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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1979
Page
6
The Odessa American states its Capsule Policy urging voluntary spending over mandatory redistribution to improve life in the Permian Basin. It invites reproduction of editorials with credit and explains a voluntary approach to shared prosperity Harboring a call for personal responsibility and community betterment.
The piece questions federally funded traffic programs like STEP in Ector County and Odessa, noting grants of 64,163 and 85,000 to pay overtime for deputies and officers. It worries about long term costs, radar reliability, and local taxpayers bearing ongoing expenses if funding ends. It urges local funds over continuing outside grants.
Senate budget rules trigger a clash between Cranston and the Rules Committee over what counts as official expenses. A 1977 rule change loosened limits, leading to claims for furniture, cameras, paperweights, TV sets, and other items, with at least 16 repayment holds totaling 5557.44 dollars as of June, highlighting confusion over what is officially billable.
A reader argues that humans must dominate nature while condemning sensational editorial pins. He praises windmills as symbols of effort and warns against suppressing environmental debate in letters to the editor. The piece ends with a cautionary note to publish anonymously.
In 1976 Israeli commandos conducted a pre dawn raid on Entebbe airport Uganda freeing more than 100 Israeli hostages held by hijackers after Air France 777 was seized. Three hostages and all seven hijackers died along with some Ugandan guards.
Washington analysis notes Thatcher may press for concessions without fully conceding to black majority rule. She eschews dismantling Rhodesia's security before elections supervised by Britain and keeps Nkomo’s and Mugabe's influence from growing. Critics fear larger white power losses, yet some protections may be eased after a transition with elections and continued British supervision.
The Congress of Tucuman declared independence from Spain marking the birth of the Argentine Republic. The independence movement intensified after British efforts to seize the colony in 1806.
The piece argues that U S inflation surged after SALT I in 1972 and warns that SALT II will bring higher costs. It attributes this to 1945 1987 nuclear dominance, oil embargoes, and the oil weapon, noting CPI rises from 125 in 1967 to 217 in 1979, stock returns faltering, and looming gasoline rationing while oil continues to flow from Middle East producers remains uncertain.
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