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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1983
Page
4
Merian remains committed to shaping the Permian Basin into a better place to live through local initiatives and community engagement. She highlights housing, jobs, and public safety as priorities and seeks broad civic collaboration to implement durable improvements.
A short public notice from The Odessa American invites readers to address correspondence to box 2952 in Odessa Texas. The notice directs readers to send letters and materials to the specified mailing address for further contact.
The Vienna session shows OPEC drifting away from a price controlling cartel toward a looser trade association, as recession and new oil finds reduce demand. Oil prices and quotas face pressure in a possible price war, with impacts on banks, Mexico, Britain, and U S energy programs.
January 7 1983 marks the seventh day of the year with 358 days remaining. Notable anniversaries include President Truman announcing the hydrogen bomb in 1953 and the Gregorian calendar adoption by Catholic states in 1584. The first U.S. presidential election occurred in 1789.
James J. Kilpatrick critiques a UDAG funded motel project in Martinsburg West Virginia. Bruce Van Wyk seeks 1.2 million from HUD to build a 167 room hotel while Frank Supik of the Holiday Inn argues the grant would unfairly advantage a competitor. The piece weighs constitutional authority and local business interests amid a town showdown.
The piece argues rationally against sweeping public policy shifts and suggests practical steps to curb teen drinking and driving. It notes New Jersey has raised the drinking age to 21 and discusses the limits of enforcing age-based bans while proposing a targeted approach such as visible orange window stickers to flag cars with underage occupants.
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