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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1983
Page
2
The Reagan administration will provide an urgent 15 million dollars to Chad, raising total aid to 25 million. The package follows Libyan intervention supporting rebel forces, adding to 10 million previously sent with Redeye missiles and training for Chad government forces.
A New York window display at Tiffanys showing a drunk and a bag lady drew public ire and a quote calling it a grim joke in a city where 36,000 people sleep in boxes and doorways. The store removed the manne foreground.
President Reagan praised Mobutu Sese Seko for sending troops to Chad to counter Libyan-backed revolt and outlined a US aid package totaling 51.5 million dollars for Zaire. The plan includes 20.2 million in economic development, 21.3 million in security, and 10 million in food aid amid Congress hesitancy over graft concerns.
In Tegucigalpa American forces may fuse with Navy ships off Nicaragua for a six month Big Pine II drill starting next month with up to 5,000 U S troops and 6,000 Hondurans. The maneuver, described as the region’s most comprehensive, aims to show support for Honduras amid Sandinista threats while Nicaragua accuses U S backed rebels and weapons smuggling.
Washington AP Senate subcommittee chair vows no action to extend the Civil Rights Commission until senators vote on Reagan nominees. House backed a five year extension but would bar firing Reagan nominees, sparking a showdown with the Senate. Hatch calls the House bill a political tool. Sensenbrenner warns against a veto fight as the panel nears its September 30, 1983 expiry.
A car bomb packed with 165 pounds of explosives detonated in front of Shaarani mosque in Tripoli Lebanon killing 14 worshipers and wounding 36 damaging nearby buildings and leaving a 10 by 4 foot crater. Police reported a blue Volkswagen rigged with shells caused the blast at 12 30 p m.
Newspaper announces mail subscription options for Daily and Sunday editions and a Sunday only plan. Includes pricing notes: daily rate 7 dollars and Sunday 5 dollars with second class postage for Sunday. Delivery problems line provides contact number 337-7314 with call times.
Partly cloudy tonight with isolated showers and storms and a 20 percent rain chance. Overnight low in the upper 60s, southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday partly cloudy with a low 90s high and southeast winds. Thunderstorms moved across far South Texas today as cooler air arrived. National Weather Service Midland data show yesterday's high 93, low 74, no rain, year to date 2.36 inches. Extended: isolated storms south Sunday, otherwise sunny warm days and fair warm nights with highs mid 90s to near 102 across the region.
A federal arbitrator awarded an 8 percent hazard bonus to 2,750 workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery Maine exposed to asbestos while servicing nuclear submarines. The ruling upheld a union complaint that safety safeguards were inadequate and noted no safe asbestos exposure level, though OSHA limits were met.
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