Odessa newspaper masthead and contact line
A compact display masthead from the Permian Basin publication featuring David F. Lyons as publisher and M. Olaf Frandsen as managing editor. The note emphasizes a community aim to improve life and work in Odessa, Texas, with a P.O. Box address for correspondence.
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David F. Lyons
M. Olaf Frandsen
Government Should Not Target College Football TV Deals
In a debate over a FTC antitrust suit against CFA and Capital Cities ABC the piece argues the case is misguided. It notes ABCs 300 million five year deal and notes Notre Dame USCs UCLA Michigan and CFA member count while stressing consumer choice and many viewing options beyond CFA avenues.
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Federal Trade Commission
College Football Association
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ABC
ESPN
Notre Dame
CFA
U.S. Supreme Court
Guest towels and a Boise friendship tale
Lewis Grizzard recalls visiting a married friend's home in Boise Idaho and the awkward shower challenge. He wrestles with a single shower knob, guest towels, and decorative mauve towels with blue kittens, finally drying on carpet as a loyal friend observes. Grizzard writes as an Atlanta Constitution columnist about domestic etiquette and humor.
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Boise
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Stress Test Fiasco Turns Werewolf Hospital Showdown
Dave Barry recounts a Thallium Stress Test in a hospital Stress Department. A nurse named Bette scrubs his chest while tubes and wires attach him to monitors. Despite fear, Dr Frankfurt makes him run on a treadmill as thallium is injected. He ends up in Nuclear Medicine with a radiation glow and learns his heart is fine.
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Bette
America
Institute of Punitive Medicine
Dr. Hamburg
Dr. Frankfurt
James Arness
Paul Harvey on Liberia and American policy
Paul Harvey argues that Liberia began as a Liberian republic founded by freed American slaves then split along tribal lines. He details Samuel Doe’s dictatorship, rebel violence, and U S aid amid alleged corruption and hypocrisy, criticizing ongoing American funding and influence.
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Liberia
Samuel Doe
Doe
Beverly Hills
John F. Kennedy Hospital
Reagan
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