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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1986
Page
2
The Associated Press reports Rev. John Keefer, chaplain at St. Vincent infirmary in Little Rock Arkansas, plays Santa to Ethan Evans in the hospital's infant intensive care unit on Wednesday.
A federal appeals court ruled G Gordon Liddy must pay income taxes on 45 630 he received from a Nixon campaign slush fund, upholding a Tax Court decision. Liddy served more than four years of a 20 year sentence for the Watergate break in and was released nine years ago. The case involved 386 000 passing through his hands in 1971 and 1972 as general counsel to the committees to re elect the president.
In Nazareth and Bethlehem thousands join a Christmas parade and services at the Church of the Annunciation and the Church of the Nativity. Israeli troops police the holy sites with house to house searches and roadblocks as Brig. Gen. Altman welcomes the Catholic Patriarch. About 75,000 Western tourists were expected across Israel and the West Bank, with 5,000 in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve and Day.
A cancer death prompts reflection on the NSC’s role as the political military nexus in the U S government. Officials debate closing the directorate while predicting it will reemerge in another form. Casey remains in stable condition after brain surgery and Meese faces questions over interviews with North and Poindexter.
Cortez, a 1A Waitress, cried as a fire gutted her rent house. Town volunteers, the Coffee Club, and local merchants supplied clothing, money, and household items. Sheriff Willeford gave $25, and Cortez plans to move into a new house within a week while considering marriage with her boyfriend after his May graduation.
National Weather Service Midland reports a Christmas Day outlook of partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 50s and northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low in the upper 20s. Weekend highs in the 50s, lows in the 30s, and a 60/28 on Wednesday. Precipitation absent in 24 hours. December 3.30 inches. year-to-date 32.13 inches. Record highs and lows noted. light showers possible in far West Texas and northern Panhandle.
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