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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1985
Page
2
Governor Mark White faces about 400 bills awaiting action before a midnight Sunday deadline. Key items include a 37.2 million state budget a proposal to triple college tuition and a seat belt mandate for motorists. White praises anti crime measures while weighing the tuition and seat belt bills.
May wholesale prices rose 0.2 percent led by a 3.4 percent jump in energy, offsetting a 1.1 percent drop in food. Vegetables fruits beef veal fish and coffee fell while January and February figures were revised to flat. White House notes inflation remains low with deficit-cut action needed for continued growth.
Book counts place New York second and North Dakota third in national totals. Major U S storage sites include Naval Weapons Station Charleston D C Seneca Army Depot New York Barksdale AFB Louisiana Kirtland AFB New Mexico and Lake Mead Base the Nellis storage depot Nevada. The Soviet Union deployed warheads in Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary and Poland with England in West Germany and France and China keeping arsenals within their borders. The infrastructure sustaining these arsenals maintains constant geopolitical tension.
A report argues that U S and international facilities form a vast nuclear war infrastructure. It details research sites radar networks weather stations and command posts across 48 states and 65 nations, asserting survivable networks project targets into towns and that Delaware and West Virginia lack such facilities.
The book Nuclear Battlefields lists 28 states storing U S nuclear weapons, with Texas sites Carswell Air Force Base and Dyess Air Force Base cited. Carswell reportedly hosts 300 bombs and 120 Short Range Attack Missiles and plans to receive air launched cruise missiles in early 1985, reaching 502 at full deployment. Dyess is listed with 150 bombs and 60 Short Range Attacks.
The National Weather Service reports warm conditions across the Permian Basin with mid 60s lows and southerly winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday will reach mid 90s with 10 to 15 mph winds. A high pressure system moved east as moist air from South Texas sparked thunderstorms in West Texas. Most of Texas remains warm with 80s and 90s, some locations likely to top 100 in the Big Bend. Pre-dawn readings in the 60s, coastal and eastern areas calmer. Readings at 4 a.m. ranged from 61 in Longview to 80 in El Paso.
EQC notes those areas with large industry, dense populations or near military bases are prime targets. Hall cites Odessa Midland and Midland Regional Airport as a past priority two target due to oil, petrochemical plants, I 20 traffic and strategic airbase location. Evacuation would take at least 72 hours to crisis relocations.
Hall outlines a two phase react and response system for civil defense now called emergency management. The EOC moved from City Hall basement to Police Department basement last February and would activate a 100000 dollar facility with 16 battery phones and 12 radio frequencies to coordinate 16 government agencies. Tornado warnings trigger spotter teams and EOC monitoring. 33 tornadoes reported in West Texas this year with last spring’s large storm system affecting Odessa Crane and beyond.
The case revolves around John Walker and three Navy-connected suspects accused of selling Navy secrets. Prosecutors expect court penalties but emphasize catching the conspirators. Pentagon teams probe codes and messages for compromise amid the widely known Walker ring.
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