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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1982
Page
1
Dale Carr, former Permian High School star and standout linebacker, has an eventful summer ahead. Details teased for Page 1B hint at trips, workouts, and potential college exposure as he prepares for the next season.
Voters will decide on a referendum to roll back part or all of the 38 percent pay raise given to Ector County commissioners on July 14. Precinct 2 Commissioner Bill Hicks led a 3-1 move to place the issue on the autumn bond election ballot, while Precinct 1 Commissioner David Childers urged reworking the entire package.
Desegregation proposals by the U S Department of Justice and ECISD will be submitted to U S District Judge Fred Shannon. The plan closes Ector High School with a possible reopening if a third high school is needed and reshapes feeder patterns toward Odessa or Permian high schools. Elementary schools remain non desegregated this year while Southside becomes magnet ready over two to three years. Blackshear Junior High will become a magnet elementary school in 1983 84, with Hays Elementary converted to magnet status in the same year and a west east high school boundary system for junior highs outlined.
Israeli jets bombed west Beirut for a fifth day targeting PLO headquarters while denouncing Yasser Arafat as fraudulent after a meeting with five visiting U.S. congressmen. U.S. officials differed on whether the Arafat statement met conditions for direct talks, with no casualty figures reported.
Odessa Mayor Bob Bryant says federal probes into the O Michael Building fire and past incidents are a political frame to damage his reelection bid. The El Paso grand jury seeks Odessa Fire Department records and any fires involving Bryant and Councilman Weddell, with subpoenas issued and investigation continuing.
The decades old Sharpstown affair is reexamined through Frank Sharp's jailbreak immunity deal. Key figures include Morton Susman who secured immunity from U S Attorney Anthony J P Farris, and Will Wilson whose Nixon era role and later resignation drew scrutiny amid political attacks. The article links Sharp to philanthropy and the purchase of National Bankers Life Insurance.
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