Buffalo Wallow at Odessa Faces City Council Review
Buffalo Wallow, Odessa's largest body of water, lies at the center of next week's city council agenda as property owners seek to preserve the wallow as a water retention basin. A related baseball note covers Fernando Valenzuela, the Dodgers pitcher, attracting Mexican pride in Los Angeles as fans buy radios to hear his games.
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Buffalo Wallow
Odessa
Wallow
Los Angeles
Fernando Valenzuela
Dodgers
San Antonio Dodger
Mexico
District votes to fight court desegregation plan
Ector County Trustees, 4 to 3, chose court action over a negotiated desegregation plan that would close Blackshear Junior High, reconfigure Ector High, and bus Southside students to Permian or Odessa high schools. The plan, tied to a federal consent decree, would create The Thomas Jefferson Academy, a selective college preparatory program.
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Ector County
Blackshear Junior High
Ector High
Frank Shannon
Justice Department
Blackshear
Ector
Southside
Permian
Odessa
Thomas Jefferson Academy
Travis
Hays
Milam
Rusk
Zavala
U.S. District Court of
Reagan budget plan in reach as House vote nears
President Reagan pressed for House approval of his budget slashing blueprint as Speaker O Neill warned defectors were numerous. Latta Gramm and Reagan predicted a landslide, with conservatives rallying for the proposal while Democrats count on a divided party ahead of a mid afternoon vote. The Senate backed a Reagan endorsed plan aiming for a 1984 balanced budget with $688.8 billion spending and a $31 billion deficit.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Delbert L. Latta
Ohio
Phil Gramm
Texas
Latta
Gramm
Oval Office
O'Neill
Congress
Senate
Texas House Passes 25.5 Billion Budget for 1982 83
The House approved a balanced 25.5 billion dollar state budget for 1982 83 by a 120 to 22 vote after three days of debate. The measure adds 24 million for teacher raises and includes funds for a Odessa branch of Texas Tech medical school, with final Senate action pending.
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Austin
House Today
Senate
House
Odessa
Texas Tech
Jay Gibson
Permian Basin
Finance Committee
Legislative Budget Board
Bob Bullock
Texas
Budget Board
Arms talks with Soviets long way off
Reagan administration shows interest in arms control but will not set firm dates and ties detente to Soviet behavior. Even if talks begin by year end, chances for a treaty on medium range missiles or a new SALT remain slim. Brezhnev told Washington the US is ready to discuss Europe missile limits this year, but U.S. officials remain uncertain.
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Washington
Reagan
Europe
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
U.S
Teamsters chief race shaped by Fitzsimmons death
Frank E. Fitzsimmons dies from lung cancer leaving a leadership contest as Roy L. Williams of Kansas City leads in the hunt for the Teamsters presidency. Williams, under DOJ action and Senate probe, has invoked the Fifth Amendment amid questions about organized crime ties and pension fund mismanagement. The 2000 delegate convention opens June 1 in Las Vegas to elect a new president for a one year term.
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Washington
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Teamsters
Fitzsimmons
Southern California
Roy L. Williams
Kansas City
Central Conference of
Williams
Justice Department
West Coast
James R. Hoffa
Union
Florida
Central States Pension Fund
Senate
Las Vegas
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Clark
Pauline Williams
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Associated Press
By Barry Schweid
F.tzsimmons
James Hoffa
AP Labor
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