House trims $98.5 million from Texas spending bill
Texas House votes 112 to 31 to cut 98.5 million from the general appropriation bill, reducing funds for a prison hospital project and rural development loans as part of a broader 155 million in cuts. Senators approve a free textbooks measure and a plan to merge three state water boards into a single agency.
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Blane Jose
LEE Jones Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Hobby Commission On Government
HOUSE
House Appropriations Committee
Jimmie Edwards
D-Conroe
Perea seeks student for intern exchange
Frank Perea chairs a selection committee for the Memorial and SVREP Inter-Exchange Program in West Texas. A bilingual graduating senior will be chosen to spend five weeks in Phoenix Arizona starting June 1, working in government offices and Native American organizations with all expenses covered.
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The
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
SVREP
Frank Perea
S. Oak
West Texas
U.S
Memorial
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Go
Vernor
Senate
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona
Perea
Pecos Bands Excel At UIL Contest In Midland
Pecos High School symphonic and concert bands earned strong ratings at the UIL band and orchestra contest in Midland. The symphonic band won first in sight reading and second in concert. the concert band took third in both concert and sight reading. Band director Bill Carrico praised the judges' comments as the 162 students prepared to travel to Amarillo for a music festival.
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Pecos High School
Midland
Bill Carrico
Amarillo
Carrico
Doug Garman
Zavala
Darle Rountree
Crockett
Pecos
Proxy votes push grain price supports to near Carter plan
Washington AP reports House Agriculture Committee backed higher grain supports after heavy proxy voting. Foley helped push passage toward President Carter’s proposal, creating a two tier program for wheat and feed grains while debates over administration trends continue. Ward County tornado disaster declared for SBA loans.
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Washington (Ap
House Agriculture Committee
Thomas S. Foley
Carter
Austin, Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Small Business Administration
Ward County
Monahans
Washington Democrat
Agriculture Department
Weather and local prize theft at Calvary Baptist Church
The forecast shows a high of 94 and overnight low 58 with a pattern of partly cloudy skies and late afternoon thunderstorms. In Holland, Calvary Baptist Church awarded a prize for energy-saving travel to a man in a four wheel pedal cart, later identified as stolen from a local resident and returned. the owner weighs pressing charges.
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Holland, Mich
Calvary Baptist Church
Holland
Pecos City Council Approves Land Annexation and Airport Rent Rise
The Pecos City Council voted unanimously to absorb 9.71 acres north of Crockett Junior High into the city, per Planning and Zoning. It sold Lots 10 and 12, Block 3, Airport Addition to Greear for 4025 dollars. The panel discussed Railroad Commission gas charges, airport hangar rents rising to 45 dollars monthly, and cable service issues with West Texas Microwave and Warner Cable.
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H.A. Klinger
West Texas Microwave Co
Glen Beckwith
Warner Cable
Manuel Orona
Paul Briones
Pecos
Council Chambers
Crockett Junior High School
Planning and Zoning Commission
Bob Dean
Doug Fernandes
Bob Bickley
Ben Greenr
Greear
Pecos Housing Authority
Planning Zoning Commission
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Jack Casmir
Jesus Muniz
Marcos Contreras
Contreras
Railroad Commission
Southern Union Gas Company
Bickley
Bill Moss
Fernandes
J.J. Maxey
West Texas Microwave Company
Notrees
Kmom-Tv
Monahans
Klinger
FCC
Alvaro Estrella
Estrella
Concilman Jesus Muniz
Muniz
Board of Equalization
Demeaning chores win shocks boss loving winner
Mary Gustitus of Little Falls New Jersey won a contest by the Women Office Workers to list demeaning chores for a boss. She described her work as enjoyable despite the theme and said she did tasks from parties to grooming the boss. The event closed Women Office Workers Day with mixed reactions from attendees.
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New York
Mary Gustitus
Little Falls
N.J
East Orange
Gustitus
WOW
Mary Jones
Cool front brings showers across Texas and beyond
A cool front triggers showers and thunderstorms across West and North Texas with moisture expected to spread to the Lower Texas Coast and Rio Grande by Friday. Temperatures varied from 55 at Houston to 89 in Fort Worth as weather patterns shift across the region and nation.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rio Grande
Houston
Galveston
Brownsville
McAllen
Palacios
Fort Worth
Great Lakes
mid-Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Carolinas
Florida
Mississippi River
Odessa College to host CDA workshop on May 9
Odessa College will host a CDA workshop for those seeking the Child Development Associate credential from 8 30 a m to 3 45 p m on May 9 in room 107 of the Composite Technology Building The event is sponsored by the National Child Development Associate Consortium and aims to explain the credential and sign up procedures.
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Odessa College
Mary Joyce Harding
Harding
National Child Development Associate Consortium
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