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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1981

Page

2

Former presidents urge direct PLO talks for Middle East peace

Former presidents Ford and Carter say the United States must eventually engage the Palestine Liberation Organization to reach a comprehensive Middle East peace. They assert moderate Arab leaders back Camp David but fear speaking out, and stress that negotiations could include PLO figures beyond Yasser Arafat.

Washington Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter Israel Egypt United States Palestine Liberation Organization Middle East Camp David Ford Carter Jerry Jimmy Anwar Sadat White House U.S PLO Alexander M. Haig Jr Yassir Arafat Arafat Sinai Sadat

Police seek cash to fund undercover crime unit

Will County residents are urged to donate up to 250000 over five years to back a new undercover Selective Investigations and Prosecution unit aimed at organized crime. Police say lean times have left no tax money for the effort.

Chicago Will County Illinois

Kidnap Victim Compton Seized West of Odessa

Compton told officers the kidnapper pulled the pickup off the road about 15 miles west of Odessa where bystanders stood nearby. A Wickett man, who stopped to help, was alarmed as Compton bolted from the truck and said he was being abducted. The assailant allegedly fired a shot, recaptured Compton, then pistol whipped him. Police later spotted a pickup and Compton at a gas station near the Fort Stockton highway and I 20. A long blade knife was found. no gun located. Compton received eye injury treatment at two hospitals and was released.

Compton Odessa Wickett Monahans David Mills Fort Stockton I-20 Mills Ward County Memorial Hospital Medical Center Hospital

Beekeeper death and child abandonment reported in multiple cities

A 19 year old Chicago grocery cashier died after bee stings on her first day on the job. In New York a mother of three is sought as three hungry boys were found unattended in squalor on the Lower East Side. A Ku Klux Klan rally drew about 200 in Windham Connecticut with heavy state police security. Navy pilots report 80 intercepts of Soviet spy planes during Atlantic crossing. Odessa forecasts warn of flash floods and scattered thunderstorms with 30 percent rain chance through Tuesday. Various regional weather summaries follow for Texas and surrounding areas.

Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Michelle Honey South Side St. Bernard Hospital New York Lower East Side Anthony Lanigan Windham, Conn Connecticut Norfolk Dwight D. Eisenhower Odessa National Weather Service James Hallman Don Coleman Midland Regional

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Heme Dace Sudscodor Srees

Investigative reporters grilled on means and ends in public forum

Chicago Sun-Times veteran Gene Mustain admits falsifying a job application to expose an employment scam while Geraldo Rivera recalls using a stolen key to enter a mental hospital for a reporting piece. ABC News investigator Peter Lance says he paid a bribe to expose an inspector's corruption enabling a deadly arson-for-profit scheme.

Gene Mustain Chicago Sun-Times Geraldo Rivera ABC Peter Lance ABC News Pam Zekmar The Sun-Times Cbs-Tv Chicago Benno C. Schmidt Jr Columbia University Law School U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals William J. Bauer

Prison hospital unsanitary conditions blamed for inmate deaths

A report portrays neglected hygiene at HUH with dirty mop sinks and uncovered pharmacy boxes. It details four inmate deaths including Billy Joe Tutt, 37, who died after delayed heart failure treatment on June 9, 1981, and L. C. Lister, 50, who died Sept. 9, 1980 from a perforated stomach despite an X-ray order.

Cohen Billy Joe Tutt Tutt L.C. Lister Huh Lister

Inmate Deaths Highlight Medical Mismanagement Claims

Francisco Diaz, 41, died at HUH after three days with dehydration fever and no clear doctor contact, while Freddie Ramsey, 63, with liver disease died days after a Dec 10 referral to John Sealey Hospital. Cohen criticizes care as grossly deficient and misassessment.

Freddie Ramsey HUH John Sealey Hospital Galveston Ramsey Cohen John Sealey

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