14 Jun 1986
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1986
Page
1
A compact section outlines church notes, local notices, and community briefs across Bridge area. It previews features, entertainment items, and comic/equipment listings within the week’s pages.
Supporters from West Texas returned from Austin heartened by a Governor's Select Committee on Higher Education session. UTPB boosters urged continued lobbying as the panel considers closing four state universities, with a July 11 decision and a July 10 hearing planned.
Jody Snider details crack cocaine, a cheap, highly addictive form smoked rather than snorted, selling for about ten dollars per rock. Local officials note rising youth exposure, while hotlines report growing national concern about the new drug entering the area.
Moscow proposed a world space organization under U N auspices and offered to launch foreign satellites with Soviet rockets as part of an international space cooperation project. Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov sent the plan in a letter to U N Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, promoting the Star Peace program to counter Star Wars and urging partnership in peaceful space exploration and technology.
May construction values in Odessa plunged over 79 percent from May 1985, per Planning and Inspection figures. Crest Communities partner Richard Kelly expects no surge in new commercial or residential projects for up to five years. Year-to-date totals are $1.64 million ahead of last year, driven by a water treatment plant expansion and a new post office. In elections, only 44 percent of Ector County voters turned out in last Saturday’s runoff, with officials citing weak local candidate presence.
A study of 23 mountain lions in Guadalupe Mountain area shows deer make up 82 percent of their diet, followed by porcupine 15 percent and other animals. Park officials note public comment on lion management ended recently and consider options including continued restrictions or allowing hot pursuit of lions damaging property, under the 1968 Environmental Policy Act.
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