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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1981
Page
2
An Ector County woman sheltered a hungry two year old boy whose inability to talk alarmed her. She kept him despite not knowing his last name, while her boss Joseph Smith of Smith Construction alerted authorities and arranged contact.
A residential remodeling worker reported concerns about a severely ill, uncoordinated child in Odessa. The man contacted authorities after discovering the child in the care of a person named Lake. Child Welfare officials picked up the boy Thursday night and he remains in custody.
In Fort Wayne Indiana officials and black leaders say the Vernon Jordan Jr shooting a year ago continues to haunt the city. FBI says leads exist and police pursue a suspect while Mayor Moses pins hope on Joseph Paul Franklin as the prime suspect though no arrest has been made.
National briefs report restricted privileges slowly returning to two of three Michigan prisons with Marquette described as very tense. In New York a couple who ran four halfway houses for Creedmoor patients received three years probation after pre bargain charges of mail tampering, drawing outrage from state Senator Padavan.
First lady Nancy Reagan describes ongoing insomnia since the attempt on President Reagan two months earlier. She says she sometimes wakes at night and eats, and admits a delayed emotional reaction.
A Superior Court judge dismissed the Berkshire Quartet case against Music Mountain in Falls Village. The quartet sought an injunction to continue its summer residency but failed to prove a contract existed for this season. The ruling followed the quartet's lawyer resting its case.
Two Tacoma men, Doug Fowler aged 21 and Bruce Mooney aged 20, fell about 2000 feet on Mount Rainier. An Army helicopter evacuated the bodies from an 8500 foot level after park rangers climbed the Liberty Wall to 9600 feet.
Marine Pfc Robert Garwood, freed from Vietnam captivity, describes alien changes in American life, hair and dress, and his struggle to survive. He discusses his role as a courier for guards, his Navy/Marine trial for collaboration, and the 1979 dishonorable discharge while appealing the conviction.
Forecasters predict considerable cloudiness with a 40 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms through Saturday night. Highs near 80 Saturday and mid 80s Sunday, with southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Tornado watch in Ector and Winkler counties ended, while Midland County remains under a severe thunderstorm watch.
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