Marfa warnings of hoax letters tied to Leper appeal
Two Marfa residents report identical letters from Juleta Brillas of Culion Palawan claiming poverty and medical hardship. The letters likely aim to extract money, one original and one carbon copy. Names, phone book use, and random Marfa addresses suggest broader outreach.
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Marfa
Juleta Brillas
Culion
Palawan
Philippines
U.S
O&a
John Prude
Germany
Prude Ranch
Imke Juergens
Lubbock
Dallas
Florida
Marfa bank vice president starts work
Garry Carter has been named executive vice president of Marfa National Bank, coming from MONCORP Bank in Ruidoso New Mexico. He chose Marfa for its locally owned, small community focus and as the economic heartbeat of the area. He brings a background as a CPA and prior roles in First National Bank Hobbs New Mexico and MONCORP Bank, with his wife Diane and son Hamilton relocating with him.
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Karen Russell
Marfa National Bank
Garry Carter
Moncorp Bank
Ruidoso
N.M
Moncorp
Money Corporation
Carter
Marfa
el Paso
Hamilton
New Mexico
First National Bank
Hobbs
Diane
Law firms review HB 72 over teacher competency tests
The Texas State Teachers Association and the National Education Association retain three law firms to review portions of House Bill 72 related to teacher competency testing. Bredhoff and Kaiser will represent TSTA and NEA from Washington, with Schwartz Waterman Fickman Van Os and Davis and Hahn Tyler handling Texas matters. Karen Johnson will coordinate between firms, and Bob Chanin will serve as counsel-of-record. TSTA President Becky Brooks expects suits this summer challenging decertification provisions in the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Teachers Association
National Education Association
TSTA
NEA
Washington, D.C
Bredhoff and Kaiser
Texas
Schwartz, Waterman, Fickman and van Os
Houston
Austin
Davis
Hahn Tyler
Karen Johnson
Bob Chanin
Becky Brooks
West Texas Selected for Low Level Radioactive Waste Sites
West Texas communities face potential siting of low level radioactive waste on state lands in Andrews Brewster Culberson Duval Hudspeth Knox Loving Presidio Ward Winkler counties. Dames Moore will study geology topography water resources demography and land use to identify suitable sites by August 31 1985. Marfa residents worry about population proximity and local industry impact as Texas waste volumes rise toward 1990.
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Karen Russell
Texas
Andrews
Brewster
Culberson
Duval
Hudspeth
Knox
Loving
Presidio
Wards
Winkler
West Texas
Dames & Moore
Marfa
California
Nevada
Washington
Area landowners hear state and federal officials in Fort Davis
More than a dozen officials including the newly named chief of the U S Soil Conservation Service attended the Far West Texas Association meeting at Prude Ranch. Wilson Scaling, in office less than two weeks, noted as the first SCS chief to attend such a meeting, and state leaders urged support for the Texas Water Plan with legislators stressing outreach to urban voters.
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Texas
Garry Mauro
Wilson Scaling
Scaling
Wichita Falls
Soil Conservation Service
Washington
Far West Texas Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Fort Davis
Wynn Hamilton
Pecos
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Prude Ranch
SCS
Reagan
LCS
Soil and Water Conservation District Association
Texas Land
Far West Texas Association of Swcds
Kenneth Carr
Fort Hancock
Gary Dunshee
Alpine
Big Bend Swcd
Sul Ross State University
Range Animal Science
Sul Ross
Southwest
Jimmy Pate
Texas Water Plan
Bill Sims
Houston
Joe Antilly
Swcd Board
Antilley
Nancy McDonald
el Paso
Dudley Harrison
Kenneth Kuykendall
National Association of Conservation Districts
Waldo Smith
Texas Association of Swcds
Harvey Davis
Bill Griffin
Temple
Griffin
Larry Butler
Far West Texas
Sanderson
Dell City
Alamo Arroyo
San Angelo
Butler
Bubba Whitehead
Blue Mountain
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