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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1981
Page
1
The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers opened with rapid wins as favored hosts seeking World Series berths on Tuesday. Home field advantage and strong early performances propelled both teams toward strong starts. Details on the games appear on Page 1B.
A compact guide outlines sections for comics, crossword puzzles, Dear Abby, doctors column, energy, entertainment, financial, and bridge features. It lists page markers Se 8D 4B 118 8B 6D aa no th 1D sl ie, indicating placement across sections and a shorthand indexing system.
The forecast calls for fair skies tonight with a move to partly cloudy conditions and a slight chance of thunderstorms on Thursday. The weather story continues on Page 2A.
Ector County Independent School District trustees unanimously rejected an 874,963 budget for the Ector County Appraisal District killing a proposed move to a biennial two year revaluation cycle. The plan faced cross‑county political and fiscal doubt though City Hall and oil interests voiced continued support. The appraisal district must redraw its budget within 30 days with new members in place after year’s start.
Texas officials forecast 75 000 new bilingual students with the new law. Severo Gomez says total learners could reach 200 000 as districts must devote a quarter of bilingual funds to teacher training and programs expand from 990 to about 250 districts.
Forecasters warned relief might come as Central and North Texas endured a three day flood that killed four people and forced hundreds to higher ground. Remnants of a hurricane and a tropical storm in Mexico caused double digit rainfall across Breckenridge Abilene Decatur Gainesville and surrounding areas triggering evacuations and widespread damage.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 1981 went to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for its work aiding refugees despite political hurdles. Geneva based office previously won in 1954 and later honors include ILO 1969 and Unicef 1965.
Rep Kent Hance Texas outlines a four point budget plan to slow deficits and lower interest rates by delaying the 10 percent tax cuts for 1982 and 1983 and postponing all federal cost of living raises. He argues a larger deficit reduction rate is needed to restore market confidence and support Reagan's recovery effort.
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