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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1984
Page
1
A compact page brief surveys bridge and business items, with career notes and a taste of comics, classified ads, crosswords, and Dear Abby style entertainment bits. Readers encounter the week’s buzz across columns, ads, puzzles, and light social notes.
President Reagan sent Congress a 1985 budget totaling 925.5 billion dollars, aiming to curb domestic spending for another year while boosting military outlays. It projects an 180.4 billion dollar deficit and keeps taxes and cuts off the table, with a decade long domestic spending freeze after inflation adjustments.
President Reagan's proposed budget earmarks about 261.2 million dollars for Texas military construction, the fourth largest share after California, Georgia and Virginia. The Army Corps of Engineers also plans over 117 million for civil water projects in Texas, with additional buy orders for weapons systems from Dallas area Bell Helicopter, General Dynamics and Texas Instruments.
Dallas resident testifies in U S District Court that he heard blows from the area of Larry Lozano's jail cell the night Lozano died. Testimony from four jail inmates recounts noises and a scuffle after Lozano demanded removal from his cell. Witness says deputy Perkins approached with others, sounds of blows followed, and a deputy made a taunting remark. Prosecutors and defense clash over whether Lozano was restrained or beaten.
Odessa residents faced a tax deadline rush as more than 800 taxpayers paid city and school taxes by Tuesday while over 1,600 filed this week. Tax assessor Ron Patterson noted the first day to attach a 7 percent delinquency penalty, with discretion on waiving penalties.
Interior to resume land lease lotteries for oil and gas after a 16 week pause. Rules tighten to curb speculation and ensure known reserves are bid competitively. Officials say reforms aim to raise revenue and increase proven petroleum reserves, while critics warn of fraud and illegality.
Regulators propose a new agency, formed from the comptroller of the currency, to supervise national banks and about 60 percent of deposits, while the Fed loses day to day control and the FDIC becomes purely an insurer. Congress must approve.
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