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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1982
Page
1
Odessan resident Odessan Leslie Gill applies to race in the Indianapolis 500. Page B coverage notes Gill aims to compete amid competitive field and seek sponsorship.
Legacy gifts exceed 2,500 dollars to reward arrests in the bludgeoning death of 68 year old Howry. Crime Stoppers adds 1,000, money in Interfirst Bank. No claims yet as police pursue cold clues after Howry vanished April 25 and was found May 6.
Washington AP reports the Federal Trade Commission finds chewing and pipe tobacco as the most profitable U S business line in a 1976 309 page line of business study. The 6 year old data may be of limited practical use but the report details profits sales assets advertising and R D costs.
Blanca Isela Arreola Guerrero, an Odessa woman then 18 and 342 months pregnant, vanished after a gasless car left her stranded before a blue pickup. Family and police have no leads two months on, with rumors and fear shaping days of uncertainty as relatives recall her life, marriage, and elopement prior to the disappearance.
Arafat urged direct talks with U S special envoy Habib to speed up and simplify plans to withdraw about 8000 PLO guerrillas from west Beirut. In Tel Aviv, Sharon offered temporary asylum to surrendering fighters not bearing blood on hands as Begin warned Beirut murderers face no 30 days. Foreign ministers from 32 non aligned nations urged sanctions on Israel and urged U S withdrawal from Lebanon.
In Houston, banks curb energy lending after a sharp drop in drilling rates. More than 90 energy related companies in Houston filed for bankruptcy since January as large firms face premium rates yet cut jobs and exploration. Penn Square Bank’s failure has intensified caution, with depositors pulling funds and banks seeking safety measures.
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