Foreign speculators raise Texas farmland prices report says
Ron Butler of the Texas Farms Union alleges foreign investors pay about 250 dollars an acre more than values and dodge disclosure rules of the Agricultural Foreign Investments Disclosure Act of 1978. He cites a McLennan County example and criticizes report insufficiency. The law requires disclosure by August 1 and 90 days for new transactions.
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Waco, Texas
Texas
Texas Farms Union
Ron Butler
Butler
McLennan County
Tropical depression veers into Mexico easing Coast Guard fears
Officials relieved as a tropical depression veered into northern Mexico early today avoiding a tropical storm that could have driven oil into the Laguna Madre. Winds up to 50 mph with heavy rain threaten South Texas coast. oil sheen and spill cleanup loom near Padre Island beaches and barrier booms.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi,tex
Mexico
Coast Guard
Laguna Madre
Brownsville
South Texas
Roger Meacham
Environmental Protection Agency
Texas
Padre Island
Port Aransas
Cmdr
Jim Paskewich
Bizarre new twist in Davis murder case surfaces
Fort Worth Texas AP reports defense attorneys unearthed a new development in Cullen Davis murder conspiracy claims. The twist centers on statements by Jody Mac Oliver alleging missing statues linked to Davis and ex wife Priscilla. Prosecution dismisses the development as irrelevant.
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Kathleen Carroll
Associated Press
Fort Worth, Texas
Cullen Davis
Davis
Jody Mac Oliver
Fort Worth
Pat Burleson
Oklahoma
Burleson
Priscilla
David McCrory
May
Oliver
Richard
Oliver-Burleson
Doyle Bell Jr
Pushmataha County
Okla
Steve Sumner
Antlers
Bell
Affidavit says Jordan sought cocaine purchase
The New York Post reports an affidavit filed with the Justice Department states that in 1978 Hamilton Jordan asked where to obtain cocaine during a Studio 54 visit in Manhattan. Rex Granum denied knowledge of the affidavit while reiterating Jordan's denial of the allegations.
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New York
New York Post
Justice Department
Hamilton Jordan
White House
Manhattan
Rex Granum
Washington
Jordan
Barry Landau
Studio 54
Steve Rubell
Ian Schrager
The
Post
Landau
Ham
Rubell
Johnny C
Helping Hand aid drives Pecos family after fire loss
The Enterprise reports the Helping Hand program, begun November 1977, aiding the Godfrey family who lost their home to a fire. The family seeks clothing and household items including sizes for three children and positions for parents. Donations via Leeta Scott at 445-5487 or cash at Security State Bank and First National Bank of Pecos.
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Godfrey
Leeta Scott
Dept. of Human Resources
Security State Bank
First National Bank of Pecos
Odessa liquor store killings kill three at store
Three people, including store owner Andrew Starritt and his wife Carolyn, were found dead with high powered rifle wounds inside the Karker Liquor Store west of Odessa. Deputies say they have a good idea of why but will not release details. The bodies were discovered between noon and 12:30 p.m. by a customer.
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Odessa
Texas
Ector County Sheriff's Deputies
Karker
Justice of the Peace
Jimmy Harris
Andrew Starritt
James Wayne Taylor
Carolyn Taylor
Pilot testifies in Dorr trial on Mexican highway crash
In San Antonio AP report pilot Terry Wayne Fagan testifies in the John R. Dorr and John Grant Pass marijuana smuggling case. He described swerving to avoid a man on a horse drawn cart after an airplane landing on a highway near Mazatlan Mexico struck the vehicle, killing the man. Fagan said the plane traveled about 115 mph and he later faced Roswell, New Mexico arrests with 966 pounds of marijuana. He testified about payments from Dorr and cooperation with authorities. Defense cross examination follows.
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San Antonio, Texas
Mazatlan
Mexico
West Texas
Terry Wayne Fagan
Pecosarea
John R. Dorr
John Grant Passmore
Fagan
Roswell
N.M
Dorr
Drug Enforcement Administration
Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures Ahead
Forecast for Tuesday through Wednesday calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and rising heat. Yesterday's high reached 95 degrees with a 65 degree low this morning. temperatures will range from near 90 to 100 degrees in various areas, with nighttime lows in the 60s to 70s.
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County Agricultural Stab
Ilization and Conservation Service
Wilburn Dreyer
Tony Alvarez
Pecos
Jane Ross
Reeves County District Court
Santa Rosa Hall
Robert Hinojos
Sumner
Judas
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Effie Roberts
S. Cypress
Lucens Gassett
S. Oak
Wayne Antonicchis
John Dorr
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