House vote stalls tax relief for Texas schools
In Austin the Texas House rejected a Stan Schlueter plan to guarantee 99 percent reimbursement to all school districts for revenue lost to the 1978 Tax Relief Amendment. The vote 66 to 63 split rural support, with debates over future year funding and district appraisal methods shaping the outcome.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Stan Schlueter
D-Salado
Bill Clayton
House
Schlueter
Mary Jane Bode
D-Austin
Ways and Means Committee
Bennie Bock II
New Braunfels
Wayne Peveto
Dorange
Bock
U.S. Supreme Court
Louisiana
Pecos businessman John Dorr held on federal drug indictment
John R. Dorr 40 of 8 Winding Way Pecos released on a 150000 cash bond after arrest at his office on a Midland federal grand jury indictment charging conspiracy to import a controlled substance and related counts. Dorr was booked at Reeves County Facility then appeared before U.S. Magistrate J. M. Preston.
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Pecos
John R. Dorr
Midland
Dorr
Reeves County
Raul Florez
United States
Steve Balog
Eddy Markham
Wetern
Texas
Reeves County Reports Fatality-Free Year In 1978
The Reeves County district in 1978 recorded no traffic fatalities, the first such year in over thirty years, though the four county district totaled eight deaths and 191 accidents. DPS District 4A notes Reeves led total accidents but had zero fatalities while Jeff Davis Ward and Winkler counties registered three to two deaths respectively. The district saw a rise in total accidents from 172 to 191, and an Indiana safety message was circulated urging careful driving to prevent fatalities.
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Reeves County
Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol
DPS
Melton Rasberry
Jeff Davis
Ward
Winkler County
Ward County
Indiana Safety Director
Oil distribution rule could deepen U S oil shortage
The New York Times reports Energy Secretary Schleischer warns the United States faces a sharper import shortfall, rising from about 500000 to 800000 barrels daily under a new distribution formula. Officials say the shift bases allocation on a nation’s normal consumption rather than imports, hitting the United States harder as it produces roughly half its oil.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
The
New York Times
James R. Schlesinger
U.S
Weather and energy concerns mix across West Texas and nation
Weather in Pecos and West Texas is mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms today and tonight, then partly cloudy Friday with highs near 60 to mid 80s and lows mid 30s to mid 40s. In energy matters the GAO questioned oil cutbacks for jet fuel and Texaco's Iran imports, while automakers warned a 27.5 mpg goal by 1985 could cost jobs and fuel savings, criticizing the plan's phased approach.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Mountains
The
Times
General Accounting Office
Congressional Watchdog Agency
Cleveland Plain Dealer
GAO
Texaco
Iran
Attempts to build new international bridges in Brownsville
Brownsville officials push for eight new bridges along the Cameron Hidalgo county area to ease traffic at the two existing crossings. Mayor Ruben Edelstein calls the effort politically constrained while noting emergency vehicle access and daily congestion of about 9 000 vehicles at Gateway Bridge. Local officials warn of long delays during peak hours and stress the urgency of new crossings.
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Brownsville
Carl Griffin
Hidalgo-Reynosa
Cameron County
Edelstein
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