Welfare woes felt in Basin
Welfare officials in the Permian Basin report rising child abuse neglect and welfare applications due to economic hardship. Officials say funding and staff cuts, including two stripped positions, strain Odessa Midland offices as cases increase amid rising food stamp applications and stressed families.
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Odessa-Midland
Permian Basin
Molly Whittington
Children’s Protective Services
State Department of Human Resources
Whittington
Basin
Midland- Odessa
Joan Morris
DHR
Odessa
Morris
Permian
Whitting
Protective Services Division
Tylenol pulled from shelves in Odessa and Chicago area
Druggists in Odessa pulled Extra-Strength Tylenol after deaths in Chicago tied to cyanide taint. McNeil confirms two bottles poisoned with cyanide, with several tainted lot numbers like MC 2880, 1910 MD, and MB 2738 under scrutiny as officials investigate possible links to four more deaths. Local stores check lot numbers and remove product pending results.
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Laura Stone
Odessa
Chicago
McNeil Consumer Products Co
Cook County
Ill
Odessa Area
Round Rock
Texas
University Pharmacy
Second Tylenol recall tied to cyanide taint across nation
FDA urged nationwide stop use of Extra-Strength Tylenol after a second batch was found contaminated with cyanide. The illness and deaths tied to the tainted supply prompted a nationwide recall by the manufacturer, though officials say the Chicago area bears the tied fatalities and the scope remains uncertain.
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Arlington Heights
Ill
Food and Drug Administration Today
Bill Rados
FDA
Washington
Chicago
Beirut Marine killed in cluster shell blast at airport
A 155mm cluster shell on Beirut airport tarmac killed Marine Cpl. David L. Reagan of Chesapeake Virginia and wounded three others as the airport reopened to civilian flights. Wounded were Cpl. Anthony D. Moran and Lance Cpl. George Washington in good condition and Pfc. Leslie R. Morris in serious condition. The incident occurred after U.S. Marines, French and Italian troops had helped evacuate thousands of PLO fighters and followed reports that an Israeli airstrike potentially caused the blast. The death intensified calls in Congress for a clearer U.S. mission timeline in Lebanon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Israel
Pentagon
Washington
David L. Reagan
Chesapeake
Anthony D. Moran
Macon
Lance Cpl
George Washington
Eglin
Guam
Leslie R. Morris
Pasadena
Calif
Reagan
Cpl
Congress
Sen
Charles H. Percy
R-Il
Senate Foreign
Germans oust Schmidt elect conservative Kohl
West Germany's Parliament voted to remove Helmut Schmidt and elect Helmut Kohl as chancellor in a no confidence vote. Kohl pledged to strengthen the economy and combat unemployment and plans to call new elections March 6. Schmidt failed to keep Free Democratic coalition partners, and Kohl won 256 votes to 235 with four abstentions.
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Bonn
West Germany
Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Kohl
Kohl
Schmidt
Free Democratic
Christian Democratic Union
Liberal Free Democrat
Free Democrats
Mammoth Crystal Room Discovered in Carlsbad Caverns
Three explorers led by Ron Kerbo uncover a secluded chamber in Carlsbad Caverns filled with orange red aragonite crystals and color splash crusts. The 150 by 50 foot room rises 50 feet high, hosts four foot tall aragonite Christmas trees, and remains off limits to preserve its delicate beauty for research.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Carlsbad Caverns
Ron Kerbo
National Park Service
Bob Peters
Kerbo
Mike Queen
San Francisco
Tom Rohrer
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