White aims for efficiency and fees in Texas budget
Governor Mark White pressed a tight budget path with no tax hikes, urging workforce cuts and higher user fees while warning lawmakers that achieving austerity without extra funds will be difficult. Lt. Gov. Hobby praised the streamlining effort as a compassionate approach to cut costs.
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Austin
Mark White
White
House
Senate
Bill Hobby
Hobby
Ray Farabee
Wichita Falls
Microplex Inc Listing From 1985 Notice
A 1985 classified style entry shows 301 Microplex Inc. Mitch Womble listed with P O box 45424 Dallas Texas 75245. The sparse OCR fragment suggests a business address notice or box listing in a historical newspaper item.
Salary clash over county posts to reach grievance panel
County Clerk Hazel Kuhn and Precinct 4 Constable Fidel Tamez will ask the grievance committee Friday morning for pay rises. Kuhn seeks 5 percent versus 2.5 percent approved in the budget while Tamez pushes from 5304 to 16000 annually.
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Kuhn
Tamez
Hazel Kuhn
Fidel Tamez
Special County Committee
Michael Leon Lacy
Maxey Edward Price
James Lee Batey
Ruth E. Doeppenschmidt
Price
Ambrose Borchers
Walter Fellers
Bill Reimer
Betty Jean Engelhardt
Gloria Clendon
Rosie Rosenburg
Fred Clark
Tamer
Unicorns and Cougars Scoreboard Update
Unicorns beat Tiny 75 to 63. Cougars defeated Hays 75 to 52. Kerrville topped Unicorns 66 to 39. Hays overcame Cougarettes 64 to 40.
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Unicorns
Tiny
Cougars
Hays
Kerrville
Unicorn Girls
Cougarettes
Texas man executed in Huntsville for 1974 narcotics death
Doyle Skillern was put to death by injection at 12:23 a.m. in Huntsville after Gov. White declined a reprieve. The case involved co defendant Charles Sanne, who testified Skillern fired the fatal shots that killed Patrick Randel, an undercover DPS agent, during a drug deal gone wrong. Sanne, spared the death penalty, faces possible parole consideration.
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Huntsville
Doyle Skillern
Jack Pursley
Skillern
Luther Masters
Cornelius Ryan
Phil Guthrie
Texas
Mark White
Patrick Randel
Texas Department of Public Safety
Randel
Charles Victor Sanne
Sanne
Lanne
Austin Woman Hurt In I-35 Crash Near Schwab Road
An Austin woman, Judith Davis, was injured when her car crossed the center median on I-35 near Schwab Road and hit an 18 wheeler hauling reinforced steel. Davis was hospitalized in stable condition. truck driver Jesus Zepada of Pleasanton also sustained minor injuries. Traffic was halted in the southbound lanes while authorities responded.
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Austin
Schwab Road
Judith Davis
McKenna Memorial Hospital
New Braunfels Emergency Medical Service
South Austin Hospital
Davis
Department of Public Safety
Jon Lindley
K. 35
Lindley
Jesus Zepada
Pleasanton
East Bar
Schertz
Comal County Forecast Calls For Showers This Afternoon
The forecast for Comal County calls for occasional showers and thundershowers this afternoon, then partly cloudy by Thursday. Rain chances are 100 percent today, 30 percent tonight. Winds northerly near 15 mph this afternoon, 10 to 15 mph through Thursday. Sunset 5:55 p.m. Tonight’s low around 35, Thursday’s high near 50. This morning’s low 43, yesterday’s high 50.
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Comal
Turf fight Seguin sues over McQueeney incorporation
Seguin sues the McQueeney incorporation under the Texas Declaratory Judgment Act to resolve five ETJ related questions while an election proceeds. The suit names the incorporation petition, not individuals, and aims to clarify jurisdiction as two cities near each other face potential legal disputes over annexation and boundaries.
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Seguin
McQueeney Incorporation
McQueeney — Incorporation
Keith Browne
State District Court
Browne
McQueeney
Guadalupe County
James Sagebiel
Sagebiel
Structural Metals Inc
Acme Brick
Windsor
Elm Grove
Westgate
Treasure Island
Robert Ray
County auditor studies jail furniture bids at commissioners court
Bids were opened for jail furniture in Tuesday's meeting and a cost analysis by the county auditor will decide which bid to accept. A Friday 8:30 a.m. session will determine if competing vendors offer equivalent quality. Wayne Myers Co Edna and Comal County Office Products submitted complete bids, while Tri-County Office Equipment offered itemized bids.
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Commissioners Court
Wayne Myers Co
Edna
Comal County
Tri-County
Bate Bond
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John Zimmermann
Kroger
Zimmermann
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Melow Canyon
Edwards Aquifer
Poe
Abby
Cash Hermes
Centex Office Center
Centex
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