Teen fights for wheelchair access at Wilson school
LUBBOCK Texas 16 year old Amanda Burton led a four year campaign to force Wilson Independent School District to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act by remodeling the gym and providing accessible parking and facilities for her cerebral palsy brother Derek. After letters meetings and advocacy efforts the district agreed to a new gym and a bond plan to meet federal requirements with a target completion by October 1995.
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Lubbock
Amanda Burton
Texas
U.S
Amanda
Disability Policy Consortium
Austin
Phil Gramm
John Montford
Robert Duncan
David Counts
Delwin Jones
Wilson
Lynn County
Burton
Wilson Independent School
Derek
Burtons
Nancy Templeton
Templeton
Wilson Independent School District
Advocacy Incorporated
Wilson School
Odessa man freed after cocaine possession bond posted
A 30 year old Odessa man, Joel Dutch over Carras co, was released from Ector County Jail after posting 2500 bond on a felony cocaine possession charge. He was found by an Odessa officer in a club restroom with cocaine. The report notes additional local incidents including aggravated kidnapping and assault and a separate DWI case.
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Odessa
Ector County
Joel Dutch
Carrasco
Seventh St
Don Luis Club
S. Grandview Ave
Odessa Polce
Pianist Leonard Shure Dies at 84 After Six-Decade Career
Nantucket AP report confirms pianist Leonard Shure died at 84 after a long illness from diabetes. He performed with major U.S. orchestras and taught at the New England Conservatory among others, shaping students like Pinchas Zukerman and Gilberto Kalish.
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Nantucket
Mass
Leonard Shure
Edward Shure
Shure
United States
New England Conservatory
Boston
Cleveland Institute of Music
Mannes College of Music
New York
University of Texas At Austin
Boston University
Erome Rose
Ursula
Gilbert Kalish
David del Tredici
Pinchas Zukerman
Los Angeles
Boston ‘Symphony Witon Orchestra
Serge Seenitzky
New York Times
Olin Downes
Carnegie Hall
Honored Soldier Lt Col Matt Urban Dies at 75
Lt Col Matt Urban, a World War II combat veteran and Medal of Honor recipient known as The Ghost, died at 75 from complications after a collapsed lung. He earned 29 bravery medals, seven Purple Hearts, and led troops in six campaigns across Europe and North Africa, with the Medal of Honor awarded by President Carter in 1980.
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Holland, Mich
Matt Urban
Urban
North Africa
Sicily
Belgium
France
Germany
Carter
Longtime CIA official Lyman Kirkpatrick Jr. dies
Lyman B. Kirkpatrick Jr., 78, a longtime CIA official, died of pneumonia at his Middleburg Virginia home. From 1947 to 1965 he served at the agency rising to executive director comptroller, the No. 3 post, after serving as inspector general from 1953 to 1961.
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Washington (Ap
Lyman B. Kirkpatrick Jr
Central Intelligence Agency
Middleburg
Comproller
Death notices from Big Spring and nearby areas
Ruthie Pachall McSwain 66 a convenience store manager died March 4 1995 in a Big Spring nursing home Graveside at Mount Olive Memorial Park officiated by Rev Clydell Chapman funeral arrangements by Nalley-Pickle Welch Funeral Home survivor list includes daughter Linda Phillippe Big Spring sons Mike McSwain Odessa Dewey and Larry McSwain Bangs brother Lewis Jack Pesah and six grandchildren Deer Park Brenda Lou McMahon 44 died March 4 1995 at Spring Branch Memorial Hospital in Houston services 10 am today at Deer Park Funeral Directors Chapel graveside 2 pm Tuesday Trinity Memorial Park Big Spring survivor list husband Jerry W McMahon son Michael McMahon daughters Melissa McMahon brothers Billy Gilbert James Gilbert sister Ann Foster Odessa Ed Bledsoe 79 retired paint contractor died March 4 1995 at Medical Center Hospital services 10 am Tuesday at Temple Church Chapel burial Sunset Memorial Cemetery survivor list sons Robin D Bledsoe Odessa Otis C Bledsoe Austin five grandchildren two great grandchildren
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Big Spring
Ruthie Pachall McSwain
Mount Olive Memorial Park
Clydell Chapman
Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home
Howard County
First Presbyterian Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Linda Phillippe
Mike McSwain
Odessa
Dewey McSwain
Larry McSwain
Lewis
Jack” Pesah
Bangs
Deer Park
Brenda Lou McMahon
Spring Branch Memorial Hospital
Houston
Deer Park Funeral Directors Chapel
Trinity Memo
Ed Bledsoe
Medical Center Hospital
Tempon Church
Kyle Rodgers
Easterling-Pipkin Funeral Home
Gilmer
San Angelo
Temple Baptist Church
Odessa American Death Notices Policy Summary
The Odessa American accepts death notices and obituaries from an established funeral home and publishes free notices for local residents within a 21 county area. Spouses, parents, children, siblings and other relatives outside the area may also be listed. Notices must follow length limits and may include paid full obituaries with photos. Notices received by 4 30 pm publish next day.
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Odessa American
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U.S. Department of Education
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Eighth St
Angelica Maria Jimenez
Alpha and Omega Assembly of God
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Grant Avenue
Aranda
Rose Hurst
Bonnie Hinds Esman
University Boulevard
Carlos Luis Gaona Jr
Gaona
University Avenue
CIA
Rial Park
Park Funeral
Jerry W. McMahon
Michael McMahon
Melissa McMahon
Billy Gilbert
Elk City
Okla
James Gilbert
Clinton
Ann Foster
College Station
Robin D. Bledsoe
Otis C. Bledsoe
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