19 Nov 1996
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1996
Page
1
With computers in more than a third of US households and the Internet a staple for personal and business life, information about technology grows in importance. Time magazine offers insights likely to interest a broad audience.
A tape reveals chaotic moments aboard ValuJet Flight 592 as passengers shouted fire amid smoke and emergency events. The tragedy killed all 110 aboard, with families awaiting updates as investigators examine the wreckage and recall the scene at the crash site near Miami.
A company acquired United Artists theaters in Midland Odessa and several others and plans to reprice first run theaters by 25 cents while keeping general admission unchanged. The deal adds 19 theaters across multiple cities including Midland Odessa and Sweetwater.
Washington reports reveal a second CIA mole, Harold James Nicholson, arrested after unprecedented CIA FBI cooperation. The case contrasts with Aldrich Ames, highlighting insider danger and resulting in serious breaches while urging reforms and tighter counterintelligence, with ongoing questions about scope and impact.
The article outlines multiple espionage cases involving the Soviet Union and China era operatives. It notes Larry Wu-Tai Chin's 1986 conviction for Chinese spying since 1952 and his suicide, Edward Lee Howard fleeing in 1985, and Scranage pleading guilty in 1985 for spying for the Union starting in 1976. It claims Ames caused greater damage, with treachery linked to at least ten U.S. agent deaths.
In Brownsville area a high wave swept a sandbar where about 10 men, women and children were crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico. At least four bodies recovered with six feared dead. rescue teams continued search as ages and origins including two men 49 and 19 from Pakistan were noted.
United Way of Odessa wraps up its 1996 drive ending with donations and pledges near 900,800 dollars, 89 percent of the 1,020,000 goal. Interim director Cathy Herzog says volunteers and TV blitzes boosted the effort as last year surpassed the 1 million mark for the third time in 44 years.
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