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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 2004
Page
1
In Baghdad a car at a checkpoint detonated by a concealed device killed the head of the U S appointed Iraqi Governing Council and wounded nine others plus fourteen Iraqis and an Egyptian. Officials say a bomber died in the blast as well.
A brief item notes ration details and mentions JE best able amid a light print. The fragment suggests a reporting of supply allocations or printing irregularities without full context.
Economic expectations suggest potential boosts in the near term, with analysts noting momentum could lift growth this year. Companies remain cautious yet optimistic as policy signals and market conditions improve.
Not opening this summer, the pool operators expect swimmers to come to the facility as delays push opening back and hot weather lures residents to seek alternative water spots nearby.
In Boston crowds watched as gays and lesbians were married across the state marking Massachusetts as the first to permit same sex nuptials. Ceremonies ranged from simple city hall exchanges to elaborate church weddings with champagne and cakes as couples were pronounced partners for life.
COM Aquatics Executive Director Brad Swendig expects more customers at Odessa pools this summer as no opening date remains fixed. Hero's Water World will stay closed in 2004 due to operating funds shortfall, while Capital Growth Planning Inc. has owned the 22 acre water park since 2002 after Water Wonderland’s 1981 debut. Swendig says 60 lifeguards and 23 staff have been hired, all locals, with punch cards for 25 visits available to pool users.
An Odessa High School junior who drank a chemical on a bet was upgraded from critical to satisfactory at University Medical Center in Lubbock. Assistant Principal Ray Lascano said the student can now talk and is out of jeopardy, with ECISD officials continuing the probe into how the toxin entered the chemistry lab materials. The youth, transferred from Andrews in January, was found in a hallway last Wednesday, bleeding from the nose and mouth, and airlifted to Lubbock after initial treatment at Medical Center Hospital.
Tony Burland Stafford died after repeated blows to head and upper body in an East Odessa apartment complex. Two men, Jermaine Williams and Tyrone Moorer, were charged with murder. initial aggravated assault bonds were withdrawn after his death at Medical Center Hospital.
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