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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1981
Page
1
The Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets 94 to 71 to move ahead two games to one in the NBA championship series. The fourth game is set for Houston today before the series returns to Boston.
In Texas inmates and a Texas attorney push jailhouse suits against county officials over jail conditions. Four prior Ector County Jail suits, filed by inmates, cited lack of medical care light heat unsanitary facilities and poor food. Most suits target Huntsville inmates and can cost taxpayers time and money for defense.
A Texas corrections official notes civil rights petforms affect conditions of confinement and environment, with habeas corpus challenges targeting convictions. Of 1,326 cases, 1,029 were dismissed or moved, and 850 remained pending as of March 1, 1981, while 95 percent sought in forma pauperis status.
Attorney General William French Smith told business leaders in Hot Springs that practical solutions are needed to civil rights disputes to avoid frustration from mandatory busing and quotas. He warned against overreliance on remedies that could create new discrimination and endorsed voluntary desegregation efforts and a tempered antitrust approach.
Ojai California a symposium on pressure groups in prime time urged dialogue between broadcasters and critics to lower the heated controversy. Tyrone Brown a Washington lawyer said talks can replace shouting as producers and executives discuss methods to handle sponsor boycotts and mounting single issue groups. Producer David Wolper noted one network is in regular contact with 250 pressure groups and that single issue groups are on the rise.
The first Mother's Day celebration began in Grafton West Virginia, born of a mother's prayer and a daughter who devoted her life to the cause. The brick facade church that hosted the inaugural service now operates only on Mother's Day and Thanksgiving and is known by a new name.
Related stories on Page 60 recall the Mother's Day Shrine and its 73rd celebration set for Sunday. Anna Jarvis, creator of Mother's Day, died in 1948 but is fondly remembered in Grafton. See MOTHER on Page 2A.
In desperation, patients with incurable diseases seek snake venom shots like those from William Haast at the Miami Serpentarium, claiming relief while scientists and the FDA caution that benefits are unproven and potentially harmful. Testimonials drive interest as authorities push for testing and regulation.
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