinger of Ector County ISD is among three finalists for Bibb County Schools in Macon Georgia. He has interviewed once and expects another in the coming days as the board prepares a decision within two weeks.
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Ector County Independent
Gene Buinger
Macon
Buinger
Bibb County
Wheadele
Georgia School Board Association
Atlanta
Richardson Independent
Columbia, Mo
Houston
Clear Creek
Fort Bend
Sacramento
Calif
Terry Grier
Gen
Wayne Robinson
Fort Lee
Macon Telegraph
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ATF
Eyore
Koc
Lias
City of
Darwin Weigel
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Bill
Associated Press
ECISD
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