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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1981
Page
1
Los Angeles downed Houston to win the National League West Division title Sunday in one of three deciding baseball playoff games. Montreal captured the NL East and the New York Yankees won the AL East. Championship series to begin Tuesday with full details on Pages 1B-2B.
Mayors from Odessa and Midland promote a Confederate Air Force air show to be held later this month at Midland Regional Airport. The event will feature more than 65 war birds from American Japanese and German origins.
A New York physician reports 33 inmate deaths at Huntsville Unit Hospital in the past year show serious medical care shortfalls. He cites untrained staff, a doctor without Texas license, and staff negligence. The special master and Judge Justice eye downgrading HUH and shifting care to outside facilities.
Amos Tracey, 81, left Jonesport, Maine in June and rode a DIY four wheel cycle to Texarkana Texas, planning to stay months. He craved seeing Texas, faced rough roads and police friction, and now plans rest, letter writing for support, or a Mississippi houseboat if Texas fails to hold him.
Three years after Camp David accords the Middle East process hinges on an April target for Palestinian autonomy and Sinai finalization. Haig notes linkage between Sinai withdrawal and autonomy talks as Mubarak leads Egypt. Both sides face pressure from Arab states and internal politics while the PLO remains absent from direct talks.
Steven Lee Compton, 28, was held at gunpoint for eight hours after a stranger forced entry at his Odessa home. Monahans police rescued him and detained a 44-year-old man as deputies pursue charges. The assailant forced him to drive west on Interstate 20 after the attack.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher condemned American donors to the IRA after visiting victims of a nail bomb in London. She urged two Americans at the hospital to return home and tell people not to send money to Noraid. The attack killed Nora Field and injured 38, including 22 Irish Guards, as a bus neared Chelsea Barracks. Thatcher vowed the IRA would not gain political recognition.
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