Grand Jury Begins Work in Burnet District Court
A Burnet grand jury sat Monday after empanelment in District Court with 12 jurors selected from 20 summonses. Foreperson Wanda M. Warden led the panel which heard cases as questions for indictments remain undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Duncan
Valaree G. Blair
Rufus Oldham
R.E. Trantham
Doris O'Donnell
Larry Bruns
Wanda M. Warden
David L. Lilley
James Burkett
Ruby Barton
John A. Butler
Darrell Montgomery
Public meeting on Burnet Llano resource preservation at Marble Falls
CAPCO organized program at First Baptist Church Marble Falls focuses on protecting natural and cultural resources in Burnet and Llano counties. Judge B. Pogue welcomes, Mrs. Bill Bryson moderates, a slide show and 7:30 panel discussion explore local preservation needs and planning opportunities.
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Marble Falls
Burnet
Llano
First Baptist Church
Capital Area Planning Council
CAPCO
B. Pogue
Bill Bryson
Burnet County
Llano County
Prisoner escapes Burnet County jail during Thanksgiving period
Sheriff Wallace Riddell reports a late Wednesday night escape from Burnet County Jail with the sheriff’s wife’s 1977 Oldsmobile used in the escape. A Marble Falls chase led to a wreck and the fugitive abandoning the car near the old sewer plant after a pursuit. Kenneth Allen, 20, was later found asleep in the jail’s unused jury room.
Tower Voices Social Security and Health Care Concerns
Texas Senator John Tower urged critics to weigh public outcry on energy, social security, and welfare, outlining issues with labor, exports, the new Energy Department, health care, and H E W hospital guidelines. He called Social Security actuarially unsound and said private institutions bear unfair burdens while warning of doctor shortages if guidelines stand. He also linked wage policy to hospital costs and warned of wide labor impacts from higher minimum wages.
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Texas
Tower
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dolph Briscoe
Austin
Labor
Afl-Cio
United States
Carter
Annual Burnet Christmas Parade Friday
Plans for Burnet Christmas parade on Friday December 2 begin at 4 30 p m with Santa as guest of honor. Parade starts North Main and Post Oak and proceeds around the square and back along Pierce Street. Lineup at 3 p m on North Main. Prizes of 75 50 and 26 for top floats. commercial floats compete but cannot win prizes.
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Burnet
Santa
North Main
Post Oak
Pierce Street
Chamber of Commerce
County Votes Pay Raises For Employees
Barnet county commissioners approved salary increases for all county workers on Monday. Elected officials rise $75 monthly, monthly salaried staff $60, and hourly workers 30 cents per hour, lifting the minimum to $3.05. Total annual cost near $49,000. They also appointed Dr. Joe Shepperd as county health officer and approved buying a 1974 Chevrolet C-65 flatbed for $4,000 for Precinct 2.
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Barnet
Joe Shepperd
Burnet
Marble Falls
Bob Wilkin
Wilkin
Dick Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Herman Brown Free Library
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Mrs. Warden
Capco Meet
Sen
Buchanan Dam Fire Department
Burnet High School
Bertram
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