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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1983
Page
2
Local officials report three Ruidoso banks will accept pesos to ease travel purchases. Business leaders praise the effort as a potential boost for Mexican visitors, with talks on currency conversion and change issuance to reduce barriers.
Salvatore Testa, 26, son of slain mob boss Philip Testa, narrowly survived a Saturday ambush in south Philadelphia with four bodyguards. Authorities say four rival assailants blocked their car but no one was injured amid ongoing underworld killings linked to earlier family violence in the area.
The Alabama Democratic Conference endorsed Walter Mondale for president and Jesse Jackson for vice president on a 43 to 10 executive-committee vote, with the full delegate assembly approving 112 to 35. The decision followed bitter Jackson opposition and reflected Alabama’s pivotal early primary.
The National Education Association will mobilize Democratic Party leaders unions and civil rights groups to urge Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton to drop a teacher testing plan. The union board of directors voted unanimously to condemn Clinton in a Friday resolution.
The notice lists 1983 Odessa American pricing for daily and Sunday home delivery and mail subscriptions, with monthly and quarterly rates for daily and Sunday editions. It also provides postal information, post office terms, and contact numbers for delivery problems.
Severe weather across East Texas injures a man and prompts hospital updates. Tornadoes topple mobile homes near Lufkin and Nacogdoches, damage homes, a television store, and a department store in Nacogdoches while Hallsville and Marshall areas report extensive damage. No injuries elsewhere.
Walter Mondale adds the National Organization for Women to his growing list of supporters as NOW endorses him for the 1984 Democratic nomination. NOW president Judy Goldsmith says the endorsement signals women prefer Mondale to defeat Reagan. Mondale funds up with 10,000 fundraising parties and small donor totals as he builds momentum.
Texas will start a Central Adoption Registry January 1 to aid adoptees and birth relatives in locating each other. The system lets 21 year olds register with the state or private agencies, with safeguards to protect identities until revealed. More than 67,300 adoptions have occurred since 1974.
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