Death-row boy awaits appeal or execution
Eddyville Kentucky AP youngest U S prisoner on death row is 17 year old Todd Ice convicted of fatally stabbing 7 year old Donna Knox. He faces automatic appeal while supporters call him salvageable yet victims’ family insists punishment if he killed. Ice was 15 at crime with a knife attack on Knox and her daughter in a mobile home.
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Kentucky
Ice
Wolfe County
Donna Knox
Powell County
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McNally
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Donna
Sheila
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Mary Louise Campbell
Fayette Detention Center
Campbell
Robert Noelker
Northern Kentucky
Noelker
Senators push for bold questions on O'Connor nomination
About 30 anti abortion demonstrators gathered outside the Senate office building as hearings opened. O'Connor arrived in Washington for isolated study and preparation. A conservative memo urged all 17 committee members to press her on constitutional issues likely to come before the court, arguing the Senate must go beyond a rubber stamp but should avoid discussing pending cases.
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Senate
East
ABA Code Cautions Judicial Candidates in O Connor Nomination
The American Bar Association says judicial candidates should avoid pledges on conduct or views on disputed legal issues. Despite ABA endorsement on Tuesday, critics from anti abortion groups and the International Council of Christian Churches may challenge Judge O Connor before the Senate committee. The ABA committee praised O Connor for competence temper and integrity in a letter to Chairman Strom Thurmond.
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Senate
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O’connor
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R S.C
ABA
Texas Gov Applauds DOJ Move On Illegal Alien Education
Gov Bill Clements praised the Justice Department for withdrawing from a lawsuit seeking free public education for illegal alien children. Tony Bonilla of LULAC condemned the move as an endorsement of constitutional violations, while the case proceeds toward the Supreme Court.
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Tony Bonilla
League of United Latin American Citizens
Justice Department
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Carter
Texas
Voting Rights Act Still Necessary Says Civil Rights Commission
The U S Civil Rights Commission says problems that made the Voting Rights Act essential persist and urges a 10 year extension of key enforcement provisions. The report notes white resistance to minority participation and criticism of jurisdictions for flouting preclearance requirements.
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Washington
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Justice Department
Federal
Rail plan faces EPA review amid industry and enviro pressure
The commission seeks to revise a water pollution plan presented months ago after opposing views from environmentalists and industrialists. Formal comments were filed, and a final draft will be sent to the EPA for a yes or no decision. The hearing Thursday is pivotal to maintaining sought protections amid industry pushback.
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EPA
Loweree
Railroad Commission
Strikes Halt Start of School In Several States
About 200 picketing teachers were arrested in Philadelphia as the district canceled the first day of classes amid a regional strike wave. Police enforced a court injunction limiting pickets to four per entrance while unions planned further action and other districts in New York New Jersey Michigan and Boston faced walkouts and disrupted openings. San Francisco teachers reached a tentative agreement and could return if approved.
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New Jersey
Michigan
New York
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Boston
San Francisco
Odessa Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures Through Thursday
Partly cloudy skies linger over Odessa with late summer highs in the 80s. After heavy rain Monday, only 0.02 inch fell Tuesday night. Framed by Texas-wide forecasts, warm days and scattered showers are expected, with highs from the upper 80s to mid 90s and cooler nights in the 40s to 60s across regions.
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National Weather Service
Texas
Rio Grande
West
South
Midland Regional
North
Hunger strike ends for spy Christopher Boyce in Missouri
Convicted spy Christopher Boyce ends a 19 day hunger strike after authorities begin force feeding him through a nose tube. He ate the center's regular dinner and told his attorney of the decision.
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Springfield
Christopher Boyce
Boyce
Thunderbird pilot crash kills commander at Cleveland air show
U.S. Air Force Thunderbird Lt. Col. David L. Smith died when a T-38A Talon struck by birds at Burke Lakefront Airport flame out and plunged into Lake Erie. The team canceled plans to perform in Texas and prepared to return to their Nevada base.
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U.S. Air Force
Thunderbird
Nevada
David L. Smith
Burke Lakefront
Lake Erie
Texas
Last square root day marks end of century
Washington AP reports 9 9 81 is the final square root day of the 20th century. A square root day occurs when day times month equals the year’s last two digits. The last such day was August 8 1964, with the next not until January 1 2001.
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Washington
Odessa American Subscription Notice
Public notice from Odessa American advertising dairy and Sunday edition pricing and mail delivery rates. Mentions annual rate seventy dollars, postage matter, address change, and post office box details for Odessa Texas readership.
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