Newspaper seeks access to Lucas trial in Plainview
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal fights a defense bid to restrict press coverage of Henry Lee Lucas murder trial in Plainview. A hearing was postponed due to weather. judge favors open coverage but may delay until mid January. Lucas, 47, faces multiple murder charges and has claimed numerous killings nationwide.
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Plainview
Henry Lee Lucas
Lucas
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Bob Bass
Bass
Georgetown
Lubbock
Marvin S. Marshall
Texas
Bass’ Motion
Avalanche Journal
D. Thomas Johnson
Brian T. Quinn
Johnson
Kate Rich
Ringgold
Shuttle repairs remove two defective power units from Columbia
Space shuttle Columbia returned to Earth December 8 after a small rear fire near the power units. Commander John Young said the crew faced no danger from the fire, or from computer and navigation issues, and that the automatic safety system doused the blaze unnoticed by the astronauts. He praised ground control for avoiding trouble and highlighted the spacelab and 72 experiments aboard the $1 billion mission. Young, a six-time flyer, suggested he will likely not fly again.
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Earth
John Young
Young
Houston
Spacelab
Columbia
Bomber argues he is not a threat in refinery extortion case
Theodore Duane McKinney, 46, received a 20 year sentence for his role in a $15 million extortion plot that involved placing five bombs at a Gulf Oil Chemical plant near Houston. A psychologist urged probation, but the judge ruled the total 100 year sentence would run concurrent with the 20 year term.
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Houston
Theodore Duane McKinney
Gulf Oil Chemical Co
McDonald
Floyd Lee Jennings
McKinney
Jennings
West
Settlement Might Not Halt Bribery Case Involving Mattox
Mobil and Manges pressed settlement in a Duval County mineral leases dispute in New York and Houston. The agreement notes no wrongdoing by General Mattox, but Travis County official David Garza warned the stipulation would not affect Mattox’s September indictment on a commercial bribery charge linked to a subpoena in the case.
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Mattox
Tom McDade
Houston
Fulbright & Jaworski
Mobil
McDade
Seattle
Manges
Ruben Garcia
Laredo
Garcia
Marynell Maloney
San Antonio
Marathon
New York
Duval County
David Garza
Public Integrity Unit
Travis County District Attorney’s Office
The
American Statesman
Arson ruled in third UT fraternity house fire
University of Texas investigators ruled arson in a third fraternity house fire this year at Alpha Tau Omega. A stairwell was doused with a flammable liquid and ignited, injuring two residents as they escaped. The pattern follows earlier fires at Lambda Chi Alpha, Zeta Psi, and Tau Kappa Epsilon, with officials noting no established connections among the incidents.
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Stamper
Phi Delta Theta
ATO
Lambda Chi Alpha
Margo Helen McFee
Billy Roberts
Zeta Psi
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
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Scanitlia
South Texas
Clinton Manges
Austin American-Statesman
English Tweeds, Inc
N. Parkway
UTPB
Ittle
Jack Horner
Odessa American P.O
Odessa, Texas
Odessa American
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