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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1982

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Nuke waste bill ignored by Congress in campaign rush

Washington report notes the House did not take up the nuclear waste bill as Congress rushed to campaign. Texas faced risk of a Palo Duro Basin dump with no federal compensation, while House veto provisions and full funding remained contentious.

Jin‘ Landers Dallas Morning News Washington Congress Texas Senate House F Energy Department Palo Duro Panhandle U.S Energy Department I.I.S Washington State Nevada Utah Mississippi Louisiana Bill Clements National Governors’ Association Reagan Administration Nuclear Power Industry Robert Odle Secretary of Energy Congressional Affairs White House

Odessa councilman presses district voting change

Odessa City Council member Thomas Perkins urged abandoning one man one vote and adopting single member districts to improve minority representation. He seeks a council vote to send a charter amendment to voters or face a petition drive for aApril ballot. Perkins says he has verbal support from four council members but faces opposition from Mayor Bob Bryant and others.

Odessa Thomas Perkins Perkins Bob Bryant Keith Weddell Houston Seabolt Bryant Weddell Seabolt North Odessa Southside

What cost health care

Daniel Q Haney reviews the rising cost of U S health care, noting $287 billion spent yearly yet stretching budgets. He contrasts dramatic medical advances with questions about affordability and the nation’s medical system, quoting federal budget director Stockman on rethinking health care as an economic good.

Daniel Q. Haney Associated Press Boston David Stockman Health Affairs United States

Water finds its way into Jones Stadium at Texas Tech

MIKE COCHRAN reports from Lubbock Texas where a massive groundwater intrusion under Jones Stadium threatens the sunken football field and surrounding areas. Officials warn of potential subsidence as engineers study a trillion gallons of water, spurring humorous local quips about aquatic football.

Mike Cochran Associated Press Lubbock Texas Methodist Hospital Texas Tech Jones Stadium Red Raider Robert Yn Tech Ter

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