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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1998
Page
1
Nepalese Japanese ensemble Namaste Group plans a 45 minute concert at Kalapathar 18150 foot on May 19 to set a world record. Leader Iswar Gurung expects a new experience while Ang Rita will release the album Sandesh during the event.
The Postal Service increases first class stamp price to 33 cents and raises package rates while vacation postcards stay at 20 cents. The Postal Rate Commission approved most rate hikes but urged delaying until 1999, noting profits since 1995. The governing board will set the date at its June meeting.
A historical note lists changes in postal charges. First-class letters base ounce 33 cents, additional ounce 22 cents. Post cards 20 cents. Priority Mail under 2 pounds 3.20. Express mail eight ounce 11.75. Parcel post three pounds zone 5 4.25. Certified 1.40. Return receipt 1.25. Insured 0.85. Registered 6.75. Money orders 0.80.
Donna Headrick's Saturday garage sale was interrupted by a grass fire that reached within five feet of her home. Flames 40 to 50 feet high, sparked by a neighbor burning trash, destroyed two storage sheds and sent her asthmatic brother-in-law to hospital. Fire officials warn dry winds will keep fires coming, as Odessa endures 55 days without measurable rain.
In New Delhi India announces three underground nuclear tests and claims a fission, a low yield, and a thermonuclear device were tested. Prime Minister Vajpayee says no atmospheric radiation and pledges no immediate expansion of the program despite regional shock.
Fort Stockton middle school students will avoid uniforms next fall with a stricter dress code to be proposed. The board voted 7-0 to have administrators refine the existing plan after mixed parent survey results. About 18 percent of 1,100 surveys were returned. 62 percent of 194 respondents favored uniforms.
West Odessa breeder Barbara Jones reports 27 gamecocks killed when a German shepherd and a bull mastiff broke into her pens at Comanche Country Trading Post. She found carcasses Monday morning amid torn pens and scattered feathers, with most pens damaged. The dogs remain at the animal shelter as county officers investigate.
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