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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1981

Page

3

Townspeople mourn young victim of child abuse

In Quincy Illinois mourners honor 5 year old Alan Madden found beaten to death. His mother Pam Berg and friend James Crain face murder charges while a community funds funeral donations and local businesses provide headstone and burial plot. Deputy sheriffs and officers serve as pallbearers as state probes child abuse cases and a deadly East St Louis house fire.

Quincy, Ill Adams County Sheriff's Quincy Alan Madden Madden Pam Berg James Crain Donald Madden California Johnson Alan Washington School State Division of Children and Family Services Rick Baldwin Baldwin DCFS Fami East St. Louis Virgini Williams

Youll Never Really Know How effective A Classified Act Is

A promotional line urges trying a classified act firsthand and provides a contact number 337 4621 for presumably more details or to place an ad. The item frames a direct invitation to test the service by experience.

Namibia leaders vow liberation struggle after failed peace talks

In Geneva SWAPO chief Sam Nujoma said guerrilla forces will return to bases and fight until final victory, denouncing the collapse of a conference aimed at a cease-fire in Namibia. UN official Brian Urquhart urged continued hope and negotiations, while SWAPO spokesmen and South African observers warned of intensified conflict and renewed international pressure.

Geneva Switzerland Namibia South-West Africa Sam Nujoma South West African People’s Organization Danie Hough U.N South- West African People’s Organization South Africa Nujoma New York U.N. Security Council Ronald Reagan Security Council Britain United States Margaret Thatcher SWAPO Theo-Ben Gurirab United Nations South- West Africa League of Nations

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