A's win with Bully Ball strategy returns Billy Martin
The Oakland A's beat the White Sox 6 2 as manager Billy Martin returns from a two game suspension. The report notes the club's shift to a Bully Ball approach and references page 1B for full details. Ector County School trustees approve selling Rusk Elementary in Odessa Southside to Murphy and Rochester for 25000. See story page 1D.
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Oakland A’s
Billy Ball
A’s
White Sox
Billy Martin
Ector County
Rusk
Odessa
Murphy and Rochester
County road power clash delays Road and Bridge budget
A dispute over control of road maintenance in Ector County has split commissioners. Precinct 1 Commissioner David Childers fights to keep authority for district roads while Commissioner Bill Hicks pushes a biweekly report system and unitization to direct work countywide. The budget decision is postponed to after a Monday court meeting.
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Ector County
David Childers
Precinct 1
Precinct
Bill Hicks
Commissioners
Road Department
Hicks
Childers
Precinct 3
Julian
Odessa
Willie Hammond
Morell Howell
Horned toads face fines under Texas protection law
Odessa area sees abundant horned toads this spring as residents hunt the protected reptiles. Game Warden Terry Lloyd notes illegal capture and jewelry use prompted protection status after animals were taken out of state. First offense carries a $200 fine, with stiffer penalties on subsequent violations. Professor Don Allen explains horned toads are lizards with camouflaged armor and a blood excretion defense.
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Odessa
Texas
Terry Lloyd
Parks and Wildlife Office
Lloyd
Don Allen
University of Texas At
Permian Basin
Allen
Lawmakers vow to end marriage penalty in tax law
Associated Press reports Congress may revamp the 1969 tax rules that sharply taxed combined spouses income. About 15 million couples face penalties up to 391 dollars at 20 thousand dollars income and up to 3654 dollars at sixty thousand. Some divorce to avoid penalties, others cohabit. The Boyters case is cited as an example.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Ellicott City
H. David
Angela Boyter
Canadian prison riot forces copter rescue at Matsqui
More than 300 inmates rioted at Matsqui Prison in British Columbia protesting kitchen work. Guards fled to a rooftop and were rescued by helicopter. About 40 percent of the facility burned as fires spread through the kitchen, chapel, and administration areas. 7 prisoners were lightly injured. Police and military surrounded the jail with no end in sight.
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Matsqui
British Columbia
Federal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Vancouver
Canadian Penitentiary Service
Jack Stewart
Stewart
Park plan pulled by oilman over controversy
Oilman Robert C. Anderson withdrew from a Texas land swap with the state citing pervasive innuendo and political controversy that clouded the merits of the deal. Gov. Bill Clements engineered the exchange, trading Andersons Big Bend ranch for state land near El Paso with mineral rights to both sides retained.
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Dallas
Robert C. Anderson
Texas
Anderson
Atlantic Richfield Co
Bill Clements
Big Bend
Hudspeth
el Paso
Presidio County
West Texas
Big Bend Ranch
Charles Henderson
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Abby
Spat
Copter Rescue
Clements
Fort Worth
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Brewster
Presidio Counties
Bob Armstong
Edmond
Okla
Oklahoma City
AP Laserprots
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