Swing vote emerges on Texas homeowners rate hike
Ned Price has become the swing vote on whether to raise homeowners rates as the Texas State Insurance Board delays a decision. Chairman Hugh Yantis favors no change, citing rising home values and profits for insurers, while Durwood Manford backs a small increase amid inflation. Confirmation battles loom for Yantis and Manford in a tense special session.
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Associated Press
Austin, Texas
Ned Price
State Insurance Board
Price
Hugh Yantis
Yantis
Durwood Manford
Manford
Senate
Lloyd Doggett
Austin
Joe Christie
Dolph Briscoe
Recession unlikely as CBO director cites trouble ahead
Budget director Alice Rivlin told the House Budget Committee that despite lower unemployment the U S economy faces ongoing trouble and slower growth through 1979 though recession is not expected. She cited policy assumptions including a $15 billion tax cut and restrained Fed action.
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Edmond le Breton
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Congressional Budget Office
Alice M. Rivlin
House Budget Committee
CBO
Rhea Ana Session Debates Tax Cut Policy
Mrs. Rivlin argued yesterday that administration tax cuts outweigh rising payroll taxes and fiscal drag on disposable income and should support consumer spending. Proponents press for a much larger cut, including a Republican backed proposal to reduce personal income tax by about one third over three years.
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Forent
Rivlin
Reeves County grand jury indicts six individuals
The Reeves County Grand Jury for the 1438rd District Court on Monday returned indictments against six individuals and passed action on one presentation. Named are Ruben Martinez Alvarez of Pecos for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Freddie Joe Jacquez of Monahans for possession of heroin. Jose Ramon Rodriguez of Monahans for possessing heroin. Ramon Garcia of Pecos for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and shooting at five persons. Thomas Lee Mayer of Elmira New York for felony theft of an auto rifle and shotgun. and Eugene Harris of Compton California for unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon. No killed included Leslie Gerald Craig of Midland and Leroy Don Lundy of Cordell. Curtis Ray Craig from out of state also involved. Harris Mayer and Jacquez remain jailed in Reeves County. Alvarez Rodriguez Garcia released on bond pending further proceedings.
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Reeves County Grand Jury
Judicial District
Lawrence Fuller
Pecos
Ruben Martinez Alvarez
S. Pecan
Freddie Joe Jacquez
N. Main
Monahans
Jose Ramon Rodriguez
Roy Rodriguez
Main
Ramon Garcia
Martinez
Thomas Lee Mayer
Elmire
N.Y
Eugene Harris
Pixley
Compton
Calif
Leslie Gerald Craig
Midland
Texas
Leroy Don Lundy
Cordell
Okla
Harris
Mayer
Jacquez
Reeves County
Alvarez
Rodriguez
Garcia
Commissioners Seek Bids on County Voting Machines
Reeves County Commissioners approved a bid process for new voting machines to be used in the General Elections on November 7. Dennis King of Computer Elections System outlined features including precinct training and voter demonstrations. Bids were requested by July 24.
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Danny
Frank Health
Reeves County
Commissioner's Court
Robert Hinojos
Reeves County Commissioner’s Court
Dennis King
Computer Elections System
King
Manuel J. Orona
Publc
Angelina Brijalba
Balmorhea
Brijalba
W.O
Bill
Hearings on radial tires prompt letters from public
A House subcommittee hearing on the Firestone 500 steel belted radial tire drew more letters than any other probe, with about 70 percent opposing the tire. Rep. John E. Moss said safety concerns mount as a final recall decision looms after Aug. 7 hearings. Witnesses included Firestone officials and a consumer with a shredded tire. The NHTSA has investigated thousands of complaints, 29 deaths, and hundreds of crashes. Firestone says no safety problem. recall would cost millions. Identical tires sold as Super Shell Steel Radial and Grappler Radial 8000 would be covered by any recall.
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John E. Moss
D-Calif
Transportation Department
Firestone
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
John Floberg
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Shell Oil Co
Super Shell Steel
Montgomery Ward Co
Grappler
Temporary tax relief measures at Texas legislative session
A special session on tax relief opened with proposals from Rep. Bill Ceverha and Sen. Betty Andujar to cut the 4 percent state sales tax to 3 percent until August 31 1981. Other measures include repealing the inheritance tax, expanding exemptions on school and property taxes, productivity tax rules for farm land, and California style initiative and referendum plans. The package also features caps on state spending growth, limits on local tax increases, and calls to replace school district revenues with state funds.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Ceverha
R-Dallas
Betty Andujar
Fort Worth
Ceverha
Andujar
Fred Orr
D-De- Soto
von Dohlen
Bill Clayton
Briscoe
Joe Hubenak
D-Rosenberg
Texas A&m
Comptroller Bullock Booked For Intoxication In Austin
Comptroller Bob Bullock was arrested in north Austin early today on a driving while intoxicated complaint. He was fingerprinted photographed and released to his attorney before appearing before Municipal Judge Alberto Garcia on a personal recognizance bond. Police noted his car was stopped about 1 30 a m by Officers Mark Smith and William Doyle in the 7900 block of Rockwood Street.
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Austin, Texas
Bob Bullock
North Austin
Freddie Maxwell
Maxwell
Bullock
Alberto Garcia
Mark Smith
William Doyle
Rockwood St
Explosive Blast at Spanish Camp Kills Nearly Two Hundred
An explosion at a campsite near Tarragona Spain killed about 180 people and injured over 150, many of them families. Most victims appeared to be French and German. Police cited uncertain cause with unconfirmed reports of a blast at butane gas storage. The site lies at San Carlos de la Rapita south of Tarragona.
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Tarragona
Spain
Mediterranean
Hell
San Carlos de la Rapita
Barcelona
Three Men From Mexico Sentenced for Illegal Entry
Three defendants from Mexico were sentenced July 10 by U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of illegal entry. Each received 179 days in jail. Portillo was caught misrepresenting to evade inspection at Presidio port of entry. Madrid-Trujillo was found under a bridge on U.S. 67 north of Presidio. Robles-Frasto was arrested at a checkpoint between Maria and Sierra Blanca.
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Mexico
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
U.S. Border Patrol
United States
Jose Audacio Portillo
Jose Madrid- Trujillo
Lorenzo Robles-Frasto
Audacio Portillo
Presidio
Madrid-Trujillo
Odessa
U.S. 67
Robles-Frasto
Maria
Sierra Blanca
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Federal Reserve
Brookings Institution
Barry Bosworth
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Congress
Rhea
Ana
Curtis Ray Craig
Pigman
The
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
House
Robert Doyle
Martinsburg
W.va
Ohio
Tim van Dohlen
D-Goliad
Hubenak
House Agriculture Committee
Bill Sullivant
Dainesville
Rep
Carlyle Smith
Grand Prairie
Douglas McLeod
Galveston
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