Smoking document sinks Devine reconfirmation bid
Washington drama ends Devine's bid to lead the civil service system after a contested tenure. Senate Republicans faced a turning point when Loretta Cornelius exposed an executive order Devine signed to run OPM from a subordinate post during reconfirmation. Devine denied deception, calling it routine housekeeping.
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Washington
Donald J. Devine
Senate
Civil Service
Devine
OPM
Loretta Cornelius
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Cornelius
GOP
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Joseph Morris
Signage ordinances push to curb garish billboards in Texas towns
Readers praise city councils in New Braunfels Kerrville and San Antonio for enacting emergency signage laws amid a state bill. A parent commends NBISD bus safety training after a 1984 85 incident, noting regional program drills and police support helped prevent panic. A local debate questions officials and a jail funding stance attributed to Sheriff Fellers and Robert Delgado.
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New Braunfels
Kerrville
San Antonio
Sheriff
Walter) Fellers
Robert Delgado
New Braunfels to Hear I 35 Ribbon Cutting at Guadalupe Bridge
Comal County set to open its segment of the four lane Canada to Mexico Interstate 35 Expressway with a 11 45 a m ribbon cutting at Guadalupe Bridge led by County Judge C W Rice and Mayor Joseph Faust. Officials plan, outline sewer and school projects and note voter turnout in runoff.
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Comal County
Texas
Guadalupe Bridge
C.W. Rice
Joseph Faust
Buffalo Springs buffalo roams highway near Bear Creek Road
Passers by on Bear Creek Road near Buffalo Springs saw a full grown buffalo bull wandering the highway Tuesday morning. A Mountain View Ranch worker claimed the animal after it tangled with a bull on the E Borchers ranch, then leaped a fence and vanished.
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Bear Creek
Buffalo Springs
Mountain View Ranch
E. Borchers
May car sales hold near record as month ends
Five decades ago Comal County reported May totals at 55 vehicles for passenger cars, commercial units and trucks, just shy of February’s 57 record. A fatal accident occurred when Missouri-Pacific train struck 41 year old Natividad Alvarado near Hunter, verdict ruled accidental death at inquest. May set a new rainfall record with 11.81 inches as persistent showers added to the historic total since 1891. Canning work increases at North Seguin Avenue relief plant with 48 can pressure cooker to be supplied by state relief. The German Summer School sponsored by Hermann Sons lodges and the New Braunfels Board of Education to begin Monday. dirt-track motorcycle races are part of Fourth of July plans by the Comal County Fair Association and partners.
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Comal County
Natividad Alvarado
Hunter
Missouri-Pacific
Justice of the Peace
Ben Faust
North Seguin Avenue
State Relief Organization
Order of Hermann Sons
New Braunfels Board of Education
New Braunfels
Comal County Fair Association
Fair Association
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Sandra Arnold
National Federation of Federal Employees
Thomas Winter
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New Braunfels Texas
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Austin
Region 13
Carrington
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Barbara Tieken
Delgado
Jail
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Chamber of Commerce
D N George Nowotny
Joe Faust
Julius Schwandt
Alfred Liebscher
Kenneth Fiedler
Ray Metzke
Reno Ruppel
Comal
W. Frank Suhr
Calvin Riedel
Landa Park
Harley Schulz
Schulz
Johnny Schnabel
Canyon
Steve Stoke
New Braunfels High
Melvin Jodhec
Anne Mackey
Bob Kiesling
Irvin Bearnet
Eugene Moeller and
Charlie Wagenfuehr
Comal County Grievance Committee
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Max Wommack
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