13 Mar 1983
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1983
Page
1
Kenneth Sutton led Odessa College to a track championship adding to the school’s honors. The page note highlights Sutton as the key performer in securing the victory and the team’s continued success.
Odessa shoppers circumvent Texas blue law with Sunday purchases at six stores while clerks push totals on receipts. Reporters tested the rule by buying restricted items on Saturday and Sunday, showing limited observance in Odessa compared with the rest of the state.
Mehmet Ali Agea, the Turk who shot Pope John Paul II, told police of a plot to kill Lech Walesa discussed at the Bulgarian embassy official Ivan Dontchev's apartment. Other Bulgarians and former Italian unionists named in investigations tied to the alleged plot and related crimes. Bulgaria denies the allegations.
AP report describes a complex debate at a major meeting where Third World nations advocate anti imperialist action and criticize Western military influence. The draft communique urges withdrawal of foreign troops from various regions while condemning apartheid and calling for support to anti colonial movements. The piece notes tensions involving South Africa Namibia and broader Middle East issues amid Iran Iraq and Western responses.
Odessa attorney Richard Abalos recalls the 1974 trial of James Paul Burns who was sentenced to death for killing an elderly local resident. Veteran defense lawyer Bert Smith notes the life and death stakes of capital cases, and memories of an execution that underscored the finality of such rulings. Texas law lists five homicide types under capital murder with the maximum penalty of death, including murder of a peace officer and murder during escape or in a penal institution. Charlie Johnson was executed by lethal injection in December 1982, the first in Texas since then.
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