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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1983
Page
4
AT&T asks the Public Utility Commission for a 301.4 million dollar intrastate long distance rate increase plus a 164.2 million interim hike effective Jan 1, following the court ordered Bell System divestiture. Critics say the split may raise costs for ratepayers as figures unfold.
Temperatures near 1A highs, with forecasters dubious of a white Christmas. Ten deaths linked to winter storms in Texas include a 67 year old Fort Worth man found frozen in a van and a Dallas transient dying of hypothermia at Parkland Hospital. Autopsy pending. Cold spurs power plant outages and brownouts while Rio Grande Valley braces for temperatures near 30s. Icy roads eased Thursday though some bridges remained hazardous.
The National Weather Service at Midland reports tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near 15 degrees and northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Saturday will be cloudy and colder with highs in the mid 20s and northeast winds 5 to 10 mph, with a slight chance of snow flurries and no major precipitation.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrived unannounced in Newtownards and pledged Britain would not be beaten by bombs and bullets. Security was tight as she toured with armed detectives and held talks amid ongoing IRA violence and Sinn Fein demands for Britain to leave the province.
The Interstate Commerce Commission cleared the merger of the holding companies that own Santa Fe Industries Inc. and Southern Pacific Co. The decision requires placing their railroad holdings into a trust under the merger plan.
holiday display draws dozens nightly, with Burton’s yard layered in lights and dolls and Henri the robot offering comfort and advice. Santa lookalikes Clopper and Clepper keep up a 30-year tradition, greeting neighbors on Kay Avenue as winter chill delays start.
Laos official news agency says the Laotian government delivered to a U.S. team the remains of American soldiers listed as missing in action from the Vietnam War. The U.S. Joint Casualty Resolution Center conducted their first official site inspection of a Laos crash site from December 21, 1972, involving a C 130 cargo plane.
W. Michael Ryan DA dropped two counts of burning the personal property of another against Yvette I. Henry, a 20 year old chemistry major from Philadelphia, arrested December 2 for alleged fires on the UMass Amherst campus. The action terminates all criminal charges.
The Odessa American publishes daily and Sunday editions for 81 dollars yearly. Address details include 222 E Fourth Street Odessa Texas 79760 and P O Box 2952 Odessa 79760. Postmaster information and delivery rates for daily and Sunday editions are listed.
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