Sheriff cites overcrowding as cause of jail escape
Sheriff Bob Brookshire blamed critical inmate overcrowding for a Sunday escape by Kevin Garman from Ector County Jail. The facility, designed for 105 prisoners, held 179. Plans include transferring inmates to nearby counties and possibly reusing jailers to guard, with up to a dozen inmates headed to Stanton at 25 dollars per head daily, as officials seek temporary relief while Garman remains at large.
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Sheila Welsh
Trusty
Ector County
Bob Brookshire
Kevin Garman
Garman
Brookshire
Stanton
Midland
Alleg
Budget approves record $73.2 million operating budget for ECISD
Ector County Independent School District trustees approved a 73.2 million dollar operating budget with a 9 percent tax rate increase for 1982-83. The rise reflects a 23.65 percent budget increase over 1981-82 and includes 4.7 million tied to process changes and new TEA rules. Debts and bond construction push total district spending to 77 million.
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Elizabeth Simpson
Ector County Independent School District
Bill Walker
Texas Education Agency
Market rally a record
Brokers in the Permian Basin called a record setting surge in the stock market Tuesday a signal of a long term rise. The Dow Jones rose 38.81 points to 831.24 as NYSE volume topped 105 million shares. Trading continued higher in early hours with a 11 point gain and a new one hour record of 22 million shares. The rally ended a bear market that had persisted for more than a year. Odessa broker Will Grosse cited interest rates as the primary factor in the turn.
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Rex Henderson
Permian Basin
New York
New York Exchange
Will Grosse
Odessa
Eppler, Guerin and Turner
Lone Star Steel to close East Texas mill this Saturday
Lone Star Steel, a major East Texas employer, will shut its Lone Star mill this Saturday, laying off 3,500 to 4,000 workers and prompting officials to warn of hard times in the oil patch as rig activity declines from 4,600 to 2,645. City officials fear the impact on nearby towns Longview and Tyler, though some hope for a temporary period of adjustment.
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Lone Star
Texas
Lone Star Steel
Shenton
U.S
Longview
Tyler
Marquita Pankey
Stockman stumbles over tax battle framing in Reagan plan
In Washington A D Stockman struggles to explain how Reagan can campaign for Republicans supporting his tax bill and against Democrats opposing it He notes the bill would raise 98 3 billion over three years and frames the vote in a broader fiscal context while highlighting spending cuts contrast The episode risks alienating conservative Republicans and could boost Democrats led by Speaker Thomas P O'Neill as the president seeks to shape the tax vote.
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S.E. Nordlinger
Baltimore Sun
Washington
David A. Stockman
Reagan
Stockman
White House
Thomas P. O'Neill
D. Mass
Rep
Newt
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