Texas bans two for one happy hours statewide
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission bans two for one happy hours to curb rapid drinking. The rule allows doubles for the price of a single and does not cover free drinks or nickel beer. Rep. Gary Thompson proposes a total ban on happy hours. Restaurant association critics call the rule inadequate. Casablanca’s owner says serving doubles for the price of one is fine.
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Austin
State Alcoholic Beverage Commission
TABC
W.S. McBeath
Abilene
Gary Thompson
Massachusetts
Texas Restaurant Association
W.H
Price
TRA
Joe Darnall
McBeath
Darnall
Commission
John Benavidez
Freeport Navy base site eyed as Gulf deep water option
Assistant secretary of the Navy Chase Untermeyer toured Freeport's potential base location for the battleship Wisconsin. He noted it is near deep water but declined to rank sites, and said he will assess multiple Gulf Coast options including Mobile Pensacola Houston area Corpus Christi Baytown Port Arthur Brownsville. Local officials cite dredging progress and incentives as factors in seeking Navy approval with expected employment and payroll impacts.
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Freeport
Untermeyer
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Fla
Houston
Corpus Christi
Baytown
U.S. Steel-owned
Ashbel Smith
Texas
Port Arthur
Brownsville
Blue Water
Petroleum ‘Co
Phillips
Brdzos River Harbor Navigation District
Way Ge
Monith
Navy
E.S. Sansom
Convicted killer Willie executed after wink to nun
At Angola Louisiana Robert Lee Willie 26 was executed in the electric chair after winking at Sister Helen Prejean the nun who aided him in his final hours The Harveys the victim's mother and stepfather watched as he was strapped in and jolted through four surge cycles His final remark claimed killing is wrong while he expressed no remorse for his 1980 rape and murder of 18 year old Faith Hathaway
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Angola
Robert Lee Willie
Willie
Helen Prejean
Elizabeth
Vernon Harvey
Alfred Gould
C. Paul Phelps
Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Harvey
Harveys
Gould
West Feliciana Parish
Grim Reaper
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Faith Hathaway
OPEC Ministers Back Plan to Monitor Production
In Geneva, twelve of thirteen OPEC members tentatively backed a plan to monitor each nation's production and pricing to halt oil price declines. Nigeria, a key producer, arrived late and its stance was awaited, while Ecuador had initially opposed but reconsidered after government guidance.
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Geneva
Switzerland
OPEC
Nigeria
David Tam-West
Ecuador
Arturo Hernandez Grisanti
Venezuela
Algeria
Gabon
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Libya
Kuwait
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
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Blackeye Peas
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Eno
Chantilly
Yerie
L’ Air
du Temps
Eau de
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San Jacinto Mall
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Orm Maan
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