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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1982
Page
1
Inside Pittsburgh 7-3 Monday Night Score
The brief notes a 7-3 score tied to an Inside Pittsburgh game during Monday night action with details continued on Page 1B.
Ex-boss charged in bombing death
Odessa businessman John Clifford Skelton has been charged with capital murder in the April 24 bombing that killed 46 year old Joe Neal. The case will go to the grand jury. police withheld many details to protect witnesses. Neal’s wife Peggy expressed relief, noting their longtime acquaintance with Skelton through oilfield dealings and Husky Steam Cleaners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
John Clifforrd Skelton
Joe Neal
Jerry Smith
Skelton
Hussky Steam Cleaners
Ector County
Mixe Holmes
Holmes
FBI
el Paso
John Clifford Skelton
Joe Lee Neal
Neal
Smith
Brentwood Avenue
New Mexico
Peggy
Husky’s
Husky Steam Cleaners
Joint meeting on tax exemption could shape policy
Ector County commissioners considered delaying a decision on homestead exemption rates until a joint meeting with school and city officials. Mickey Jones and Chester Nolen discussed a uniform 40 percent exemption amid questions on tax-base differences and the impact on homeowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Mickey Jones
Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees
Chester Nolen
Nolen
Jones
Gary Watkins
Watkins
Odessa
Locked in By REX HENDERSON
A cryptic teletype to Capt. Ollie Carnes reports the Texas Department of Corrections board voted to close the Huntsville Unit to incoming male prisoners to ease overcrowding. The move follows Judge Justice’s order and a TDC not complying finding, complicating Ector County jail expansion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Carnes
Ector County
Carnes
The
Texas Department of Corrections
Huntsville
William Wayne Justice
TDC
Ector
Texas Commission On Jail Standards
Governor spars with Hitler remark in prison feud
Gov. Bill Clements calls Atty. Gen. Mark White a liar like Adolf Hitler over prison overcrowding charges. White calls Clements bizarre as both campaigns clash over vetoed prison funding and a temporary inmate intake halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Morning News
Austin
Bill Clements
Mark White
Adolf Hitler
White
Clements
Houston Chronicle
Jim Barlow
Hitler
Texas Department of Corrections
Jim Estelle
Gen. White
Barlow
IRS Seizes Tax Refunds to Recover Child Support
The IRS will intercept all or part of tax refunds due to 350,000 delinquents certified in child support. State welfare agencies receive the recovered funds, aiding AFDC recipients, with rules limiting handling to delinquencies of 150 or more and deducting owed taxes first if applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhouse News Service
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Health and Human Services Department
AFDC
German seed found in United States soil
Census Bureau reports Americans claiming German ancestry total nearly 52 million, with Ireland at 44 million and England at 40 million. The survey, based on 1979 data, notes overlap in ancestries and that many identify multiple origins, with Spanish language leading non English tongues at 7.7 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Germany
Census Bureau
Ireland
England
Great Britain
Bureau
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Sheriff's
Pittsburgh
Dennis ST. Germaine
Sheila Welsh
Julie Bird
By Rex Henderson
Top
Treasury Department
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