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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1981
Page
1
Oilfield larceny in the oilfields is described as a grand problem with losses last year estimated between 50 million and 100 million dollars. Some push legislation while experts say the issue endures as legitimate businesses continue to trade with the black market.
Spring training camps start in the majors while Ector Permian and Odessa High prepare to play this week. Ector and Permian begin Monday, Odessa High on Tuesday. Page 3B provides previews of the three local teams.
An outside audit by Elms Faris and Company finds disorganized operations across several county departments and criticizes the County Auditor's Office for poor coordination and unclear duties. It calls for a formal organization plan, an accounting manual, and stronger controls to improve efficiency and standardize daily information flow. It notes this is the first management-letter audit in 16 years.
UT moves into the wine business with 170 acres of grapes planted in the desert along Interstate 10 near Bakersfield and Fort Stockton. University officials say this is the largest infant vineyard in Texas and could grow into a major industry for the UT system, highlighting the Pecos Culberson and Reeves county plantings as proof grapes are hardy and water-efficient in the sun-soaked Permian Basin.
Two Texas lawmakers push for statewide controls on traveling gold and silver buyers after police report rising burglaries tied to out of town dealers. Sen. James Brown and Sen. Howard seek mandatory purchase records, hold periods, and two day DPS reporting with bans on minors purchases. Local cities like Texarkana and El Paso weigh registration and inspection rules.
Six Midessa Roughneck Soccer players from Odessa escaped with minor injuries after their Cessna crashed in a rain soaked field near Ector County Schlemeyer Field on final approach. The group ages 19 to 39 were returning from an Abilene tournament and were treated at Medical Center Hospital. The plane hit a barbed wire fence before flipping and the men walked two to three miles to the intersection of Loop 338 and Ponderosa Estates where deputies assisted them to the hospital.
A California couple, Clarence E. Rushing, 53, and Lois Rushing of Modesto, were killed when their Beechcraft crashed in Crockett County West Texas about 30 miles northwest of Ozona. The plane went down near Live Oak Ranch after engine trouble, en route from Modesto to New Orleans.
FBI director Webster marks his third anniversary amid a transition to a new administration and Congress. He notes the FBI aims to stay outside politics while facing priorities from William French Smith’s justice department. The agency has moved from street-level policing to targeting organized crime, white collar crime, and hostile intelligence.
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