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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1981
Page
1
Texas rises to first in the AP football poll after a 34-14 victory over Oklahoma on Saturday. Southern California drops from the top spot after an Arizona 13-10 defeat. full coverage on Page 1B.
A Southwestern Bell proposal to bill for local service by the call prompts privacy concerns from Texas Civil Liberties Union executive director John Duncan who warns records could be accessed by federal authorities and courts. Bell denies danger and plans a measured service option, while permitting future switch from flat-rate billing with PAC approval.
President Reagan declined to block Continental's sale to Texas International and local managers say operations at Midland Regional Air Terminal remain unchanged. Both airlines serve Midland and continue separate operations while Texas International and Continental pursue a joint future. Continental employees praised stock plans but remain focused on business stability and profitability.
American economist James Tobin of Yale University won the 1981 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science for his analysis of financial markets and how households and firms decide on assets and debt. Tobin, a Harvard graduate and former adviser, was cited for linking spending, employment, production, and prices to risk and return in financial decisions.
GAO warns that U S and NATO pilots often cannot distinguish friend from foe in air, land, and sea. Study urges Defense Secretary Weinberger to push interoperable identification equipment across alliance, aimed for late 1980s use though current systems remain mainstay into the 1990s.
Beir ut Lebanon analysts say the Palestine Liberation Organization now mirrors a fractured Arab world. Eight rival factions receive backing from states such as Syria Iraq and Libya. Arafat seeks broad ties especially with Saudi Arabia amid factional power plays and a dominant Fatah leadership.
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