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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1982
Page
1
History notes Gaylord Perry reaching his 300th career win on Thursday as the Seattle story highlights milestone success. The Lions Club supports Lori Mendez’s medical fund drive with donations and community involvement referenced in Page 1D coverage.
West Odessa residents led by Arturo Flores protested the Ector County school district desegregation plan to close Ector High and bus rural west of FM 1936 pupils to Ector Junior High at Crane and Clements. A meeting drew about 150, with 2,800 petition signatures. Southside leaders urged broader participation and funding hurdles for May 13 meetings.
A decomposed body found in a Big Spring field is believed to be Happy Howry the 66 year old Odessa shoe department manager who vanished April 25. Odessa detectives and Big Spring pathologist will perform autopsy to confirm identity and determine cause of death amid ongoing investigation.
Four of Bob Asp's children set sail from Duluth on the 76 foot Hjemkomst replica Viking ship, to cross roughly 3,000 miles to Norway. Built in a Hawley warehouse over nine years, the vessel honors Asp who died in 1980 and aims to complete his dream with guidance from an experienced Norwegian skipper. The voyage marks the first eastward crossing of this craft from North America to Norway, departing Duluth harbor and stopping at Knife River.
Health Secretary Schweiker approved a temporary rule through April 1983 to allow disabled people to receive care at home under Medicaid and SSI. The policy, sparked by Katie Beckett’s case, lets a federal board decide case by case if home care is appropriate and cheaper, with states submitting cases for review by Surgeon General Koop's panel. Approximately 28,000 institutionalized Medicaid children could be affected, plus a smaller number of adults.
MuseAir fails to win FAA slots to Midland from Odessa and Dallas Houston delaying expansion plans. The FAA cites policy changes as grounds for denial, grounding two Super 80 jets worth 44 million. MuseAir officials criticize the ruling while Emerald Airlines exits the market earlier this year.
Washington AP reports unemployment rose to 9.4 percent in April, a postwar high with 10.3 million jobless. Texas eased to 6.5 percent. Speakes called numbers disappointing while Kennedy accused Reagan policy of failure to boost recovery and job creation.
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