Feds subpoena Odessa leaders in 1981 fire probe
Federal subpoenas target Odessa Mayor Bob Bryant and County Commissioner Willie Hammond as part of a grand jury investigation into a downtown Odessa building fire on November 25, 1981, with arson suspected. Subpoenas were issued from the U S Attorney in San Antonio and are to be served by next Tuesday. The FBI stresses no particular suspect and Bryant says he will testify to clear his name.
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Odessa
Bob Bryant
Ector County
Willie Hammond
FBI
Tom Farris
Midland
O’michael
N. Jackson
Special FBI
Bill Kirkwood
U.S
San
Antonio
Federal Grand Jury
Bryant
Farris
Hammond
John Thomas Peterson
Larence Earl ‘‘Cotton”’ Peterson
Keeling St
Whitmire wins second term as Houston voters back nine constitutional amendments
Texas voters approved nine of eleven amendments to the state constitution while Houston Mayor Kathy Whitmire won a second two year term, defeating nine challengers led by a former supporter. Turnout statewide was low with 13 percent. Houston turnout topped 36 percent amid a mayoral race and downtown center controversy.
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Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Kathy Whitmire
Harris County
Whitmire
Bill Wright
Reagan Meets Hirohito and Nakasone in Tokyo Trade Talks
President Reagan arrived in Tokyo and met Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone to press for progress on a $20 billion trade imbalance favoring Japan. Officials warned no breakthrough expected, citing tough issues remain and U.S. beef citrus coal access and shipments. The visit launches a six and a half day Asian trip with Seoul next and a DMZ stop.
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Tokyo
Reagan
Japan
Hirohito
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Nakasone
United States
George P. Shultz
Shintaro Abe
Seoul
U.S
North
South Korea
Washington
Air Force One
Airplane Seized With 1000 Pounds Mexican Marijuana At Midland Airpark
Midland Police Lt Gary Painter reports a loaded aircraft found at Midland Airpark containing an estimated 1000 pounds of high grade Mexican marijuana. Federal and Midland authorities seized the plane and cargo on Tuesday evening. Two men, one from Everett Washington and one from Sacramento California, were arrested and held in Midland City Jail. Ed Mazurek says the aircraft, registered to B S Properties of Sacramento, landed at the city airport Tuesday after previously flying from Midland. The U S Customs Service air support tracked the plane.
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Midland
Gary Painter
Midland Airpark
Everett
Wash
Sacramento
Calif
Midland City
Ed Mazurek
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Lubbock
B.S. Properties of
Air Support
U.S. Customs Service
Mazurek
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Grand Jury
By Robin Lichtenstein
Secretary of State
John Fainter
Reagans
Emperor Hirohito
Akasaka
Palace
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