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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1981
Page
1
Arkansas, SWC regular-season champion at 22 7, meets Mercer of Macon Georgia in Austin Texas. Houston, SWC tournament winner at 21 8, faces Villanova in Charlotte North Carolina. Both teams advance to the NCAA playoffs with Thursday games near.
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West Texans face ongoing water pressures as the Ogallala Aquifer nears potential depletion. In Ector County Odessa relies on Lake Thomas and Lake Spence in Big Spring’s Colorado River district, which pumped 15 billion gallons in 1980. Odessa received 6.76 billion, with others including Stanton, Midland, and Robert Lee purchasing water. An additional 1.8 billion gallons went to about eight Permian Basin oil firms for production.
Frustrated residents stack 500 tumbleweeds on Wadley Drive to vent their anger, blocking the street as motorists navigate an improvised obstacle course near four Midland homes. Ed Mycock at 4207 Thornberry reports the weeds tower over doors and entryways as the situation draws attention.
Steve Judy, 24, willingly faced Indiana's electric chair in Michigan City after pleading that death suited him better than life in prison. He remained calm, spoke of no grudges, and died at 12:12 a.m. CST after walking unassisted to the chair following the plant’s brief final remarks from his foster father and a Texas phone call.
Attorney Steven L. Harris witnessed the execution from behind a glass partition along with Carr and state officials. Judy walked to the chair as an electrode was attached to his leg after trousers were cut. A photographer recorded the moment before Judy was strapped in and blindfolded, then electrocuted. The body was released to the county coroner.
About 7,000 coal miners from across the United States gathered at the United Mine Workers headquarters in Washington to protest proposed cuts in benefits. The crowd, arriving at dawn for a noon rally, was described by officials as swelling toward 10,000 by march time. President Sam Church and union leaders cited the toll of black lung disease and vowed ongoing opposition to the administration’s plans as thousands of miners remained off the job under a memorial day provision.
SAN ANTONIO AP story notes J R Beer remains after five months of production and plans to ship up to one million cases overseas. Pre orders come from England Australia New Zealand South Africa Japan and 11 total countries as investors push the Dallas TV saga tied beer into international markets.
In Brookfield Connecticut a 19 year old man faces murder charges in the February 16 killing of Alan Bono. Defense attorney Martin Minnella plans to use demonic possession theory aided by psychic experts priests and tape recordings. The case follows earlier attempts by a family and the Warrens to exorcise demons from a boy connected to the home.
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