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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1983
Page
4
A civic minded message from The Odessa American outlines the paper’s mission to inform readers about preserving freedom, responsible self governance, and moral principles, inviting correspondence to the Odessa Texas address.
UT Permian Basin education majors scored high on a Texas test of reading writing and math compared with peers at other colleges. Only Rice and Trinity outperformed them. Dean James L Colwell notes uneven administration but credits older students and smaller classes. calls for exploring merging Odessa College and UTPB to save public funds.
Andy Rooney argues Congress should decide openly on covert CIA actions in Nicaragua. He mocks covert methods, questions timing, and considers public voting on secret blows to a foreign government, noting the risks if a leader is killed and the world reactions.
The column discusses covert options to topple Nicaragua's government, including supplying Pershing missiles via Israel, destroying Nicaragua's economy with old coins, and shipping surplus U S dollars. It frames these as hypothetical strategies, citing Rooney's Chicago Tribune column and referencing 1984 headlines on Central America.
Agriculture Secretary John Block and his wife shopped on a food stamp budget of 58 dollars to show a family of four can eat well. Reporters shadowed the Bethesda Safeway trip as Block selected groceries for about 40 minutes and vowed not to cheat.
Baltimore Sun columnist Chisolm recounts attempting a one week budget under the Thrifty Food Plan, mimicking the Blacks purchases which include hamburger, roast, chicken, cereals, cheese and more. The test underscored shortages and missing essentials, noting the $58 allotment barely feeds four without soap napkins or fruit.
D. R. Segal explains receiving a Triple Bifurcated Chauvinator from Ben George, claiming the device emits a message when turned. He notes confusion over the meaning, admits frequently not understanding if a message is sent, and expresses pride yet unease about the machine’s purpose.
D. R. Segal, president of Freedom Newspapers Inc., notes a loud excitable patriotic device called the Chauvinator that cannot pacify. He mentions a Steuben glass pacifier sold for about $50 to calm the cranky, but warns the machine creates only mad spasm, echoing Shakespeare and Beatle lines.
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