Bush and Putin Talk Bond Deepening at Brdo Castle Talks
Leaders pledged to deepen U.S.-Russia ties and discuss missile defense while signaling cautious openness to compromise. Bush described a constructive mood and invited Putin to Texas for an autumn summit as officials plan broader talks on defense and NATO expansion.
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Brdo Pri
Bush
Associated Press
Putin
Russia
Brdo Castle
Texas
NATO
Moscow
Odessa considers twin water parks over budget increase
The Odessa city parks board urged Council to build two identical water parks to gain economies of scale as estimates rise to 5.587 million for both projects. Original funding relied on 3.5 million bonds, 1 million Huntsman donation, and a 500 thousand state grant. The grant decision awaits August, with some councilors willing to scale back if it fails.
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City of Odessa
Kimley- Horn and Associates of
Dallas
City of
Odessa
Ines Corral
Parks Board
Corral
Huntsman Polymers Inc
Huntsman
Jerry McGuire
McGuire
Former Cowboy Everson Walls At Juneteenth in Odessa
Everson Walls, ex Dallas Cowboy and real estate developer, signed autographs and spoke with children at Woodson Park Juneteenth celebration in Odessa. Organizers JoAnn Davenport and the Black Cultural Council invited him to inspire youth during a weekend full of inflatables food booths and music.
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Woodson Park
Everson Walls
Cowboys
Walls
JoAnn Davenport
Black Cultural Council of
Odessa
Davenport
Execution looming for convicted killer Garza in Indiana
The article notes Juan Raul Garza’s migrant farmworker upbringing in Michigan and Brownsville, then his rise to leading a drug smuggling ring and ordering deaths. He is scheduled for execution by lethal injection, the second federal inmate in eight days after Timothy McVeigh, with Garza drawing less public attention.
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Terre Haute, Ind
Juan Raul Garza
Michigan
Garza
Brownsville
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
McVeigh
Pearl Harbor survivors share memories at Confederate Air Force Museum
Pearl Harbor survivors recalled the December 7, 1941 attack at the Confederate Air Force Museum in Midland. Fran Hill, once Fran Sunday, described a close wing skim as a plane passed her Pearl Harbor home, nearly striking a neighbor. Henry Page, a fellow survivor, was also noted in the gathering.
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Midland
Fran
Pearl Harbor
Confederate Air Force Museum
Fran Hill
Fran Sunday
Hill
Odessa
Henry Page
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KGB
CIA
U.S
Vladimir Putin
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Gary Payne
OHS
General Assembly of Presbyterians
Abby
Dil Mt
Donohue
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