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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1990
Page
4
A local Odessa publication promotes a peace initiative inviting residents to join a campaign by David F Lyons and editor M Olaf Frandsen. The aim is to foster harmony across the Permian Basin area through civic involvement and community events.
Rea gan's Houston address to a copy service group drew press access controversy. While praising open information flows, editors note the former president lectured on free society while restricting coverage, highlighting tensions between transparency and secrecy. The package also comments on GOP fundraising tricks, oil spill response funding, waste management, and Civil Rights Act rhetoric.
President Bush and Soviet leader Gorbachev presented a united front on the Persian Gulf. They urged compliance with the U N Security Council resolution toward Saddam Hussein, while avoiding firm promises on military action. Gorbachev pressed for a Middle East conference including Israel and the Palestinians, Bush separating it from the Gulf crisis.
James J Kilpatrick lampoons Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone era in a Charleston column. He skewers automated menus call wait times and call forwarding as a grand joke of modern tech while defending handwritten letters as a vanished human touch. Kilpatrick notes a granddaughter and the absurdity of dialing chaos. The piece closes by identifying Kilpatrick as a Washington, D C columnist.
A veteran recounts visiting the Vietnam Wall in Washington to honor Jose Manuel De La Torre from Fullerton California. He recalls the moment he realized De La Torre’s first name and reflects on shared duty, memory, and the poignant idea of going home after 32 months in Vietnam.
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