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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1981
Page
1
The Odessan feature Our Town by American staffer Dick Howe premieres today with tidbits and many names. The column promises frequent updates on local comings and goings. Saturday forecast notes a damp start to the holiday weekend, with drying conditions and pleasant weather from Sunday through Monday.
Environmentalists and House Democrats accuse the Reagan administration of drafting a bill that would undermine the Clean Air Act. Representatives Toby Moffett and James Florio released the proposal, which EPA disavowed, noting provisions to weigh costs against benefits and relax standards for new pollution emitters and auto emissions. Waxman questions whether the administration intends to deceive Congress and the public. The story references an Air article continuation.
A. Alan Hill, chairman of the President's Council on Environmental Quality, said he conveyed to the White House environmental concerns about the MX missile plan. Despite budget cuts from 50 staff to 16, he asserted the council can still influence policy and has already sent comments across the street to the White House.
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger must mediate spending among the Army Navy Air Force and Marines while defending a 1.6 trillion five year program against White House budget cuts. President Reagan pledges defense buildup but aims to balance the budget by 1984, placing Weinberger in the middle of a trimming debate with Stockman and Meese as options are prepared and weapons programs reassessed.
Reagan returns to the White House from a month in California and plans to push hard on defense and domestic spending cuts to steady the budget for 1984. Speakes says the president will start next week with a fast-paced schedule including Pentagon cuts and the Saudi radar plane sale, while Begin visits and OConnor hearings loom.
The Labor Department reports the Producer Price Index rose 0.3 percent in August keeping wholesale inflation at a 3.6 percent annual rate, the smallest gain since May. Unemployment rose to 7.2 percent, with higher joblessness among Black teens.
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