Debates Shape Decisive Night in Presidential Campaign
Local politicians prep for the first of three debates between George W. Bush and Al Gore, airing at 9 p.m. with Jim Lehrer moderating. Polls show Gore at 45 percent and Bush about 42 percent, with 15 to 20 percent undecided. Officials stress the event could sway voters ahead of the November 7 decision.
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George W. Bush
al Gore
Gore
Bush
Ector County
Republican Party
Gary Johnson
Nelda F. Lee
Odessa
Lee
Washington
Joseph Lieberman
Gore Bush debate opens amid high stakes in Sarasota
Barefoot on the beach Al Gore offered a relaxed image before the first 2000 campaign debate. George W Bush likewise projected calm planning light exercise and perhaps a nap ahead of the 90 minute national telecast likely to surpass 50 million viewers. Gore withheld public remarks while Tipper Gore predicted he would stay relaxed and make points with ease.
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Sarasota
Fla
al Gore
George W. Bush
Gore
Tipper
Czech Painter Skopera Exhibits Oil Landscapes Abroad
Czech artist Jiri Skopera crosses the former Iron Curtain to show oil landscapes at the Odessa Country Club, receiving attention in the arts section ARTS 1C and signaling a new openness in postwar exhibitions.
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Jiri Skopera
Iron Curtain
Odessa Country Club
Naked bank robber escapes custody in Wisconsin
A 24-year-old man, jailed for an armed M&I Bank robbery in Allenton, seized a guard’s gun while in leg irons, ran naked from a hospital, and led police on a car and foot chase before being shot in the buttocks. He was treated for heroin withdrawal and remained under investigation as charges were pending.
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Cedarburg
Wis
M&i
Allenton
St. Joseph’s Community Hospital
West Bend
Washington County
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ozaukee
Mequon
WWII Rarities Highlight Airsho 2000 at Midland Show
Airsho 2000 adds rare WWII Polikarpov fighters to its lineup with three of the world’s nine surviving units on display. More than 130 planes will entertain visitors as the Confederate Air Force hosts the weekend event featuring I-16 Ishak monoplanes and I-153 Chaika biplanes, historic crafts far rarer than most current warbirds.
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Midland
Fina-Confederate Air Force
Polikarpov
Airsha
Bill Coombes
Mulqueen
Murmansk
Russia
Alpine Fighter Collection Organization
Court suspends student for Confederate flag drawing upheld by high court
A Kansas seventh grader suspended for three days after drawing a Confederate flag lost a Supreme Court appeal. West, from Derby Middle School, argued the punishment violated free speech, but the court denied review. The case, West v Derby Unified School District No. 260, 99-2039, involves a district policy banning racially divisive material.
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Kansas
Supreme Court
T.J. West
Derby Middle School
Derby
Kan
West
Derby High School
Aryan Nation
Ku Klux Klan
10Th
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Blackie
Derby Unified School District
Rancher Buster Cole, 77, Remembered in West Texas
Buster Cole, patriarch of a long established Ector County ranching family dating to the late 1800s, died at 77. A third generation rancher, he was renowned in local cattle circles and longtime neighbor Frank Cowden Jr praised his skill and generosity. Cole also served as chairman for the Sand Hills Hereford and Quarter Horse Show and Rodeo for 40 years.
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Ector County
Buster Cole
Cole
Frank Cowden Jr
Sand Hills
Hereford & Quarter Horse Show & Rodeo
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Confederate Air Force
Midland International
Lara Meckfessel
Alpine Fighter Collection
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New Zealand
Alpine
West Texas
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