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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1981
Page
1
Odessa College Wranglers head to San Angelo for an outdoor track national championship bid to add to an indoor title. The piece notes Reagan inviting in-space crew to stand at a Washington gathering, the largest assembly of former American astronauts, with photos on Page 13A.
Classified section highlights feature guides for sections such as crosswords and puzzles. It references a Dear Abby style column, a doctor’s column, energy, entertainment, financial notes, and bridge notes with page cues 138 and 158.
Congressional investigators charge the U S missile early warning system is unreliable due to poor design and management. NORAD’s commander cited unique needs, blaming human error and a faulty component for 1979 and 1980 false alerts. Defense officials say steps are underway to correct deficiencies by separating NORAD data systems and adding a fail safe power system.
Pasadena residents embrace a rugged, working class identity, proudly labeling themselves rednecks. City figures defend the town’s culture as Houston eyes with humor, noting Pasadena’s large pickup ownership and affection for sprawling single story homes.
Associated Press survey across nations indicates liberalizing abortion views in many areas while limits persist in others. It notes average births and abortion rates in the Soviet Union Kenya and China, price disparities for legal and illegal abortions, growing anti abortion movements in Western regions, and an estimated 30 to 55 million abortions last year.
In Belfast the UDA chief Andy Tyrie backs political status for jailed IRA men, while Thatcher rejects it. Sides clash as Sands Hughes dies, McCreesh nears death, and O Hara weakens. District council elections amid flare-ups test Catholic-Protestant resolve. violence spikes in Londonderry and Falls Road. calls rise to end British rule in Ulster.
In Austin lawmakers push a constitutional amendment to create a 2 billion dollar Higher Education Endowment Fund using half of future state surpluses. The fund would finance land, buildings, and books for colleges outside UT and A&M, with Prairie View A&M receiving a share of the PUF. The plan faces a Senate overhaul and conference committee drafting.
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