Colorado man dies in crash near Big Spring on I-20
Olen Leroy Smith 73 of Canon City died Sunday after his 1991 Chevrolet pickup veered into a bridge pillar on Interstate 20 about two miles west of Big Spring. He was pronounced dead after 5 p.m. by Justice of the Peace China Long. The crash remains under investigation with the body taken to Nalley-Pickle Welch Funeral Home.
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Colorado
Texas Department of Public Safety
Midland
Olen Leroy Smith
Canon City
Howard County
Justice of the Peace
China Long
DPS
Smith
Big Spring
Nalley- Pickle and Welch Funeral Home
Homeowners May Foot Bill for New Texas School Plan
Texas homeowners face higher share of school district taxes due to smaller homestead exemptions under a 1993-94 funding law. Old rules allowed 20 percent exemption and higher levies. new law shifts more tax burden to homes unless districts act by April 30. About 270 districts offered more than the minimum exemption in 1992-93, with wealthier districts required to share funds with poorer districts under the plan.
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Austin
Texas
State Supreme Court
Dan Wilson
State Comptroller’s
Tom Anderson
Texas Education Agency
Wilson
TEA
Kevin O'Hanlon
Dan Casey
The
Texas Association of School Boards
Reeves County Bodies Debate Sludge Use Near Pecos
Reeves County officials clash over Trans-Pecos Farms sludge permit with claims of safety and legality. County leaders insist on testing and stricter rules while supporters argue high quality sludge can aid land and farming. The plan targets 7,750 acres near Verhalen, Pecos.
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Trans-Pecos Farms, Inc
Weinacht
Reeves
New York
West Texas
Chris Macomb
TWC Watershed Management Division
TWC
Reeves County
Commission
Macomb
Harrison
Pecos
Verhalen
Memorial and funeral notices from the Odessa area
Memorial services were held for Heather Swall Padilla 43 of Albuquerque at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses with Jerry Rogers officiating. Padilla died in Albuquerque and is survived by husband Richard Padilla stepson Jude Padilla parents Billie and Jack Swall sister Judith Swallow grandmother Amy Walter and two nieces. Also listed are services for Jesse Bueno Jr. 33 of Yonkers NY, Fernando M Ybarra Sr. 59 of Fort Stockton, Antonio Molina Jimenez 81 of Monahans, and Antonio Ybarra with multiple survivors across Texas and New Mexico. Funeral homes Gram, Trevino, and Harkey-Wilson arranged the rites, with details of births, marriages, and residences spanning San Antonio Junction Monahans and surrounding areas.
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Heather Swall Padilla
Albuquerque
N.M
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jerry Rogers
Billie Royal Swall
Jack R. Swall
Judith Swallow
Senet
Amy Walter
Roseburg
Ore
San Antonio
Jesse M. Bueno Jr
Yonkers
N.Y
St. Timothy's Catholic Church
San Fernando
Bueno
San
Mr. Bueno
Germany
Charlene Bueno
Crystal Ann Bueno
Jesse H. Bueno Sr
Margaret Madrid
Odessa
Robert Bueno
James Bueno
Albert Castillo
Richard Gonzales
David Mendoza
Fort Worth
Mary Frances Mendoza
Guadalupe Mendoza
Maggie Mendoza
Claudia Gonzales
Rosario Elisa Mendoza
Sostenes and
Aurelia Bueno
Magdalena Mendoza
Lansing
Mich
Trevino Funeral Home
Junction
Fernando M. Ybarra Sr
Fort Stockton
Gram Funeral Home Chapel
Mr. Ybarra
Rock Springs
Carrie Fuentez
Monahans
Antonio Molina Jimenez
Emilio Bustamantes
Jimenez
Ward Memorial Hospital
Bedford
Assembly of God Church
Maria de Jesus Carrasco
Hermenino Jimenez
Miguel Jimenez
Evans, Colo
Gregoria Porras
Mt. Ybarra
Church of Christ
Homer Ybarra
Richard Ybarra
Armando Ybarra
Fernando Ybarra Jr
Irving
Roland Ybarra
Hearne
Elsa Esparza
Edna Salazar
Elizabeth Ruiz
Victoria
Soledad Hernandez
Isaias Ibarra
Crowley
Jose Guadalupe Ibarra
San Angelo
Carmen Castillo
Lupe Hernandez
Hutchison to name or replace judges with Texas support
The president plans to rely on Gov. Ann Richards and Rep. Jack Brooks for advice on nominees. If Clinton accepts Krueger's suggestions, nominees face scrutiny from Hutchison and Sen. Phil Gramm. Gramm says he will block any unqualified nominee, invoking the home-state blackball tradition with judiciary committee complaints.
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Ann Richards
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
The
Texas
Clinton
Krueger
Hutchison
Phil Gramm
Judiciary Committee
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Big Bend National Park
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National Park Service
Park Service
Robert Arnberger
el Paso
Rio Grande
Boquillas Canyon
Saul Garcia
Jesus Garcia
Presidio County
Tamara Ann Johnson
Dennis Lee Johnson
Johnsons
Zeneta Ave
Odessa Crimeron
Ector County Sheriff's Department
Neptune Drive
Midland County
Sheriff's Department
Dale Little
Midland County Justice of the Peace
Keith Jobe
Little
Midland Utilities Company
Pablo Guzman
Tom Green Avenue
R. Doper
Judith Ann
West 23Rd Street
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East 15Th Street
C Chavez
Edward Barcena
Newell Road
S. Vance
Lorenzo Mauro Diaz
East Seventh Street
Cpl. C. Davis
Ector
Nicolas San Miguel
South Murphy Street
Meadow
Ray Holdbridge
West 42Nd Street
D. Davis
Kevin Patrick O'Neill
Dep
D. Henderson
Melissa Reyna Conklin
Redondo Avenue
Dep. Davis
Texas Supreme Court
Terrell County
Dudley Harrison
Reeves Commissioners
Oklahoma
Heather Padilla
Jesse Bueno Jr
April Antonio
Antonio Jimenez
Coyanosa
Eva Azpeitia
Kermit
Dominga Gomez
Hagerman, N.M
Nicolasa Valenzuela
California
Harkey-Wilson Funeral Home
Fernando Ybarra Sr
Gram Funeral Home of
House
Besley Evangelical Methodist Church
Éldon Thomas
Dixie
Oftuteptorn
Bergorens
N. Grandview
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