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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1983
Page
16
The Odessa American emphasizes informing readers to promote freedom and self-control, encouraging community improvements in the Permian Basin. The note invites correspondence to its Odessa, Texas address and frames journalism as a tool to support individual liberty and responsible progress.
The piece urges mobile home residents to prepare for tornado season with tie down devices weather alerts and promptly seeking sturdy shelter. It notes higher risk in trailer housing places emphasis on landlord cooperation offering on-site shelters and family planning to reduce injuries and losses.
In Texas near Leander a 10 000 to 13 000 year old skeleton was found during FM 1431 construction. Archaeologist Frank Weir dates the burial to about 11 000 years before Christ and notes the discovery could reshape understanding of early North American inhabitants. Public interest followed and the Highway Department planned a public ceremony.
Texas lawyer and columnist Harlan criticizes a planned Capitol rotunda display of the Leanderthal Woman remains and related artifacts. Objections from Indian groups and state agencies led the Highway Department to withdraw the exhibit, amid debates on cultural respect and scientific study. Harlan notes the tension between archaeology and ancestral sensitivity.
On this day the 176th day of 1983 notes events of June 25 including North Korea invading South Korea in 1950 and the Korean War. It also records Virginia's 1788 Constitution ratification and Napoleon's farewell speech before exile to Saint Helena in 1815.
AAP correspondent notes New York state tallied 7 313 wild turkeys 185 455 deer 694 black bears and nine other hunters with 750 000 licensed hunters. To curb deer numbers 247 000 special permits were issued for does and fawns. The piece jokes about risks and proposes a lottery for hunting trips in the Adirondacks.
The piece lampoons extreme hunting attitudes advocating pre season thinning and license revocation for lax sportsmanship while recalling New Yorkers commemorating the Brooklyn Bridge centennial. It imagines Roebling facing modern environmental reviews and ferry unions, then ends with a tongue in cheek note about targeting editors.
A report notes CB radio faded from popularity within five years as FCC stopped allocating frequencies. At the Chicago CES investors chased rapid innovations while analyst Richard Simon warned many cutting edge products would become outdated within six months. The author touts a new telephone with one-button dialing for 16 frequent numbers, even from a car, calling these devices primitive next to more advanced technologies.
Harvey critiques the rush to home computers and robotics. He notes mixed signals from industry analysts, with Sports Afield predicting useful sport fishing AI, while Benton and Bowles find cable reach grows without real popularity. Wall Street Journal laments selling robots. TI stock drops, and home kitchens still await a true computer revolution. Harvey broadcasts daily on KOYL 1310.
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