Carter outlines gas deregulation plan amid hearings
President Carter considers using a natural gas surplus from the 1978 energy bill to cut oil imports as hearings begin on the gas deregulation bill. Energy Secretary Schlesinger says the Strategic Petroleum Reserve could be tapped to avoid heating oil shortages next winter while a broadened energy program seeks conservation and coal use. Senator Sasser urges consumer protections against possible price spikes.
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Washington
Carter
Senate
Congress
Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Louisiana
Schlesinger
Legislator presses plan for compulsory car liability insurance
Rep Gene Green of Houston testifies before the House Insurance Committee in Austin supporting a compulsory liability insurance bill as a way to spread costs from uninsured drivers. He notes premiums may rise slightly but others already pay for accidents caused by uninsured motorists.
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Austin
Texas
Gene Green
D-Houston
Green
House
Dallas County
Harris County
el Paso
Webb County
American Automobile Association
J. Sam Winters
Association of Fire and Casualty Companies
Winters
Toxic smoke chase after Crystal City plant fire
Crystal City Texas evacuated briefly as Riverside chemical plant fire produced a suspected toxic smoke plume. Police reported roads blocked and residents moved north toward Uvalde while the fire was brought under control and northeast Crystal City residents returned later.
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Crystal City
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Carrizo Springs
U.S. 83
Uvalde
Dimmit County
Riverside Chemical Plant
Regents Nominees Weigh UT System Ties for East Texas
Three new regents for Texas Eastern University at Tyler admit hearing talk of joining the University of Texas System but have not decided. Tyler Mayor Bob Nall Athens dentist Gene Hightower and retired Judge Otis Dunagan were approved 6 0 by the Senate Nominations Subcommittee. The panel also backed regents for East Texas State University former GOP gubernatorial candidate James Granberry of Lubbock and William Button of Dallas.
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Austin, Texas
Texas Eastern University At
Tyler
University of Texas System
Bob Nall
Athens
Gene Hightower
Otis Dunagan
Senate
James Granberry
Lubbock
William Button
Dallas
East Texas State University
Theft under investigation in Reeves County
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez reports an oil-marketing theft at Pecos Petroleum Co on State Highway 17 South. Ninety gallons were not taken. 69 gallons of regular gasoline valued at 250 dollars disappeared after a nozzle was broken from a hose. The theft was reported Tuesday.
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Reeves County
Raul Florez
Pecos Petroleum Co
Balmorhea Highway
Bond hearing casts light on Chagra narcotics network
In El Paso, prosecutors sketch a sprawling narcotics operation linked to Jimmy Chagra, a gambler held on 1 million dollars bail. DEA informant Wallace testified to marijuana and cocaine deals dating to 1977, including cross border smuggling and shipments from Colombia, while defense lawyers denounced the government's handling and questioned witness access ahead of Midland trial.
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EL Paso
Texas
Jimmy Chagra
U.S
James Kerr
United States
Kerr
San Antonio
Chagra
Lee Chagra
Midland Grand Jury
Oscar Goodman
Las Vegas
Harry Hudspeth
Drug Enforcement Administration
Henry Wallace
DEA
John Poole
Wallace
Colombia
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Midland
Governor Clements Faces Silence From Texas Officials at 25,000-Job Cut Push
Governor Bill Clements urged about 400 state agency heads to back his plan to trim 25,000 jobs by January 1983. Nearly no one spoke. he pressed for cooperation while noting some agencies still lack enough work. He warned duplication must end, and voiced hope for full, not idle, employment.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
Clements
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Texas Public Schools
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Fred P. Armstrong
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Pecos
Reeves County Commissioners Court
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