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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1982
Page
1
Photos and a report are released on a movie industry accident that killed three actors. Floyd leads Tom Watson while Ray Floyd trails in the PGA Championship standings. See Page 2A and Page 1B for details.
The 19-year-old Erick Shipman faced a car bombing trial for harming a 12-year-old in Odessa on Nov. 4, 1980. Jurors deadlocked 11-1 over punishment after convicting him of aggravated assault, leading to a mistrial as trial rules bind verdict to sentencing.
Industrial Accident Board Chairman H S Harris Jr told the Senate Consumer Affairs Committee the Crime Victim Compensation Fund is about two million dollars short in revenues over its two years, risking closure without more funding. By August 31, 1981, 236 claims were on a waiting list and many date back to February 1981, with only about 1 percent of eligible victims filing.
Black robed demonstrators collapsed as if dead in Ohio while protests across the United States observed the 37th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Crowds prayed lit candles and held vigils at venues including the Pentagon and Riverside Research Institute in New York. Hiroshima Mayor Takeshi Araki spoke to 43 000 at Peace Park.
Permian Chemical Co operated Friday after late Thursday resumption of hydrochloric acid and potassium sulfate production at the plant on U S Highway 80 east of Odessa. Plant manager Elvis Lee said repairs brought the plant into compliance with state clean air standards after judge Joe Connally ruled renovations were made. Texas Air Control Board officials toured the site and had no comment. The suit, filed in May, alleged repeated Clean Air Act and Texas Air Control Board violations.
Texas faces potential rolling blackouts by the mid-1980s if electricity demand growth is not curbed and more plants are built. PUC chair Monk Rollins defended profit margins as necessary to fund plant construction and ensure bond ratings, while critics argued rates hurt consumers.
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