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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1979
Page
9
The Odessa American declares a policy favoring voluntary spending of earnings over involuntary distribution. It states permission to reproduce editorials originated by The Odessa American with proper credit. The piece frames a goal of a better Permian Basin and urges voluntary consent in economic matters.
Edward A. Myers Jr of Southern California Bison Co calls for better consumer education and empathy to ease the impact of costly regulatory rules. He warns that activist movements and environmental groups drive regulation, while business struggles to counter rising costs and bureaucratic overreach shaped by reactive policy.
Historians warn of a crisis as schools drop history citing practicality while students show little chronological orientation. They contrast Nixon’s crises with a saturated supply of history lessons and a demand collapse, amid presentism and fading memory of the past. Henry Ford calls history bunk.
A columnist argues America’s Middle East dilemma rests on three linked factors: dependence on Middle Eastern oil, limited military power, and support for Israel. Removing any one leg could ease the crisis, but political realities defend Israel, while oil reliance and costs block reasserting power. The piece critiques past policy, notes the ineffective Arab boycott, and urges addressing root causes rather than punitive oil measures.
Today’s almanac marks events across centuries: Cromwell’s forces defeated Royalists at Preston in 1648, Davey Crockett born in 1786, Fort Sumter bombarded in 1863, de Lesseps’s Panama Company formed in 1879, Germany’s blockade of Britain in 1940, Sicily under Allied control in 1943, Mindanao quake and tsunami deaths in 1976, Hurricane Camille impact a decade earlier, and Cyprus cease-fire collapse in a five year span.
Edward Costikyan, longtime Beame campaign figure, argues that street violence signals societal decline. He recounts mugging of his son and a guard attacked by a large teen, plus multiple similar incidents, and suggests possible reforms and moral reflections on justice and unemployment.
In Monaco Prince Rainier III has held power since 1949 making him one of the longest reigning rulers. In northern Russia wolves threaten cattle leading authorities to offer a bounty of about 250 dollars for each wolf tail brought in by hunters.
The newspaper invites timely constructive letters of general interest up to 500 words. Each must include the writer’s bona fide signature, home address, and telephone number, though only the name and hometown will be published. Personal attacks or slanderous remarks will not be considered for publication.
News item reports House Majority Leader Jim Wright announcing a peace agreement in Glad Tidings Virginia between the national press corps and the federal government. The pact vows cooperation, restricts critical coverage, renames economic indicators, and increases VIP events for reporters while forbidding public polls except for small-circulation papers.
A fragmented crossword puzzle page lists numbered clues across various categories including geography mythology and crafts. Entries mention Greek gods and dawn goddess Eos alongside common terms like ships abbr and architectural styles. The puzzle references names such as Parseghian and a theme of medieval and mythic terms.
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