D-Day Memorial Unveils New Sculptures and Arch Tribute
The ceremony unveiled two new sculptures Final Tribute and Across the Beach at the memorial site, with a 44 foot six inch white granite arch bearing Allied code F representing June 6 1944. Ten sculptures are planned overall. Veterans shared memories as flags of 13 Allied nations rose and Spielberg funded a theater named after Arnold Spielberg.
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Banner ideas sought for Odessa Hispanic culture banner
Uranga said the organization invites ideas for a Hispanic culture banner with a June 15 final design. Submissions are due Friday, color renditions will be shown June 9, and a reception will display designs. Anyone can submit though the theme centers on growing Hispanic influence locally.
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Odessa
Career Center
AIM High
Onassis awards honor d Estaing Theodorakis and Doran
Former French president Valery Giscard d Estaing Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis and University of Nebraska scientist John Doran named as Onassis Foundation prize winners. Each prize worth 250000 dollars with Nov. 7 ceremony in Athens.
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Mikis Theodorakis
Kat’s Karavan DJ Byrom Lowe Transformed Dallas Radio Music
Local DJ introduced Dallas to rock n roll blues and race music shaping early radio. Programs included Kat’s Karavan and Library of Laffs featuring classic comedy. He mentored listeners, survived by daughter Peggy Crain and son Gary Lowe of Dallas. memorials at Restland Funeral Home may support Friends of Fair Park.
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Jimmy Reed
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Neck of the Woods
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Peggy Crain
Gary Lowe
Restland Funeral Home
Friends of Fair Park
Odessa teen found dead in Lubbock apartment fire
Firefighters found Stefanie Hill 19 of Odessa after putting out a fire in a Lubbock apartment. Police say autopsy ordered and investigation ongoing with no suspects identified. The Texas Tech student died from head trauma and investigators seek information about her final hours.
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Texas Tech
Stefanie Hill
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Hill
Border Ranchers Push Political Movement Amid Immigration Tensions
A movement forms among ranchers and supporters near Sierra Vista after border issues subside, aiming to spark a national clash against immigration. Activist Larry Vance condemns violence while ranchers like Roger Barnett promote vigilant patrols, provoking warnings from the Border Patrol about citizen detentions and rising violence tied to the Arizona spillover.
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Vance
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Mexico
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Arizona
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Ku Klux Klan
America
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Barnett
Washington
U.S
Border Patrol
Tucson
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Aguilar
Carlos Carrillo
Agua Prieta
Rafael
United States
Texas Lottery Winning Numbers and Simple Trivia Mixed
Lottery numbers for Cash 5 21 20 33 28 36 on Monday May 29 appear alongside a column of general trivia. The piece mentions Sable Island, radar and spectrometry, rivers, shoplifting as a democratic crime, sun-tracking mirrors in Japan, Man O War’s dietary note, and a contact for L. M. Boyd with an email and mailing address.
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Japan
O’ War
Odessa American Classifieds and Staff Contact List
Readers guide and staff listings for Odessa American including editors publishers and department contacts. Includes numbers for advertising church news sports and classifieds, with a disclaimer about acceptance and error liability.
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Gemma
Pace Eotor
Odessa
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