Ambulance service in Pecos faces uncertain future
A June 10 delegation from two ambulance drivers informed Pecos city officials the fire department wants to quit ambulance duties. The city will seek an alternative operator while councils and county officers hold talks, but no plan has yet been enacted to ease the growing concerns over unnecessary calls and service gaps.
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Pecos
Bill Cowart
Bill Cooksey
Fire Department
Odessa
Reeves County
Obie Maddux
Vaughn Sandell
Enterprise
Crime and vandalism costs schools millions
Washington officials report public schools suffered about 600 million dollars in damages last year with a push for 400 million in federal aid for training and hardware. The National Association of School Security Directors notes violence and property losses rise, urging Congress and the Justice Department to act.
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Washington
Joseph Grealy
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
National Association of School Security Directors
Alexandria
Lucius Burton
Congress
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Burton
Accidents in Parenthood and The Ann Landers Debate
Gene Douglas riffs on the Ann Landers column debate about wanting children. He argues most people are mid between desire and regret, noting the surprises of parenting, the misbehavior of kids, and how love and responsibility shape parenting despite its pains. He concludes by asking Ann Landers if this is clear.
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Gene Douglas
Ann Landers
County studies bids on hospital X-ray equipment
County commissioners, delaying final purchase, opened bids ranging from 67 014 to 70 000 for hospital X-ray gear amid lingering hospital construction uncertainties. R P Richeloe Co. placed the low bid. Gilbert X-Ray Co. of Texas bid 64 400 base plus a GX 550 generator in two sections. The panel will use a 30 day option to review specifications before final decision.
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R.P. Richeloe Company
Gilbert X-Ray Company of
Texas
Gilbert
Witness reenacts Hearst case struggle at Harris trial
Government witness Anthony Shepard salutes the defense with a clenched fist and reenacts a scuffle with William Harris in a tense first day of the Harris Hearst trial in Los Angeles. He describes a shooting by a pale woman in sunglasses and Afro hair, as others recount the store attack and subsequent escape.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
William
Emily Harris
Anthony Shepard
Atty
Richard
Carroll Huett
Patricia Hearst
Harrises
Miss Hearst
Shepard
San Francisco
Harris
Leonard Weinglas
Harbinger
Huett
Inglewood
Wet weather keeps Texas under siege
Wet weather grips Texas with heavy rain and thunderstorms from the Gulf Coast to Matagorda Bay. A flash flood watch remained for Edwards Plateau and Hill Country as 100 mile wide rainfall belts stretched from College Station to Alice. Scattered showers linger across the Panhandle and West Texas with clearing trends forecast elsewhere.
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Matagorda Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Edwards Plateau
Hill Country
College Station
Galveston
South Texas
Alice
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Plainview
Childress
West Texas
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