Gravitt death suit targets Ma Bell again
In San Antonio, widow Oleta Gravitt Dixon testifies that former Southwestern Bell executive T O Gravitt was a tortured man driven to death by the company's actions. The $29 million suit alleges improper internal investigations and wrongful firing connected to Gravitt and colleague James Ashley.
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Rick Scott
Associated Press
San Antonio, Tx
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
T.O. Gravitt
Oleta Gravitt Dixon
State
Dixon
Gravitt
Bartlesville
Okla
Southwestern Bell
James Ashley
Telephone Company
Ashley
Bell
Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Desert towns drenched as Doreen blasts Southern California
Hurricane Doreen battered deserts in Southern California with 60 mph winds and heavy rain. Flooding closed parts of Interstate 15 and forced evacuations near the Salton Sea. Imperial Valley lay under water with no injuries reported, while flash flood warnings extended into Wednesday. The storm, expected to weaken to a tropical storm, dumped an inch of rain in many communities and dropped temperatures sharply.
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Los Angeles
Doreen
California
Salton Sea
Las Vegas
Imperial Valley
Kenny Dukes
Imperial County Sheriff's Department
Roger Hill
National Weather Service
Riverside County
San Diego County
Weather Service
Baja California
Mojave Desert
San Bernardino Mountains
Palm Springs
Iowa
Nebraska
Odessa College offers fall classes at Bessie Haynes Elem
College signup starts at 6:30 p m in the Bessie Haynes Elementary School cafeteria at 800 E 11th St Registration opens for fall courses including English 131 132 231 232 Math 131 134 History 231 232 Government 231 232 Automotive Tech 161 164 Electrical Technology 146 Welding Technology 161 163 Office Education 133b 1321 Economics 231 232 Physical Education 111 Psychology 231 Sociology 231 232 Spanish 131 Speech 131 Mid Management 131 233 Business Law 232 and law enforcement
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Odessa College
Bessie Haynes
E. 11Th St
Marble Cone fire could be contained by Thursday
The Marble Cone blaze on California's coast neared containment as back burning progressed. Officials said 60 percent contained after burning 130,500 acres in Los Padres National Forest and nearby private land. A total of six other fires remained active statewide with lightning as the cause of a chain of nearly 1,000 fires.
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San Francisco
California
Los Padres National Forest
William Morrison
U.S. Forest Service
Marble-Cone
State Department of Forestry
Lake Elsinore
Riverside County
CDF
Marble Cone
Hiroshima
Morrison
Ward court dismisses Taylor perjury charge
In Ward County Texas Judge Larry Fuller dismissed a perjury charge against Wendell Taylor former district attorney investigator and Reeves County deputy The dismissal followed District Attorney Walter Holcombe motion The charge stemmed from Taylor testimony during Tesero Juarez Jr trial and his assertion that he surveilled the Juarez house on Sept 20 1976 The indictment notes Taylor was in Pecos not at the Juarez house and thus could not have observed the events he testified about The mistrial resulted and Juarez was later convicted on drug charges without Taylor's testimony
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Larry Fuller
Wendell Taylor
Reeves County
Fuller
Walter Holcombe
Ward County
Taylor
Tesero T. Juarez Jr
Juarez House
Juarez
Pecos
Holcombe
Tower warns GOP days of conservatism may end
U S Senator John Tower told Pecos residents that conservative days may be over given current Congress and administration. He cited organized pressure from beneficiaries of government programs and labor as shaping policy while praising Carter's welfare reform goals but warning about unintended net effects. He spoke at the Senior Citizens Center during an August congressional recess.
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John Tower
Glen Ellis
Tower
Senior Citizens Center
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Enterprise
Pecos
General Motors
E.W. Schmidt
United States
United States Senate
Peole
Carter
Weather and political talk dominate Monday forecast
Weather watch notes Monday high and overnight low with widely scattered thunder storms tonight and Wednesday. The discussion shifts to welfare reform and government as employer of first resort, energy policy, and Senate vs House positions on conservation and oil production. Tower criticizes the Panama Canal treaty terms and discusses amnesty for illegal aliens and deregulation of gas.
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Lumpkin lands hospital landscaping bid and cuts
Lumpkin won the hospital landscaping contract with a reduced bid of 29,679.50 after a strip of land was removed from the plan. The sprinkler system was awarded to ABC Irrigation for 20,897.17 after adjustments. Balmorhea to receive a fire truck from Hess Chevrolet for 7,383.37. budget hearing set for Thursday at 10 a.m.
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Jimmy Lumpkin
New County Hospital
Lumpkin
Paul Briones
ABC Irrigation Company
Midland
Hess Chevrolet
Darrell Glover
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