Fireworks Sales Spark Warnings in Ector County
Public safety officials in drought struck Ector County caution residents as fireworks go on sale. Odessa Fire Chief John Brown cites thousands of dollars in fire damage and hundreds of injuries from careless use. The county allows fireworks but Odessa city limits ban sale and possession. Nearby counties like Midland have no restrictions, prompting Independence Day gatherings in unincorporated areas. County commissioners debated a ban but opted to rely on self policing by dealers and the public.
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Sion
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Ector County
County lifts open burning ban in countywide move
County commissioners voted 3 2 to repeal a four month old open burning ban that followed Feb fires and drought. The reversal allows residents to burn waste materials without a container citing thunderstorms and concerns over enforcement including a backyard barbecue citation.
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Court curbs inmate lawsuits for legal aid and libraries
The Supreme Court narrowed inmate access to court aids, reversing a plan to boost Arizona prison law libraries. Justice Scalia said inmates need tools to attack sentences and confinement conditions, not to become litigating engines. The decision accompanies rulings on drug confiscation suits and jury trial limits for multiple minor charges.
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Ruling gives Clinton break in Jones case
The Supreme Court will rule on delaying the Jones civil suit against President Clinton, arguing for presidential immunity during office. The suit, filed in 1994 by Paula Jones alleging a 1991 encounter in Arkansas, seeks over $700,000. Justices consider arguments this fall or winter with a 1997 decision expected.
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Clinton
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Arkansas
Southern Baptist split widens over Jews conversion drive
A Northminster Church minister in Monroe, Louisiana, says a Southern Baptist Convention motion urging members to work for Jewish conversion deepens the conservative moderate split. The church rejected the convention’s stance as spiritual and plans to decide soon whether to sever affiliation.
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Southern Baptist Convention
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C. Welton Graddy
Northminister Church
Northminster
Gaddy
First Lady's Adviser Calls Hype About Nothing
POMONA NY AP Jean Houston a philosopher psychologist and cultural historian advised Hillary Rodham Clinton in talks with Eleanor Roosevelt. The book The Choice says Clinton opposed imaginary conversations with Gandhi and Jesus calling the role play a business exercise done in many corporations. Houston said the whole affair was much ado about nothing.
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Blurring lines between church and state sweep politics
A Pew poll shows most Americans want churches to speak on political issues and religion increasingly shapes policy in the United States. White evangelical Protestants, about a quarter of voters, appear most politicized affecting Democratic support, with broader trends across denominations. The May 31 to June 9 survey of Princeton Survey Research Associates found 54 percent want churches to express views on daily social and political questions while 43 percent prefer neutrality. Margins of error are plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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Pew Research Center For the People & the Press
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Princeton Survey Research Associates
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