81-year-old Jones challenges defense in pretrial hearing
Julia Alice Jones, 81, grilled defense attorney Jimmy Edwards during a pretrial hearing as he questioned her about a February robbery and assault at her Ector County home. She described two assailants, identified Raymond Burns from a photo lineup, and recounted being bound and robbed of a $3,000 wedding ring.
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Ector County
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Ed Edwards
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Glass work on medical building by PPG glaziers
Albert Garcia’s torso is obscured by a filtered glass plate being fitted Wednesday by co workers Danny Belcher and Dennis Tyson. They are glaziers for PPG Industries Inc a glass firm from Lubbock. The project is on the Dr J D Cone Medical Building at West Third Street corner Alleghaney Avenue.
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Albert Garcia
Danny Belcher
Dennis Tyson
Glaziers
PPG Industries Inc
Lubbock
El Nino storms blamed on volcano and shifting winds
El Nino, the Pacific weather phenomenon, is linked to a March 1982 El Chichon eruption with scientists split on the theory. The latest event caused US winter storms, Mississippi and Louisiana floods, and hundreds of tornadoes, while global damage nears billions.
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Texas
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Donald L. Gilman
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Chicago
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Alan E. Strong
National Environmental Satellite
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Mexico City
Riders May Help Odessa Medical School Funding
A legislative rider attached to the state general appropriations bill could let Texas Tech Regents use bond proceeds patient fees gifts or grants to fund the $4.5 million Regional Academic Health Center in Odessa. Regents face a tough choice as Gov White weighs a separate $12.5 million appropriation for Tech’s teaching hospital in Lubbock while Payne warns Odessa funding would be possible but not easy.
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Texas Tech
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Tech
White delays call for special session in Texas
Gov. Mark White says he will not summon legislators to a special session until he gains assurances they will back his plans. He aims to rebuild support for a schoolteacher pay raise funded by a luxury tax after it failed in the regular session. White noted some lawmakers indicated willingness to action after further discussion, but no mandate exists for a summer session.
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Associated Press
Austin
Mark White
House
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