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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1990

Page

13

Knife collecting wife and mother blends hobby with life

Plainview profile of Janie Hart, a wife, mother, teacher and school counselor who collects pocketknives, tracing how her father Marian McManigal of Happy sparked the habit. She stopped active collecting after Harrison’s birth but keeps a varied array, including a Barlow knife linked to Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer.

Plainiew Janie Hart Art Travis Hart Marian McManigal Happy Harrison Mark Twain Tom Sawyer

17 year old on murder trial over Nike shoes

In Houston, a 17 year old, Demetrick James Walker, faced the punishment phase after jurors found him guilty of murder in the death of 16 year old Johnny Estate Sena. The victim refused to surrender a pair of Nike Air basketball shoes and was shot in the head with a .22 caliber pistol.

Walker

Census Takers to Count Dallas Homeless During Street Night

In Dallas and other cities census workers will conduct S Night counting the homeless from 6 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. They will cover shelters streets bridges parks and bus stations counting those residents and estimating age race and sex for mentally ill or sleeping individuals. Critics warn the effort may undercount while officials offer incentives to participate with movies meals and T shirts.

Dallas Emmitt Pullen America Karen Boudreaux Barbara Bailor American Statistical Association of Washington Mitch Snyder

Cost of collider climbs to eight billion dollars

White House backs an eight billion dollar super collider project with taxpayers bearing most of the rise. Energy Secretary Moore says Texas pledges and foreign funding remain limited, and the increase will be funded largely by the federal government.

U.S. Marine Corp Ector County Washington White House Sor Energy W. Henson Moore Moore Energy Department Texas Dalas DOE Energy James D. Watkins Bush

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