Mayor backs Sunday protest over Torres police sentences
Houston mayor Jim McConn voiced support for a peaceful Sunday march condemning one year sentences for three former Houston officers in the Joe Campos Torres case. He may join the silent demonstration, planned to run from City Hall to Buffalo Bayou, with curbside observation allowed. Arnold Arevalo urged council members to attend, calling the ruling a bleak day for Mexican Americans and the nation.
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Houston
Jim McConn
Joe Campos Torres
McConn
Arnold Arevalo
League of United Latin American Citizens
Buffalo Bayou
Torres
McCann
Terry Denson
Stephen Orlando
Joseph Janish
Arevalo
Sentencing for former Justice Yarbrough in Austin
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Yarbrough was sentenced by State District Judge Mace Thurman to two to five years in prison for aggravated perjury. His attorney announced an appeal, noting the trial’s unfairness and challenging the admissibility of secretly recorded tapes related to forgery discussions with Bill Rothkopf.
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Texas
Mace Thurman
Supreme Court
Don Yarbrough
Waggoner Carr
Thurman
Yarbrough
Travis County
Carr
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
High Court
Car
Sharpstown
Bill Rothkopf
Rothkopf
Texas Supreme Court
T.S. McCorkle
Candidates for mayor and board give statements
Biographical sketches of eight candidates for Pecos City Council will appear tomorrow. The Enterprise notes statements from candidates for Pecos Barstow ToYah Independent School District Board of Education and Pecos City Mayor. Polling places list and primaries details to be published. questionnaires will be mailed for the May 6 Democratic Primary and appear in subsequent issues.
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Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent
Bid for Estes testimony ends case against gambler
Tyler Texas AP the state ended its case against accused kidnapper Don Trull minutes after witness Billy Pyron altered testimony under cross examination. Pyron denied signing a power of attorney document used by Estes associate Sue Goolsby, while Trull claimed Estes and Pyron bilked him out of 1.5 million in a failed land venture.
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Estes
Tyler
Texas
Don Trull
Billy Pryon
Pyron
Irwin
Goolsby
Ms. Goolsby
Judge blocks Estes testimony in Trull kidnap trial
A district court judge prevented paroled swindler Billie Sol Estes from testifying in the kidnap trial of Mississippi promoter Don Trull. Estes, the defense star witness, lasted only 10 minutes on the stand before Judge Glenn Phillips sustained a state objection that his testimony was not relevant. The defense won permission to question Estes later outside the jury in open court.
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G. Brockett Irwin
Glenn Phillips
Irwin
Billie Sol Estes
Pyron
Tyler
Trull
Bill May
Texas
Mississippi
Don Trull
Estes
Phillips
Pecos executive urges holding Continental rate hike until service improves
W R Bob Bickley executive vice president of the West Texas Cooperative Oil Mill at Pecos testified before the Public Utilities Commission in Austin to delay a Continental Telephone rate increase until substantial service improvements are shown. City Attorney Ted Painter noted other cities joined Pecos in urging better service and opposed further increases without fixes. The hearing, expected to run through Friday and perhaps Monday, featured many speakers before Continental presents its case. The Texas Municipal League will represent Pecos and oppose the rise on behalf of several cities citing ongoing call difficulties and cutoffs.
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W.R
Bob’’ Bickley
Pecos
Public Utilities Commission
Austin
Continental Telephone Co
Ted Painter
Bickley
Enterprise
Painter
Commission
Telephone Company
West Texas Cooperative Oil Mill
Continental
Texas
Pecos City
Texas Municipal League
Major producers set hike in steel prices
Pittsburgh based reports show U S Steel Corp and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp boosting prices by 10 50 a ton in response to a coal strike deal. The increases target sheet steels structural shapes plates tin plate and tube products with effects projected on appliances and cars. The administration council called the move inflationary while noting the cost rise and limited rollback power.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
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