Odessa School Board Minutes Chronicle Early 20th Century Growth
The Odessa school board’s 1925 to 1931 minutes record hiring, pay raises, and new facilities as enrollment rose with oil wealth. Key events include renting rooms, hiring Mr Tate, bus and transport changes, schoolhouse expansions, a $25,000 bond, and desegregation tension shaping later policy.
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Mene Board
Mr. Young
Tate
Anderson
Odessa
Ector County
Odessa High
Crockett
New Orleans Journalist Recalls Salvadoran Guerrilla Captivity
Lahan a 30 year old freelance reporter for the Dallas Morning News describes 18 acre night marches with Salvadoran guerrillas near Guazapa volcano. He and Swedish reporters Tom Thulin and Jens Rydstrom were held four days, then stayed as the army moved in. He lost weight, gained insight into both sides, and planned to write about the military’s tactics versus guerrilla methods.
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Janet McConnaughey
Associated Press
New Orleans
Lahan
el Salvador
Luhan
Bloomington
Ind
Dallas Morning News
Tom Thulin
Jens Rydstrom
Guazapa
Salvador
State Department
Poonam Thaja
Red Cross
Lathan
U.S
Security seminars offer crime prevention by reducing vulnerability
Cochran promotes safety seminars for friends and corporations, arguing that reducing vulnerability and opportunity can deter crime. He emphasizes simple precautions like locked doors and lighting, with violence only as a last resort. He plans to leave private detective work to launch the program and vows to defend his six year perfect record.
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Cochran
Jury May Begin Deliberations in Harrelson Perjury Trial
In Shreveport Louisiana the jury in Jo Ann Harrelson's perjury case may start deliberations after closing arguments. Judge William Sessions will instruct jurors on legal standards before they decide whether her grand jury testimony about buying the rifle linked to a federal judge's murder is true.
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Shreveport
Jo Ann Harrelson
Texas
William Sessions
Life of a devoted educator and rose-loving leader
Fly began as superintendent in 1921 in Strawn Texas then moved to Odessa in 1925 where he lived the rest of his life. He and Mildred Ham raised seven children and were known for red roses on campus. He inspired students with gospel of thoughtful teaching and a motto that Odessa High must be champions in all departments. He earned a doctorate from Texas Tech in 1957 and remained devoted to youth until his death.
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Fly
Michael
The
Red Cross
Mrs. Luhan
Strawn
Palo Pinto County
Odessa
Mildred Lorraine Ham
Smith
Gardner
Mr. Smith
Odessa High
Fry
Texas Tech University
Russia
Civil rights jury selection set for Dallas trial of seven N.O. officers
Civil rights charges loom as seven New Orleans police officers face trial for beating suspects during Neupert investigation. Jury selection begins in Dallas after a venue shift by Judge Jerry Buchmeyer amid claims of bias in New Orleans. The case features conspiracy to violate Civil Rights Act and multiple assault counts tied to the 1980 slaying of Officer Gregory Neupert and subsequent killings in Algiers.
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Dallas
New Orleans
Court of US
Jerry Buchmeyer
Gregory Neupert
Algiers
Neupert
Ray Ferdinand
James Billy Jr
Reginald Miles
Miles
Sherry Singleton
James Parsons
John E. McKenzie
Ronald Brink
Thomas R. Woodall
Dale Bonura
Stephen Farrar
Richard LeBlanc
Stephen Reboul
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Task force urges 10 percent surtax for unemployment
Elvis Mason of Dallas heads Gov. Mark White's Task Force on Jobs saying Texas needs 14 million more to pay unemployment benefits and urges an emergency 10 percent surtax while asking Congress for more federal loans as Texas faces a funding shortfall within days.
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Texas
Congress
Elvis Mason
Dallas
Mark White
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