Texas Senate approves largest tax relief in modern history
Texas senators easily approved two tax measures to provide 486 million in relief over three years. The bills repeal the utility tax on residential gas and electricity and expand inheritance tax exemptions from 25 000 to 200 000. House plans mirror Senate actions as Governor Briscoe pushes for broader tax reform.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin, Texas
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
House
Briscoe
Legislative Budget Board
San Antonio
Lila Cockrell
Senate Committee
Senate
Indicted Monahans Doctor Faces Ongoing U S Inquiry
A Pecos Division indictment from five years earlier targets Dr. Darrell Leland Bell for distributing amphetamines and tablets in 1971. An alert warrant remained active, with bond set and El Paso arraignment scheduled, while new information ties the doctor to a bank withdrawal via a power of attorney in Monahans.
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Monahans
Pecos
U.S. District Court
Western District of Texas
el Paso
Darrell Leland Bell
U.S
Ernest Guinn
el Paso-Pecos
Guinn
Bell
U.S. Marshal
South America
Antact
Phillip Craig
Odessa hearing set on proposed revenue bond amendment
Citizens will learn about a constitutional amendment allowing Texas counties and cities to issue revenue bonds for employment programs. A hearing on Monday July 31 at 10 a.m. at Texas Electric Service Co in Odessa will include Texas Industrial Commission staff to explain guidelines and bond issuance if voters approve the measure. Forty seven states have similar provisions. the amendment passed the 65th Legislature and heads to the November ballot with hearings in 23 communities.
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Texas
Odessa
Texas Industrial Commission
Texas Electric Service Co
N. Lincoln
DOE official warns Texas storage plan risk to nuclear power
Midland Texas AP report quotes DOE deputy secretary John O Leary saying the U S nuclear power industry could fail without an acceptable plan to store deadly radioactive waste. He told about 60 people Tuesday that energy prospects depend on progress in waste storage.
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Midland
Texas
Department of Energy
John O'Leary
O'Leary
DOE
Midland hosts first public session on Texas nuclear waste routing
Officials convene in Midland as Texas AG John Hill asks the DOE to explain plans for shipping radioactive waste through Texas toward the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad New Mexico. The proposed route via Amarillo and El Paso contrasts with expectations of a Dallas Fort Worth to Midland Odessa path.
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Midland
Texas
O'Leary
Carlsbad
N.M
John Hill
Amarillo
el Paso
Hill
DOE
New Mexico
Savannah River
South Carolina
Panhandle
Texas and Pacific
Dallas- Fort Worth
Midland- Odessa
Injury note of Whitlow in Pecos roadside shooting
Ronald Francis Whitlow of Belle Chasse Louisiana, 38, was shot in the upper right thigh just before 5:35 a.m. July 10 at a roadside park on Interstate 10 20 west of Pecos and later listed in satisfactory condition at Odessa Medical Center Hospital. Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez said the investigation by his department Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Department and Texas Rangers remains active. Whitlow was en route east and had stopped to rest in the roadside park.
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Louisiana
Ronald Francis Whitlow
Pecos
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Jeff Davis County
Carter plan faces GOP tax cut clash in Congress
Washington AP By Edmond LeBreton Carter aides press House Budget Committee as Schultze argues for a tax cut but not the GOP version. Blumenthal signals openness to limited relief like capital gains tweaks. Rivlin doubts Kemp Roth yields quick payback. Bolling wary of booming jobs. Carter aims for a $15 billion measure, opposing capital gains cuts.
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Edmond le Breton
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House Budget Committee
Charles L. Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Schultze
Senate
Alice M. Rivlin
Congressional Budget Office
House Committee
CBO
Joint Economic Committee
Bolling
Tee
Carter
House
Ways and Means
Second Pecos man charged in Fort Stockton double murder
Enrique Munoz Martinez, 29, of Pecos, is jailed in Fort Stockton on two counts of capital murder in the execution style killings of Felix Rodriguez, 23, and Guadalupe Jiminez, 54. He joins Ruben Hernandez and Ramon Matta Jr., both charged, with a 16 year old extradited and Sophia Banda at large as a federal fugitive.
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Pecos
Enrique Munoz Martinez
S. Orange
Pecos County
Fort Stockton
Martinez
Felix Rodriguez
Guadalupe Jiminez
U.S. 285
Ruben O. Hernandez
Alpine
Ramon Matta, Jr
Arizona
Larry Gibbs
Feme
Bisbee
Hernandez
Matta
Sophia Ponce Banda
Reeves County
Sherff
Texas
Three die as Texas hotel collapse buries four workers
In Victoria, Texas, three bodies were recovered from the 65 year old Denton Hotel collapse during demolition. One worker was saved before search resumed at 7 a.m. as fatigue halted efforts. The hotel had closed in 1971 and was to be demolished after a bank sale.
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Victoria
Texas
Denton
Weldon Johnston
Webberville
Johnston
Roy Turner
Sylvestra Castro
Victoria Bank
Jesus Christ
Manuel Villareal
Weather Watch Pe cos Sees Heat Rise With 108
The Pe cos area posted a high of 108 yesterday after a 104 reading on Monday. Early today’s low dropped to 72 as the AP forecast calls for generally fair conditions in West Texas with isolated storms in the extreme west. Hot afternoons continue with highs 93 to 107 today and near 107 in Big Bend valleys Thursday.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
Big Bend
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