Forgotten crime victims bear scars from Texas executions
Survivors of brutal crimes in Texas endure long appeals after 165 men and two women were sentenced to die. Mary Suarez, widow of McAllen patrolman Rosalin Suarez, speaks of loss, memory, and doubt that the death penalty deters crime. She describes his last calls and the slow path to healing.
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Associated Press
Mcallen
Texas
San Antonio
Mary Suarez
Raymond Harold Beasley
Rosalin Suarez
Los Fresnos
Banks cut prime rate to 16 percent broadening credit ease
Four large banks reduced their prime lending rate by half a point to 16 percent, the lowest since 1981. Chase Manhattan led, then Morgan Guaranty Trust, National Bank of Detroit, and Ameritrust joined. Economists see looser Fed policy easing money and credit, potentially lowering rates for borrowers nationwide.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
U.S
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Supreme Court Lets Broad Asbestos Injury Claims Proceed
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 3 decision, cleared the way for broader damage claims against four major insurers over asbestos exposure injuries. Justices White Blackmun and Powell supported hearing the case, but the full four votes to grant review were not reached.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell
OPI Plans Adjustments Amid Oil Slump
Hunter said a temporary staffing adjustment occurred at OPI due to the oil industry slump and no layoff figures were available. When asked about further layoffs at the South Grandview Avenue plant, she replied that if the market changes the company will have to change with it.
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Mary
OPI
Grandview Avenue
OIME Layoffs Persist Amid Slump in Oilfield Demand
Odessa's OIME, a major oilfield rigs producer, continued layoffs with management citing a 40 percent overstaff past rise and a national pullback of 500 drilling rigs. Tom Lawson, vice president, noted 60 rigs sidelined in the Permian Basin and a slower 10 to 12 percent growth outlook for 1982 as producers reassess budgets after price decontrol.
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OIME
Odessa
Tom Lawson
Permian
Lawson
Fair warm weather across Texas with mild nights
Forecasts point to fair and warm conditions today and Tuesday across Texas. Highs mainly in the 60s to mid 80s in the Big Bend, with 30s to 50s in overnight lows. Winds 10 to 25 mph shifting southwest, with clear skies overall and no precipitation reported.
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Texas
Big Bend
Midland
Abilene
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Dallas-Fort Worth
Lufkin
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
el Paso
South
West
Moderate voices test Reagan era GOP unity
Outsiders accuse the administration of bowing to right wing voices while Senator Lowell Weicker calls for a broader party balance. The piece surveys moderates Bailey Leach Kilberg and Weicker, their concerns about social programs, women’s rights, and the administration’s approach to defense and taxes, amid party tensions and 1982 election implications.
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Connecticut
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Weicker
Bailey
Leach
Kilberg
White House
Reagan
Senate
House
Pat Bailey
FTC
Carter
Mrs. Bailey
James C. Miller III
Ripon Society
Washington
Roosevelt Center For American Policy Studies
Jill Ruckelshaus
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
B. Sam Hart
Hart
Guatemalan Vote Sees Low Early Turnout Amid Strife
Election officials report partial returns from 35 of 562 capital polling places as violence flares. Turnout is uncertain amid leftist boycotts and a civil conflict that killed about 500 in January. Congress to choose president from top two, police report gunfire at polling sites, three guerrillas killed trying to burn ballots. Guevara leads coalition backing defense ministers and rightist groups.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
William Ensminger
University of Michigan
Clinical Research Center
Weicker
Prescott Bush Jr
George Bush
Democratic Party
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Ruben Alvarez
Guatel
Guatemala City
Vista Hermosa
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