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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 2000
Page
1
News photos show reporters near Palm Beach County officials reviewing ballots during a weekend manual recount. A federal judge is to hear the Bush campaign request for an order halting the recount in Florida.
The Associated Press reports Texas Governor George W. Bush asking federal courts to stop a manual recount in Florida as Palm Beach County ballots are sorted. The Bush campaign seeks a court order to preserve vote integrity amid a tight race with overseas ballots still uncounted, potentially deciding the electoral college majority and the presidency.
Joe Beene, a 17 year old Permian High School senior, remains in critical condition in Dallas after a five hour surgery to fuse vertebrae and remove a halo. Doctors also performed a tracheotomy and Beene is able to communicate by lip reading as his voice returns. Family says he cannot recall the incident or the current date but asked for prayers and support as he recovers and catches up on school and family news.
In the Odessa American series Memories of War veterans share personal World War II memories. Charles Seabolt, a Navy machinist in Tokyo, recalls briefly snapping a photo of General Douglas MacArthur in 1945 as he and Col Courtney Whitney passed near his shore patrol post.
Odessa and Midland residents attended a Veterans Day ceremony at the Ector County Courthouse honoring veterans with a 21 gun salute and 800 balloon releases. The event, sponsored by local funeral homes, supported a national World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., with donations around ten dollars per balloon and a five million dollar pledge from the National Funeral Directors Association.
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