U.S. to Aid Chad Army With Four Advisers
The United States will send four military advisers to Chad to train Chadian forces in using Redeye and Stinger missiles with French intermediaries. The advisers will train French troops who will in turn train the Chadians, who lack air defenses, as concerns rise over Libyan backing for Oueddei. The Coral Sea was ordered to delay departure to join Caribbean exercises.
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Washington
United States
Chad
Coral Sea
Mediterranean
Pentagon
Goukouni Oueddei
U.S
Reagan
Oueddei
Muammar Khadafy
France
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean
Central America
N’djamena
Attorneys question judge appointment in Odessa case
Odessa lawyers asked the Attorney General's Office if City Council appointed Commissioners Court assistant Ed Downing Jr as an alternate Municipal Court judge is legal. Judge Otis Moore sought alternates when he or Associate Judge Larry McMillion are unavailable. Downing, a black Odessa attorney, was appointed July 26 with four others, amid unanimous council support.
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Attorney General’s Office
City Council
Commissioners Court
Ed Downing Jr
Carver Ave
Odessa
Otis Moore
Larry McMillion
Thomas Perkins
Downing
Joel Roberts
Gibson Distributing to liquidate six West Texas stores
Gibson Distributing Co. Inc. of Odessa files Chapter 11 in Midland after failed debt restructuring. Six of 11 West Texas stores will close. Odessa and Midland locations stay open. Liquidation affects El Paso, Big Spring, San Angelo, and Plainview stores. Main Street Inc. and bank creditors cited in the statement.
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Gibson Distributing Co. Inc
Odessa
U.S
West Texas
Midland
U.S. District Court
San Antonio
el Paso
Big Spring
San Angelo
Plainview
U.S. proposes easing oil gas export controls to Soviet Union
Secretary Shultz and Secretary Baldrige urged relaxing licenses for oil and gas equipment to the Soviet Union. The move targets Caterpillar’s pipe laying gear ban, amid broader sanctions history and ties to companies like Fiat Allis and Deere. Interventions by Reagan administration seen as technical, not major, changes. International Harvester eyeing deals with Soviets under existing licenses.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
George Shultz
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Soviet Union
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Caterpillar
U.S
Fiat Allis
Deerfield
Moline
International Harvester Co
Paul Johnson
William McIilvaine
Harvester
White blasts rule for border passes
Texas Governor Mark White denounces a new border crossing card policy forcing Mexicans to travel to three border points for entry papers. He argues the rule harms Texas border economies and increases hardship for legitimate crossers. White planned to oppose the policy in meetings with State Department and INS officials.
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Texas
Mark White
White
Mexico
West
United States
State Department
Brownsville
Laredo
el Paso
Duke Austin
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Austin
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Lynda Gorov
White House
Larry Speakes
Melanie Fletcher
Cheri
Mark Fletcher
Haner Drive
Ector County Coliseum
American Junior Rodeo Association
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