Gas bill deadline changed under Texas rule
The Texas Railroad Commission adopted new rules reducing termination notice to five working days for gas utilities and adding customer rights disclosures in English and Spanish. Energas officials say Odessa provides at least two months notice and allows payment extension after bills accrue. Commission officials note many utilities already exceed five days and consider health based postponements and dispute payment options.
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Texas Railroad Commission
Odessa
Leon Brooks
Energas
Brooks
Brian Schaible
Information Service
The
Railroad Commission
Commission
Consumers Union, Texas Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now
Gray Panthers
Long distance hoax tied to Johnny Carson tale
Pauline and Ralph Wallace and Vickie Hoffman faced a costly misunderstanding after their son reported that Johnny Carson would cover unlimited long distance calls. A Southwestern Bell spokesman confirmed the scheme involved credit card numbers being exploited, leaving the Waco family to pay an estimated $1,000 in calls while the tale proved false. The Wallaces were traveling to visit relatives when the hoax surfaced, disrupting Christmas plans and prompting caution about similar schemes.
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Laura Stone
Pauline Wallace
Johnny Carson
Wallace
Philip Bode
Southwestern Bell
Lubbock
Bodie
Waco
Ralph
Odessa
Vickie Hoffman
Yuma
Ariz
Wallaces
Jerry Wallace
Jerry
Navy
National Enquirer
Controversy Over Anglo Director at Southside Senior Center
Councilman Thomas Perkins questioned the appointment of Mary I. Pollock to head Odessa’s Southside Senior Citizens Center citing resident committee and county officials’ minority recommendations. Hancock defended Pollock’s qualifications and said a minority hire would be pursued under different circumstances. Perkins planned to seek funding holds during the probe, but Willie Hammond persuaded against it. The dispute centers on minority leadership for the center, which serves a largely Hispanic and Black community.
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Julie Bird
Thomas Perkins
Southside
Senior Citizens Center
Perkins
Mary I. Pollock
Odessa
Ector County Park and Recreation
Roland Hancock
Ector County Park Board
Pollock
Precinct 4
Willie Hammond
Hammond
Council
Hancock
Residents’ Committee
Charg
CIA Spying Denial Revealed From 1947 Hearing
Secret 1947 testimony before the House Intelligence Committee shows Dulles and other officials assuring there was no plan to spy on Americans and that safeguards were unnecessary. The release marks a historical link to later mid 1970s investigations into CIA spying. Dulles noted Abwehr aid and early data on German missiles, while lawmakers warned the CIA could become an American Gestapo under the proposed act.
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Robert Parry
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Congress
CIA
Allen Dulles
Dulles
House Intelligence Committee
Congressional
Robert McClory
Ill
United States
Abwehr
Telligence Arm
House Committee On Expenditures
Central Intelligence Agency
Texas eyes tax for road work in Odessa area
The Texas highway department district office in Odessa would seek funds to finish Texas Highway 191 and Loop 250 if a proposed nickel-a-gallon boost in the federal gasoline tax takes effect. Public affairs officer Charles Muery said adding main lanes to 191 and completing Loop 250 are top priorities if the tax increase passes and state funds follow.
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Texas Highway Department
Odessa
Charles Muery
Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Midland
Bill to tighten oil field security and royalty reporting
Washington AP Congress approves major reform of federal oil field oversight. The bill, backed by Rep. Morris Udall, tightens inspection and record keeping, creates civil and criminal penalties for royalty evasion, and demands security systems on wells to curb theft and underpayments. The Senate passed it earlier and Reagan is expected to sign.
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Washington
Congress
House
Reagan
Senate
The
Linowes Commission
America
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
House Interior Committee
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Energas Offers
Odessa American
Max Faulkner
Pauline
Ralph Wallace
Mittee
Gestapo
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Texas
Bill
Udall
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