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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1982
Page
1
West Texas audiences embrace outdoor concerts as Symphony Music Under the Stars grows into a regional tradition with recurring performances. Community venues, local sponsors, and returning soloists shape a summer ritual that blends culture with open-air evenings.
Odessa leaders Mayor Bob Bryant Councilman Keith Weddell and Housing Authority head Jack Dillard face federal scrutiny over alleged arson for profit and misuse of funds. Bryant and Weddell link to an arson-for-profit probe. Dillard’s agency is under FBI HUD inspection. Fire damage to the O’Michael Building and related grand jury actions fuel ongoing investigations. The trio defends innocence as media scrutiny persists and potential civil actions loom.
W.C. McDowell, a longtime bartender at Pinkie Roden’s Golden Rooster Club since 1954, has moved after the club and Inn of the Golden West fell on hard times. He recalls 28 years in one place, the hotel’s rise and bankruptcy, and the era of autographs, sequin coats, and frequent nights behind the bar.
In Ciudad Juarez shelves were nearly bare as Mexico announced limits on commodities for cross border buyers. The move aims to curb shortages feared from Americans buying up stock using peso devaluation. Juarez prices showed oil at 75 cents per liter and coffee beans much cheaper than in the United States.
Details of how the controls will be imposed have not been released. A press officer at the Commerce Ministry in Mexico City said the plan rests with customs and could take time to enact. Officials noted that vehicle inspections at the border would be required, and hoarding by U S residents was among the causes of shortages. Please see MEXICO, Page 2A.
Rep Lloyd Criss announced a plan to hike employer taxes to fund unemployment benefits amid a drained fund. The bill would raise the minimum tax rate to 0.5 percent, extend the base wage subject to tax to 7000 dollars, and remove automatic surcharges while linking late payments to the prime rate plus 2 percent. Criss argues the move is needed despite federal debt concerns.
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