Big Spring mayor vows to fight recall bid
Mayor Max Green said he will remain in office and appear on the ballot as the recall petition, filed by Carie Dunnam, moves forward. Green argued his rights were violated by signature counting and praised supporters who formed Citizens Against the Recall Election.
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Reform candidates win races across Russian republics
Unofficial returns Monday show reform minded candidates prevailing in several Russian republics. Boris Yeltsin easily won a legislative seat in Sverdlovsk district, signaling strong support for liberalization ahead of possible presidential bid. Runoffs are expected in two weeks, with analysts noting defeats of old guard Communists could aid reform efforts across Ukraine Byelorussia and the vast Russian republic.
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Irina Rozhenko
Soviet Union
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Vladimir A. Ivashko
Narodny Rukh
Vitaly I. Vu
Russian
Krasnodar
Politburo
Vorotnikov
Sverdlovsk
Ural Mountains
Anatoly Moiseyev
Russian Federation
Fire destroys trailer in Odessa blaze
Firefighters Rodney Maynard and Martin Ramos extinguished a trailer fire owned by Juan Flores behind his Honeysuckle Avenue home. Flores said smoke appeared about 2 30 p m and the blaze burned for about 20 minutes, feeding from fumes near a propane tank. The uninsured trailer was towed from the yard with no injuries reported.
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Rodney Maynard
Martin Ramos
Juan Flores
Flores
Honeysuckle Avenue
Joerg
White rises to front of Texas Democratic race
Mark White emerges as the sudden Democratic front-runner in Texas, while state Treasurer Ann Richards falters after dodging questions on drug use. On the Republican side, three challengers, led by oilman Clayton Williams, seek to deny a runoff with ads and fundraising pushing Williams to about 45 percent in a Dallas Morning News-Houston Chronicle poll from February.
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Ann Richards
Clayton Williams
Williams
Dallas Morning News
Houston Chronicle
Richards leads in Texas primary polling toward GOP runoff avoidance
In Texas, Richards maintains momentum with 34 percent to Richards' 31 percent and Mattox at 17 percent in a February poll. If he reaches 50 percent in March 13 voting, the GOP nomination to succeed retiring Gov. Bill Clements avoids a runoff. Richards, who rose to national fame at the 1988 DNC, defends her drug disclosure stance as a recovering alcoholic.
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White
Jim Mattox
George Bush
Warrant Issued in Domestic Kidnapping in Big Spring
Police issued an arrest warrant for James Lister 33 of Midland in the abduction of Lanette Lister 27 from Power House Church of God in Christ on Cherry Street Big Spring. Lister reportedly displayed a handgun fired a shot into the church ceiling and forced Lanette to leave. no injuries reported.
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Suny
James Lister
Midland
Power House
Church of God In Christ
Cherry Street
Lanette Lister
Lister
Supreme Court narrows North Carolina death penalty rule
The Supreme Court, in a 6 3 decision, voided a NC sentence by ruling juries must all agree on factors for lesser sentences. The ruling affects 9 NC inmates but likely not others nationwide. Dock McKay Jr. was spared death by the unanimity flaw cited by Justice Thurgood.
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Et Ee
Ee Jr
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Anata
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Oklahoma
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Dock McKay Jr
Anson County
William Jess Horne
Kee
Thurgood
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