Legislature Cranks Up For 30 Day Texas Special Session
Texas lawmakers return to Austin for a 30 day special session ordered by Gov. Bill Clements to finish five unresolved items from the regular session. Key issues include congressional redistricting after the 1980 census, re enacting the Medical Practices Act, a property tax amendment, Peveto Bill refinements, and placing surplus funds in state treasuries for water projects. Republicans push for more GOP seats, with Chet Upham proposing ten.
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Austin
Texas House
Senate
Bill Clements
Texas
U.S
Clements
Chet Upham
Medical Act gains attention from Texas medical leaders in Odessa
Dr Bill Ross president of the Texas Medical Association urges quick passage of the Medical Practices Act to avoid abolishing the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. He cites amendments added without public testimony and seeks language changes on funding records access hospital privileges and optometrist drug use. The act failed in regular session due to disagreements.
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Medical Association
Texas
Bill Ross
Texas Medical Association
Odessa
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Ross
Dallas
TMA
Board of Medical Examiners
Oil lobbyists fail to win windfall tax relief in Washington
Independent oil producers lobbied 26 groups in Washington for permanent relief from the 4.1 billion windfall profits tax. Senators, led by Lloyd Bentsen, rejected an amendment for exemptions, planning to push again on the Senate floor. Industry officials note Reagan needs the tax to balance the 1984 budget, shaping the political battle.
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J.R. Ewing
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Washington
U.S. Senate
Reagan
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Short people prove dignity rising in public life
Otto Bohmann, 4 foot 4, recalls fewer stares and gains in access under the National Rehabilitation Act of 1973. He and wife Isadora, both dwarfs in Newbury Park, say prejudices remain but have diminished as short people pursue engineering, education and other careers. The Bohmanns, active in Little People of America, stress self sufficiency and the motto Think Big as they raise their 17 year old daughter Mary Anne, now 5 foot 8, and advocate for improved opportunities and research into dwarfism.
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Newbury Park
Calif
Otto Bohmann
Bohmann
Isadora
Highway Department
Board of Education
Rocketdyne
Los Angeles
United States
Mary Anne
Little People of America
Billy Barty
Fruit fly plan hinges on harmonica lure in California
Scottsdale woman Ann Spenger says the mating pitch of the Mediterranean fruit fly matches the low F sharp on a harmonica and suggests California use an amplified harmonica to lure and kill the flies as pesticides are sprayed. She tried to contact Governor Brown but could not reach him at the Capitol.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Ann Spenger
Scottsdale
Spengel
Spenger
Capitol
Sacramento
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