Subcommittee studies pipeline controls in Texas hearings
A Texas legislative subcommittee examined pipeline routing and construction controls amid concerns about leaks and environmental protection. Testimony from state and federal agencies, along with Edwards Aquifer experts, highlighted gaps in law and calls for permits, stricter standards, and greater local oversight to safeguard water resources.
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Mittee
Edmund Kuempel
Seguin
Fred Agnich
Dallas
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Water Commission
Euwd Board
Congress
Department of Transporation
Soviet ejects U.S. diplomat amid espionage claim in Moscow
The Soviet Union expelled U S diplomat Michael Sellers accusing him of spying during a clandestine meeting with a Soviet recruited by U S intelligence. Tass cited evidence of U S embassy staff involvement and said the case followed U S cuts at the U N mission in New York.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Washington
U.N
New York
KGB
Michael Sellers
Tass
Sellers
Jaroslav Verner
State Department
Bernard Kalb
Europe
Poland
Ethiopia
Lucy
U.S
Paul Stombaugh
United States
United Nations
Candidates discuss objectives in New Braunfels council race
Absentee voting begins Monday for the April 5 New Braunfels City Council election. Incumbents Valdemar Espinoza and Betty Lou Rushing face challenges from Ramon Chapa Jr. and Loraine Skels Kraft in Districts 1 and 2. District 2 candidate Rushing, 99, a retired schoolteacher, stresses projects to maintain beauty and quality of life.
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New Braunfels
Valdemar Espinoza
Ramon Chapa Jr
Betty Lou Rushing
Loraine Skels Kraft
City Hall
Rushing
Kraft
Espinoza
Chapa
Absentee voting opens in Comal ISD school races
Absentee voting for two Comal ISD trustee races begins Monday with two polling sites Smithson Valley High School and the CISD Central Office at 1421 Highway 81 East. Polls run 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Monday through Friday until April 1 except holidays. Incumbents Carter Castee and Don E Tyler seek re election. Erwin Lehmann declines. Castee a 1985 St Marys Univ grad and former CISD teacher. she and husband Tom live in New Braunfels with their son a freshman.
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Comal Isd
Smithson Valley High School
CISD
Highway 81 East
SVHS
Hill Country
Carter Castee
Don E. Tyler
Erwin Lehmann
Sunny and warm with near 80 degree high
The weather outlook calls for a sunny day with a high near 80 and southeasterly winds around 10 mph. Overnight temperatures fall to the mid-40s with mild conditions overall.
Lindheimer the Father of Texas Botany and Texas Independence
German immigrant Ferdinand Jakob Lindheimer rose from political upheaval in Germany to help Texas independence, become known as the father of Texas botany, and publish the Neu Braunfelser Zeitung. He collected plant specimens along the Comal and Guadalupe rivers, aided by Asa Gray, and helped settle New Braunfels after arriving in 1843.
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Ferdinand Jakob Lindheimer
Texas
Germany
Mexico
Lindheimer
Neu Braunfelser Zeitung
Comal
Guadalupe
New
Bunsen
United States
Illinois
Missouri
Ohio
Indiana
New Braunfels
Mississippi River
New Orleans
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Bureau of Land Management and Environmental Protection Agency
All American Pipeline Company
Peter Rose
Edwards
Tom Fox
Edwards Underground Water District
Jim Collins
Torney
Travis County
Fox
EUWD
Soviets
Leroy Goodson
Comal County
Deryl Clark Herald-Zeitung
Debbie Deloach
Lillian Thomas
Castee Is
Business Soden Rennes
Abby
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