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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1982
Page
1
Shortstop Dave Owen will play shortstop for the Midland Cubs as announced in the latest sports brief. The note comes amid routine roster updates and local baseball coverage in Page B.
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 727 crashed minutes after takeoff from New Orleans International Airport during a thunderstorm, killing 145 aboard and at least four on the ground as rescue teams searched two blocks of houses for victims. Firefighters battled blazes in eight homes while investigators counted up to 149 bodies.
Odessa covers the demolition of the Elliott-Branton Hotel after 55 years as the site on West 3rd and North Grant clears for an $8 million police courts complex. Built in 1927 by George D. Elliott, the 65-room hotel once stood as the town’s premier inn, with water, ice, and a storied frontier past including the Christian Church Tabernacle and early town offices.
Attorney General Mark White said he will not issue an opinion on the effects of the U S Supreme Court decision upholding Texas resign to run laws because the matter has been sent back to court. The dispute centers on whether officeholders with overlapping terms are ineligible or merely disqualified by candidacy.
Norman Black reflects on the 20th anniversary of Telstar, AT&T and Bell Labs’ first active satellite that linked Europe and North America, sparking the Information Age. The piece recalls memories of reception delays, BBC countdowns, and the enduring, silent satellite orbiting above.
A Texas county advisory committee urged the Legislature to enact a local option 1 percent county sales tax and extend the hotel motel occupancy tax to all counties. They also asked for limited county ordinance making power and for the comptroller to collect coin operated machine taxes for remittance to counties. The plan, nicknamed Pac-Man, could replace property tax as a major county revenue source with support from officials across counties.
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