High Texas Officials Named In Stock Scandal
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking unregistered stock sales by 15 men and 13 firms tied to an SEC probe reaching top state officials. The suit names Gov. Preston Smith, former Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr, Dr. Elmer Baum, House Speaker Gus Mutscher, Rep. Tommy Shannon, and Rep. W. S. Heatly among those involved in stock purchases linked to bank loans and later resale profits. Three banks are highlighted as financially weak, with testimony and documents detailing loan proceeds used to buy National Bankers Life Insurance stock through Ling & Co. in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U. S. Dist
Sarah T. Hughes
Securities and Exchange Commission
Hughes
SEC
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
Texas
Preston Smith
Elmer Baum
Democratic
Texas Banking Board
Texas House
Gus Mutscher
Tommy Shannon
Texas House Administration Committee
Mutscher
W. S. Heatly
Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
Heatly
National Bankers
Sharpstown State Bank
Allan Shivers
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Ling & Co
Woman Hurt In Collision At Hwy 80 Cedar Streets
Teresa Chavez Nunez suffered facial cuts when her 1968 Ford was struck at the intersection of Highway 80 and Cedar Streets. City Police Officer Charles Smith said Nunez was traveling west on Highway 80 when a 1961 Buick driven by Woodrow Wheat ran a red light and struck the Ford. Wheat was cited for disregarding a red light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Chavez Nunez
Cedar Streets
Charles Smith
City Police Dept
Miss Nunez
Woodrow Wheat
Wheat
Counselor Attends Drug Workshop Across West Texas
Twenty area counselors participated in a January 15 drug education workshop by the West Texas Education Center Vocational Guidance department. Mrs. Jan Reed demonstrated dispensing drug information. attendees included Roy Cravens of Pecos and counselors from Pecos, Crane, Rankin, Stanton, McCamey, Iraan, Alpine, Andrews, Kermit, and Big Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational Guidance Department
West Texas Education Center
Jan Reed
Odessa College
Pecos
Crane
Rankin
Stanton
McCamey
Iraan
Alpine
Andrews
Kermit
Big Spring
Roy Cravens
Vee Taylor
WTEC
Grants Approved For Upgrading Law Enforcement Communications
Governor Preston Smith approved six grants totaling 136268 to five state planning regions and the Department of Public Safety to upgrade communication and information systems for faster crime apprehension. Grants support teletype network expansion and computer access to criminal histories, with several regional projects and in kind matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Smith
Department of Public Safety
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Joe Frazier Brown
Texas Department of Corrections
Permian Basin
Odessa
Upper Rio Grande
Seminole
Lamesa
Big Spring
Sanderson
Marfa
el Paso
Midland
Central Texas Council of Governments
Belton
Central Texas
Sheriff’s
Bell, Coryell
Hamilton
Lampasas
Milam
Mills
Police Department
Temple, Killeen
Cop
Peras Cove
Rockdale
East Texas Council of Governments
Tyler
Longview
Texarkana
Linden
Gilmer
Canton
Rusk
New Boston
Henderson
Marshall
Kilgore
Nacogdoches
Lufkin
Palestine
Athens
Gladewater
Mineola
Carthage
Daingerfield
Mount Pleasant
Panhandle
Dalhart
Friona
Borger
Pampa
Shamrock
Tulsa
Hereford
Potter
Randall
Deaf Smith
Castro
Collingsworth
Swisher
Moore
Hansford
Austin
Texas Crime Information Center
Criminal Justice Council
Alfalfa Production Program Planned for Barstow
A program for alfalfa producers is set for Monday evening January 25 at 7 30 in Barstow Community Center. Attendees will review and renew production guidelines discuss herbicides for weed control and pollinators beyond honeybees for seed production. E J Harrison Ward County Agricultural Agent leads the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
E. J. Harrison
Ward County
New Industry Sought for Madera Valley Farmers
Farmers in Madera Valley gathered at the Community Club Rooms with L R Downing of El Paso and Carl Lightner of Lubbock outlining a plan to form a nonprofit cannery with a local cannery corporation. They discussed suitable vegetables, SBA loan steps, and an Industrial Development Commission to be appointed with five directors. Water board viewed feasible irrigation. Downing cited a cannery’s low loss record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madera Valley
L.R. Downing
el Paso
Carl Lightner
Lubbock
Downing
Lightner
Pecos
Dudley Montgomery
A.B. Foster
Jim Hefner
Development Industrial Commission
S.B.A
Industrial Development Commission
Merc
Brockett
Dick Hoefs
Dale Toone
Kenneth Schloemer
Helen Humphries
District Water Board
Texas to receive over two million in federal wildlife funds
The Interior Secretary announced Texas will gain 1,538,500 dollars in wildlife funds and 653,750 dollars for fish restoration in 1971. Funds come from excise taxes on sporting arms and fishing gear and are administered by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. States reimburse up to 75 percent of project costs, with eligible projects including land acquisition, habitat improvement, facilities, and research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Secretary of the Interior
Lone Star
Interior
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Rowdies Rally To Beat Kermit 62-57 In comeback win
Pecos Rowdies rally from a 13 point fourth quarter deficit to defeat Kermit Jackets 62-57 as Norman Tinkler leads Eagles with 23 points. Dan Dampeer tops Kermit with 24. J.W. Philips adds 13 and Fred Green 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Spray
Kermit Boy
Rowdies
Kermit Boys
Kermit
Eagles
Pecos Rowdies
Dub Smith
Kermit Jackets
Charles Pattillo
Yellowjackets
Pecos
Norman Tinkler
Tinkler
Kim Anderson
Don Cameron
Don Walker
Yellowjacket
Dan Dampeer
J.W. Phillips
Fred Green
Richie Thomas
Dampeer
Kenneth Barr
The
Carley
Mills
Andrews
Monahans Loboes
Chapman Retires As PBPA Proxy In Odessa
At a called officers meeting in the Odessa Country Club W D Bill Kennedy Midland succeeded outgoing PBPA President Ford Chapman Chapman praised nearly two years service and urged pressure for fair wellhead prices coalescing producers around unitization and price issues The group voted to oppose a new national association but to study independent producer organization options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Country Club
W.D
Bill
Kennedy
Midland
Ford Chapman
Chapman
Bill Kennedy
PBPA
West Central
Texas
PEPA
Washington
FPC
Chapman and Kennedy
Robert M. Orr
Monahans
Tom Welch
W.T
Bill” Edwards
Odessa
John R. Dorr
Pecos
Robert F. Bailey
Joe B. McShane
Clinton Edwards
Holt Priddy
Ed Thompson
Jury Called For Civil Suits Feb. 1
A panel of petit jurors is summoned to report Monday February 1 at 9 30 a m for Civil Jury Week. Prospective jurors include Lynn Owens Prater Powell Robert L Norton J Robert Scott Charles Weinacht C W Wicker La Vaughn Wicker Cecil Cothrun and many others from Balmorhea and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Owens
Prater Powell
Robert L. Norton
J. Robert Scott
Charles Weinacht
C.W. Wicker
la Vaughn Wicker
Cecil Cothrun
A.J. Ellison
Frank Deishler
C.L. Elkins Jr
Wayne Davis
Peter Collins
Lou Kilgore
Allen Jones
Milford Howard
W.A. Sullivan
Jack H. Torsy
Roy Talley
J. S. Wofford
T. J. Wilson
Charles Sikes
Gerald Davis
L.A. Reed
Oran Mahaffey
J.W. Roberts
Ben Pate
Roy D. Precht
James C. Moore
Balmorhea
Stanley Peer
Doyle Mustard
L. E. Schneider
Jim
Kesey to Sing on Ed Sullivan Show with Texas A&M Cadets
Pecos based David A Kesey sings tenor and serves as Singing Cadets publicity manager on Ed Sullivan Show appearance with Texas A&M Singing Cadets backing Sergio Franchi. Cadets perform Sunshine in My Soul while Franchi sings No Man Is An Island. Franchi aided Cadets on Miss Teenage America TV special. Kesey, son of Ray Kesey, is a senior industrial technology major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Kesey
Pecos
Texas A&m Singing Cadets
Texas A&m Glee Club
Sergio Franchi
Robert L. Boone
Franchi
No Man Is An Island
Singing Cadets
South Texas
Texas A&m
Cadets
Kesey
Ray Kesey
Jackson Blvd
Pecos High School
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Dallas Bank & Trust Co
City Bank & Trast Co
Sharpstown State Bank of
Houston
Frank W. Sharp
Jimmie Simmons
Roddy Rosson
Kyle Johnson
Victor Ashley
Steve Clinton
Johnny Fuentez
Wilbur G. Park
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Larry Terry
Terry
Varsity
Sullivan
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