Three held after cas pursuit on I-20 ends in arrests
Midland DPS troopers chased a Chevrolet Camaro westbound on I-20 after a Big Spring gas station theft report. A 17 year old, a 22 year old were jailed in Midland County and a 15 year old girl detained by juvenile authorities after a 12 minute chase at 105 mph ending with shots that flattened tires. the car was reported stolen from Georgia.
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Midland Department of Public Safety
Interstate 20
DPS
Midland County
Ben Valdez
Rob Bourland
I-20
Rankin Highway
Big Spring
Valdez
Georgia
Odessa Woman Reports Sexual Assault In Backyard Incident
A 20 year old Odessa woman told police a man grabbed her in her backyard about 2 30 p m dragged her into her house beat her on the head and face tore her clothing and fondled her before she passed out She was treated and released from Medical Center Hospital.
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Medical Center Hospital
Car crashes through Corpus Christi home injuring family
Mr and Mrs Phillip Payne and their two children were awakened before dawn Monday when a car crashed through three rooms of their Corpus Christi house. The incident damaged the residence and disrupted the family with an alarming early morning accident.
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Phillip Payne
Corpus Christi
Lawyer opens Mattox defense in oil lease case
AUSTIN AP Attorney General Jim Mattox's bid for more oil lease money for Texas schools is framed as a political vendetta by Mobil Oil Corp. lawyer Thomas McDade in 1983. Roy Minton, for Mattox, says the defense will show Mattox acted to protect school funds and public bonds were pressured by McDade’s pursuit of his sister's oil lease case.
City to Begin Employee Compensation Evaluations
Beginning April 1, city supervisors will evaluate employees for two to three months and grant raises for average or better work. McHardy, new compensation specialist, will oversee new and changing positions, review job descriptions, and align salaries with the evolving market. He is a 1981 Brigham Young University graduate with a degree in organizational communication and previously worked three years in HR at a moderate-size bank holding company.
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Hall
McHardy
Brigham Young University
Odessa
McHard
New merit pay plan eyed by city official
McHardy notes several ideas for a new pay plan arguing the private sector is pulling away. He cites old time-based pay and favors a system that rewards specific tasks and behavior, while stressing the plan should not alarm competent workers as evaluations could empower self-improvement.
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McHardy
Terry defends ad claiming earnings from hard work not false promises
Terry argues her advertisement does not claim easy earnings, only that hard work yields pay. She cites a $2000 monthly figure as a minimum expectation for commission sales, with additional bonuses for selling eight water conditioning units and rising commissions with sales, noting the era of free lunches is over.
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Terry
Job seekers flock to sales firm interview in Fort Worth
Kasko argues sales pros prefer commission to salary, citing confidence to succeed. Laura Ernhart of Fort Davis praised a home demonstration and felt she could excel after interviewing with Terry. Gerald Gonzalez, 33, from Pleasant Avenue, sought a career change, viewing the blind advertisement as a challenge and hoping for something substantial.
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Kasko
Laura Ernhart
Fort Davis
Gerald Gonzalez
Pleasant Ave
Terry
Gonzalez
Midland man arrested in $82,000 government embezzlement case
Shabbir Syed, a 32 year old Midland resident, is jailed on charges of embezzling 82 742 dollars from the Greater Pittsburgh Development Corporation where he served as comptroller. The alleged thefts occurred in 1983 and 1984 as federal loan funds were allocated to minority borrowers. Syed faces extradition to Pittsburgh as investigators linked a county audit to missing funds totaling 773 997 dollars.
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Pennsylvania
Shabbir Syed
Greater
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Syed
Colville
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Drink-drive mentality hits Texas push on open container law
AUSTIN AP A RID member from Corpus Christi told a Senate panel she is tired of a redneck mentality that excuses drinking and driving. The group supports a bill by Bill Sarpalius to ban open alcohol containers in vehicles, with fines up to $200 for violators.
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Redneck
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Glass
Corpus Christi
Mothers Against
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Texas Safety Association
Bill Sarpalius
D-Canyon
Wanda Miller
RID
Lee
Tahoka men arrested on kidnapping counts
Two Tahoka men, Jimmy Autry and Danny Loyd Anderson, are jailed on aggravated kidnapping charges after an incident with Francis L. Ramsey. Ramsey, 42, was forced into her own Buick, driven to Monahans, and injured in a crash near a gas plant. Ramsey returned home after treatment.
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Monahans
Jimmy Autry
Justice of the Peace
J.R. Wooten
Danny Loyd Anderson
Ward County
Ellis Butler
Butler
Francis L. Ramsey
Tohoka
Ramsey
Sheriff's
el Paso
North Eva
Senate OKs committee to bridge water bill differences
The Senate granted a House request to appoint a conference committee on water bills. Senate chairman Sen. John Montford of Lubbock will lead the five member panel joined by Sens. Tati Santie steban El Paso Carlos Truan Corpus Christi Ted Lyon Mesquite and J E Buster Brown Lake Jackson. The House named its five member panel Thursday with Rep. Tom Craddick Midland as chairman.
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el Paso
Carlos Truan
Corpus Christi
Ted Lyon
Mesquite
J.E. ‘Buster’’ Brown
Lake Jackson
House
Tom Craddick
Rmidland
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