UT regents approve major UTMB and campus projects in El Paso meeting
The UT regents in El Paso accepted an 8 million grant from Sealy Smith Foundation for an ambulatory care center at UT Medical Branch Galveston. They set 33.6 million total construction and approved 25.5 million for Texas Department of Corrections Hospitals at Galveston with 144 inmate beds. They also leased Balcones land for a drive in bank and authorized a 6.8 million UT El Paso business building. A dialysis invention by Dr. Robert Popovich will yield 20 percent royalties to the UT system.
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EL Paso
Texas
University of Texas Regents
Sealy & Smith Foundation
UT Medical
Galveston
Sealy & Smith
Regents
J.W. Bateson Co
Dallas
Texas Department of Corrections
Balcones Research Center
Austin
National Bank of Commerce
Ut-El Paso
College of Business Administration
Robert Popovich
Utaustin
MOVE defendants face lengthy Philadelphia murder trial delays
In Philadelphia nine MOVE members and two associates face murder charges for Patrolman James Ramp’s death after police siege actions. The defendants disrupt court with slogans and refusals to cooperate while their victims’ relatives and officials voice outrage. Justice mayoral and police officials defend the actions as necessary to end a siege that devastated a neighborhood and city finances.
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Philadelphia
MOVE
John Africa
Wilhelm Knauer
Common Pleas
Charles Mirachi
James Ramp
Frank Rizzo
Drexel University
University of Pennsylvania
West Philadelphia
Rizzo
Mirachi
Administration appeals anti inflation ruling
The Carter administration appeals a federal judge’s ruling that it cannot enforce wage guidelines in its anti inflation program. Parker delayed an order barring enforcement while the case proceeds, with the court preserving price guidelines and keeping contract denial potential for violators under discussion.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
Barrington D. Parker
U.S. Court of Appeals
Justice Department
Parker
Department
Appeals Court
Afl-Cio
Administration
Congress
Congressional
Organized Labor
Texan Wins Texas Chicken Cooking Contest Title
A Dallas freelance writer Richard Kraetke won first place in the 1979 Texas Chicken Cooking Contest with Chicken Dallas. He will represent Texas at the national contest in Charleston South Carolina on July 25 for a $10,000 prize. Ozella McCoy of Pasadena took second with Hop Pin Chicken John an adaptation from her grandmother. Five finalists competed in the three hour cookoff sponsored by the Texas Broiler Council and the Texas Department of Agriculture.
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Austin
Texas
Dallas
Richard Kraetke
Charleston
S.C
Ozella McCoy
Pasadena
Texas Broiler Council
Texas Department of Agriculture
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Yung Phelan
Raglan
Anne Adams
West 17 St
New York
YMCA
East University
Ymca Youth Lobby
Texan
Terry
Ee van EL
N. Grandview
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