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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1981
Page
1
Homemaker Becky Hamrick explored an egg free wheat free and milk free diet to help her daughter Leta. The regimen proved beneficial for Leta and others with similar allergies, per Life section.
Midland Memorial Hospital dedicates a new 3.5 million Allison Permian Basin Therapy Center that inflames Odessa Medical Center Hospital officials. The facility boosts Midland while Odessa faces a lost radiation oncologist and potential treatment gaps.
Boston Globe reports Southern Baptists voted no confidence and surveys show evangelical TV audiences smaller than claimed. Moral Majority and related groups faced questions of whether they influenced 1980s elections or rode conservative candidates’ coattails. Nielsen data suggest top evangelists reach 13.7 million weekly, with overlaps reducing unique viewers to 7–10 million. Southern Baptists at their Los Angeles convention criticized groups shaping policy from faith.
President Reagan and key allies cut deals with conservative Democrats to win a crucial procedural vote on the budget. Defectors from Louisiana and others swapped support for concessions on sugar price supports and energy provisions, while aides deny major changes to overall figures. The tactic followed last minute budget bargaining and targeted pork barrel trade, with 29 Dems joining 188 Republicans to reject the move to split spending reductions.
Reagan administration wins House vote on budget cuts by 217 to 211, but many members say they saw the final bill late or did not understand its contents. The plan affects about 250 programs and cuts 1982 spending by 38.2 billion, with some programs terminated or shifted to block grants, raising questions about impacts on Social Security and the balance of powers between Congress and the presidency.
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