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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1981
Page
1
The three day Highway 80 Tennis Tournament ends today with several Odessa players in the finals. Cathy Carlson defeated Ruth Harris of Kerrville 6 1 6 3 to advance.
Granada Royale announces an $11.5 million seven story luxury hotel to be built at the corner of Eighth Street and Dixie Avenue, replacing Crestview Apartments. Page 1D.
Railroad Commissioner Mack Wallace warns Texans to act on water supplies as TENRAC meets. Texas Water Development Board Chair Louis Beecher Jr. urges creation of a water trust fund with Gov. Clements pledging support. Cost estimates reach 11 to 30 billion in future dollars to secure six million acre feet by 1990 to 2010. Texas may need to import water or curb growth by 2010.
Five months after hopes for strike free talks, coal production in the East and Midwest returns to normal as United Mine Workers construction affiliates ratify a new contract with the Association of Bituminous Contractors. The pact covers 11 500 construction workers and takes effect at 12 01 a m EST.
French cowboy Charlies Beyssier wins rodeo honors but faces disbelief about his profession due to his accent. Since turning pro in 1976 after moving to the United States, he recalls growing up in France watching cowboy movies and learning from American riders like Buster Ivory during a Paris tour.
In Bonn West Germany pacifists rally against NATO plans to deploy 572 medium range US nuclear missiles in Western Europe starting 1983. The loosely knit Peace Movement includes clergy students housewives and soldiers, challenging West Germany's ties to the United States and NATO. Mass actions claim up to a million signatures on the Krefelder Appeal and Hamburg protest crowds reach at least 60000 as Chancellor Schmidt faces a volatile debate on defense and deterrence.
Moral Majority plans a legal defense fund acting as a conservative version of the ACLU. Volunteers will represent clients who cannot defend themselves as the group expands fundraising to finance cases such as private schools facing tax scrutiny. Critics argue the effort aims to undermine the Bill of Rights and push a narrow conservative agenda.
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