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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1995
Page
14
Today mostly cloudy in the morning with widely scattered showers then partly cloudy. Cooler highs near 60, lows in the low 60s across the south central area. Tonight will be mostly clear and cold.
The Texas House gave tentative approval to a bill to limit caucus fundraising and require public books. Rep. Layton Black said the measure levels reporting with legislators, with a final House vote, then Senate review. The bill bans contributions 30 days before and during sessions, sets a threefold liability for violations, and requires semiannual reports to the Texas Ethics Commission.
At a House hearing in Austin lawmakers consider Rep Debra Danburg's bill to reduce barriers to breastfeeding in public. The plan backs breastfeeding as preventive health, cites cost reductions, and proposes a state project to study work site policies for state employees with findings due by February 1997.
Two Wallace Unit escapees from Colorado City were nabbed at an Interstate 44 toll plaza in Walters Oklahoma after attempting to flee without paying. Escapee Robert Pevytoe admitted stealing a 1990 Chevrolet pickup and both men waived extradition. Pevytoe and Wayne Bunch Jr had escaped Sunday and had prior burglary and robbery sentences.
The Senate committee approved Moses and Parks and Wildlife nominees 7-0 in a session where Gov. Bush and Bass received praise. Barrientos questioned diversification, Ryan defended outdoors and wildlife advocacy, and autographs drew light humor as Nelson misnamed a witness. Moses warned on education reform plans.
Tim Volk, a 35 year old inmate at Dolph Briscoe Unit in South Texas, alleges prison guards ordered him to catch and kill rattlesnakes with his hands and a hoe between 1992 and 1994. He says he was bitten in September and later disciplined for handling snakes, and now sues warden Jose Gonzalez and seven officers for civil rights violations seeking damages and a ruling on working conditions.
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