Odessa considers senior housing committee to tackle shortage
Odessa forms a 10 member panel with senior citizens city officials and commerce group reps to plan a multi story center for seniors. The project aims for private financing totaling around 810 million dollars and seeks to avoid tax supported funding while addressing housing shortages for families amid West Texas growth. Church and chamber leaders Lacy Standifer and Arts Roberts spearhead the drive.
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Odessa
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Cive
Lacy Standifer
Chamber of Commerce
Arts Roberts
Reagan plan to legalize guest workers expands migrant quota
The Reagan administration proposes raising Mexico guest workers to 350000 annually, with temporary visas and required return to Mexico after permits. Supporters say it handles labor needs and curb illegal immigration, while opponents fear job competition and cultural impact, complicating congressional passage.
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Reagan
Washington
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Congress
Appreciation for Corky Johnsons retirement housing article
Lacy and Frances Standifer of Odessa commend Corky Johnson for front page coverage of retirement housing. They mailed a copy to Leo Baldwin in Washington and note strong community impact from the well sourced piece.
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Corky Johnson
Leo Baldwin
Washington
Expressi2d
Odessa
Corky
Chamiber of Commerce
Lacy and
Frances Standifer
Help Refused by Garages and Police Report
Gardendale resident W L Davis recounts car troubles in Odessa where several garages refused aid and police said they could not assist stranded motorists. He urges Odessa authorities to overhaul the police department rather than a new building.
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Gardendale
Odessa
W.L. Davis
Was Reagan bluffing over Pershing and Cruise Missiles
The piece discusses a theory that President Carter and European leaders planned to bluff the Soviet Union into negotiations by deploying Pershing II MRBMs and Cruise Missiles in Europe. It weighs NATO theater weapons against Soviet opposition, the risk to Europe, and the potential collapse of the US nuclear umbrella without decisive Western conventional strength.
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William F. Buckley JR
Carter
Cuba
Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan
Mr. Carter
Europe
West
United States
European
America
Berlin Wall
NATO
France
Force de Frappe
Supreme Court restores caution on Agee case and travel rights
James Kilpatrick argues the June ruling upholding passport revocation for Philip Agee does not threaten free speech or press. He notes Agee's actions, including exposing CIA agents, and dismisses Justice Brennan's dissent as naive. The piece contends the decision fixes limits on dangerous activity while preserving First Amendment protections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Philip Agee
New York Times
Washington Post
Harvard
High Court
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Cyrus Vance
Agee
Hamburg
Vance
Dean Rusk
United States
William Brennan
Henry Penny
Jamaica
Chaplinsky
U.S
Justice Brennan
Commentary on First Amendment Nude Dancing and Activist Judges
A columnist argues the Supreme Court has protected nude dancing as free speech while allowing bans on nude performances in liquor venues. He critiques judicial activism, urges balanced liberty, and notes potential shifts in press scrutiny of the judiciary's role.
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Good Old Court
New York
Hudson
Boston
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Permian Basin
David F. Lyons
Jim Welsh
Texas
Nation's Press
Copley Editorial
By James J. Kilpatrick
United States of America
By David B. Wilson
United States Supreme Court
New Jersey
Times Square
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