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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1998
Page
1
Payne Stewart shot a 66 to take a first round lead at the 98th U S Open golf championship. In high school news, 52 seniors disciplined for a cafeteria raid using water balloons and squirt guns. BA
Warrenton Virginia AP reports Peter C. Gentry 41 a financial planner was sentenced to two years in prison after faking death certificates three times to beat drunken driving charges. He footnoted arrests in 1991 1994 and 1995 with bogus deaths in Los Angeles and Africa.
President Clinton announced Bill Richardson for secretary of the Energy Department, drawing tepid reaction from oil industry observers in the Permian Basin. Diplomatic troubleshooter Richard Holbrooke was tapped to replace him at the U.N. mission in New York, where he had helped negotiate the Bosnian peace accord.
Ector County residents will notice new security measures at the courthouse. An information desk officer will provide directions, while a portable metal detector screens visitors. Armed officers may use metal detector wands on prospective jurors and others as detectors arrived last week.
The Scripps Howard Texas Poll finds Democrat John Sharp and Republican Rick Perry neck and neck for lieutenant governor. Perry leads 35 percent to 31 percent with 32 percent undecided among 691 likely voters surveyed June 1-12, margin plus or minus 3.7 points. Analysts say the race may be decided by undecided voters.
Odessan residents credit new Ector County Cemetery director Martha Fierro, appointed in April, with transforming grave sites. Carlina Reyes recalls daily visits to her son Liberato Martinez’s Rose Hill grave, once parched and weed-filled, now watered and mowed, though she continues to visit with family, sometimes carrying multiple water buckets.
In France, Iranians rally behind a World Cup match against the United States seen as a national pride test. Fans like Iraj Ghadimi in Tehran express deep hopes as the nation follows the upcoming game in Lyon amid heightened excitement and anxiety about the outcome.
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