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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1998
Page
2
Final municipal election results headline the Sunday edition with life and arts coverage. Seinfeld nearing its end prompts OA staffers to name top sitcoms while Dave Barry extols the sense of smell as essential. A feature recalls Texas oldest state park.
Odessa Unified School District discussed Salmon’s plan allowing east side Ector and Bowie AAP ninth graders to play varsity and sub varsity sports at Odessa High School with a return option to Permian later. UIL officials warned of a one year sit out for any student who competed for OHS as a freshman. The motion died and residents urged rescinding the policy amid academics concerns and petitions.
Madeleine Albright lobbies from China via calls as NATO expansion gains momentum. Clinton calls the move a big deal at a Silicon Valley sheet metal plant while opponents warn of Soviet resurgence and possible nuclear war. NATO plans a Washington ceremony in April 1999 to welcome three new members.
Cindy Crawford plans a Manhattan charity run to aid cancer research, recalling her brother’s leukemia as a child and a grandmother who survived breast cancer. She notes advances in treatment and a 75 percent cure rate for the leukemia she mentions.
McLaren and Evelyn filed a suit naming President Clinton, the Texas congressional delegation, the United Nations and Mexico as defendants. They seek dissolution of the current government of the alleged Texas state and installation of Republic of Texas leadership, plus more than 66 million in ages. Judge Paul Friedman ruled that the Republic of Texas no longer exists and that Texas statehood began December 29, 1845.
Doctors at Baylor Methodist performed an autotransplant like procedure on Guy Altmann of Covington La to remove a malignant fibrous histiocytoma attached to the mitral valve. The operation replaced the valve with swine tissue and rebuilt the chamber using cow pericardium. Altmann faces rehabilitation with a guarded but hopeful prognosis.
The Original Toughman Contest tops the bill at Ector County Coliseum tonight with a single elimination format of three one minute rounds per bout. Six local women compete alongside male fighters as more than $3,000 in prizes awaits winners who may advance to regional and national rounds with top prizes up to $50,000.
Up-to-date information about Lottery Pick 3 and Cash 5 numbers is provided for Friday May 2. The article lists Winning Cash 1 17 2 31 and repeats the sequence 6 6 4, noting results for the Texas Lottery drawing.
A jumbled OCR style item mixes math queries quotes and odd references. It mentions a dairy cow, multiplying numbers, a French writer, transponder talk, the Pacific seas, ballast dumping, and a medical research name with an email and web link.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions mailing details and a postal publication note. Contains stray letters and numbers with no clear event, person, place, or organization to anchor a full news item. Unable to determine a coherent incident or report from the readable fragments.
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