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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1981
Page
2
In a five part series the Nation outlines a nationwide push to curb crime. Congress and states move to remove bail loopholes and impose harsher sentences. Officials cite rising crime, public fear, and surveys showing crime affects many households.
Israeli Prime Minister Begin urged Syria to retreat from the brink by removing anti aircraft missiles from Lebanon. Assad refused to withdraw the Soviet missiles. Begin said he ordered the air force to strike but canceled due to diplomacy. Habib met Assad and Syrian leaders in Damascus with no agreed solution.
Fair skies and warmer conditions forecast through Tuesday with highs in the upper 80s and lows near 43. Earlier weekend storms caused deadly weather and millions in damage, including a tornado damaging a cotton gin, barns, roofs, and widespread power outages across Hillsboro East Texas and nearby counties.
In Atlanta a climate of fear surrounds a looming summer as 26 black murder victims in 22 months amplify concern for safety. City crews launch a Safe Summer plan with 47 day camps, targeting 33,000 of 56,000 Black children 6 to 15, plus 14,000 supervised activities, while officials warn of potential unrest from high unemployment and inflation. Federal budget cuts have eliminated hundreds of city positions serving the youth.
A letter from Regan and budget director Stockman to Byrd reaffirms the president’s opposition to changing the yearly Social Security adjustment. Schweiker to prepare a package to preserve Social Security Trust Fund solvency while Senate and House budgets seek about 699.1 and 688.8 billion dollars respectively with deficits around 48.8 and 31 billion. Reagan’s tax cut plan remains the least popular element as Democrats discuss flexibility with Rostenkowski and Conable, amid signals of possible smaller cuts to meet goals of savings and productivity.
AP reports that a new redistricting plan along Interstate 10 in Tucson could jeopardize Rep. Morris K. Udall’s seat and shift Arizona’s House balance. Republicans, energized by White House and Senate control, see redrawing lines as a path to gaining the House in 1982.
The nation’s law schools plan a $2 million revision of the LSAT starting in summer 1982. About 80,000 students yearly will face a 40,000 seat entering class, with the test shedding some grammar and geometry items. Multiple choice remains central, and a writing task will be added, said Bruce I. Zimmer.
Federal suit filed in U S District Court by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges CBS News hiring at WCBS TV in New York discriminated against applicants and employees over 40 since 1977 including refusals to hire transfers and terminations Paula Gottschalk CBS vice president for corporate information declined comment.
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