Border Patrol Vet Bobby Mahan Retires After 23 Years
Border Patrol agent Bobby R. Mahan retires after 23 years of service. A retirement dinner at the Holiday Inn drew 106 guests including J.C. White and A.C.P.A. Jerry Chandler. Mahan, born in Mineral Wells and a 1956 Border Patrol Academy graduate, served in Marfa, Presidio, and Pecos. He plans to open a security business and enjoy time with grandchildren after August 31 retirement.
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Bobby R. Mahan
Johnson
Mahan
Holiday Inn
Border Patrol
Jayne Robinson
J.C. White
Pecos
A.C.P
Jerry Chandler
A.C.P.A
Mel Heck
Marfa
Mineral Wells
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Weatherford Junior College
Weatherford
Border Patrol Academy
el Paso
Presidio
Terminal for supertankers to open by 1982 near Freeport
Houston AP Texas Deepwater Port Authority aims to build a 2.5 million barrel per day offshore crude terminal 26 miles south of Freeport. State ownership, $1.2 billion plan funded by tax exempt bonds. Use agreements with oil companies must be secured, with first revenue bonds possible in early 1980 and operation by mid-1983 if progress continues.
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Casey
Department of Transportation
U.S
Port Authority
Bob Casey
Port Authority Board
Houston
Oil spill task force plans second assault after brief cease fire
Coast Guard reconnaissance near Padre Island reports only a few sheen patches within 80 miles of the 100 mile spill line as oil spill task force leaders prepare for a renewed push after a two day pause. The Associated Press reports from Corpus Christi Texas.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Weather Update and Oil Spill Impacts Hit Texas Coasts
Partly cloudy weather continues Pecos and West Texas with scattered storms likely this evening. Offshore oil from a Mexican well fouls Padre Island beaches, with 100 laborers cleaning miles of shore and tourism losses in the millions. Coast Guard defenses focus on Cavallo Pass and Galveston Bay as authorities protect bays while sacrificing beaches.
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Pecos
West Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Coast Guard
Roger Madson
Ixtec I
Pemex
Padre Island
Pled
South Padre Island
Chamber of Commerce
Cavallo
Matagorda Bay
Corpus Christi
Galveston Bay
Houston
Lengthy questioning ends cross examination in Cullen Davis case
Fort Worth Texas AP Prosecutor John Bankston pressed the testimony of key state witness FBI Agent Ron Jannings as lead defense attorney Richard Haynes wrapped up a four day cross examination Jannings admitted errors about meeting locations with David McCrory in 1978 and said Eidson was to be used in the murder plot Jurors heard about alleged payments totaling 860000 with specific amounts tied to Bill Davis Priscilla Davis and Judge Eidson Haynes focused on McCrorys actions after meetings with Davis in August 1978 and traced their movements and where they lost sight of him
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Jannings
David McCrory
McCrory
Davis
Joe Eidson
Haynes
Eidson
Hayne
Texas toild $4 million steel price fixing settlement
Texas Attorney General Mark White announced a $4 million settlement with nine steel companies over price fixing on steel bars used in state construction. The deal, the largest in Texas history, will largely go to the treasury for distribution to about 25 agencies, especially the highway department.
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Austin, Texas
Mark White
Texas
White
State Treasury
Highway Department
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Seadeck
Seadock
Exxon
Mobil
Gulf
DOT
Cullen Davis
Bill Davis
Priscilla Davis
Tom Cave
Mustang Island
Aransas
Ixtoc I
Mustang
Padre Islands
Louisiana
Florida
Washington
Austin
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem — Steel Corp
Border Steel Rolling Mills Inc
Ceco Corp. LaClede Steel Co
Schlinder Brothers Steel, Structural Metals Inc
Texas Steel Co
Armco Steel Corp
Val Forrester
Lorch
Bobbie, Garlene
Helen
Val
Bobbie McNeil
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