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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1998
Page
14
New Mexico forecasts call for variable cloudiness and cooler conditions tonight with a chance of thunderstorms. Strong to severe storms possible in some areas, with brief downpours and gusty winds. Stay indoors during thunder.
House Majority Leader Dick Armey urged the resignations of acting Air Force Secretary F Whitten Peters and White House deputy chief of staff John Podesta over a memo critics say shows the Clinton administration politically weaponizing base closings. The memo discusses pressuring Lockheed Martin to bid on Sacramento depot work tied to the McClellan and Kelly bases. White House and DOD officials defended their actions, denying improper influence.
A former police union leader heads to court on charges of taking about 500000 dollars in bribes and kickbacks from lawyers tied to a taxpayer funded union legal fund. Indictments from June 1997 accuse Harold Flammin Jr. and lawyers Lawrence Souza and James Champion of 32 counts mail fraud 43 counts money laundering and one conspiracy count to defraud the IRS.
Dora Cisneros, 60, once convicted in Texas in 1994, faces federal charges for using a fortune teller to arrange the March 1993 murder of Joey Fischer, an 18 year old who had just split from her daughter. The Houston trial, moved for publicity, could carry life in prison if convicted.
In Lumberton, five high school students died when a car driven by Clinton Lee Bertrand 18 failed to yield at a stop sign and was crushed by an 18 wheeler on Highway 69 between Lumberton and Kountze shortly after 11:50 p.m. Saturday. Victims include Kernice Mitchell Landry II 18 Michael Dale Richey 15 Matthew Adam Richard 15 and Daniel Salim 17. Counselors were on hand at Lumberton High School as funerals are planned for Tuesday and Wednesday. T shirts with the victims’ pictures circulated at the school Monday.
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