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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1982

Page

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Odessa rebates discounts for cash gas purchases noted

Rebates for cash gas purchases are not new in Odessa according to a brief pointer pointing readers to Page 2B for the full story.

Odessa

Guide to features across the paper section

The page outlines features including classified crossword puzzles and puzzles sections such as Dear Abby Dr Crane Energy and Horoscope Jumble Living Matter of Record medical column obituaries opinion sports TV log and a section labeled RRO at the end.

Abby Crane Energy

Westsiders to battle desegregation plan approval

Parents for Quality Neighborhood Schools will fight a federal judge’s approval of a plan ending a 12 year lawsuit and closing Ector High School. The plan moves 435 Southside students to Permian and Odessa high schools while Ector is converted to a junior high. CRUCIAL leaders pledge to seek a stay and await attorney guidance as protesters plan a march to the courthouse.

Parents For Quality Neighborhood Schools Quality Dickson Westside Ector High Southside Permian Odessa Justice Department Crucial Laurence Hurd Hurd ECISD Jack Tidwell Shannon Ector High School South Sam Houston

Ector High School Rally Turns Dying School Scene

Monday night on the front steps of Ector High School resembled a pep rally as students sang fight songs and wore blue gem rings. The gathering expressed Eagle spirit and resolve amid the school’s fading status, signaling a somber transition as discussions of what comes next began for the community.

Ector High Patsy Munoz Frances Sanchez Becky Molinar Elizabeth Simpson M. Olaf Frandsen Ector High School Ector

Britain defies Reagan embargo on Soviet gas pipeline

Britain joins Western allies in defying U S measures by ordering four firms to honor the contract for turbine deliveries to the Siberia to Western Europe gas pipeline. John Brown and Co. will proceed with six turbines by August, despite the U S embargo aimed at pressuring Poland and limiting Soviet energy revenues.

London Britain America Reagan U.S Cockfield Poland United Soviet Union Siberian Europe Western Europe Aetna He Towen Lord Cockfield John Brown and Co. Ltd Siberia Smith International (North Sea) Ltd Baker Oil Tools Ltd American Air Filters Ltd

Correction swaps murder for attempted murder in De case

In Monday's Odessa American a headline misstated that a District Court murder trial for criminal defendant Erick De would start this week. He has been charged with attempted murder.

Odessa

Oil firms push tax hike as Ector County weighs budget

Ector County commissioners unanimously consider next year’s budget with a proposed 23 percent property tax increase amid protests from six oil firms. Citizens fear the seven cent rise in the rate from 30 to 37 cents per $100 of assessed value amid weak oilfield activity and rising unemployment.

Ector Sider Joe Gerley Marilou Simmons Cummings Gulf Getw Phillips Atlantic Richfield Texaco

Lawsuit Over Flooding Blames Lake Developer Paramount

Amarillo AP A group of businessmen and residents filed a 22.5 million suit in district court alleging Paramount Development Corp caused flooding around Lake Lawrence after assurances the lake would not overflow. Nearly 4 inches of rain flooded a mile square area, damaging 17 apartments, 81 homes, and 71 businesses near a shopping center. The suit seeks 20 million punitive damages one million for warranty violation and 1.5 million in actual damages and asks Paramount to halt further floods.

Amarillo Paramount Development Corp Lake Lawrence Panhandle John Stiff Paramount

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