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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1979
Page
2
The Odessa American states a libertarian growth view urging voluntary spending over forced distribution. It invites reproduction of editorials from these columns with proper credit, reflecting a long run preference for minimal government intervention and voluntary trade within the Permian Basin community.
The Wall Street Journal notes Labor Department officials and enforcer Weldon Rougeau claim affirmative action rules will expand beyond federal contractors. It warns the Carter administration’s reorganization won’t curb the bureaucracy, predicting stronger enforcement on banks, insurers, energy, and higher education and urging industry pressure to rein in regulators.
New York Reagan endorses a constitutional amendment to ban abortions with exceptions, and even supports a constitutional convention if needed. The stance coins a stark contrast among Republican rivals Baker Bush Connally Crane, shaping primaries and possibly the November contest. Reagan urges using legislative routes first, with a convention as last resort to secure a right to life.
The article notes Israel's mounting political isolation as Dayan fails to win Dutch support for its Lebanon campaign and U S and European powers weigh a possible shift toward PLO engagement. It highlights European concerns about Soviet influence, Arab state participation, and potential U N action shaping future Middle East policy.
Opinion argues against federal aid to Chrysler despite 125000 U.S. workers affected. It weighs economic costs, unemployment, and tax impacts, contrasts liberal and conservative views, cites Lockheed bailout, and questions corporate taxation and policy. It concludes abolishing the corporate tax could shift costs to consumers and provide stock windfalls, benefiting Chrysler indirectly.
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A reader praises school board president while demanding facts about classroom shortages and half day sessions in Ector County. Billie Jean Stewart urges disclosure of trial transcript details and questions superintendent Holm and Walker on enrollment, busing, and compliance.
Jeanne Fuller signs a letter denouncing a hidden scheme she describes as teaching Americans a substitute prayer. The piece accuses a Washington based plan of cradle to grave security and planned economy, demanding shared scarcity and loss of individual freedom.
Almanac notes the date Tuesday August 7 1979 as the 219th day of the year with 146 remaining. It lists key historical events including the 1789 establishment of War and Navy departments, Soviet bombing raids on Berlin in 1941, U S Marines landing at Guadalcanal in 1942, Rudolf Abel indictment in 1957, and Ivory Coast independence in 1960.
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