Questions linger after Waco field test
The Fort Hood test for the 1993 Waco siege bolsters both sides claims. Davidian lead counsel says results support gunfire at the Davidians rear as their Mount Carmel compound burned April 19 1993. Government attorneys deny that federal agents fired.
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Houston
Mount Carmel
Court blocks race based transfers in Maryland district
Supreme Court refused to let a Maryland district consider race when approving student transfers from a minority neighborhood school to a magnet school. The ruling upholds a lower court decision that racial balancing is unconstitutional if not needed to remedy past discrimination. The decision is not expected to affect Ector County public schools.
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Supreme Court
Maryland
Justices’ Action
Ector County
Irving car wash shooting leaves four dead in botched robbery
Police hunt an ex-employee of an Irving car wash after a botched robbery at the business left four people dead and two others critically wounded. Authorities describe the suspect as an ex-employee and are pursuing leads across the area.
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Runoff Set For Constable Precinct 4 After Davis Disqualification
The Texas secretary of state legal division informed Ector County officials that a runoff is needed between Alfred Gonzales and Mickey Villalobos to determine the Democratic nominee for Constable, Precinct 4. After previous guidance, the law’s ambiguity led to a revised stance that two and three positions should appear on the ballot, with the runoff date set for April 11.
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Elizabeth Hanshaw
Secretary of State
Ector County
Democratic Party
Alfred G. Gonzales
Mickey Villalobos
Constable
Texas Legislative Counsel
Hanshaw
John Paul II Begins Pilgrimage to Old and New Testament Sites
Pope John Paul II, aged 79, arrives in Amman for a 27 hour Jordan stop on a Holy Land tour spanning Old and New Testament sites. He calls for peace and justice among Jews Christians and Muslims and frames the journey as spiritual with no political agenda. He visits Mount Nebo viewing the Dead Sea Jericho and Jerusalem hills.
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Jordan
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Palestinian Authority
Nazareth
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John Paul II
Holy Land
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Rome
Dead Sea
Jericho
Jerusalem
Gas plan faces hearing over Ward County hydrogen sulfide pipeline
A Monahans petition with 270 names seeks a public hearing on Dynegy Midstream Services plans to move hydrogen sulfide gas via the Monahans Sandhills line from Wickett to Crane County and inject it 6 500 feet underground. Residents argue the plan poses lethal risks amid Texas Railroad Commission oversight.
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Ward County
South MonAhans
James Pannell
Texas Railroad Commission
Austin
Mark Henkhaus
RRC
Dynegy Midstream Services
Sandhills
Wickett
Crane County
Pannell
Henkhaus
Ector County Library to automate with 100000 grant
Librarians in Ector County plan to modernize the county library using a $100,000 technology infrastructure grant to install an automated checkout and tracking system. The grant is matched by a $25,000 annual Junior League donation and $25,000 from the Commissioners Court.
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Ector County
Texas
Library Public Information
Barbara Sharp
Junior League of Odessa
Ector County Commissioners Court
Gaylord
Sharp
Junior League
Dannah Polk
Donna Carlisle
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