County panel restructures Ector Parks Department
After a three hour closed door meeting the Ector County Parks Board voted to trim three park positions and add three new ones including an acting director. The shifts aim to lower salaries in the department with funds redirected to the general fund per Commissioner Bryan Henderson as auditors review the changes and a acting directorate is created. Stability concerns and prior budget tweaks prompted the discussions among board members city users and staff following the January 21 tax rollback election.
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Ector County Parks Department
Precinct 2
Bryan Henderson
Parks Board
Parks Department
Roland Hancock
Doug Kupper
Becky Kucera
Parks and Recreation
Jan Fisher
Henderson
Parks System
Kelly Godwin
Godwin
Nurse defense rests in Kerrville nurse murder trial
Defense lawyers for Genene Jones rested their case after six witnesses over three days, two medical experts and four others challenging the state's murder charges. The jurors heard that medical records did not prove a murder in the 1982 Kerrville clinic case. The trial enters rebuttal by prosecutors as Jones, 33, faces possible life sentence.
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Associated Press
Georgetown
Genene Jones
Jones
Jim Brookshire
John Carter
Kerrville
Brookshire
Chelsea McClellan
Joseph Balkon
Balkon
City plans curb and sidewalk upgrades for disabled access
Dave Carson, a wheelchair user for 30 years after an accident at Carlsbad Caverns, supports using federal Community Development Block Grant funds to remove architectural barriers citywide. Odessa expects about 1.35 million this year. meetings at Fannin Elementary invite public input on prioritizing accessibility projects, including street paving and park improvements.
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Dave Carson
Carson
Carlsbad Caverns
John Harrison
Harrison
Jack Dillard
Dillard
Odessa
Fannin Elementary School
N. Kelley Ave
Andropov Buried in Red Square in Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov was laid to rest in Red Square near the Kremlin wall with volleys and shouts of mourners. Konstantin Chernenko hailed him as a peace champion as the coffin passed Lenin’s mausoleum, while weather was cold and clear. George Bush met Chernenko afterward, saying relations should move toward a constructive path despite differences.
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Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov
Red Square
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Andropov
V.I. Lenin
Chernenko
Ustinov
George Bush
Bush
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Reagan Rejects Early Summit With Chernenko
President Reagan says he opposes an early summit with the new Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko noting it could raise false hopes. He also orders new Army units to Lebanon to train Lebanese forces in specific operations including terrorism related specialties. He accuses Democrats of acting like Soviet negotiators in bipartisan talks to cut the federal deficit.
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Philadelphia
Reagan
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Lebanon
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