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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1981
Page
1
Associated Press sports writer Fred Rothenberg begins a five part series on athletics and related stress on Page 1B. Also in sports, Andrews Van Pearcy ends speculation by signing with Notre Dame on Page 1B.
City and county officials clash over whether sewage flows into Midland Draw constitutes a serious problem. Reporter Freeman Gregory examines the ongoing dispute and current evidence, highlighting differing views on page 1D.
The Reagan administration released 178 pages of documents to claim Soviet bloc nations sent tons of weapons to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador via Cuba and Nicaragua. The material, titled Communist Interference in El Salvador, cites shipments of 200 tons delivered and total pledged of 800 tons, and highlights Cuba’s central role, as Meese signals possible actions to halt arms traffic.
Winter changes to Ector County bail bond rules require a county bond board within 60 days after census figures finalize. The board will license bondsmen, regulate bonds, and hold at least 10 000 in trust for the sheriff. Judge Phillip Godwin and Judy's Bonding support the move to curb forfeited bonds and establish procedural standards.
Betty Faber, a Rutgers-trained entomologist, has spent five years on a roof studying cockroach ecology. She aims to map roach movements in non lab conditions and debunk myths about migrations. Roaches stay near home ranges and rarely gather in groups, challenging common beliefs about infestations.
A General Accounting Office study shows West Germany sold about 1.08 billion dollars in weapons between 1973 and mid 1978 to countries the United States refused to arm, chiefly in the Middle East and Latin America. Notable items include Syrian missiles and tanks for Iraq, plus naval vessels for Chile. US exports also rose in the period.
Brezhnev at the Soviet Communist Party congress urged a U S Soviet summit with President Reagan and a resumption of nuclear arms talks. He proposed limits on submarines and missiles and signaled Afghanistan could be discussed within a Persian Gulf demilitarization framework. He criticized bellicose U S rhetoric and stressed talks at the highest level, pledging to continue SALT 2 negotiations on equal terms.
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