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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1999
Page
1
Jett Gordon, NASCAR's Golden Boy and three time Winston Cup winner, is featured in NASCAR this week. The weekly package also includes results standings statistics and insider information about professional stock car racing.
The Mexican government urged central Pacific Coast residents to brace for heavy rains as Adrian, the season s first tropical storm, nears Manzanillo. The National Meteorological Service expects strengthening into a hurricane while the storm, located about 225 miles south southwest of Manzanillo, travels west-northwest at 15 mph with maximum winds near 70 mph.
Tom Finley, former head of the Permian Basin Drug Task Force, says he remains bitter after a grand jury chose not to indict any task force members. Sheriff Gary Painter backed a separate locally formed task force, while Terry Tyree of the District Attorney's Office seeks to coordinate 17 counties to tie cases and destroy about $3 million in drugs stored at the Ector County Courthouse vault.
A year after Texas halted funding for the Permian Basin Drug Task Force amid alleged misconduct and a grand jury probe that produced no indictments. Ector County DA John Smith says he learned from the period, criticizing the Attorney General's Office and citing two Rangers investigations into fictitious expense records inflated drug seizures and missing evidence. The grand jury heard 18 witnesses over three days and returned no indictments.
At Woodson Park Friday evening Aisha T Jackson danced during the talent segment of the Miss Juneteenth Pageant. Aisha was named the 1999 Miss Juneteenth Left as contestants in the Little Miss Juneteenth Pageant prayed for a victory in the main event.
Texas Railroad Commissioners and industry leaders push to abolish the 4.6 percent oil and 7.5 percent gas severance taxes in a move tied to the next legislative session. Matthews urges interim study. supporters cite tax relief and local economic impact amid fiscal figures from 1997 and 1998.
Ten year old Lauren Thurman and her sister Kara survived a head on collision on US Highway 385 when a drunken driver struck their car. Lauren suffered a fractured skull requiring brain surgery and multiple injuries while Kara also sustained serious harm. Nancy Quinn praises Medical Center Hospital staff for saving Lauren's life after others at the scene believed she would not survive.
Serb troops accelerated their retreat from Kosovo packing into armored vehicles and trucks. NATO said soldiers may be gone well before midnight. Peacekeepers met Albanian rebels to deter renewed violence as talks continued in Pristina and NATO checkpoints increased in rebel districts.
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