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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1981
Page
1
In Thursday games the Houston Astros fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers 24 with a rookie pitcher throwing a shutout. The Texas Rangers were defeated by the New York Yankees 10 to 3. Details appear on pages 1B and 2B.
Louise Blackwell Dillon and her East Texas family preserve her mother's recipes from the low mood era in a collection titled Mrs Blackwell's Heart of Texas Cookbook. The piece notes homemade lye soap and cutting corners as common struggles.
A Texas court ruled for the Odessa American, ordering the release of police chief applicants’ names and qualifications. Judge Joe Connally held that such information is public, despite Odessa City Manager Kerry Sweatt’s earlier refusal. The city plans to publish the applicants’ names and credentials next Monday from 14 candidates for the $33,240-a-year post amid ongoing police staffing turmoil.
The untried shuttle Columbia postponement halted the countdown minutes before lift off after a computer malfunction. Astronauts Young and Crippen waited in the cockpit while NASA teams sought a fix, with the earliest rescheduled target set for Sunday at 6 50 a.m. EST.
The House and Senate fail to reconcile a proposal to raise the drinking age from 18 to 19. A third conference committee is tasked with finding a middle ground on tough ID enforcement for alcohol sales. Senators urge a balanced approach while House supporters push for a straightforward 19 year old drinking bill with flexible enforcement.
AT&T announces readiness to launch a new cellular mobile system by 1983, promising phone access in cars and in many cities by the mid-1980s. FCC allocates frequencies for two systems per city, but rivals warn of a monopoly risk as they plan appeals.
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