Ebola fears grip Kikwit cemetery as outbreak grows
In Kikwit Zaire families fear ritual contact with the dead as Ebola spreads. Two boys watch from a cemetery as a coffin is sealed for relatives. CDC teams arrive to assist, with the outbreak killing dozens. The disease begins with fever and headache, then diarrhea and vomiting, and carries an 80 percent fatality rate.
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Kikwit
Zaire
World Health Organization
Savannah
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Odessa eyed for Western Pacific Hockey League team
Odessa could add ice hockey as the Odessa Oil Kings, a Western Pacific Hockey League franchise, eye the 1996-97 season. Don Thorn says talks with Rick Kozuback progress as teams eye Texas New Mexico markets including Abilene San Angelo Amarillo Lubbock and El Paso. Neil McDonald notes potential economic boost from new entertainment option in Odessa.
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Odessa-Midland
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Texas
Permian
Odessa
el Paso
Thorn
Abilene
Central Hockey League
Fort Worth
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Memphis
CHL
Sunbelt
National Hockey League
Dallas Stars
Stars
Neil McDonald
McDonald
Oklahoma City bombing suspect linked chemist arrested in Arizona
A chemist possibly sharing a address with bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh was arrested on weapons charges in Oatman Arizona after a brief struggle with federal agents. Colbern, 35, may be connected to McVeigh in the probe into John Doe No 2 and possible witnesses a brown pickup truck linked to McVeigh’s car.
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Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Arizona
U.S
Steven Garrett Colbern
Oatman
Ariz
Justice Department
Bert Brandenburg
Colbern
Washington
McVeigh
S.C
John Doe No. 2
Phoenix
Nixon
Oklahoma
Kansas
Associated Press
Nichols
Odessa man with terminal cancer given probation for son's death
Jurors convict 34 year old Odessa man Joseph Anthony Matteson Sr. of criminally negligent homicide in the alcohol related crash that killed his 9 year old son in June 1994. He received one year probation and a 3000 dollar fine after deliberating nearly three hours. The verdict came on what would have been the boy's tenth birthday.
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Odessa
Joseph Anthony Matteson Sr
W. 15Th St
Joseph Anthony Matteson Jr
Brits push to purge junk mail lists of the dead
The Direct Marketing Association seeks government permission to access death records to cleanse mailing lists. With 650,000 Britons dying annually and 2.5 billion junk mail pieces sent, survivors endure offendments and wasted postage. The proposal contrasts Britain with the United States where no such coordinated effort exists.
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London
Britain
Direct Marketing Association
United States
U.S
Temperatures and Forecasts for 6B Fun and Games TV Log
Readable forecast and temperature outlook from 6B Fun & Games TV Log, listing regionally relevant values and upcoming sky conditions. Includes a concise guide to daily highs and lows and general weather expectations for the period.
Miscalculation costs Seminole its UIL win
Seminole High School lost the state UIL academic championship by one point after a tabulation error. Bridgeport High School was awarded 81 points, surpassing Seminole’s 80, with the mistake discovered after verification procedures.
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State University Interscholastic League
Seminole
UIL
Bridgeport High School
Sem
Chip Chappell
Bridgeport
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