Odessa High and Big Spring vie for first district win
In the next-to-last week of the season both Odessa High and Big Spring chase their first District 5 5A victory in a key showdown at Big Spring. The game could decide the cellar spot in the standings.
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Odessa High
Big Spring
Fight over annexation plan to expand Odessa city limits
Odessa faces a renewed clash over annexation policy as the Planning and Zoning Board meets Friday at City Hall to draft boundary expansion proposals for the City Council. Planning Director Judy Miller says the session will be serious as developers push to extend city services and growth beyond current limits.
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Odessa
Planning and Zoning Board
Judy Miller
Texas
Midland
Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Art Roberts
Lawndale
Ronald Crain
Marvin Springer and
Venus Mosaic: Giant Mountains and Lava from Pioneer Findings
Scientists at a Venus conference report Pioneer data show immense plateaus 3000 feet higher than Tibet, a major peak Maxwell Mountain taller than Everest, and lava streams from two volcanoes. The Venus interior differs markedly from Earth's, offering new insights into planetary formation.
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Associated Press
Palo Alto
Calif
Pioneer
Venus
Earth
Harold Masursky
U.S. Geological Survey
Tibetan Plateau
Mount
Everest
Carl Bowin
Woods Hall Oceanographic Institution
Plan nuclear warning shot to deter European war
Secretary of State Haig says a NATO contingency draft allows firing a nuclear warning shot if conventional fighting erupts in Europe to deter escalation. He told the Senate that NATO aims to keep violence at the lowest level, amid Soviet and Radio Moscow reactions.
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Washington
NATO
Europe
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Radio
Moscow
United States
Reagan
Ford Administration
Radio Moscow
Tass
Pentagon
Tribunal settles billions in Iran hostage claims at The Hague
American and Iranian legal experts prepare to settle billions of dollars in claims from the Tehran hostage crisis. The Iran United States Claims Tribunal begins hearings as Americans filed 17 claims by Oct. 20 and an expected 600 to 700 by Jan. 19.
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Hague
Netherlands
Tehran
Arthur Rovine
U.S
Rovine
Iran
Algiers
IRS allows more withholding allowances under tax cuts
Starting Jan 1 the IRS will permit extra withholding allowances reflecting two tax cut provisions and additional reductions for moving expenses business losses and certain credits. Taxpayers may file a new W Form to adjust withholdings early next year to increase take home pay or net zero end of year liability, with millions affected nationwide.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
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