Haitians Stir Debate as Reagan Policy Sparks Division
The Big Spring community wrestles with welcoming Haitians while enforcing illegal status rules. Delage, 41, awaiting INS hearings, longs to work in Miami as a machinist but remains imprisoned. Local church sponsors and Howard College offer aid, yet some officials and residents remain split or hostile.
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Allman
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Howard County
Guy White
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Big Spring
West Texas
Jack Smith
Texas Amendments Proposals Outline Local Tax and Land Reforms
The propositions address urban tax relief and investment incentives, land patent restitution for historic errors, a State Finance Management Committee to handle federal grants and interagency funds, a Water Trust Fund with debt guarantees and bond rate changes, property tax elimination for livestock, and homeowner tax relief to offset full market value assessments under the Peveto Bill.
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State Finance Management Committee
Texas
Ambitious Ballot Propositions Stir Debate Across State
Voters face amendments including Proposition 7 adding 250 million in bonds for veterans land loans and Proposition 4 a 500 million water bond program tied to the Water Trust Fund. Opponents call it a blank check while supporters cite needed funding for water, sewer and flood control projects. Propositions 3 and 6 also draw objections over power and tax shifts, with debate over long term fiscal effects.
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Veterans Land Fund Board
State Finance Management Committee
Prison standoff at Graterford nears fourth day
In Graterford Pennsylvania inmates freed 29 peers but hold six prison staff and several inmates in a tense, unheated kitchen siege. Three guards and three civilian workers remain with at least four inmates believed to be ringleaders led by a man jailed for murder.
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Graterford
State Correctional Institution
FAA reports record two years without fatal jetliner crash
The FAA announced a record span of two years without a fatal accident involving a large passenger jet. The last such crash occurred on October 31, 1979, in Mexico City, killing 70 with 17 survivors. Since then, over half a billion passengers flew on 10 million flights, but two fatal accidents involved trunk and local service airlines.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Mexico City
FAA
America
New Rabies Vaccine Method Cuts Cost in Florida Study
University of Florida researchers report a new rabies vaccination method that lowers the per person cost to about 11 dollars from 150 dollars. The innovation uses one-fifteenth the vaccine amount of the older procedure, improving efficiency and potential access.
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Gainesville, Fla
University of Florida
Odessa American Post Office Notice and Address Change
The Odessa American announces a post office as second class under the Act of March 1. The notice lists a mail address change to PO Box W852 and provides a contact in Odessa Texas 79760. The publication date appears as a Sunday edition with a yearly subscription rate of $70.
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Texas
Sena
Winds ease after strong Odessa area gusts Saturday
National Weather Service forecasts show strong winds in the Odessa region easing by Sunday. Today will be partly cloudy with highs mid 60s and a near 40 degree low. Monday highs near 70. Saturday winds averaged 29 mph with gusts to 40 as a storm front brought heavy rains to parts of Texas.
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National Weather Service
Texas
Permian Basin
Panhandle
Seguin
Springtown
Fort Worth
Weatherford
Midland Regional
Northwest Wing
Precinct Consolidations for Ector County Constitutional Vote
Low turnout leads Ector County to combine precincts for the constitutional amendment election. Polls run 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at listed locations including Westside Baptist, Westside Christian, Floyd Gwin, Goliad, Gardendale, Goldsmith, Burnet, Nimitz, Odessa High, Bonham, Lamar, and Blackshear schools and centers.
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Ector County
Westside Baptist Church
West University Street
Flamingo Road
Westside Christian Church
W. 15Th Street
Loop 338
Floyd Gwin Auditorium
10Th Street
West County Road
Goliad Elementary
52Nd Street
Kingston Ave
Gardendale Community Center
Larkspur Lane
Gardendale Road
Tax hike debate grows among Republicans on Reagan plan
Republican leaders debate raising taxes to balance the budget with Senate calls for 50 to 70 billion dollars in new revenue over three years. Dole signals possible mid year tax changes, while House lawmakers split with Kemp and Conable opposing the plan. Democrats push rollback or delay of cuts. Foley and Rostenkowski show limited openness to higher taxes.
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R-Kan
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Illinois
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Barber Conable
New York
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Colorado
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South Carolina
Hollings
Thomas Foley
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Foley
Ways and
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Rostenkowski
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