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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1981
Page
1
In Austin, Houston Cougars dropped a 9-3 decision to Arkansas and Texas during the Southwest Conference baseball tournament. The setback came Sunday as the Cougars faced strong offensive from both opponents in a key league clash.
A dramatic scene unfolds in Theodore Ujita's fourth-floor laboratory as smoke from dry ice streams upward creating a mini-tornado reminiscent of 1930s mad science films. The event is described in a Page 2A feature.
A congressional panel study of 275 cities with 10 000 plus residents shows half ran operating deficits in the prior year and over three quarters expect deficits this year The largest cities face the sharpest trouble amid inflation high local taxes and service costs The study notes potential urban emigration to suburbs and warns federal policy may need to address municipal defaults beyond ad hoc measures
Texas officials feel optimistic the Reagan administration will back proposals from border governors on guest workers from Mexico and a federal rule to educate and provide bilingual instruction to children of illegal aliens.
LULAC leaders argue a proposed program to bring Mexicans to the United States for short periods to work would repeat the Bracero era and depress farm wages. A White House stance remains unclear while Reagan rides a favorable line, and Mexican officials report White House lobbying backing the plan.
In Bladensburg Maryland Democrat Steny Hoyer and Republican Audrey Scott campaign door to door and TV ad buy as Maryland 5th District votes. The race is viewed as an early test of Reagan economics with polls showing Scott trailing but within single digits and Reagan support around sixty percent in a district long dominated by Democrats.
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