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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1986
Page
2
The rock star Nugent discusses his role as a father and his children’s upbringing. He recalls a hunting trip with his son, Christmas tree rituals, and living on a redwood farmhouse. He notes his divorce in 1979 and his ex-wife’s death four years later. He rose from the Amboy Dukes in 1965 to solo fame with Cat Scratch Fever and Journey to the Center of the Mind.
Former Philippine President Ferdinand E Marcos and wife Imelda attend a private Mass at a friend’s home in Hawaii, expressing forgiveness for enemies and hope to return to the Philippines next year. They fled Manila after Corazon Aquino’s rise to power, last February.
Lagos Nigeria Eze Kanu Oji chief of the Aro people aged 86 celebrates a 72 year reign. The long serving ruler ascended at 14 and was honored by Queen Elizabeth II and King George VI for service to his homeland. The Aro Chuku village is famed for resisting British rule.
Sunny skies dominate with mid-50s today and light variable winds. Tonight’s low in the 30s. Sunday partly cloudy near 50. Fridays highs 54 and 26. Extremes and regional notes show varied winds and temps across Texas and nearby states with no precipitation in the last 24 hours.
Showers were scattered over the South and Northwest on Friday while much of the nation stayed dry and mildly warm with temperatures from the mid 30s to near 50. A Gulf system brought showers to eastern Texas and the lower Gulf Coast into southern Florida. A Pacific cold front edged into western Washington and Oregon with rain and snow showers in northern California. Fair conditions prevailed over the Great Basin, Rockies, and Plains.
Conservatives fault Abshire as amiable and shallow on foreign policy while colleagues praise his political savvy. Sen. Dole supports him as a capable Iran adviser. A Chattanooga native, he graduated West Point in 1951 and earned a Georgetown PhD in 1959. He founded the Center for Strategic and International Studies, expanding it from a small townhouse operation to a $6 million, 150-strong staff.
Consumers angered by faulty toys and shipping delays vent at Macy's department store. Ruth Craig logs a Photon electronic phaser target game to service, while Harlem Hospital technician fears a toy's violent nature. Rebecca Bruno returns a dog gift. Seven year old Peter Beller reports Hanukkah shopping and family gifts including an umbrella and a triple changer transformer.
A Christmas Day three car crash near Lewisville Denton County kills Michael Crawford 38 from Denton and two others James Stinnett 75 of Dallas and Marlin Althaus 61 of Huntsville. The wrecks also injure other drivers and passengers. Additional fatal accidents include Bennie Stapleton 23 of Aquilla and Ted Crow 12 of Listerdale in separate incidents. In San Antonio four residents die in separate crashes while Deborah Weser veteran reporter for the San Antonio Light dies after her pickup hits railroad tracks and a train. Frank James Johnson 38 of Houston dies in a head on crash early Christmas morning.
Mexico faced a Sandinista attack in the United Nations over U S support for World Court adjudication in the Central American conflict. An official lamented lack of defense from others while noting U S Ambassador Vernon Walters was furious with Mexico. Mexican officials deny policy shifts and accuse U S press of misrepresentation regarding talks with the Soviet Union and opening Soviet consular offices on the U S border.
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