Panel Aims to Limit Time for Student Athletes
The Loss of School Time Committee of the UIL voted to restrict time spent in sports, proposing a five day cap for baseball tennis and golf athletes before district tournaments. Odessa High School officials warn limits could shrink schedules and harm spring programs while stressing students must remain in class. A similar five day rule applies to speech journalism drama and academic events as the policy undergoes further UIL approvals.
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Odessa
University Interscholastic League
John Townley
Irving
LSTC
Permian Basin
Jerry Millsapps
Odessa High School
West Texas
Plains College Hosts Eight-Team Meet in Levelland
Plains College held a multi team meet in Levelland with eight teams taking part. A full results story is continued on Page 10.
Jones prosecutors seek act two in Genene Jones case
Genene Jones, convicted of Chelsea McClellan’s Sept 17 1982 death, faces a 99 year sentence. Prosecutors plan further trials over additional charges including injuring a month old boy at Medical Center Hospital. Investigators probe a string of infant deaths tied to Jones 1978 to 1982 Kerrville and San Antonio work.
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Georgetown
Genene Jones
Bexar County
Nick Rothe
Jones
Chelsea McClellan
Kerrville
Odessa
Genene
Ann Bradley
San Antonio
Medical Center
Rolando Santos
Chelsea
Kathleen Holland
Anger forces resignation of Reagan envoy Stone
Richard B. Stone, Reagan administration Central American envoy, resigns citing personality differences with at least one other senior official. The move comes amid tensions with Langhorne Motley over information sharing, with no stated policy clash with President Reagan. Stone, 55, longtime Central America traveler and ex Democratic senator from Florida, had been Reagan’s sole special envoy to the region.
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Richard B. Stone
Reagan
Stone
Langhorne Motley
Inter- American Affairs
Motley
Nicaragua
Florida
Central America
el Salvador
U.S
Thomas R. Pickering
Deane R. Hinton
Brazil
Thomas O. Enders
George P. Shultz
Enders
Hinton
Reagan orders pullback of Marines from Beirut
President Reagan directed U S Marines to begin weekend redeployment from Beirut to Navy ships off the Lebanese coast with a 30 day timetable. A 500 man contingent remains. Defense Secretary Weinberger prepared the withdrawal plan. Beirut radio said Lebanon's Amin Gemayel will renounce the 1983 Israeli withdrawal pact and back a Saudi eight point plan to stay in office.
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Reagan
U.S
Beirut
White House
Larry Speakes
Robert C. McFarlane
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Beirut Radio
Amin Gemayel
Lebanon
Israel
Banks mask losses via asset sales in 1983 Texas holds
Dallas banks used asset sales and accounting moves to hide weak earnings in 1983. Officials note many transactions did not violate regulations but critics say the extra income masked true operating performance. Analysts urge stripping such items to gauge underlying profitability.
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Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Texas
James J
Lawrence W. Cohn
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc
InterFirst procedures cited in Texas bank actions
InterFirst Corp the state s largest bank holding company with assets of 21 7 billion faced regulator scrutiny for procedures that included tax benefits from losses on problem loans. The SEC challenged the tax benefits prompting the company to drop them and restate its third quarter income statement.
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InterFirst Corp
InterFirst
Securities and Exchange Commission
InterFirst trims goodwill amortization after First United deal
Republic Bank narrows losses from 194 million to 249 million while real estate sales reach about 7 million. InterFirst shortens amortization of 45 million goodwill from 40 to 25 years, boosting near term negative earnings. The First United takeover shifts to an acquisition and revalues assets, avoiding potential 69.2 million losses. after tax gains include 7.9 million from selling its Houston building stake and investment returns.
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First United Bancorporation Inc
Fort Worth
First United
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