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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 2001
Page
15
James Rodney Hicks 49 receives 55 year term after Maine two life sentences for wife murder. Hicks demanded a Lubbock woman drink cough medicine at gunpoint. victim sobs as she testifies. Prosecutors say he likely never serves Texas time but the sentence blocks release.
A Texas Panhandle appeals court dismissed charges against Billy Wafer for selling drugs to an undercover Tulia officer. The 1999 operation led to 43 arrests, most of them Black, sparked civil suits and a Justice Department probe into officer Tom Coleman.
A South Texas judge awarded the Balli family 3.4 million in interest on oil royalties they allege belonged to them. The Brownsville jury had previously awarded 1.1 million in lost royalties and 1.5 million in attorney fees to the Ballis, who claim 300 relatives sued in 1993 over Padre Island mineral rights tied to a 1938 sale.
Washington AP Larry Combest of Texas will again chair the House Agriculture Committee in the 107th Congress. Rep Henry Bonilla of Texas will chair an agriculture appropriations subcommittee handling farm program funding and related agencies including FDA nutrition programs food stamps and school lunch.
Texas based SCI plans to sell 105 cemeteries and 431 funeral homes in 42 states and three Canadian provinces to reduce its debt from 3.3 billion. The company expects 200 to 250 million from sales over two years, with another 60 to 75 million from other properties, and will take a 425 to 475 million charge in Q4 2000.
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