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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1981
Page
3
Washington AP reports United Mine Workers and Bituminous Coal Operators Association face a midnight deadline to reach a tentative contract amid a national strike risk. Key issues include pension reform and wage gains, with 25,000 miners furloughed due to mine closures.
Five plaintiffs including Johanna Lawrenson win $10,000 each in a federal suit over FBI illegal wiretapping and burglarizing of homes in the early 1970s. The settlements cover two weeks to four years of tapped telephones and opened mail, with plaintiffs including Blackburn, Cole, Price, Hoff man associate Hoff man years in hiding, and Offner.
A weekend fire at an apartment hotel in Chicago killed 19 people, including transients. Investigators focus on a basement laundry room wiring as the origin while many victims remain unidentified due to severe burns and minimal dental records.
One year into closed captioning progress includes NBC PBS and ABC shows with added captions. Growth from 16 to 22 hours weekly, more ad captions, Sears offers decoders, and IRS allows medical deduction. CBS resists expansion while ABC NBC pledge limited. NCI aims self sufficiency by 1983 amid federal funding end.
President Reagan and Nancy attended the Joffrey II fundraiser at the Metropolitan Opera House. Ronald Prescott Reagan, 22, performed in an 18 minute neoclassical piece about personal relationships. The president praised the performance as remarkable and greeted the cast at intermission.
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