Energy tax deal nears in big tax code overhaul talks
Four oil-state senators endorsed about 600 million dollars in extra energy taxes over five years to push House Senate talks. Independent producers would pay 100 million, majors 550 million, royalty owners a small amount. Leaders grapple with three big money issues as recess looms.
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Washington
House Senate
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Bentsen
Malcolm Wallop
R-Wyo
Congressional
Wallop
House
Senate
Congress
Homemade boat gears up for Pecos River Yacht Race
The Pecos event hosts about 50 entries including a cardboard boat built by the Belles family. Ken Belles and his two children Stephen and Stephanie join the 8 mile river course finishing near Barstow Dam. Participants endure a grueling three hours as river conditions rise compared to 1985.
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Pecos
Belles
Pecos River
Barstow Dam
Ken Belles
John Rediger
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Rediger
Beating draws official protest
The United States protested the detention and beating of DEA officer Victor Cortez Jr. by Mexican state police in Jalisco. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said a note of protest would be submitted, while Attorney General Meese called the act serious and disturbing and said the U.S. would not tolerate such conduct.
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Washington
United States
U.S
White House
Larry Speakes
Victor Cortez Jr
Edwin Meese
Nbc-Tv
Cortez
Jalisco
White Garners Backing for Temporary Texas Sales Tax
Gov. Mark White draws support from former Gov. John Connally Ben Love and Walter Mischer Sr at a news conference endorsing his plan for a temporary sales tax hike to close a 3.5 billion dollar state budget deficit. House Speaker Gib Lewis opposes higher taxes preferring spending cuts.
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Connally
House
Gib Lewis
White
Bill Hobby
Fake INS agent accused of selling bogus IDs
A Wickett man is charged with posing as an Immigration and Naturalization Service agent and selling fake birth certificates baptism papers and Social Security cards to two men he believed were illegals. A federal grand jury in Pecos will hear complaints against Armand DeLuna-Mendez after he posted bond and was freed from Reeves County Jail.
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Pecos
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Odessa
Armand DeLuna-Mendez
Mendez
U.S
Reeves County
House OKs discipline bill in Texas Legislature
A Texas House bill to strengthen school discipline won tentative approval amid protests that it could let schools suspend minor offenders. Sponsor Bill Haley said it restores authority taken by the 1984 reforms, while Rep. Al Granoff warned it would push 14 year olds to in school detention rather than suspension. The measure advances to a Senate vote after a voice approval in the House.
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Austin
House
Senate
Bill Haley
D-Center
Singles night brings dating to the supermarket
In Marshfield Massachusetts shoppers pack Price Choppers Shop n Bags and Purity Supremes for a new singles night. About 800 attendees wear name tags 7 to 11 pm with a 4 to 1 female to male ratio. Local resident Nancy Malinkowski travels 46 miles to attend.
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Angeles
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Dire Straits
Nancy Malinkowski
Wareham
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