Pushed to its limits, the 18-gram balsa wood structure, designed and built by students from Hillcrest High School in Dallas, finally buckled with a bang under 220 pounds of steel plates. This test involving structural design was one of the many competitions held Saturday at Temple High School as part of the Texas Odyssey of the Mind North/Central Regional Competition. Gray Garmon, a member of the Hillcrest team, was not surprised by the structure

From time to time all successful organizations must take a look at themselves. The object is to make themselves better. The Temple Daily Telegram has recently done this, and what you see today is a portion of what we have done to achieve our goal of bringing you a better and more useful newspaper each and every day. One thing which we have not changed, but have sought to reinforce is our dedication to being the most dependable source of news and information in our area. As always, cosmetic changes are the most readily apparent, so we are certain you noticed that we made a few modifications on our front page. What you noted were a few touches to try to make it a little crisper, sharper and friendlier for the reader. Inside you will find a more dynamic and colorful look on all of our special sections and pages. Also today on Page 1 you will see the first in a series of feature stories which generally will be printed in the Sunday paper. We call the series

Dr. Gerald Dreher is no stranger to war. He has served in the Gulf War, helped out during the combat in Bosnia, and on Feb. 19 he deployed to the Persian Gulf once again with the 865th Combat Support Hospital at the Kuwaiti National Hospital.

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AUSTIN (AP) In a spectacular victory for the U.S.-led war on terrorism, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and a senior operative in Osama bin Laden

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan(AP) In the final minutes of their lives, Columbia

The Temple College basketball teams did what they set out to do Saturday night: win. First, the Lady Leopards used a game-closing 14-6 run to clip Grayson County 70-68 at TC Gym and finish their season with an 8-8 record in the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference. Later, the Leopards ripped outmanned Grayson 91-60 to finish with a 14-1 home record and secure the NTJCAC

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New Temple coach and AD Tam Hollingshead added two more to his staff this week. Mike Balew comes from Rockwall and Todd Moody hails from Willis. Both have detailed knowledge of Hollingshead