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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1981
Page
1
Chris Evert Lloyd defeated Tracy Austin 4-6 6-4 7-4 to reach the semifinals. The finals are set for Sunday, with more details on Page 1B.
London Telegraph reports Poland’s new military leaders opened two large prisons north of Gdansk and near Warsaw to hold thousands detained since the crackdown. Up to 40,000 arrested, many linked to Solidarity, with two politburo members identified as Jan Labecki and Hieronim Kubiak among detainees.
John Darnton of The New York Times reports from Warsaw that fear has returned swiftly after Poland imposed martial law. A front page Times letter describes residents peering behind doors, playing radios loudly to mask chatter, and rerunning old devices to foil eavesdropping as troops, water cannons, and trucks march through cities.
Odessa's Chamber of Commerce released a survey showing 50 percent support from 592 Ector County voters for a $20 million activities convention center bond issue in 1982. The chamber appointed Bill Pettit to lead a task force to study feasibility and timing, aiming to address past objections and focus on precincts with prior support or opposition.
A three judge panel of the fifth circuit heard arguments in a nine year old suit over Texas prison conditions deemed cruel and unusual by a district court. Judge William Wayne Justice ordered reforms including population reductions and better staffing, with Texas appealing.
U S Army Brig. Gen James L Dozier was abducted from his Verona apartment by four men posing as plumbers. The Red Brigades claimed holding him in a "people's prison" and vowed proletarian justice. NATO and Italian authorities pursued leads as Dozier, a high ranking officer, faced possible political motives.
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