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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1985
Page
3
A Pentagon whistleblower told Congress that excessive contractor markups drive up Air Force costs beyond spare parts issues. He said fat across the board exists in many contracts, not just those for parts. A. Ernest Fitzgerald urged tighter oversight amid widespread waste.
The Reagan administration said it has resumed spraying chemical herbicides to destroy marijuana plants on federal land. DEA Administrator John C. Lawn announced at a news conference that the agency met court-ordered conditions that had halted herbicide use for almost two years.
Eight people died when a car collided with a truck towing a trailer near San Augustine Texas on Highway 103 near Farm Road 3279. Trooper Bobby Perry said all victims were severely mangled and identification continued at a local funeral home. He called it the worst accident he had seen in a decade.
Washington woman Marjorie Goff described decades of agoraphobia and urged others to seek help as officials estimate more than 13 million Americans suffer serious phobias. Jerilyn Ross of the Phobia Society of America highlighted treatment methods and the common fears of closed spaces heights public speaking bridges escalators flying and tunnels.
In Tucson, 25 year old Michael Drummond, Jarvik-7 recipient, remains in critical condition after strokes as doctors seek a human donor. Calls went to hospitals and agencies with several offers considered, but no match declared brain dead yet and the team waits for a donor heart to transplant.
Patricia Ann Frustaci the first of three surviving septuplets to leave Childrens Hospital of Orange County with parents Samuel and Patti Frustaci. She weighed 5 pounds 2 1/2 ounces, after earlier delays. Doctors say her brothers Stephen Earl and Richard Charles may be weeks away from going home.
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