McGwire fuels baseball revival amid record chase
Ken Brodnax notes baseball's return to popularity after the 1994 strike era. Mark McGwire's pursuit of the single season home run record draws crowds and shatters apathy as fans react to his power surge with Cardinals in St. Louis. He handles media pressure while fans flock to Houston for practice and games.
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America
Cal Ripken Jr
Lou Gerhig
Baltimore
New York Yankees
Leyland
Livan Hernandez
Florida
St. Louis
Mark McGwire
Oakland
Cardinals
Roger Maris
Maris
Babe Ruth
Ruth
McGwire
Astrodome
Nothsne
Osne
Houston
Sick Bay
Jenna
Big Guy
Ector magnet program attracts district students
Ector Junior High opens a new magnet program offering advanced academic fine arts and fitness options. Enrollment for next year reaches 1 348 with 1 282 planned for next school year and 214 students from five other junior highs. 70 percent of the student body is minority.
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Ector Junior High
Ector County Independent School
Maria Chavez
Ector
Milam Elementary
Bowie
Chavez
Crockett Junior High
Tempers flare at Klan rally at Ector County Courthouse
About 200 people attended a 90 minute Ku Klux Klan rally at the Ector County Courthouse on Saturday. Ten KKK members spoke in robes or hooded attire while some participants clashed verbally with black journalist John Sanders, who narrowly avoided jail after OPS chaplain Roy Gentry intervened.
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Klu Klux Klan
Ector County
Faby Sonetoe
Bloch
Sore Aram Son
CNS
John Sanders
Roy Gentry
Sanders
Gentry
Odessa
KKK
Minority OPD officers keep their cool at KKK rally
Odessa Police Cpl. Tommy Davis and Sgt. Jesse Duarte, both minorities, helped protect participants at a Ku Klux Klan rally. Davis, black, and Duarte, Hispanic, said they stayed focused, avoided personal views, and prioritized safety as six officers from the street crimes unit faced potential danger without letting insults affect their duties.
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Odessa
Tommy Davis
Jesse Duarte
Davis
Duarte
KKK
ECISD seeks volunteers to help at risk kids
ECISD calls for volunteers to mentor fourth through sixth grade students in the GAP program. Adult mentors will provide crisis talk time, monthly activities, and guidance with training and background checks, aiming to reduce drug abuse and gang risk among at risk children.
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Ector County Independent School District
Adela Vasquez
SAS
ECISD
Vasquez
Dallas-Fort Worth
George Gomez
Gomez
Danny Armstrong
Texans blame parenting for juvenile crime rise
The Texas poll finds 98 percent view juvenile crime as serious and 53 percent blame parents while 47 percent support legal accountability for underage offenders. Despite concerns from high profile school shootings, Texas juvenile arrests fell 2.4 percent from 1996 to 1997.
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Ripps
Howard
Texas
Office of Survey Research
University of Texas
Jonesboro
Ark
Springfield
Ore
Paducah
Texas Department of Public Safety
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