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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1986
Page
4
A brief note from a local paper highlighting the Odessa area’s ongoing efforts to improve community life and civic engagement. It references the newspaper’s mission to serve as a platform for better living in the Permian Basin and directs readers to address correspondence to the Odessa American.
A Midland Odessa Pulse survey finds persistent optimism among residents despite oil profits worries and unemployment. Residents maintain confidence in a regional rebound, citing hardy West Texas resilience and a history of riding boom and bust cycles.
On this date in 1865 Confederate troops defeated a federal expedition from Brazos Santiago Island at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville in the last land battle of the Civil War. In 1975 James Robert Bob Wills, pioneer of western jazz, died.
Kilpatrick argues a GAO review shows unclear displacement numbers but INS estimates suggest 6.5 to 7 million illegal aliens hold permanent status, with potential significant job displacement for American workers across manufacturing construction and services. He notes wage undercutting and limited tax contributions while social benefits accrue, urging Congress to add to INS funding rather than subtract.
A heartfelt tribute to the farming life extols a farmer's endless duties from dawn to night meetings. It depicts resilience, family ties, and faith, concluding that God made a farmer. Credits Harvey, Los Angeles Times columnist and broadcast commentator, as the source creator of records.
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