Pesticide complaints raise probes at Texas prison farms
Huntsville AP state agriculture officials will review pesticide use on Texas prison farms after inmate complaints of exposure. TDC Director Estelle says no contamination problems known and that farm practices match other operations. Inmate Keith Roach reports arm sores from farm work and says complaints received no response.
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Huntsville
Texas
Texas Department of Corrections
TDC
W.J. Estelle
Dallas County
Estelle
Armand Start
Keith Roach
Roach
Budget Plan Projects 18.77 Million From Taxes and Fees
The budget totals 26.39 million in approved expenditures with 71 percent funded by property tax receipts projected at 97 percent collection. Federal revenue sharing and intergovernmental funds, including mixed drink and bingo rebates, office fees and fines, cover the remainder. The tax assessor-collector is slated to collect 1.75 million in fees.
County Budget Outlines Revenue by Department and Expenditures
The 1983 84 proposed budget lists expected receipts for 1B county clerk as 300000 county court and county court at law 200000 peace justice courts 275000 district clerk 180000 and sheriff 180000 with mixed drink tax rebates totaling 275000 and federal revenue sharing 748852. Expenditures total 26.39 million with 16.6 million in general fund and 6.67 million in special revenue. Debt service 2.28 million and enterprise fund 844779. Schlemeyer Field faces a 185067 allotment down from 639982 this year. Parks Department remains around 1.479 million and Medical Center Hospital indigent care rises to 1.8 million.
Gunman wounds two Dallas firefighters in apartment shootout
In southeast Dallas a gunman opened fire on two firefighters responding to a blaze then barricaded himself inside the apartment. After a four hour standoff police used tear gas to force his exit. The suspect, Larry Lynn Skyler, 27, faces four counts of attempted capital murder and is jailed on $500,000 bond. Firefighters Rick Brewer and Jerry Morris were listed in serious condition at Baylor University Medical Center. The suspect had prior misdemeanor arrest and a neighbor cited a fear of police.
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Dallas
Larry Lynn Skyler
Tom Boardman
Rick Brewer
Jerry Morris
Baylor University Medical Center
Melissa Long
Brewer
Morris
The
Dallas Morning News
Deaths and funeral notices in Odessa area
Multiple obituaries and memorials list deathes in Odessa with services. Bessie Hayter 80 of 2318 W13th St to be buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens after 4 p.m. Tuesday service at Easterling Wilson Funeral Home. Other notices include J D Walker Evelyn Gragg Cynthia Gutierrez L N Jack Lane Petra Sauceda Ortiz Lorene Beard and Winnie Cooper with various service times locations and survivors.
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Bessie Hayter
13Th St
Easterling-Wilson Funeral Home
Lonnie Hayter
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Carrol Green
Bob Bratcher
Walker
Evelyn Gragg
Evelyn Sewell Gragg
14Th St
John Rasco
L.N
Jack’’ Lane
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Jerry Thorpe
Lane
Port Lavaca
Maxine Beaman
Gillette
Wyo
Temple Baptist Church
Maxine
Dale Lane
Odessa
Tommy Lane
Temple
Jackie Dale Lane
Betty Jean Totzke
Truman Lane
Brownwood
Jessie Roberts
Jewell Newman
Comanche
Doris Hanna
Houston
Petra Sauceda Ortiz
W. Monahans St
Jerusalem Baptist Church
Matthew Rendon
Raul Solis
Easterling-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel
Rose
Lorene Beard
Loma Drive
Beard
Malone-Hogan
Breast augmentation costs and techniques outlined by surgeon
Linda, a patient from November 1978, discusses her breast augmentation with Bartlett. Costs run about $2,000 at his clinic and $2,900 in a hospital. The videotape explains procedures and risks while showcasing a silicon gel prosthesis. Implants place between chest muscle and tissue via armpit, breast, or nipple incisions. Scar visibility favors armpit entry. surgery lasts about an hour with two hour discharge if complication free. Ann reports quick recovery and the massage routine helps prevent scar tissue and aids early cancer detection. Bartlett notes most patients are approved after thorough exams and emphasizes emotional care when discussing appearance.
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Linda
Bartlett
Texas
Saras
Ann
Autopsy Ordered After Fire Death
A 73 year old woman Evelyn Gragg was found dead in her burning home at 2305 E 14th St about 2 45 pm Sunday. Firefighters Dan Farber and Henry Tieman were burned but treated and released or not treated. The blaze took about three hours to extinguish and the origin is unknown. A second fire damaged a mobile home at 6701 St Louis Ave No 16 Saturday with arson indicators and gasoline smells inside.
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Evelyn Gragg
E. 14Th St
Gragg
R.G. Hungerford
Dan Farber
Henry Tieman
Farber
Michael Ludwig
Robbery at North Grant service station tied to gunman
Police seek a gunman who robbed a North Grant Avenue service station Sunday night taking 480 dollars. Clerk Cindy Lee Defoe and Anthony Teller described the 20 to 30 year old suspect as 185 to 190 pounds with brown hair and eyes, wearing a tan work shirt cap and black glasses. The thief used a black revolver and warned them not to look up while taking 180 from the register and 300 from a counter drawer.
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Grant Avenue
Cindy Lee Defoe
Rio Grande Distributors Inc
N. Grant Ave
Defoe
Anthony James Teller
Odessa woman killed by accidental gun discharge
A 26 year old Odessa resident Cynthia Ann Gutierrez died after a .22 caliber gun she waved discharged striking her head during an argument with Bob Weaver of Houston. The shooting near her home was ruled accidental but under investigation. Gutierrez died at Medical Center Hospital at 7 15 a m.
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Cynthia Gutierrez
Bryan Road
Easterling-Wilson Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Ector County
Gene Kloss
Cynthia Ann Gutierrez
Bob Weaver
Houston
Gutierrez
Misconduct reported as 14 tire punctures and paint acts
Deputies investigate 14 cases of criminal mischief on St. Louis Avenue from Saturday night to Sunday morning. Vehicles along the 6000 block sustained tire punctures and blue paint on sides and tailgates. a German shepherd was painted as well. Residents named include Clovis Stacey, Dele Brown, Danny Zenbsch, and others across St. Louis and nearby Kermit and Fort Worth avenues.
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Sheriff’s Department
St. Louis Avenue
Clovis Stacey
St. Louis Ave
Dele Brown
Danny Zenbsch
James Verl Norman
Johnny Edward Morris
Larry Lee Dugihtan
Kermit Ave
Billy John Kukyendall
Sherri Lynn Letcher
David Gene Kevil
Ronnie Derrell Henry
Fort Worth Ave
Lester Sumster
Kermit
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Wilson
Enterprise Fund
Schlemeyer Field
Tak
Parks Department
Roxton
William Hayter
Graham
Don Hayter
Claude Hayter
R.L. Hayter
Monahans
Bernice Coudding
Doris Hayter
Elma Wheeler
Laura Taylor
Viola ‘‘Vi’’ Martin
Dorothy
Dot’’ Upton
Shirley Weddle
Fort Stockton
Tresser Segler
Corpus Christi
J.D. Walker
Winchester Ave
Crescent Park Baptist
Artesia
N.M
Crescent Park Baptist Church
Atlantic Richfield
Mary Olsen
Walnut Creek
Jimmy Green
Buchanan Dam
Kathy Belt
Ann Smith
Lake Jackson
L.N. Lane
Petra Ortiz
Winnie Cooper
Kloss
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