U S attorney urges tougher plea bargains in Houston
U S Attorney Henry Oncken pushes prosecutors to seek stiffer plea bargains to push judges toward tougher sentencing. Defense lawyers counter the policy could trigger more trials and costly court proceedings, arguing the impact on actual prison terms may be limited. Judge James DeAnda notes sentence gravity matters more than counts, and many factors influence outcomes.
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Oncken
U.S
James DeAnda
DeAnda
San Angelo Leaders Debate PAVE PAWS Nuclear Risk
West Texas businessmen and civic leaders weigh the danger of a Soviet target for the PAVE PAWS radar near Eldorado while praising economic gains. Officials from Goodfellow AFB acknowledge general war targets, and local leaders stress fallout would affect San Angelo despite multiple regional bases.
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San Angelo
Texas
Pentagon
Bill Sims
Standard Times
Big Bend
Chalmers R. Carr
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Eldorado
Schleicher County
Sims
Carr
Songwriters protest high level waste dump in Texas Panhandle
Hereford residents Frank Ford and Ken Precure wrote and perform a protest song opposing a U S Department of Energy plan to place a high level nuclear waste storage site in Deaf Smith County Texas. The county was named a top preliminary site last December amid other locations.
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DOE
Frank Ford
Ken Precure
Ford
U.S. Department of Energy
Texas
Panhandle
Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Lubbock
Yucca Mountain
Nev
Hanford
Wash
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
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Ground Zero
Burt Terrill
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Dyess Air Force Base
Abilene
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Reece Air Force Base
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N. Grandview
Odessa
West Texas
Mian Air Conditioning, Inc
W. 42Nd St
Sentrek
Harold
Auto
Denon
Kenwood
Pioneer
Andrews Hwy
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