Tax-relief hearings heat state finance chairman Ratliff
Texas hearings on school property tax relief criticize the current system with little light on solutions. Senate Finance Chair Bill Ratliff says tests favor broader tax bases but offer no clear replacement. House Ways and Means Chair Tom Craddick notes voters want cuts. options include sales tax expansion, gross receipts tax, business activity tax, or a general tax shift, all with burdens on different business sectors. Citizens Committee on Property Tax Relief schedules hearings in Wichita Falls San Antonio and Austin.
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Tom Craddick
House
Ways and Means Committee
Craddick
R-Midland
Lubbock
George W. Bush
Bush
Ratliff
Senate Education Committee
John Mont
Ford
D-Lubbock
Texas
Citizens’ Committee On
Wichita Falls
San Antonio
Austin
Texas A&M gets 15 million gift from L Lowry Mays
San Antonio businessman L Lowry Mays donates 15 million to Texas A&M University as the capstone of a six year fund drive that far surpasses the 500 million goal. The gift funds the College and Graduate School of Business and makes Mays a Texas A&M Foundation benefactor.
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Austin
L. Lowry Mays
San Antonio
Texas A&m University
Mays
Texas A&m Foundation
College and Graduate School of Business
A&m
Dwight Look
Death notices from Odessa Monahans Pecos and Midland area
Multiple obituaries from Odessa Monahans Pecos and Midland announce deaths on August 25 26 1996. Raymond Mc Queen 90 buried at Rose Hill Cemetery with Baptist minister officiating. Billie L Ou 68 homemaker survived by husband Fred Ott and 10 grandchildren. Christopher Isaiah Krumnow Sanchez 3 months died at Medical Center Hospital mass at St Catherine Church. Dionicio Quiroz 99 buried at Fairview with Our Lady of Guadalupe rites. Henry D Abalos 61 died in Odessa. Vince Woodard 77 also noted with services pending. Survivors include numerous relatives and conjoined locations Odessa Monahans Pecos Midland.
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Odessa
Raymond McQueen
Medical Center Hospital
Rose Hill Centet
Avind Medlock
Martinez Funeral Home
Sulfur Springs
Gordon Pruitt
Monahans
Billie L. Ou
Odessa Medical Center
Immanuel Baptist Church
Robert Mitchell
Tamarisk
Harkey Funeral Home
Westbrook
Pecos
Christopher Isaiah Krumnow Sanchez
Marvel Krumnow
Christopher Sanchez
Midland
Dionicio Quiroz
Midland Hospital
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Gilbert Rodriguez
Fairview Cemetery
Bill C. Thomas
Idland
Henry D. Abalos
Business leaders weigh funds to keep Astros in Houston
Enron chairman Ken Lay says about 20 executives at a country club discussed pooling up to 75 million dollars to build downtown facilities for the Astros and other teams. Shell Oil Conoco and Tenneco executives back downtown option to revitalize the core, while Harris County cautions on public cost and near AstroDome constraints.
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Ken Lay
Enron Corp
Houston
Drayton McLane
Astros
Lay
Shell Oil Co
Conoco Inc
Tenneco Gas Pipeline Co
Harris County
Robert Eckels
Astrodome
Eckels
Iipark
Man leads five-county chase after kidnapping attempt
A 38 year old man, William Robert Barnes, kidnapped Vivian Harrison, threw her into a vehicle, and led state troopers on a 130 mile pursuit across five counties before tires were shot out near Granbury. He faces kidnapping burglary unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and evading arrest charges. Harrison was unharmed.
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Granbury
Grand Prairie
William Robert Barnes
Vivian Harrison
Harrison
Barnes
Brad Geary
Obituary for Benny Benfield Sr. Carrollton resident dies at 67
Benny Benfield Sr. died August 26, 1996 in Grapevine. Survived by son Ben Jr. and Kathy of Coppell, daughter Rhoda and Darin Anderson of Cleburne, six grandchildren, mother Sally Benfield of Clarksville, Ga., four brothers and three sisters. A 32nd degree Mason, Shriner, and lifetime VFW member. Memorials to Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital or American Cancer Society. Metrocrest Funeral Home in Carrollton handles arrangements.
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Carrollton
Benny Benfield Sr
Grapevine
Ben Benfield Jr
Kathy
Coppell
Rhoda
Darin Anderson
Cleburne
Sally Benfield
Clarksville
Benfield
Scottish Rite
VFW
Scottish Rite Children's Hospital
American Cancer Society
Metrocrest Funeral Home Inc
Obituary Notice Policy Details Odessa Area
The Odessa American accepts death notices and obituaries from established funeral homes for residents and those connected to the 21 county area. Paid notices may include life history tributes and pallbearers. Notices received by 4:30 pm typically appear the next day.
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Odessa American
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Ray Bowen
Clear Channel Communications
Austin Lynes
Lewisville
Fred Ott
Fred Ott, Jr
Terrell
Jo Pat Redman
Tranisha Downmand
Bill Oliver
Irene Grove
Billy Oliver
Lawana Oliver
Kathy Pyles
St. Catherine Catholic
Mount Ever
Martinez Funeral Home of
Mary Ann Krumnow
Ester Mata
Valentine Sanchez Jr
Fort Stockton
Adan and
Hela Mata
Ojinaga
Mexico
Felix Quiroz
Austino Quiroz
Dennis Quiroz
Alda Reyes
Emma Olgin
Margarita Quiroz
Elena Revelez
Andrews
Socorro Nunez
Waco
Demetrio Pineda
Kermit
Vince Woodard
Odessa Funeral Home
Angeles Memorial Chapel
Clearance Sall el Me
English Village
Shepperd Pkwy
W. F. Alexander II M
General Psychiatry
Prerak Doctor
M.D
P.A
Tennessee
Sidney Easterling
Easterling Funeral Home
N. Grandview
Wayne Easterling
West Wall Midland, TX
Corian
Insurance Claims
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