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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1981
Page
1
The Marine Corps is training women in ground combat skills as part of boot camp. At least some of the first 120 female recruits expect women to fight in battlefield wars alongside men. Full report and photos on Page 3D.
Policy ups and downs mark President Reagan's approach as it steams ahead on a course that unsettles Western allies at times. A report on attitudes toward administrative policy appears on Page 2A.
Odessa College will retain its first national indoor track title after NJCAA disqualified Robert Chambers. Chambers loses eligibility for not meeting 10 semester hours with a 1.5 GPA at South Plains and will sit out 32 weeks. his points are forfeited, but OC keeps seven mile relay points. Other team members gain All-American status.
The Sesquicentennial Commission led by Rep. Chris Semos plans a 1986 Texas Independence Com munities celebration for 1836 as the state marks 150 years since becoming a republic. International exhibits pageants and cultural activities are proposed with Halley’s Comet’s 1986 return noted as a linkage to the festivities.
In Warsaw the Communist Party accused Solidarity of creating a state of anarchy after protests against beatings of union leaders by police. Solidarity postponed a two hour warning strike while leaders decide next steps and plans a meeting in Bydgoszcz. Officials reported police actions against union delegates amid farmers sit ins and nationwide strike alerts.
A government five volume study based on 1340 interviews finds nearly a quarter of men who saw heavy Vietnam combat were arrested post war and that combat veterans show statistically significant higher alcoholism, drug abuse and medical and psychological problems. Black and minority veterans face schooling and job setbacks, with many delayed stress reactions and unequal unemployment rates. The study advises ongoing veteran peer counseling and veterans centers funding amid current budget debates.
Washington report on David Stockman calling the oil depletion allowance an obsolete benefit and saying no administration position has been taken. Sen Lloyd Bentsen pressed him for a view as debate grows over phasing out the tax break amid rising oil prices and staggered phase down for independent producers.
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