District Attorney seeks fulltime staff and joint meetings
The Reeves County Commissioners Court asked District Attorney Walter M. Holcombe to present proposals for a fulltime staff including an assistant district attorney and a fulltime investigator to handle the increased workload under the Speedy Trial Act. Holcombe urged joint meetings with Ward Loving and Reeves counties, criticizing past rejections and stating he cannot work seven days a week. Sheriff Raul Florez supported hiring and modernization, noting staffing losses due to courthouse load.
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Reeves County Commissioners Court
Walter M. Holcombe
Ward County
Austin
Holcombe
Raul Florez
Toyah
City
Pecos
City of Balmorhea
Tony Parker
Parker
Balmorhea
Carter visits Missouri for farm convention address
President Carter flies to Columbia Missouri to speak at the 61st annual Midcontinent Farmers Association convention amid rising farm prices. White House aides say farmers income is up about 25 percent this year as prices for cattle hogs dairy soybeans wheat and corn rise, while cotton lags. Hackethorn notes a warm reception from 9 000 to 10 000 attendees.
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Carter
Missouri
White House
Stuart Eizenstat
Columbia
Midcontinent Farmers Association
Rex Granum
Association
Jack Hackethorn
University of Missouri Field House
Hackethorn
Federation
Senate weighs tuition credit and property tax relief plan
The Senate moves toward approving a tuition tax credit while debating a $150 direct offset for a portion of state and local property taxes spent on schools. Sen. Barry Goldwater pushes an amendment linking this to a broader education aid bill and a separate ERA ratification timeline faces House action before June 30, 1982.
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Senate
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Goldwater
House
Idaho
Kentucky
Nebraska
Tennessee
Justice Department
Congress
Indictments allege threats and multiple murders in Pecos
Reeves County grand jury handed up indictments on August 11 naming Robert Smith for threatening District Attorney Walter Holcombe and four others for murder in separate cases. Hector Garcia Carrasco Lorenzo Garcia Carrasco and James Salgado face charges in the July 23 fatal shooting of Faustino Flores Jr. Juan Jurado is charged in the March 26 Lopez killing. Additional indictments accuse felonious firearm possession, robbery by bodily harm, and truck theft. Bond set at 10,000 for several defendants. six others charged with bail jumping.
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Walter Holcombe
Pecos
Reeves County
Grand Jury
Judicial District Court
Robert Smith
Holcombe
Smith
Faustino Flores, Jr
S. Orange
Hector Garcia Carrasco
Lorenzo Garcia Carrasco
James Salgado
Flores
Saragosa Hall
Peach
Juan Jurado
Odessa
Blas Lopez
Jurado
Carol Lee Wyatt
Raul Martinez
Benito Franco
Israel Chavez
Robert Contreras
Fort Worth
Houston Voters Approve 1 Cent Transit Sales Tax Plan
Houston residents backed a 1 cent sales tax to fund a 3.1 billion regional transit plan called Metro. The measure passed within the Houston unit but most eastern Harris County communities outside Houston rejected participation. Overall 80,219 voted for the MTA and 65,883 against.
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Houston
Harris County
Mass Transit Authority
Metro
Transitways
HouTran
MTA
Pasadena
Santa Barbara Quake Injures Fifty Across Five Counties
A 5.1 magnitude quake centered near Santa Barbara Canal rattled five counties injuring about fifty. Goleta suffered most damage with shattered windows and debris as trains derailed near Goleta. Downtown Santa Barbara escaped major harm. several buildings had minor damage and roads suffered rock slides and cracks.
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Associated Press
Santa Barbara
Calif
Santa Barbara Canal
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California
San Andreas
Caltech Seismology Laboratory
Pasadena
Joe Loebman
Resi
Goleta
California Highway Patrol
Gene Hunt
Goleta Valley Community Hospital
Donald Rink
Terrie Tucker
Highway 154
Santa Ynez
Michael Brown
California Office of Emergency Services
Sacramento
Sheriff's Department
Southern Pacific Transportation Co
Tom Buckley
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