01 May 1983
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1983
Page
1
Boots, a retired county employee, describes the ongoing whitewashing as a long term project painting one section at a time. She adds that the work beats spending about $1,000 for professional fence painting.
Left wing rebels claimed early Saturday they temporarily occupied Santa Rosa de Lima in eastern El Salvador and withdrew an hour later taking captured soldiers weapons and gear. The attack followed a broader assault that included destruction of a Pan American Highway bridge near the Honduran border and an upshot of casualties among soldiers civilians and Hondurans.
A Cuban spy testified at a U S Senate hearing that Cuba used the 1980 Mariel boatlift to implant as many as 7000 spies in the United States Some spie s were said to move freely by small boats between Cuba and the U S The witness Mario Estevez a convicted drug smuggler said spies in Miami could obtain funds from local businesses and some were tasked with aiding drug smugglers in flooding the U S with narcotics The scheme involved 23000 pounds of Colombian marijuana and 10 million methaqualone tablets with profits reportedly to be shared with the Cuban government The plan contemplated weapons shipments from Cuba to the M 19 Colombian guerrilla group if profits fell The Cuban government has denied involvement and officials have not been prosecuted.
In Ector County the drift from justice slows under rising crime. Bowden, a former chief assistant prosecutor, laments systemic disgust as cases surge from 823 in 1981 to almost 1,500 last year and 439 through March. Judges warn funding lags 10 to 15 years behind crime growth as deputies and clerks struggle. County officials consider budget cuts or tax hikes while Holmes seeks three assistants and additional staff to restore capacity.
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