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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1981
Page
1
Officials credit the Ector County Youth Center for success in a juvenile program citing its tight probation and facilities. The center features classrooms a laundry kitchen and administrative offices supporting rehabilitation and oversight as reported.
The House committee drafts a sweeping tax package shaping personal and business relief. It favors higher income groups with cuts in individual taxes and estate tax wipeouts while courting capital intensive industries and retirement accounts. Moderate Democrats seek an alliance to rebalance the plan amid partisan debate and a looming floor vote.
Dallas based report notes miles of unguarded shoreline and vast borders, with police stretched thin, making Texas a staging area for gun smugglers. Investigators say guerrilla networks in Central America and elsewhere use the United States, especially Texas, as a jump-off point. The piece cites arms networks linked to extremism in Guatemala, El Salvador and beyond.
Quotes from James Cheek and Manuel Gonzales describe a thriving gun running market with Texas as a hub. Customs reports about 100 major gun runners nationwide, six based in Texas, and growing. Incidents include a Boeing 707 seized in Houston with 1.2 million dollars in arms bound for South Africa, plus helicopters to Nicaragua, weapons for a Dominican coup, and a Nigerian attempting to move 50 pistols and 3,000 rounds through Dallas–Fort Worth.
Storms unleashed tornadoes and floods across the nation’s midsection. In Minnesota twin city tornadoes damaged homes and hospitals treated many injured while two Ohio towns faced state emergency. Texas floods killed several and river crossings surged as residents evacuated. Detecting officials described sweeping damage from Ottawa to Cardington and Roseville as National Guard mobilized to prevent looting.
President Reagan told Louisville mayors he supports decentralization and will press ahead with block grants despite city leaders concerns that funding could be diverted through states. He said decentralizing power returns authority to local and state governments and aims to improve federal state local relations. Mayors, led by Democrats, urge safeguards and direct city funding. Reagan and VP Bush were invited but declined to speak.
In New York a playful group pays ten dollars to be kidnapped as part of a sleuthing game. Two busloads ride through grim areas on a rainy Sunday while blindfolded with a pink bedsheet trying to deduce their location by bus turns sounds and elapsed time. The gag ends as participants seek clues about their route.
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