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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1983
Page
2
An 83-year-old Houston woman Laura Ethel Clark thanked Judge Michael McSpadden for ending probation and said one cannabis plant for arthritis relief would not be kept. She warned she would forego remedies if none were available.
The Odessa American lists home delivery options and rates including Daly and Sunday, Sunday only, and mail subscriptions. It notes post office handling, address changes, and delivery problems contact details. Multiple pricing terms reference daily and Sunday editions and second class mailing considerations.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed before dawn across North and South Texas and parts of the Panhandle. The heaviest activity near Uvalde and west of San Antonio caused baseball sized hail with winds near 100 mph, damaging structures and prompting a school closure with no deaths and one minor injury. Readings ahead show mild to warm trends with highs in the 80s and 70s in South Texas, and continued cloudy to partly cloudy skies statewide.
Bolivian peasants rejected a 45 million dollar U S aid package to substitute crops and vowed to keep coca production at current levels. They formed a union financed cooperative to process coca into crackers liquor and pharmaceuticals within two months. The decision, backed by 700 union leaders from Chapare and Yungas, challenges efforts to curb narcotics trafficking and expand Bolivian government plans.
Western diplomats say the PLO may have added up to 2000 fighters into Lebanon from Syria in recent weeks. The units reportedly slip back into Lebanon at night and include some evacuated last summer from west Beirut. Israel and the United States seek withdrawal of forces as Syria objects to the plan amid regional tension.
A nine month probe begun in May 1982 by the Grand Jury from the Comptroller of Public Accounts and the Ector County District Attorney examined state motor vehicle fee handling. Winn, tax assessor collector since 1961, said he learned in March 1982 that renewal stickers were issued while state fees allegedly were kept by an office employee. An Odessa audit of motor vehicle division books, plus a routine audit of property tax records in Bob Bain's area, were described as random. Holmes cited possible misappropriation up to 50,000 dollars in motor vehicle fees.
The Midland district faces paying $158 541 of a $31.4 million bonded debt as ECISD annexes part of Ridgewood Subdivision Odessa Country Club a mobile home park and Mission Estates by HBF Corp Petitioners led by Jean Berridge seek annexation to avoid tuition for out of district students ECISD trustees postponed a tuition levy until 1984 85 while Midland lawyer Tighe questions legality and a TEA ruling will determine the proper attorney.
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