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i Wednesday; April 22, 1992 ODESSA AMERICAN 5A Injured blind beggar thanks well-wishers I've seen for many years, thought about briefly, perhaps put a coin in his cup and hurried on, and I'm ashamed to say quickly forgotten," said a note sent with a check. The soft-spoken patient, a gash on his forehead and his leg elevated, was wheeled into a hospital conference room next to his sister, Charlotte Ellis of Alexandria, La. Drs. Randall Feingold and Patrick Lamparello said Armstrong's injuries include a broken leg, dislocated shoulder and injured blood vessels to his foot that required emergency bypass surgery. After the pins are removed from his legs, he'll get a cast and possibly more surgery, then rehabilitation.

Medicare will cover his hospitalization, which could last months. Armstrong grew up in Oakdale, and worked on the railroad, in a sawmill, and "killing hogs," said Ellis. NEW YORK (AP) A blind beggar, mangled by a runaway taxi, said at a hospital Tuesday he'll "retire" to Louisiana with his beloved dog and warm memories of caring strangers. "I didn't think nobody cared. New York cares," Thomas Armstrong said at Bellevue Hospital.

"The most I can say in a few words is, "Thank you, thank you, and I'll always remember On April 7, bystanders lifted the taxi off Armstrong, 64, a Fifth Avenue fixture, and his Labrador retriever, Smokey, who were on the sidewalk near 57th Street. The 10-year-old guide dog is recuperating at the Animal Medical Center. Well-wishers have sent Armstrong several thousand dollars, 400 cards, flowers, fruit baskets, a teddy bear, several toy dogs and a Labrador retriever statue, said Bellevue spokeswoman Vicki Ciampa. "This tragic accident puts an identity on someone Vegas resort named after old Egyptian city Luxor LAS VEGAS (AP) Ground was broken Tuesday for Las Vegas' newest resort, a 30-story, $325 million pyramid that will be named after the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor. The 2,521 -room, Egyptian-theme resort will be just south of the Excalibur Hotel.

Both are owned by Circus Circus Enterprises, the company that began Las Vegas' metamorphosis from a haven for high rollers to a family-oriented resort. "We'll be going after the upper end of middle America," Circus Circus Chairman William Bennett said in an interview Monday. Opening is scheduled for October 1993. Glenn Schaeffer, company president, said Luxor will have an exterior of bronze reflective glass and a 30-story atrium. Inclined elevators will travel at a 39- AP Laserphoto Ground was broken Tuesday in Las Vegas for a new $325 million resort, sliown in this artist's rendering.

degree angle up the slope of, the pyramid. There will be a series of fantasy adventures developed by Douglas Trumbull, who designed the "Back to the Future" attraction in Orlando, Fla. Luxor will give Circus Circus 13,700 rooms in Nevada, joining its seven existing resorts in Las Vegas, Reno and Laughlin. And it will push the company's assets past the $3 billion mark, according to Bennett. No financing will be needed to build Luxor, Bennett said.

The company will fund the project from free cash flow, just as it did the $290 million Excalibur. Luxor is the third major family-oriented resort under construction in Las Vegas. MGM Grand Inc. is building a hotel and theme park across the Strip from the Excalibur. And Mirage Resorts Inc.

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