Odessa donor saves life after decadelong wait
Heather Bostick, 20, learned her bone marrow matched a 21-year-old leukemia patient after being tested for an Odessa boy who died. On the donor’s 10th birthday, doctors in Minnesota removed marrow and shipped it to the recipient, offering a rare one in a million chance of survival.
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Heather Bostick
Odessa
Permian
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Bostick
United States
Linda Dorton
Cook Children’s Hospital
Fort Worth
Mike
Jessica Bostick
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Shane Warren
Bosticks
Shane
Victoria
Vicki” Gildiee
Wiles
Siner
Grimes
Donor marrow matching process described with family reflections
A donor undergoes blood tests to determine HLA type for the National Marrow Donor Program. Matches are confirmed through multiple genetic tests, followed by consent and a transplant plan. Blood used to replace marrow may be drawn weeks prior while the donor remains hospitalized overnight. the procedure is explained with emotional notes from a mother about her son's birthday.
Conservative school closed in midterm at Hobbs New Mexico
In Hobbs New Mexico the privately funded Freedom School linked to the College of the Southwest shut down on November 5 and its director John Robbins was fired. Robbins says the firing followed his critical columns about public schools published in Odessa American and other Freedom Communications papers. The college cites finances as the reason.
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Freedom
John (Robbins
Joan Tucker
Cane i O
Southwest
Ncne
Occutamus
Phery Robbins
Maryland
Freedom School
Budget amendment showdown in early 1997 Congress
In Washington, opponents of the balanced budget constitutional amendment face a tough fight as politics and numbers stack against them. Analysts expect two-thirds majorities may exist, but Democrats could derail by flipping two Senate votes or keeping most new House Democrats from voting yes. Supporters probe how many wavering votes they can still win.
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Washington
Congress
al Gore
House
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Senate
Parishioners Retain Minister In Court Ordered Church Vote
In a church election at St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 238 of 432 members voted, 55 percent choosing to keep Rev. R. T. McNeil after a three month court dispute. Judge Paul McCollum presided following Judge Joe Connally’s recusal amid impartiality concerns. The congregation reacted with prayers as the decision was announced.
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South Odessa
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
R.T. McNeil
Paul McCollum
McCollum
McNeil
Ector County
Blackshear Magnet
R.T McNeil
Texas Court of Appeals
St. James
Bernardin urged Catholics toward dialogue amid rifts at bishops meeting
In Washington two protestant or Catholic groups stood apart outside the National Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting. Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago had spent his career mediating disputes and led the Catholic Common Ground project to bridge divisions over birth control ordination of women and priestly celibacy.
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Washington
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
We Are Church Coalition
Mother’s Watch
Montgomery Village
Joseph Bernardin
Chicago
Bernardin
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Warren
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John Robbins
NSIDE
O.A
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Crarr
Mark Sterke
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