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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1982
Page
1
A sports brief notes Rickey Henderson leads in stolen bases, surpassing prior players. The irregular OCR text references page indicators and garbled lines but centers on Henderson holding the record for bases stolen.
Twelve years after a federal lawsuit, Ector County Independent School District began desegregation today under a court order by Judge Fred Shannon. About 26,500 students returned, with only high school and junior high students affected this year by the busing plan. The transition appeared smooth with minimal protests as minority and white students merged at secondary schools.
Odessa Mayor Bob Bryant says the FBI will ask HUD officials to audit the Odessa Housing Authority payment records amid a federal probe into possible misused public funds. HUD and FBI would not confirm. Dillard but Bryant notes inspectors may visit Odessa. details remain undisclosed.
A federal judge formally approves the settlement ending AT&T Bell System constraints. AT&T must divest 22 local companies by Feb 24, 1984, affecting over one million workers and three million shareholders. A detailed breakup plan is due within six months with conditions set by the justice department and the court.
U S Marine peacekeepers with automatic weapons supervised the evacuation of about 500 guerrillas from Beirut. The Sol Giorgios sailed from Beirut with fighters bound for Tartous. French Italian troops joined in the multinational force overseeing the departure, marking the Marines tenth postwar role and first Lebanese landing since 1958.
U S Border Patrol reports a one day record of 989 illegal entrants crossing the Rio Grande in El Paso with nearly 1000 arrested by Tuesday. Chief Allan Eliason cites farm season and peso devaluation as key factors driving the surge. Some detainees returned voluntarily or were released in van loads at Paso Del Norte and Zaragoza bridges.
A federal grand jury in Laredo indicted five leaders of an immigration smuggling ring that operated nine years and moved about 400 illegal entrants weekly. The ring charged 350 for Mexican entrants to Texas and 900 to smuggle South Americans, with two drivers among the accused.
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