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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1981
Page
1
Wiesbaden reports doctors gave the green light for a weekend homecoming flight for 52 American hostages after 44 days in captivity. Some exhibit post-traumatic stress, guilt, and depression, with treatment planned in the United States.
In Austin a General Telephone rate request faces scrutiny after a recent $4 million penalty and a $31 million August increase. UTILITY officials and state officials debate inflation, growth, and tech costs as GTE lists service improvements and rising borrowing costs for Sun Belt expansion. Notable service areas named include Arcola, Crosby, Huffman, Stafford, Plano, and Raymondville with varied monthly residential rates shown as context.
A Reagan era panel urged a pragmatic blend of U S policies to counter Soviet power. The group led by former senator Jacob Javits urged engaging the Soviet Union while narrowing opportunities for exploitation and stabilizing NATO relations.
President Chun Doo-hwan spares arch rival Kim Dae-jung by commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment. The move elates the United States Great Britain and Japan and signals an easing of martial law ahead of next month’s presidential election. Kim’s arrest last May on treason charges framed a long political crisis in South Korea.
Polish workers staged a four hour warning strike to press for a five day workweek and 10 million members told to stay off Saturday. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa urged a nationwide protest. Soviet Tass condemned the union as courting confrontation while Washington said there was no immediate Soviet plan for intervention.
The Odessa American omits most local news and regular features due to a breakdown in the computerized typesetting system. It is expected the issue will be resolved for the Sunday edition and all omitted local news will be published then.
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