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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1980
Page
2
National Weather Service Midland reports clear to partly cloudy skies through Sunday with hot afternoons and a 20 percent chance of rain today and tonight. Highs near 100 by Sunday, overnight lows around 70, and southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
A 1 p.m. EDT satellite image shows thunderstorms from Texas and Louisiana northward to Kansas and over the Gulf south of the Florida Panhandle. The strongest activity is in northeast Texas. A strong low pressure center sits over Lake Ontario with light clouds and showers across the northern Plains and Northwest.
Palmieri noted many newcomers have found work in South Florida with jobs Americans avoid while Stone urged full reimbursement of welfare costs. He argued that while 75 percent might suffice nationally, South Florida would bear the heaviest burden. Palmieri said the administration aims to complete its plan.
A U S diplomatic source criticized Bishop's coup linked claim of U S responsibility for Grenada bombing and suggested insiders oppose the government. Reports note Bishop seized power March 13 1979 after ousting Eric Gairy. International figures discuss Cuban and Haitian immigration policy and wartime diplomacy while Ford and Soviet actions draw Western reaction.
An Oklahoma man, Billy Doyle Hanks, 48, is jailed in Ector County awaiting extradition to Muskogee, charged with arson tied to a nightclub fire. He was arrested at the Sand and Sage Motel after waiving extradition. bond set at 25000.
Tomorrow at 2 30 P M in Odessa the Globe of the Great Southwest presents The Lady's Not for Burning. The performance features local theater actors and draws crowd interest in the afternoon show.
Eleven refugees at a federal detention center were culled after a Thursday disturbance. They were sent by charter to the Atlanta federal penitentiary, with 16 of 60 Cuban refugees identified as leaders. No injuries occurred, and damages were minor as 50 border patrolmen contained the incident.
Services for Yolanda Flores 26 and her infant daughter Cornia were held at St Williams Catholic Church in Denver City with burial at Denver City Cemetery. The child died after noon Wednesday at Brownfield Hospital after being born hours earlier en route to a Lubbock hospital. Mrs Flores died Thursday at Lubbock General Hospital. Survivors include husband Jessie Flores three daughters Cecilia Virginia and Rachel and son Jessie Jr. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Joe Flores of Denver City.
Austin Tibbetts, 59, convicted of tax evasion and failure to file proper forms, faces up to 18 years in prison and $60,000 in fines. Sentencing set for July 30 in Odessa. Tibbetts led the United Tax Action Patriots in Midland in 1974 and argued against the federal income tax. The IRS says he owed $3,500 for 1974–1976.
Fort Stockton and five other Texas cities earn achievement awards as Longview, population 55,000, is cited for an extensive beautification drive. Rita Clements presents at a noon luncheon while a new city committee expands campaigns, gardens, and school landscaping in a two hundred thousand dollar downtown cleanup.
Four Revolutionary Communist Party members were found guilty of disorderly conduct for scaling the Alamo walls on March 20 and tearing down the Texas flag. All received $200 fines. one member was killed in a Los Angeles stabbing earlier.
Texas Comptroller Bob Bullock blasted District Attorney Ronald Earle for keeping the Ralph Wayne probe alive through repeated grand juries. Earle defended the delay citing FBI material and staff constraints, while Bullock accused the process of abuse and called for expunging a prior report from public records.
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