Elderly man pursues dream of becoming a barber good
At 78 Swanson pursued barbering despite heart trouble and a long life of varied work. He endured doubts, completed West Texas Barber Styling College courses, memorized styles, learned chemistry and barbering skills, earned his diploma in February, and secured a job at Miss Rita's Best Little Barber Shop.
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Swanson
Barber College
James
Bo” Simmons
West Texas Barber Styling College
Rita
Grand
Rita Futrell
Texas
Barber Board
Futrell
Miss Rita's
Mearle Swanson
James ‘Bo’ Williams
Amarillo
Inn Built For Teachers Then Beds For Oil Workers
In Odessa the 1938 inn built by L E Lassiter and Mellie Van Horn served as a boarding house for unmarried teachers. Van Horn rented rooms to college boys in 1941 to help with summer oilfield income. The house stayed a residence until 1975 and later functioned as a halfway house for alcoholics in the 70s and 80s. Vacant from the late 80s, it was renovated in 1996 into a bed and breakfast for visiting family.
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Mellie van Horn
L.E. Lassiter
Odessa
van Horn
Odessans Caranenen Ge
Judge bars jurors from drug charge details in murder trial
In Layton Utah AP report the judge ruled jurors in a murder case will not be told about drug charges or a suspended Utah medical license to avoid bias. Names Brigham City Mary Crane Judith Larsen Lydia Smith appear in the surrounding coverage.
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Brigham City
Mary R. Crane
Salt Lake City
Judith V. Larsen
Lydia M. Smith
Centerville
Kay
Weitzel
Utah
Lawsuit alleges Channelview school district failed girls soccer
The Texas Civil Rights Project filed in federal court in Houston on behalf of Elaine and Mark Knobloch and their daughter alleging Title IX violations for not offering a girls soccer team at Channelview High School. The suit claims the student faced unequal treatment, including restricted playing time and extra costs, while the district says a girls team was added after a student survey and notes other new programs.
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Houston
Texas Civil Rights Project
Federal District Court
Elaine
Mark Knobloch
Channelview
Channelview Independent
Channelview High School
Knobloch
Bulldogs Announce Big Prize Giveaways
The Bulldogs promote a prize giveaway featuring trips to Maui with round trip airfare on American Airlines, plus 35 inch color televisions. Several cruises are listed as additional prizes.
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Maui
American Airlines
United States
Odessa blotter reports multiple early morning offenses
A 16 year old Odessa man says he was struck in the face with a crowbar causing a bloody nose at 2 15 a m. A 25 year old Odessa woman reports a camera and jewelry valued at 3100 stolen from 5000 block of Tanglewood Lane. A 116 year old Odessa woman reports 1600 damage to a 1998 Ford Escort on North Muskingum Avenue. Daniel Eugene Hutchison bond set 2500 at 1706 N Dixie Blvd. A 12 year old Odessa girl was assaulted by a known person on Elm Drive at 6 45 p m. The suspect is a 48 year old man 5 6 300 pounds with gray hair and hazel eyes wearing a blue shirt. Mike's Garden Center reports 7931 in trees stolen with a damaged driveway cable entry between 9 30 p m and 7 a m.
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Odessa
Muskingum Avenue
Elm Drive
Death penalty handed to Dallas man for two 1994 murders
A Dallas jury awarded the death sentence to Leon Dorsey IV for capital murder in the 1994 killings of Blockbuster workers James Armstrong and Brad Lindsey. Surveillance video helped show the sequence, with Dorsey casing the store and returning to rob it after leaving.
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Dallas
Blockbuster
Leon Dorsey IV
Waxahachie
James Armstrong
Brad Lindsey
Dorsey
Ennis
Armstrong
Lindsey
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Tanglewood Lane
Daniel Eugene Hutchison
N. Dixie Blvd
Mike
N. Andrews Highway
N. Adams
Sing Dy Uy
M.D
Internal Medicine
E. 11Th Street
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