Client to Testify in Nun Death Trial
In Amarillo AP report defense attorney for Johnny Frank Garrett plans to have Garrett testify he did not enter Sister Tadea Benz’s convent bedroom the night of the murder. Garrett’s mother and half sister testified Garrett was at home from about 10:30 p.m. Oct 30 to 3 a.m. Oct 31, while police say the nun was raped and killed early Oct 31 at St Francis Convent.
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Amarillo
Johnny Frank Garrett
Garrett
Tadea Benz
St. Francis Convent
Janet Weaver
Utilities pay little or no federal tax in 1980 study
Robe rt Lewis reports that forty-eight of the 200 largest investor owned electric companies paid no federal income tax in 1980, with the rest paying about 1.2 percent of gross revenues. The piece notes large gross figures for Alabama Power, Potomac Electric Power, New Orleans Public Service, and others, and discusses how tax breaks for plant and equipment influence investment decisions among regulated utilities.
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Robert Lewis
Alabama Power Co
Potomac Electric Power Co
New Orleans Public Service Inc
New
England Power Co
Consumers Power Co. of
Michigan
Jersey Central Power & Light Co
New York State Electric & Gas Corp
Public Service of Oklahoma
Metropolitan Edison Co
Pennsylvania
Southwestern Public Service of Texas
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Congress
Vic Reinemer
Public Power Magazine
The
American Public Power Association
Reinemer
Reiiemer
Richard Braatz
Braatz
Texas schools track illegal alien enrollments in 1A students
In McAllen 103 illegal aliens registered, about a 20 percent rise from last year while legal alien counts fell. El Paso San Antonio and Laredo districts compile figures this week. Dallas has no records on residency status. Attorney Norma Solis estimates about 2 000 new undocumented aliens may enroll in Texas schools this fall.
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Johnson
McAllen
Ricardo Chapa
el Paso
San Antonio
Laredo
Dallas
United States
Norma Solis
Odessa council debates restoring plane to museum status
Gooney voted to retain the plane while Silvester and Smith clash over ownership and support. Smith claims much of the collection belonged to him and donated items to the West Texas Military Museum to form a tax exempt entity, but Silvester says the museum has moved to a new building and has funds to restore the plane. Silent Wings Museum trustee Knickerbocker urges donation for restoration and flight to Terrell.
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Silvester
Smith
West Texas Museum
West Texas Military Museum
Odessa
W.D. Knickerbocker
Silent Wings Museum
Knickerbocker
Silents Wings
Terrell
Test-tube babies born in New York and Norfolk
The nation records its sixth and seventh test-tube births with the New York couple and a Virginia Beach naval family at Norfolk General Hospital. David Kheel weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce at birth in New York while Alyce Van Wie and Lt. Cmdr. Steven L. Van Wie welcomed an 8-pound girl in Norfolk.
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Norfolk
New York
Manhattan
Navy
Norfolk General Hospital
David Kheel
Shirley
Robert Kheel
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Karen Corrigan
Norfolk General
Alyce van Wie
Cmdr
Steven L. VanWie
Virginia Beach
Seasonal August heat to linger in Permian Basin Wednesday
Forecasters at Midland Regional Airport NWS say hot dry conditions will continue in the Permian Basin into Wednesday. Tonight will be fair and warm with a low near 70. Wednesday highs will reach upper 90s. Elsewhere in Texas, widely scattered showers and storms are forecast in the south and southeast, with clear to partly cloudy skies statewide and highs mostly in the upper 90s to near 100 in North Central and Southwest Texas.
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Permian Basin
Midland Regional
National Weather Service
Texas
Berg Threatens Ships in Cape Verde Storm
A tropical cyclone named Berg hovered about 3,000 miles east of Florida with winds near 60 mph and a slow north-northwest drift. Forecasters warned Berg could strengthen while maintaining a Cape Verde storm pattern as it moves, with no landfall expected soon.
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Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Berg
Odessa American Postal Address and Delivery Details
The Odessa American lists its mailing address at 122 E Fourth Street Odessa Texas with daily and Sunday publication, offers home delivery daily and Sunday plus Sunday only, and provides a phone line for delivery problems and address changes with a deadline for Sunday submission before 10 am.
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Fourth Street
Odessa
Texas
Tee Howe
Cata
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George Dowlen
Miss Weaver
Charlotte June Cameron
West Chester
Edison Electric Institute
Gooney
Lubbock (Ap
Sheriff's Deputies
Raleigh
N.C
Phil Stanley McLean
L.C. Howard
Howard
McLean
Raleigh Boards
Hinnant
Ms. Hinnant
North
South
Natens Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Coma
West Texas
Abilene
Alice
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
Childress
College Station
Corpus Christi
Daithart
del Rio
Fort Worth
Galveston
Longview
Lubbock
Lufkin
Marta
McAlien
N Palacios
San Angelo San Antonio
Stephenville
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
Statonar
Beryl
Cape Verde
Miles Lawrence
Hur
Darty & Sunsay
Syme
Turgay
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