Odessa February construction values rise 0.8 percent
Odessa construction values for February edge up 0.8 percent year over year to 5.44 million dollars. Permits total 2.72 million, with 11 single family homes valued at 625,500 and 5 new commercial structures totaling 1.03 million. Industry leaders cite modest optimism but no building boom amid a local surplus of projects.
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Odessa
John Cunningham
Permian Basin
Associated Builders and Contractors
Kremlin Transfers Power to Gorbachev After Chernenko
The Kremlin quickly announced that Mikhail S. Gorbachev would assume leadership after Konstantin Chernenko’s death, with Chernenko’s funeral scheduled and Gorbachev named to head the funeral commission as top officials return from abroad.
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Kremlin
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Konstantin Chernenko
Soviet Union
Chernenko
Moscow
Nuclear arms talks continue after Chernenko’s death
In Geneva US and Soviet negotiators decide to proceed with weapons reduction talks despite Konstantin Chernenko’s death. Top U S and Soviet delegates plan to set a schedule and meet the heads of delegation at the Soviet mission, amid unclear timing for substantive issues.
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Chernenko
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Soviet Union
Konstantin A. Chernenko
U.S
Warren Zimmerman
Max Kampelman
Vladimir Alexandrov
Joseph Lehman
P. Karpov
Karpov
Yuri Kvitsinsky
Alexei Obukhov
Moscow
Lehman
Kampelman
John Tower
Maynard Glitman
Brussels
NATO
Love Wins Out Over Skin Color In Odessa Couples
Johnny Dominguez and Candy, married six years, recall a mall incident where an Anglo couple reacted to their Mexican heritage. Kenneth and Jeanette Sutton, married in August 1984, describe similar attitudes, noting few overt acts of prejudice. University professor Clarence Kron discusses how college settings reduce the importance of ethnicity as students meet for shared goals. The piece explores interracial relationships in West Texas amid social dynamics and common aspirations.
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Johnny Dominguez
Dominguez
Candy
Odessa
Dominguezes
Sutton
Suttons
Kron
West
Texas
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Furrs
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Furrs Cafeterias Inc
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Vern Foreman
Foreman
Foreman Electric
Gorbachev
Gor
Robert Halpern
Kenneth
Jeanette Sutton
Kenneth and
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