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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1990
Page
2
Boxer Mike Tyson receives a hug from Marla Maples at a Get Well Soon party hosted by Donald Trump at the Trump Plaza Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. Tyson had postponed his scheduled fight after cutting his head in August during a training session.
Lincoln Neb Pianist Van Cliburn performed the national anthem before the Nebraska Minnesota football game at Memorial Stadium at the request of former University of Nebraska president D B Woody Varner. Cliburn said he was flattered to be there and recalled meeting Varner over 25 years ago when Varner helped build a major performing arts center in Rochester Michigan.
President Vaclav Havel of Czechoslovakia received Italy’s Malaparte Prize in Capri for his plays written during hard-line Communist years. Jurors praised the works for value and universal themes drawn from life in a totalitarian system.
AP reports David Casey Horn, 38, arrested in Harpers Ferry on a fugitive from justice charge in connection with two hikers killed in their sleeping bags along the Appalachian Trail. He remains jailed without bail pending extradition as Pennsylvania seeks two homicide charges.
Early in hearings, the question shifted from whether Souter would join the Supreme Court to what kind of justice he would be. Bush allies see potential for a conservative tilt, but Souter suggested broader interpretations beyond original intent, complicating predictability in a closely divided court.
A Gulf government statement broadcast via Radio Baghdad warns America it risks dragging the region and world into a bottomless abyss. Iraq says it will not attend the U.N. General Assembly unless Iraqi Airways restrictions are lifted. James Baker says non military options remain, while evacuees depart London for North Carolina aboard the last U.S. chartered airlift.
Sen. Alan Cranston said he will vote against the confirmation of David Souter to the Supreme Court. He argues Souter refuses to acknowledge a woman's right to choose and the right to use contraceptives as settled law.
Extended Wednesday through Friday forecast covers Permian Basin Concho Valley Pecos Valley South Plains Far West Texas Big Bend North Texas South Texas Hill Country and Coastal Bend. Mostly fair conditions with highs from the 70s to mid 80s and lows mostly 50s to 60s. slight thunderstorm chances in Far West Texas and Big Bend. coastal areas 60s to near 70 overnight.
Thousands of firefighters battled three Mediterranean blazes in Var, Draguignan and nearby towns. High winds and tinder dry conditions hindered efforts as 27,180 acres burned since Friday. About 1,000 homes lost telephone service. Sainte-Maxime and Roquebrune-sur-Argens faced the fiercest fires with 20,000 acres scorched.
Sunday high 66 with overnight low 60. Sunset 7:44 p.m. and sunrise 7:39 a.m. Trace precipitation in past 24 hours. September total 2.81 inches, year to date 11.18 inches. Unmays record high 99 in 1933 and low 36 in 1989.
The National Weather Service at Midland International Airport says today will be mostly cloudy with a mid 70s high and south to southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight brings a low around 60. Tuesday may reach the mid 80s with partly cloudy skies. Across North Texas expect sun and mild conditions while West Texas stays cloudy with scattered showers. Rain cooled much of the state on the first day of fall and many roads remain closed in parts of the Concho Valley.
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