Planes collision near Carrollton kills four
A Wednesday midair collision over a vacant field near Josey Lane and Frankford Road in Carrollton killed four people. The victims included pilot Steve Ahart of Opelousas and Wayne Manuel of Lawtell, with Manuel’s 5-year-old daughter among the deceased. Debris covered two square miles. no ground injuries.
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Carrollton
Jack Litty
Dale B. Davis
Frankford Road
Dallas
Bob Grimsby
Odessa council considers water sewer rate cuts amid complaints
Odessa officials weigh an $11.5 million revenue bond sale after residents flood City Hall with grievances over a 40 percent water and 125 percent sewer rate hikes. City Manager John Harrison mentions possible rate revisions funded by a $4 million bond reduction from negotiations with Mission Country Club developers. Councilman Keith Weddell condemns the increases as unfair to fixed incomes and urges serious talks on rate relief.
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Julie Bird
Keith Weddell
Houston Seabolt
John Harrison
Harrison
Bob Bryant
Mission Country Club
Weddell and Seabolt
Bryant
Odessa
Weddell
Bell System to offer home telephones for sale nationwide
AT&T says all Bell companies will develop state approved sales plans to let renters buy their home phones. Most Odessa customers lease equipment, with 90 percent renting. California New York and Oregon Bell units already selling leased sets. Sears will also sell new Bell equipment. Regulatory approval expected, price vary by state.
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Bell System
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Bell
Jay Allen
Southwest Bell
Odessa
Allen
California
New York
Oregon
Pic Wagner
Justice Department
Wagner
Bell Company
Bell Companies
Sears, Roebuck & Co
United States
Lethal injection to replace electric chair in Texas death house
A drug regimen using sodium thiopental with pavulon and potassium chloride will be used to execute death row inmates in Texas. Officials say the method offers a humane, rapid death. About 145 condemned prisoners may face death by this needle. A Houston case in a recent crime is noted in context of lethal execution methods.
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Associated Fress
Huntsville
Texas
Death
Denis Bourke
Houston
Ronald Clark O’bryan
Stay of execution looms as Supreme Court weighs case
Minutes after Halloween, O'Bryan awaits a possible execution delay. The Fifth Circuit granted a stay Wednesday, Texas appeals to the Supreme Court Thursday. If reversed, O'Bryan could die Sunday. Other states have adopted lethal injection, some with barbiturate and potassium. Washington offers hanging or injection. The method emerged in the 1950s but became a political issue in the 1970s due to medical opposition.
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U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
State of Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
O’bryan
Oklahoma
Idaho
New Mexico
Washington State
Eight accused of vote buying in Duval County
A federal indictment accuses eight women of conspiring to buy votes in a close Duval County election. Among the defendants are Amelia Garcia the county welfare director and Teresa Aleman Briones a rural housing office secretary. The case ties to incumbent County Judge Gilberto Uresti and four supporters of challenger Frank Garcia. Bonds were set at 25 000 dollars and the vote buying alleged occurred during absentee ballots in April. Garcia denied using welfare funds for votes and cited general election time requests for assistance. The recount followed the initial tally to determine Uresti's victory amid a lack of Republican opposition.
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Brownsville
Duval County
U.S
Jack Wolfe
Amelia Garcia
Santo Sauceda Garza
Teresa Aleman Briones
Virginia Barrera
Gilberto Uresti
Uresti
Frank Garcia
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Manuel
Renee
Manuels
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Ahart
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Jack W. Williams
Nocona
Donald Kneram
Dallas-Fort Worth
Litty
Council
Sparky
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