Insanity Plea Saga in Odessa Murder Case
In 1971 a Big Spring teenager faced a murder trial arguing LSD in a hamburger caused a temporary insanity leading to 19 stab wounds of an Odessa woman. Jurors imposed death, later overturned for a new trial, then a guilty plea with life imprisonment.
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Sheila Welsh
Big Spring
Odessa
Ector County
U.S. Supreme Court
70Th District
Gene Ater
Ector
Ater
Reagan targets space defense with shuttle mandate
President Reagan directs use of the space shuttle for defense, calling for anti-satellite weapons, space-based protection, and early warning upgrades. He stops short of a fifth shuttle or a manned space station, pending a new space policy group led by William P. Clark. NASA and the Air Force welcomed the stance, noting extensive military support and shuttle role in future missions.
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AP Aerospace
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Reagan
United States
Columbia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Space
NASA
William P. Clark
James A. Abrahamson
Agency
Abrahamson
Congressional General Accounting Office
Defense Department
Moon show to be century's longest eclipse tonight
The total lunar eclipse visible in the Permian Basin tonight into Tuesday morning may last almost seven hours with peak at 2 31 a.m. Local skies look favorable with a 30 percent chance of rain and temperatures in the 70s. McDonald Observatory astronomer Peter Chen notes this is among the longest eclipses.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Peter Chen
McDonald Observatory
Fort Davis
Texas
Umbra
Israel weapons astonish in Lebanon campaign say field officers
Israeli officers report dramatic battlefield successes against Syrian MiGs and Soviet air defense batteries during the Lebanon invasion. They note heavy Syrian tank losses and shattered air defenses, signaling implications for NATO and Warsaw Pact planning and a potential shift in conventional warfare expectations.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union
el- Fatar
Jezzine
Beirut-Damascus
Perts
Britain
Falklands
Argentina
Warsaw
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Dennis Copeland
Commerce
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Shuttle Defense
Howard Benedict
Space Agency
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Administration
Moon
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