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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1981
Page
1
A compact classified page fragment features a doctor’s column and a crossword puzzle titled ENERGY 6B. The brief note references nicsses and crosswords with possible page markings WOR and Leeds. The readable text is fragmentary and omits full context.
Energy Secretary James Edwards faced a hostile House subcommittee as he defended Reagan era plans to slash enforcement funds by 80 percent next year. The units pursue oil price control violations, prosecute violators, and recover overcharges amid 208 civil cases totaling more than 8.4 billion dollars.
Washington AP inflation at the wholesale level rose at a 16.2 percent annual rate in March as energy and food costs accelerated. The 1.3 percent monthly rise, the largest since July, came with unemployment steady at 7.3 percent. Energy goods jumped 6.1 percent led by heating oil and gasoline. Food prices rose 0.8 percent, with a 19.4 percent surge in vegetables.
A DEA internal report warns that smugglers are shifting operations to the Texas Gulf Coast citing vast remote areas and limited local enforcement. The AP obtained the DEA profile, noting Florida violators buy coastal properties to evade pressure elsewhere along the Gulf Coast.
President Reagan has developed a moderate fever while recuperating from the left lung wound. Doctors say fever is common at this stage after such injuries and surgery, with chest X-rays showing full left lung expansion and clean incisions.
The Senate endorses Reagan's plan for 87 billion in budget cuts over three years by 88 to 10 and House Democrats prepare an alternative package attacking waste and abuse. Rep James R Jones announces a proposal to save 10 billion over three years, while Republicans hail the plan as a policy shift and Democrats push for targeted cuts in aid. Senators Cranston Kennedy Tsongas Sarbanes Dodd Levin Metzenbaum Eagleton and Pell oppose the package.
Federal Judge Lucius Bunton weighs whether Platoro Ltd should be reimbursed for salvaging Spanish treasure from a galleon wreck off Padre Island. The 14-year dispute with Texas centers on custody of artifacts valued between 150000 and 600000, including silver plates and cannons, with trial proceedings visible in Odessa.
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