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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1981
Page
1
Houston Astro pitcher Nolan Ryan became the major leagues no-hitter king by defeating the Dodgers 5-0 for his fifth career no-hitter. He had been tied with Sandy Koufax at four and achieved the feat against Koufax’s former team.
A stronger Odessa economy has spurred a surge in convenience stores and a sharp uptick in armed robberies. Over four years robberies nearly doubled, with about one in five occurring at convenience stores, per Page 1D report.
An Odessa oil services firm, ICO, expects Kremlin approval by mid November for a multi million dollar technology sale to the Soviet Union. The deal could add up to 200 workers, boost Ector County revenue, and shift local industry as ICO expands divisions to support oil field technology used on sucker rods and tubular goods. The sale would involve five patented processes and is being handled through Martin Associates with SEC quiet period constraints during the public offering.
The first stage of the Reagan tax cuts lowers income tax withholdings by about 6 percent, boosting take home pay 1 to 2 percent for most workers. A married worker earning 500 dollars weekly with four allowances saves five extra dollars a week, while a single earner at 400 dollars weekly saves four dollars and sixty cents. Many changes begin with fiscal year 1982 and others on January 1, including retirement savings rules, a larger child care credit, and new charitable deduction for non itemizers.
A Texas panel has created a consent to treatment form and a plain English list of risks for more than 30 common operations. Signed consent would raise the legal presumption that patients were warned and accepted the risks. The measure, backed by doctors in part, is slated to take effect February 21 amid debate over physician liability.
Sandra Day O'Connor, sworn in as the 102nd Supreme Court justice, heads into a week of closed-door deliberations with the eight other justices as the 1981-82 term nears its October start. She inherits three clerks and a fourth from her husband's firm, serves as circuit justice for the 6th Circuit, and aims to master 102 scheduled cases and up to 1,000 orders looming on October 5.
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