Bullock certifies Texas budget as record plan
Comptroller Bob Bullock certified the $37.2 billion Texas spending plan the largest in state history, saying it balances with expected revenues for 1985 and 1986. Governor White will review and may veto specific line items while noting the plan funds a $70 million indigent health care program and includes pay raises for state employees.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
Texas
Bullock
White
John Moore
Comptroller
Senate Allows CIA to Distribute Aid to Nicaragua Rebels
The Republican Senate refused to bar the CIA from distributing 38 million dollars in nonlethal aid to anti Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua. An amendment demanded U S compliance with international law and the OAS charter. The issue heads to a Democrat controlled House as Speaker ONeill seeks to curb arms and funding escalation.
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Washington
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
Nicaragua
Reagan
U.S
Organization of American States
OAS
House
Christopher Matthews
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
State Department
John Kerry
D-Mass
State board schedules historic teachers test in March
State Education Board members approved plans for a historic examination to test 200,000 Texas public school teachers. The test, required by the 1984 reform bill, will be conducted in three regions the week of March 10 under a private contract. The agency may run the test over three days.
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Kirby
Texas Education Agency
Cosden Oil and Chemical Co
Cosden
J.W. Cahill
American Petrofina Inc
Odessa sees May home starts rise despite lower overall values
May residential starts in Odessa reach 14 units valued at 1.21 million, the strongest month this year, while total May building permits fall to 3.89 million. April had 5 starts worth 322 thousand and May 1984 had 6 starts totaling 555 thousand.
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Odessa
City Planning and Inspection Department
SLA captures Finnish UN troops amid crossfire threat in Lebanon
The South Lebanon Army seized 24 Finnish UNIFIL soldiers and threatened to execute one every hour until SLA fighters are released. Two Finns were later freed as conflicting accounts from Amal militia and Israeli sources described the incident near Qantara. UN and Israeli officials sought releases and restraint.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
SLA
Timur Goksel
Finland
United Nations
Unifil
Mohammed Shehaden
Amal
Berias
Qantara
Israel
Tel Aviv
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CIA
Richard Cross
Gary and
Laquita Cross
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Melissa Hirsch
John Minor
Minor
Slavik Drive
West Odessa
Eetor County
Bob Brookshire
Brookshire
South Odessa
National Weather Service
Midland
Permian Basin
Big Spring
Week In Review
William Callahan
Ori Orr
Orr
Qantara Gaft
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