Ethics bill to jail lawmaker eyed by Senate
In Austin AP reports a tough ethics measure aims to jail a misbehaving legislator for ten years. Sponsor Rep Ralph Hall of Rockwall argues the need remains despite a statewide vote on a constitutional ethics commission amendment. The Senate previously passed Hall’s bill and plans work to gain House approval as conference committees convene.
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House
Jim Nugent
Kerrville
Senate State Affairs Committee
Hall
Senate
Conference Committee On Appropriations
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Sharpstown Bank probe looms in Texas banking reform bills
The Texas legislature debates bills giving the banking commissioner power to order banks to halt practices or remove officers. In Houston, William P. Hobby announces plans to run for lieutenant governor as a Democrat. Forecasts show near freezing temperatures in the Panhandle with clearing skies later, while other parts remain cool and windy.
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Houston
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Texarkana
Longview
Austin
del Rio
Red River
Paris
Louisiana
Panhandle
Amarillo
Perryton
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Palacios
Victoria
McAllen
Mineral Wells
Laredo
William P. Hobby
Houston Post
Gulf Coast
Sigma Delta Chi
Hobby
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
UT Student Named Vietnam Veteran for UT Student Government
Bob Binder a UT Austin graduate and Vietnam veteran may become the first veteran elected to UT student government. He served as a military police lieutenant in Vietnam earning a Bronze Star and later joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Binder proposes a community involvement program with project by project work to benefit campus and local areas.
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Binder
Head Injuries Kill Texan In Brownsville
A Brownsville man Manuel Delgado aged 56 died at Mercy Hospital from injuries after his car collided with a Missouri Pacific freight train near Port Brownsville on Farm Road 1792. He was the 51st traffic death in the four-county Lower Rio Grande Valley area this year.
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Brownsville
Tex
Missouri Pacific
Port Brownsville
Manuel Delgado
Mercy Hospital
Delgado
Rio Grande Valley
Fiesta Country Trail Aims to Link Texas and Mexico Tourism
The International Committee for Tourism Promotion announced a joint U S Mexico route called the Fiesta Country Trail. It will span from Monterrey south to Austin and cover South Texas and the Lower Rio Grande Valley. J T Shahan of Brackettville and Mario Villarreal of Monterrey co chair the non profit group seeking to boost cross border travel.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
International Committee For Tourism Promotion
Monterrey
Austin
Tex
U.s.-Mexico
South
Texas- Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Tamauclipas
J.T. Shahan
Brackettville
Mario Villarreal
Tourism Committee
United States
Pecos SSG Alvin E Lawrence Office Hours In Carlsbad NM
SSG Alvin E Lawrence listed at the Pecos Selective Service Office with Thursday hours from 10 30 a m to 5 p m or via collect call at 905 885 2098 Carlsbad New Mexico. Also available at The Local Department of Public Safety Office dialing 445 2104.
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Pecos
Carlsbad
N.M
Department of Public Safety
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