Farmers balk at field toilet rule proposal
Farmers slice at OSHA plan to place toilets washing facilities and drinking water within a five minute walk of all field workers. They cite cost practicality and enforcement hurdles as reasons to oppose. OSHA plans to modify the standard but says regulation is needed to protect workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Blackman
Associated Press
Washington
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Florida
Rhee Cummings
Greensboro
N.C
Bill Simanton
Malta
Mont
Brownsfield
Tex
OSHA
W.J. Glasier
Glasier
Coconut Groe, Fla
Rainbows, glaucoma, and doctor shortages spur action
Gene Douglas writes of eye health signs like rainbow halos around lights and the rush to treat glaucoma. He recalls past misdiagnoses and notes Fort Stockton faces a doctor shortage prompting talks of new loans to medical students to attract physicians and restore care locally.
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Gene Douglas
Odessa
Fort Stockton
Stockton
Pecos
Oklahoma
Deputies Indicted for Beating Prisoners in Pecos County
The Justice Department announced that two Pecos County deputy sheriffs Michael Hill and William Mabe Jr. were indicted by a three-county grand jury in Midland Texas on charges of using excessive force against three prisoners Frank Cicero Daniel Greshman and Steve King after an attempted jail break on February 8. Each count carries up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine.
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Washington
Justice Department
Pecos County
Tex
U.S. District Court
Midland
Michael Hill
William Mabe Jr
Edward H. Levi
Frank V. Ciceraro
Daniel Greshman
Steve King
Lo-Vaca customers review court settlement plan
Major Lo-Vaca customers and a power company spokesman discussed a proposed settlement to resolve about 1.4 billion dollars in damage suits. The plan would form a new independent company, with Coastal States Gas Corp. as parent, and aims to avert widespread losses if accepted by key clients and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Lo- Vaca Gathering Co
Lo-Vaca
Power Company
H.K. Howard
Central, Power & Light Co
Corpus Christi
Railroad Commission
La-Vaca
Coastal States Gas Corp
Howard
West Texas rain soaks region amid storms and floods
Patches of light rain and heavy thunderstorms spread across West Texas, with Pecos recording .08 inch and deluges up to 4 inches the day before. Forecasts show continued showers through Saturday, with possible coast rain from Brownsville to Palacios and lingering cloudiness across the state. A flash flood watch was in effect in South and Southwest Texas, while storms also affected the Upper Mississippi Valley and Midwest regions. A tornado was sighted near Duluth, Minnesota, with wind damage reported in Hutchinson.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Pecos
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Palacios
Texas
Eagle Pass
Fort Stockton
San Angelo
Panale
Crystal City
Alpine
Texas Mountains
Lubbock
Levelland
South Plains
Central Plains
Arizona
California
Duluth
Minn
Hutchinson
City officials discuss police consolidation at regional meeting
City officials from Fort Stockton attend the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission session to hear a county judge on merging city and county law enforcement. The issue draws mixed feelings over potential tax savings and enforcement gains, with calls to study the proposal before any merger. The agenda also features Pecos' Dick Slack on the 1976 Texas Legislature and Dr. Nathan Galloway on health care in the basin.
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Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Fort Stockton
Sheriff's Office
PBRPC
Dick Slack
Pecos
Texas
Nathan Galloway
Odessa
Permian Basin
Iowa counties push Mars colony as ideal 100th county
In Des Moines, 427 county officials voted to colonize Mars and make the Red Planet Iowa’s 100th county. They seek independence from state and federal control, with a court house site chosen by future environmental review and transportation plans still undetermined. The move follows reports from Viking 1 and envisions a self governed, federally unmandated settlement.
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Val Corley
Associated Press
Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa
State Association of Counties
Mars
Red Planet
Execu
Cleveland
Juhl
Grand jurors meet Monday in Reeves County courthouse
Reeves County grand jurors will reconvene at 9 a.m. Monday in the courthouse to consider charges to be presented by District Attorney Lawrence Barber.
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Reeves County
Lawrence Barber
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United Texas Transmission Co. of
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Stan McLelland
Third Street
del Rio
Mexican
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Bill Pigman
Pecos County Exhibition Building
Towans
Tive
Don Cleveland
Ralph Juhl
Association
New Colony
Don
Dennis
Bill & Ed
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