City and County Seek Formal Fire Service Pact
A joint city county session urged a formal contract for county fire and emergency service to cover outside city limits in Ector County. County and city officials will draft terms, weighing liability and insurance, with ambulance and fire run costs and reimbursement figures discussed from 1982 data.
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Ector County
Jan Fisher
Melissa Hirsch
Bryan Henderson
Fisher
John Harrison
Commissioners Court
Bill Childress
Childress
Harrison
Rusk Elementary
Gardendale
State Board of Insurance
Odessa
Swedes Prep With 108 Sailplane Pilots Ahead of World Championship
Kurt Friden speaks with Magnus Kjallstron in a sailplane cockpit before takeoff at Schlemeyer Field as two Swedish pilots join 108 competitors practicing in West Texas. The World Soaring Championship begins June 26 in Hobbs New Mexico.
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Kurt Friden
Magnus Kjallstron
Schlemeyer Field
West
Texas
Hobbs
N.M
Odessa
Pope Returns to Poland in Grounded Homecoming
Pope John Paul II arrived in Warsaw amid a strong security presence as crowds welcomed him in white robes and a crest of Polish color bouquets. He vowed to pray at Jasna Gora for Poland while authorities monitored Solidarity leader Lech Walesa amid martial law shadows and ongoing political tension.
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Warsaw
Poland
John Paul II
Alitalia
Rome
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Gdansk
Presi
Dent Sandro Pertini
John Paul
Jasna Gora
Walesa
Free Trade
Insecticide cloud cripples Nacogdoches campus
A dense toxic cloud from an insecticide bomb at a campus greenhouse sent scores to hospitals and forced about 1,500 people from beds. Over four hours at least 118 were treated for hysteria or fumes. eight admitted including the city mayor.
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Nacogdoches
Medical Center
Linda Lujan
Katie Fisher
Supreme Court tightens abortion ruling reinterpretation
The Supreme Court struck down multiple state and local abortion limits, reaffirming its 1973 legalization decision. It invalidated bans requiring hospital settings for late pregnancies, parental or judicial consent for minors, 24 hour wait periods, and humane disposal of fetal remains, while upholding reporting requirements and two-doctor oversight in late-term abortions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ing
Virginia
Missouri
Akron
Ohio
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