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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1981
Page
1
After trailing 3-1 in the Eastern Conference final, the Boston Celtics won to eliminate the Philadelphia 76ers. Weather forecast notes partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures Tuesday with a high in the low 80s.
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Rep. Kent Hance says the Gramm-Latta budget vote is the most critical in 20 years for federal funding access. The plan backs Reagan cuts, with a $688 billion outlay and a $31 million deficit, while Democrats favor higher spending, lower defense cuts, and a lighter 1982 tax cut. Hance supports an alternate tax package with broader savings, but expects it to come after the Gramm-Latta vote.
A slow moving storm system drenched Southeast Texas with nearly nine inches of rain, spawning twisters, causing one confirmed death and multiple injuries. In Houston area floods receded as warnings lifted, while Alvin and Friendswood suffered structural damage from twisters.
In Washington on a May Sunday hundreds of thousands marched from near the Lincoln Memorial past the State Department to the Pentagon for a peaceful antiwar rally against Reagan era policies at home and abroad. Organizers claimed up to 100,000 supporters with 25,000 estimated by police. The event drew labor, religious, antiwar, and minority groups and echoed the 1967 Pentagon protest in size and tone.
A Commerce Department study shows per capita income grew more quickly in Sun Belt states than the national 93.4 percent inflation-adjusted rise over the decade, with Alaska leading at 12,406 and Mississippi at 6,508. The report notes Southern and Western growth drawing people and business from the Northeast, while Sen. Lloyd Bentsen warns of developing policy conflicts between Sun Belt and Snow Belt. The nation’s per capita income rose 143 percent to 9,458.
Chicago Sun Times outlines two separate government and Wyoming oil land lotteries. Entry costs from $5 to $15 yield potential bonuses but face slim odds and fraud concerns. Most parcels hold little value, while winners may sell leases for sizable but uncertain bonuses.
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