Park owner seeks AG probe of mayor over river control
Dana Overstreet reports Landa Resort and Schlitterbahn co owner Bob Henry asked the Texas attorney general to investigate alleged abuses of power by New Braunfels Mayor Barbara Tieken. Henry claims the Rivers Oversight Committee steps threaten private property and free enterprise. He cites charter violations and a city hall letter about civil rights concerns and a council speech about water quality testing.
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Dana Overstreet
New Braunfels
Bob Henry
Landa Resort
Schlitterbahn
Rivers Oversight Committee
Henry
Barbara Tieken
Jim Mattox
Tieken
Agencies cite 41 for alcohol law violations in Texas counties
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents issued 41 citations on Sunday morning for illegal alcohol use and minor in possession in Comal and Guadalupe counties. Prohibited hours run from 2 15 a m to noon Sunday, with fines up to 50 dollars for consumption and 200 dollars for minors. Most citations were along River Road and at Comal Park Cranes Mill Park and a park near Canyon Lake.
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Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Smelser
River Road
Comal Park
Cranes Mill Park
Canyon Lake
Reagan lauds Spain democracy amid NATO protests
President Reagan praised Spain's democracy during a Madrid visit, saying Latin American exceptions are few and citing Paraguay Chile Cuba and Nicaragua. He toured El Pardo with King Juan Carlos, met leaders Gonzalez and Fraga, and urged freedom as a global contagious force while defending Central America policy. He plans to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg amid protests and NATO tensions.
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Madrid
Spain
Reagan
Nicaragua
America
Paraguay
Chile
Cuba
el Pardo Palace
Juan Carlos
Felipe Gonzalez
Manuel Fraga
Iberian Peninsula
Juan March Foundation
Hemisphere
NATO
U.S
Central America
Ment
Francisco Franco
Strasbourg
France
Kremlin
Soviet Union
White House
Larry
Civil suit against sheriff and officers dismissed
U S District Judge H F Garcia ruled for Sheriff Walter Fellers and investigator Kermit Kroesche in a suit by former jail inmate Bradford Allen Bullock. Bullock, now serving life for habitual criminality, claimed cruel punishment for being placed in leg irons in 1980. The judge found leg irons not cruel and unusual punishment when escape risk is present, though cautioned on iron duration and placement.
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U.S. District Court
H.F. Garcia
Walter Fellers
Kermit Kroesche Friday
Bradford Allen Bullock
Texas Department of Corrections
Comal
Bexar County
Bullock
Reimer
Comal County
Kroesche
Lillian Thomas
Weather outlook the next few days with warm afternoons
Forecast shows cloudy nights and mornings turning partly cloudy with warm afternoons through Wednesday. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph today. Highs reach 85 today and 88 Wednesday, with lows of 68 tonight and 64 this morning. Sunset 8:14 p.m. sunrise 6:43 a.m. Canyon Dam outflow and Canyon Lake level reported at 624.81. 902 70 dowr 73 07)
Texas tops poll after sweeping Southwest Conference title
A brief sports note reports the Texas baseball team reclaiming the top college ranking by romping to the Southwest Conference championship. The item appears on page BA. A Senate budget vote may be delayed until after President Reagan’s Europe trip to lobby wavering Republicans, per Majority Leader Robert Dole, with details on page 2A.
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Texas
Senate
Reagan
Europe
Robert Dole
Sunny Work On New Braunfels Middle School Addition
Pat Watkins of Star Erection Company works under the hot sun on the New Braunfels Middle School addition. The project is part of the 1983 bond package and will yield a new fine arts facility when finished.
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Pat Watkins
Star Erection Company
New Braunfels Middle School
Suspect's Attorneys File Motions in Capital Murder Case
Motions range from change of venue to bond reduction to publicity limits for 19 year old Jesse Garibay Jr and fellow suspect Rudy Hernandez in the March 7 gangland style killings of five Mexican nationals near FM 1863. Garibay held at Coma County Jail on 250000 bond. Hernandez seeks bond reduction after denial.
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Jesse Garibay Jr
San Antonio
FM 1863
Coma County
Longview
Rudy Hernandez
22Nd
Charles Ramsay
Hernandez
John Chunn
Mark Cusack
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Carlos Resendez
Garibay
River Oversight Committee weighs visitor education in county
The Guadalupe-Coma Rivers Oversight Committee held its second meeting to craft an action plan for river areas. Merchants including Jane Abbott urged public education on water safety, traffic and emergency access while addressing littering trespassing and crowd management near Schlitterbahn as guidance.
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Guadalupe-Coma Rivers
River panel aims to educate visitors on crowding and water use
Moderator Ed McWilliams of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service led a committee including Lake Dunlap Gruene property owners and outfitters to set goals for river visitor education. Three aims emerged at a March workshop with the National Parks Service to manage crowds, protect natural resources and water quality, and educate the public on behavior. The group will discuss traffic safety litter access erosion overcrowding conservation aesthetics trespassing sanitation and public health, though some members doubt river problems and the need for action.
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Schlitterbahn
Ed McWilliams
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Lake Dunlap and
Gruene Property Owners Associations
National Parks Service
McWilliams
Ramirez Gets Probated Sentence In Liquor Theft
Jesus Ramirez Ramirez of Mexico pleaded guilty to burglary of a habitation after a co worker died from acute intoxication from liquor stolen in the same incident. Tom Ferguson set a five year probation term. the December death involved Ruben Bustos of Monterrey. The pair reportedly took six bottles of liquor and valuables valued at $475 from a Whispering Hills residence off FM 3159.
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Jesus Ramirez Ramirez
Mexico
Ramirez
Tom Ferguson
Burnet
Ruben
Bustos
Monterrey
Comal County
Rudy Rubio
Whispering Hills
Rubio
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Sam Smelser
Guadalupe Counties
Fellers
Bill Reimer
Garcia
Canyon Dam
Edwards
Fom
Deryl Clark
Herald Zeitung
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