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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1982
Page
1
High stakes and planning converge as the Midland oilfield auction unfolds. Auction activity intensifies amid strong bidding and investor interest. See Page 10.
In Washington the House Budget Committee chair proposed Democrats and Republicans split the difference to craft a bipartisan plan after all three budget proposals were rejected. President Reagan lambasted the process, urging a solid rethink of the budget system while Stockman urged political courage for a House compromise.
The Texas Legislature ends a five day special session by approving a 55.5 million plan to ease prison crowding. The House 140 to 2 and Senate 29 to 1 pass, with Gov. Clements aiming to keep prisons open to meet federal mandates.
A second civil suit seeks more than 570000 in damages against Texas Electric Service Co and Clark Equipment Co over the May 13 1981 Odessa electrocution of Target Enterprises workers John Gutierrez and David Angle. The suits claim negligence for exposed high voltage lines and lack of warning alarms, and allege Gutierrez suffered near fatal burns and brain damage with life long pain and possible seizures.
Taxpayers in Pittsburgh and across the nation show red ribbons to protest the $75 a day congressional living expense deduction. The Senate has voted to repeal it, with fate resting with a House-Senate conference committee. John Cigna helped spread the protest anthem Remember in November.
Pope John Paul II comes as a pilgrim of peace to Canterbury Cathedral. He meets with Anglican leaders alongside Queen Elizabeth II and Archbishop Carey, while bells toll to mark the visit in a city famed for centuries of religious strife and memory of war dead.
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