County cuts hurt morale at Ector Juvenile Probation Office
In Ector County, most of 21 juvenile probation workers survived layoffs but morale suffers as budget cuts threaten salaries and positions. Director Danny Vanderburg notes anxiety over the $1.8 million emergency cut, while staff hold meetings and stay hopeful. Library staff also face reduced hours and possible loss of a state grant, with the bookmobile program at risk and a probationary library status issued by the state library commission.
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Ector County Juvenile Probation Office
Danny Vanderburg
Ector County
Jan Fisher
Vanderburg
Ector County Library
Texas State Library
Ted Campbell
Campbell
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Haven Whatley Toothman
Commission
Getty Oil takeover by Texaco shakes oil industry
Getty Oil Co directors approve a Texaco Inc buyout in what could be the largest U.S. takeover. If completed, Texaco’s assets would rise by 37 percent and crude reserves would double, leaving Mobil and Exxon as leaders. The deal ends a battle with Gordon Getty and disrupts a Pennzoil plan. Sidney R. Peterson notes the terse developments.
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Getty
J. Paul Getty
Gordon Getty
Pennzoil Co
Houston
Pennzoil
Sarah C. Getty Trust
Sidney R. Peterson
State quashes quick AT T hike
A PUC hearing examiner denied AT T s request for an immediate 115.4 million rate hike and set a January 24 hearing to consider the request. AT T argued urgent needs as it reported a 300 000 daily loss, while opponents would have time to prepare. The company could owe refunds if interim rates exceed final ones.
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Austin
Public Utility Commission
At&t
Phillip Holder
Texas
Joyce Beasley
Holder
The
Utility Commission
Southwestern Bell
Space station plan may be in budget
The Reagan administration signals a space station plan in orbit to house six to eight astronauts for three months. A proposed five year NASA budget increase totals 6 billion dollars, with yearly rises of 14 million in the first year and larger hikes thereafter through 1989 as part of a grand vision.
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Washington
Reagan
America
David A. Stockman
NASA
Earth
Space Shuttle
Spacelab
Congress
George Keyworth
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