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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1986
Page
4
The Odessa American presents a broad pledge to inform readers about liberty and civic virtue. It emphasizes self rule, personal development, and the newspaper’s role in fostering a free society for its Odessa audience.
Odessa officials defend the hotel motel tax used to support the Cultural Council and the Convention and Visitors Bureau while a civic center development reserve totals over 500000. Critics argue funds should be spent on tourism and local groups rather than saved. Ernest Cole questions the money’s unused status as city aims to attract visitors.
On this date in 1836 the Alamo received its only reinforcements a group of 32 volunteers from Gonzales. In Washington on the Brazos the pivotal Texas history convention was assembled and organized.
On March 1 1932 the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from their Hopewell New Jersey home. In 1781 the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
Harlan notes former state Sen Pete Snelson pursues the 21st Congressional District seat amid a Republican era, arguing Democrats see a safe district but Snelson risks his own future by running. He cites district history from Fisher to Loeffler, redistricting shifts, and Reagan era shifts in party acceptance.
Rooney argues that most people are honest in person but a culture of taking from others persists. He cites personal anecdotes, wartime looting, and a mobster code of ethics to illustrate how context shapes the perception of dishonesty in society.
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