Desegregation suit moves with new intervention bid
A Midland federal court filing could reshape a decade old desegregation case between Ector County ISD and the Justice Department. MALDEF seeks to add 22 local children and CRUCIAL as plaintiffs to accelerate a desegregation plan for seven racially identifiable South Odessa schools.
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Ector County Independent
Justice Department
South Odessa
Snail's Pave
U.S. District Court
Reagan
Maldef
Brown Berets
Laurence Hurd
Odessa
Jose Garza
Maldez
San Antonio
Garza
Ector County
ECISD
U.S
Lucius Bunton
Texans disagree on Reagan economy outlook
Two Texas Democrats Rep. Phil Gramm and Rep. Jim Mattox clash with President Reagan over the economy’s health, while Sen. Lloyd Bentsen backs the president. The lawmakers, all on the Budget Committee, offer divergent views as budget wrangling continues. Fire destroys an L&L Automotive garage on East Third Street after a space heater ignites gasoline fumes. coowner Lee Scarborough is cut but escapes as freon bottles explode and cars are damaged.
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Washington
Texas
Reagan
Phil Gramm
College Station
Jim Mattox
Dallas
L&l
Third St
Lee Scarborough
Scarborough
L&ll
Reagan seeks quick approval for sweeping economic plan
President Reagan urged Congress to act now on a broad plan to cut spending and taxes and roll back regulations. He warned of the worst mess since the Great Depression and promised specifics on Feb. 18. Lawmakers from both parties weighed potential changes as they awaited full details.
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Reagan
Congress
Oval Office
Alan Cranston
California
Senate
Jake Gann
John F. Lieberling
Ohio
James Jones
Okla
House Budget Committee
Sen
Bob Dole
Kan
Senate Finance Committee
Garwood faces life in prison for POW collaboration
Marine Pfc. Robert Garwood, captured in 1965 near Da Nang, found guilty of collaboration during two of his 14 years in captivity. He was cleared of maltreatment but convicted of assaulting a fellow POW. Sentencing, potentially life imprisonment, will follow in further hearings as defense argues insanity from torture and deprivation.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Robert Garwood
Garwood
Indiana
da Nang
United States
Hanoi
Maj
Werner Hellmer
Ella Grasso dies at 61 former Connecticut governor
Ella Grasso, the first woman elected governor of a state in her own right, died at 61 after being bedridden by cancer. She resigned last December due to illness. Flags flew at half staff as a state funeral was planned for noon Monday at St. Joseph's Cathedral. She will lie in state at the Capitol prior to the service.
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Conn
Ella Grasso
Grasso
Connecticut
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Capitol
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