Transients tied to Odessa crime wave rise
By TIM MADIGAN Staff Writer Odessa faces a rising crime wave linked to an influx of transients. Police report a 64 percent jump in 1981 and a similar trend through May this year with burglaries thefts and armed robberies showing increases as urbanization brings new social problems.
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Tim Madigan
Odessa
Danny Vanderburg
Ector County
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Vanderburg
Bums clash with stores in downtown Odessa
In Odessa, Supermarkets and convenience stores face a rise in loitering transients seeking food money and a chance at shelter. Owners claim the loiterers disrupt customers and workers and fear crime if legal means fail. Seth Bell of Bill Sears Super Market notes a definite problem.
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Brian Sipple
Odessa
Seth Bell
Bill Sears
Grant
Starr County Faces Sharp Unemployment Surge in Texas
Starr County records the worst Texas jobless rate with 52.4 percent in January as only 6,000 of 12,600 workers were employed. By April the rate fell to 28.8 percent, reflecting discouraged workers and benefit ineligibility, while Texas overall stood at 6.4 percent. The county, bordered by Mexico, lacks major industry and has among the lowest per capita incomes, prompting attempts to lure investment. Bruno Trevino, interim head of Starr County Industrial Foundation, notes resistance to outside business after years of agricultural focus. He predicts gradual change despite ongoing challenges.
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Associated Press
Rio Grande City
Detroit
Kokomo
Starr County
Texas
Maverick County
Mexico
Bruno Trevino
Terim
Starr County Industrial Foundation
Trevino
U.S. Foreign Service
South America
Africa
Massive New York Nuclear Freeze Rally Draws Half Million
More than 550000 protesters gathered in Central Park and 800000 total across the day to press for a nuclear weapons freeze. Coretta Scott King urged White House action while police reported no arrests and minimal violence. Performers including Jackson Browne Bruce Springsteen and Joan Baez energized the huge crowd. Police estimate marks the largest rally in New York history and a turning point for the movement.
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Associated Press
New York
Hiroshima
Central Park
U.S
White House
Capitol Hill
Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King Jr
Boise
Idaho
Augusta
Maine
Leslie Cagan
Jackson Browne
Everyman
Gary
Bonds
the Pretender
Browne
Bruce Springsteen
Joan Baez
John Lennon
Imagine
Linda Ronstadt
James Taylor
Peter Sweeney
Hypnosis Fails to Yield Clues in Kermit Killings
Selena Elms, 14, escaped from a pasture near Kermit after the murders of Brenda Broadway and her daughter Christie. Hypnosis in the Winkler County Courthouse produced no new identifying clues. Broadway was strangled and stabbed. Christie was stabbed with uncertainty on sexual assault. Police describe the abductor as a white man, about 35, medium build, short dark hair.
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Selena Kay Elms
Odessa
Jerry Smith
Winkler County
Kermit
Mike Eggleston
Eggleston
Brenda Kay Broadway
S. Ash St
Christie Elms
Bill Sage
Harvey Glenn
Broadway
Associated Press
Selena Elms
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
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