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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1981
Page
6
An opinion piece criticizes the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act as costly and bureaucratic. It notes Ector County's mixed results with a 70 percent positive termination rate, a 42 percent local budget cut, and argues for free market job training alternatives while warning nationwide taxpayers about CETA’s flaws.
The three networks urge the FCC to drop the Prime Time Access Rule, aiming for a full hour of network news nightly. They argue government overreach harms programming and that more news would please viewers, proposing an hour for Nightly News and considering similar formats for CBS Evening News and World News Tonight.
The Odessa American invites reader submissions for a periodic guest column. Submissions up to three double-spaced pages are welcomed on any topic from local issues to government. Editing will be light, but personal attacks are not allowed, with contributions sent to the managing editor per masthead.
Odessa readers challenge Dr. George W. Crane and his Worry Clinic column drawing letters from residents like Karen Marshall and Barbara Smith. The editor notes Crane’s popularity via mail while promising a reader vote to decide whether to continue the syndicated feature.
Barbara Smith of Odessa denounces Dr Crane and his Worry Column for sexist and archaic views on women. She calls for change at The Odessa American and questions the column’s treatment of wives and sexual topics.
Georgann Wemple urges cancellation of Dr George Crane’s Worry Clinic in Sunday paper critiquing his psychology guidance. She supports Henderson and Marshall who say Crane misstates humane behavior principles and should be removed from the publication.
Rooney notes shift in U S dining trends from Italian and Chinese to Japanese cuisine while French remains stable at top prices. He cites Italian decline, growing Japanese fashion, persistent French prestige, mixed Chinese appeal, Indian gains, German tepidness, and limited Mexican menus with Tucson concentration.
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