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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1982
Page
2
Sweatt left the city with a salary of 58 296 dollars plus auto allowances raising earnings over 60 000. Nolen defended delaying release of manager applicants Names until council acceptance opens. Acting administrator Nolen may seek full time manager post while overseeing interim staff and hiring plans.
US officials testified that tick inspectors patrolling the Rio Grande border face theft, rustling, and violent encounters as they seek to stop cattle smuggling. They urged authority to carry firearms, noting current shots at inspectors and one near fatal incident. The group recalled an inspector shot at along the river and a death in 1976 in a related line camp.
Braniff officials announce a one week payroll deferment and a two for one air fare promo across Texas outside Dallas Fort Worth to save eight million. American Airlines mirrors the tactic in West Texas while Continental sits out. TI counters with a bus fare undercut and 5000 free roundtrip tickets nationwide with 100 free tickets at Midland Regional. Local bus lines call the move a cheap shot and vow to match fares. officials stress that air travel is not cheaper than bus travel overall.
Amarillo Globe News executive editor Jerry Huff told a Texas House subcommittee that open meetings violations are rarely prosecuted and the law is virtually meaningless in its current form. He said prosecutors are reluctant to enforce closed meetings and evidence is hard to obtain. In a separate report, unemployment rose to 8.8 percent nationwide in February with 5.6 million workers in part time roles. Texas jobless rate reached 5.7 percent, up from January.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 3 to 2 to deny the Reagan administration's request to accelerate construction of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor. Carter appointees opposed the Energy Department request while Palladino and another Reagan appointee supported it. The project had been a point of contention since Carter era efforts.
Washington AP reports federal credit unions would see passbook savings rate ceilings abolished and board discretion on interest, maturities, minimums and withdrawal penalties. The National Credit Union Administration proposal targets 12 percent limits and shifts pricing control to credit union boards. Ford to open robotics center in Dearborn Mich and expand plant automation with thousands more robots in coming years.
Pennsylvania and the federal government agreed to oversee an exploratory drilling project to control the long burning mine fire beneath Centralia. The plan calls for 85 to 109 bore holes in a joint effort by the state Department of Environmental Resources and the federal Office of Surface Mining.
Local notice lists mailing and delivery information for The Odessa American. It confirms publication as a daily and Sunday newspaper, postal class, and requests address changes via P O Box 2952 Odessa Texas, with home delivery notes.
A national weather forecast warns of a rare March snowfall across North Texas including Dallas Fort Worth as an upper air disturbance brings moisture, with snow likely tonight and Saturday. Panhandle snow and hazardous driving prompt travel advisories as temperatures dip and a warming trend returns by Sunday.
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