Heavy snow warning as winter storm moves into Texas Panhandle
A strong winter storm brings freezing rain sleet and snow to Texas Panhandle with a heavy snow warning for the Panhandle a travel advisory for the South Plains and a flash flood watch for Northeast Texas. Temperatures vary from the 20s to near 80, with icy roads and multiple minor accidents reported early.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
National Weather Service
South Plains
Panhandle
Texarkana
Waco
Sanderson
Losses in millions overpaid federal workers study shows
Bureau officials report that 11.5 percent of federal personnel were overpaid this period in a study by President Carter's personnel specialists. The findings suggest significant financial gaps and implications for budgeting and payroll controls nationwide.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Weather and federal pay study headlines linger in era
Cloudy weather with rain prospects for Pecos and South Plains. Panhandle to receive heavy snow and freezing rain with 3 to 5 inches expected. Temperatures varied from highs in the upper 60s to lows in the 20s. Separately a Civil Service Commission report finds 11.5 percent of white collar federal jobs overgraded and 3.3 percent undergraded, drawing union criticism and calls for reform.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Alan K. Campbell
Kenneth Blaylock
Afl-Cio
American Federation of Government Employees
Jurors Hear Tape Recordings in Davis Murder Plot Trial
Jurors listened to a tape between Fort Worth heir Cullen Davis and FBI informant David McCrory in the murder for hire case. The state outlined a plan to kill Judge Joe Eidson and others, with Davis allegedly paying for a professional killer while defense objections delayed transcript use.
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Davis
Cullen
Fort Worth
Cullen Davis
FBI
David McCrory
Wallace Moore
McCrory
Joe Eidson
Judge Eidson
Amarillo
Beverly Bass
Cleanup chief departs as GSA probes deepen
Vincent Alto, 42, leaves as GSA special counsel after six months, urging focus on top officials and political figures to prevent relapse into corruption. His tenure helped seed the scandal narrative, with the Justice Department now pursuing the case and 20 GSA staff and contractors pleading guilty while six others plead innocent.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Vincent Alto
GSA
Justice Department
ALTO
Texas Pension Funds in Three Cities Labeled Unsound
A legislative committee finds Houston Dallas and the San Antonio firemen and policemen funds financially weak. Actuarial reports show outlays exceed inflows, with promises of generous benefits unlikely to be met under current methods. Experts warn reforms are long term and complex despite their appeal to public workers.
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Austin
Texas
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Policemen’s Fund
Ray Ward
Police Fund
Carlsbad man in intensive care after industrial fire
Paul G. Corder 56 of Carlsbad was hospitalized in Odessa after a Tuesday industrial accident in Pecos. Welding on a truck sparked a fire, burning about half his body. Six coworkers acted to extinguish the blaze, and Reeves County Memorial Hospital treated him before transfer.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Paul G. Corder
Pecos
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
Corder
PAS
Western Ave
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Odessa
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