Court keeps final say in Pecos River water dispute
The Supreme Court, in a 9-0 ruling, rejected a tie-breaking two member commission to resolve Texas and New Mexico water impasses over the Pecos River. It will remain the final arbiter, urging negotiated settlement and ordering further hearings to determine Texas’s water entitlement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
New Mexico
Pecos
William J. Brennan
Rio Grande River
Commission
Pontiff presses Poland on free unions and Solidarity
Pope John Paul II urged Jaruzelski to restore free trade unions and pressed for the 1980 Gdansk accords to be gradually implemented. He met privately with Lech Walesa, amid government concerns of protests, as thousands marched in support of Solidarity and security forces surrounded Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Poland
John Paul II
Communist Party
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Jaruzelski
Jerzy Urban
Walesa
John Paul
Urban
Gdansk
Czestochowa
Soviet Bloc
Court Upheld Watt Offshore Leasing Plan Across Coast
Interior Secretary James Watt won a major victory as the U S Court of Appeals dismissed challenges to his broad offshore oil and gas leasing program. The ruling upheld the plan, with an opinion to follow, while opponents vowed further challenges to individual sales.
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Washington
James Watt
U.S
California
Alaska
U.S. Court of Appeals
Watt
Interior Department
Appeals
David Russell
Department
Minerals Management Service
Sarah Chasis
Natural Resources Defense Council
Juror Dupe: Two Juries Agree In Pecos Trial
U S District Judge Lucius Bunton in Pecos tests parallel juries hearing the same case. For the fourth of five trials both juries reached the same verdict. The experiment, begun in late April by Bunton, may run one to two years.
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Pecos
U.S. District Court
U.S
Lucius Bunton
Odessa
Bunton
Federal Court For
Texas
Quarantine State for Odessa PCB Contamination After Thunderstorm
An out of town emergency crew aids Odessa in cleaning a residential area after a June 4 thunderstorm released PCB oil from a damaged utility pole capacitor. Tests on two Everglade Ave homes show high PCB levels, with EPA guidelines guiding cleanup and timing. TESCO and DWR officials dispute notification timing as Western Emergency Services awaits final test results to map remaining contamination and continue cleanup.
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Robin Lichtenstein
Odessa
Texas Electric Service Co
William Griffin
Everglade Avenue
Robert Rothstein
Michael Wiese
E. Everglade Ave
TESCO
Environmental Protection Agency
State Department of Water Resources
Jim Gooris
DWR
Gooris
Griffin
EPA
Herb Harris
Western Emergency Services
Keller
Fort Worth
Harris
Rothsteins
Texas
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Pecos River
Jean Breitenstein
Compact Commission
Breitenstein
Pecos River Commission
Pontiff
Portant
Pope
Offshore Leasing
Tne
Adrin Snider
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