03 May 1992
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1992
Page
1
Today is the day for fresh color Sunday funnies with Cathy Geech and new friends joining Calvin and Hobbes and Blondie. Readers are invited to enjoy the refreshed lineup and reconnect with beloved characters.
The piece reflects on Rodney King’s beating and subsequent riots, noting white fear and black anger as a loud, painful reality. It asks whether outrage can drive a national reckoning and practical fixes to racism, citing scholars, writers, and thinkers.
The Odessa American highlights rapid growth of the Hispanic community in Ector County and the Permian Basin spanning population culture and civic influence. A special report titled Hispanics in West Texas appears as a separate section beginning on page 16 with community members offering insights into the region’s future.
Gregory K a 11 year old Central Florida boy asks Circuit Judge G Richard Singeltary to sever all parental ties in a nationwide potentially precedent setting case He alleges abuse and foster care moves and seeks to stay with his current foster family who want to adopt him The court has ordered the parents to stay away from Gregory and his foster family as the suit advances a question of whether a child has constitutional rights similar to adults
Rickey Dale Thomas, 29, of Chula Vista, greeted by family at Lindbergh Field after a Texas jail release and state judge dropping all robbery charges. He thanks supporters as media coverage spurred another arrest in the case, departing in a white limousine with his fiancée.
Regular readers learn that Winnie Winkie will wrap up on Page 80 with the conclusion of Brenda Starr and the next three installments. The Brenda Starr finale will appear once the cartoonists finish them.
Odessa voters re-elected Mayor Lorraine Perryman to a second term with 57 percent of the vote 4114 to 3154 over Roy McCandless. Perryman thanked supporters and said she will serve two more years. Council incumbents Goates and Davenport ran unopposed. Jaime Ramirez won the new District 5 seat after defeating Betty Ann Wallace. Perryman accused her opponent of spreading rumors about her family.
Federal prisoner Brett Kimberlin asserted shortly before the 1988 election that he sold marijuana to Dan Quayle. The suit reveals Bush Quayle campaign involvement in decisions by the Bureau of Prisons to place Kimberlin in solitary confinement, though no proof of Quayle himself intervening exists.
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