Odessa College Hikes Tuition and Lowers Homestead Exemption
Odessa College trustees raise district resident tuition from 4 to 8 dollars per credit hour with a cap of 100 while out of state tuition becomes 200. Homestead exemption drops from 40 to 30 percent this year and to 20 percent in two years. The board also reviews a 15.1 million budget for 1985-86 and pursues a settlement in a tax authority dispute over bank stock taxation.
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Odessa College
Philip Speegle
Speegle
Finance Committee
Bob Clark
Richard Bonner
Odessa
City of
Ector County
Ector County Independent School District
Bonner
U.S. Supreme Court
Area oilmen favor removal of OSHA rules
Area oilmen in the Permian Basin back scrapping proposed OSHA safety regulations for drilling rig workers, arguing the plan is costly and unnecessary. They cite costs from $24 million to nearly $600 million annually and oppose measures such as hearing tests, frequent exams, reduced noise limits, and hydrogen sulfide monitoring.
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OSHA
Office of Management and Budget
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Ray Peterson
Permian Basin
International Association of Drilling Contractors
Peterson Drilling Co
Midland
IADC
Peterson
Ed Thompson
Richardson teen aids shot at closest-to-the-hole event
Wende Richardson, 16, daughter of Larry and Shirley Richardson of 11 Rocky Place, shields from showers while judging a closest-to-the-hole contest near a green. The activity was part of the Twin Cities Media Invitational Golf Tournament at Mission Country Club, benefiting the Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center.
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Wende Richardson
Larry
Shirley Richardson
Rocky Place
Twin Cities
House acts to curb Pentagon billing waste and abuse
The House backed amendments to reform Pentagon weapon purchases amid probes into contractor overcharges. It approved criminal penalties for improper bills, restrictions on revolving door hires, stronger overhead accounting, a plan to boost competition, and limited exemptions for former officials.
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Washington
House
Pentagon
John Dingell
D-Mich
Secretary of Defense
Berri considering hostage transfer plan in Lebanon
American hostage Jimmy Dell Palmer was released for health reasons in Beirut and flew toward Cyprus. Shiite leader Nabih Berri proposed moving the remaining 39 hostages to a Western embassy if Israel frees 735 Arab prisoners, with possible Syria transfer if no embassy arrangement. Berri said most captives are under Amal control or the hijackers.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Jimmy Dell Palmer
Freedom
TWA
Nabih Berri
Palmer
Israel
Berri
Syria
Little Rock
Ark
Larnaca
Cyprus
Associated Press
Simon Grossmayer
Algonquin, Il
Foreign Ministry
France
Roland Dumas
Bonn
Athens
Rome
Hezbollah
Party of God
Amal
Wisconsin player wakes to wrong foot surgery mishap
Wisconsin safety Robb Johnston woke after foot surgery to find the wrong foot bandaged and learned doctors corrected the other foot in a two for one mistake. Dr. William Clancy apologized, saying the error arose from marking and X rays, and Johnston remained upbeat about healing.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Robb Johnston
Hobart
Ind
William Clancy
Ure
Clancy
Johnston
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