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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1982
Page
1
Odessa High defeated Lubbock Estacado in an overtime Friday night clash. The game featured a tense finish with both teams trading scores before Odessa secured the victory.
A single engine plane crashed ten miles north of San Angelo after 11 p.m. Wednesday, killing four aboard including Warren Hartmann a 41 year old obstetrician from San Angelo. Investigators from NTSB and FAA will probe cause as search crews confirm wreckage location.
The Rome Daily American reports diplomatic sources claim Nicolae Ceausescu was informed of a plan to kill Pope John Paul II and sought to deter Bulgarian involvement. Bulgarian officials denied knowledge, while Agca remains imprisoned for the 1981 attack. The story notes uncertainty about any further Romanian action and ties to Polish unrest.
The Senate, in a marathon session longest in 22 years, voted 50 to 46 to attach a $1.2 billion jobs package to a government funding bill. GOP leaders warned Reagan would veto such a package, while ONeill urged compromise to avoid killing administration bills on Caribbean aid and immigration law revision.
President Reagan urged the Senate to revive a nickel-a-gallon federal gas tax before Congress adjourns. A conservative Republican filibuster stalled the measure, delaying a stopgap spending bill. Senate Majority Leader Baker pledged the move would resume after the spending bill, though critics doubted the plan.
United Auto Workers members at Chrysler voted 20,696 to 5,817 for a new one year pact ending a wage freeze and delivering an immediate raise. About 85,000 workers across 50 plants in 17 states were eligible. Canada also ratified a tentatively similar deal with an immediate raise.
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