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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1986
Page
4
A Texas reader, Jane Richardson, urges vigorous action to restore oil jobs and industry to the state. She calls for tax on oil, stronger national stance, and local resolve to reclaim prosperity for Texans and future generations.
Kilpatrick, a Washington columnist, argues that presidents from Washington onward have pursued court packing or bending the Supreme Court to their preferences. He cites history showing party alignment among justices, noting Roosevelt, Grant, Adams, and others shaped the court. Cuomo’s critique, he says, misses the longstanding partisan reality and any notion that Reagan’s nominees are uniquely un-American.
A Chicago suburb interview reveals Diane Maletta seeking mercy from courts after confessing to hiring a man to murder her husband over a disputed divorce. She contests the death sentence, claiming coercion and cocaine use, while the triggerman received 20 years for the murder plot.
Our Opinion condemns the push for non sexist words as overbearing. The column mocks edits like waitress to wait person and Founding Fathers to Founders while noting risks of erasing familiar terms. It jokes about Father Gander and Ms as a misstep and argues for preserving traditional language.
On this date in 1895 at the Acme Saloon in El Paso Texas gunfighter John Wesley Hardin was shot in the back of the head by Constable Jonni Setman, ending his infamous era in the territory's history.
On August 19, 1912, the USS Constitution known as Old Ironsides defeated the British frigate Guerriere east of Nova Scotia in the War of 1812, making Capt. Isaac Hull a hero and lifting American morale. Also, in 1848 the New York Herald reported California gold finds, and in 1934 Germany approved Hitler’s sole executive power.
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