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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1982
Page
1
School page 1B report notes Joan Dutton leading a protest against salaries for Cowboys, describing growing discontent and organizational response. The piece frames the dispute as a local governance matter affecting staff and community stakeholders.
A compact note listing sections and features in a newspaper page such as Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby Entertainment Medical Column Obituaries and daily items. The text appears garbled but indicates multiple departments including seventh and eighth grade references and mini features.
Medical Center Hospital officials unanimous ly approved a 53 million dollar budget for 1983 including 1.8 million for new equipment and a 9 percent room-rate hike. The plan seeks 1.9 million to cover indigent care for late 1982 and all of 1983, with monthly county payments debated. Budget includes 146000 for operating rooms and 311270 for laboratories among equipment items.
The House approves a $175.3 billion defense authorization bill for Pentagon operations by a 290-73 vote, with a 1 percent across the board cut later slimmed by Rep. Glickman. The measure funds Lockheed C-5B planes over Boeing 747s, bans private contracting for base security, and includes buy American provisions while senators seek a conference fix with the higher Senate figure.
An Inca boy mummy about 500 years old, found in Cerro Plomo near Santiago, is being shampooed and preserved by Patrick Horne of Toronto University under a UNESCO backed study. The lifelike, non de hydrated preservation prompts ongoing research into its origins and care.
In Knoxville, AP reports scientists revealed a 600-year-old Peruvian mummy with a two year old child’s remains and a jewel on the forehead. About 800 spectators watched as 13 white-robed researchers spent hours unwrapping the bundle containing tunics, a silver ingot, shells, and a jewelry piece despite opposition from American Indians.
Dallas AP report states convicted drug smuggler Jimmy Chagra, in FBI records, said he arranged an ambush on Assistant U.S. Attorney James Kerr six months before Kerr was shot at in 1978. He claimed he did not know the shooter, or who hired the assassin nicknamed Pick, while transcripts remain sealed and unresolved in court.
A national group formed by Norman Lear and others to fight the New Right opened a Texas office to join the battle over textbooks. Michael Hudson said Texas is the main battleground in the war against censorship and asked to testify at the August 9 textbook selection hearings.
Israeli Prime Minister Begin told the Knesset that U S envoy Habib has not received a firm PLO pledge to quit Beirut. A plan to withdraw to Bekaa Valley was rejected, with Habib pressing for direct PLO departure to Syria and onward distribution to Arab states. Arafat, in west Beirut, said the Jidda Arab League plan reflected approval of the agreement with Lebanon.
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