TESCO seeks higher rates over pole depreciation
In Austin Texas Electric Service Co faced questions at a Public Utility Commission hearing on depreciation of 1936 utility poles towers and fixtures. Fort Worth City Attorney S G Johndore cross examined Kenneth Thompson the senior engineer about the method used to value 1936 equipment for rate purposes.
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Texas Electric Service Co
Mission, Fort Worth
City
Atty. S.G
Thompson
Johnroe
TESCO
PAC
John Stathos
Commission
Fort Worth
School board to hear report on enrollment
School board trustees will review the opening of school enrollment and hear related items at a 5:30 p.m. session in the administration building. Agenda includes minutes, communications, unfinished business, receipts and disbursements, policy HB 247 pupil eligibility, and various new business items involving finances, campus use, and outside participation.
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S. Park St
Carol Uranga
Helen Harris
Uranga
Earl Bell
Vocational Agriculture Department
FFA
Panamanian Treaty Signing Televised Tonight
President Carter and Omar Torrijos will sign the Panama Canal treaty in a ceremony at the Organization of American States witnessed by 19 heads of state and representatives from 27 nations. The event aims to show hemispheric unity, though the U S Senate may reject ratification, risking instability in the Canal Zone.
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George Gedda
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Omar Torrijos
United States
Latin America
The
Organization of
U.S
Senate
Canal Zone
Explosions Hit Ellipse and Aeroflot Office in Washington
Police linked two predawn blasts in Washington to the Pedro Luis Boitel Com mando Group. A caller claiming group membership told UPI of the Ellipse bombing before 3 a.m. and police reported Aeroflot office damage around 2:30 a.m. No injuries are mentioned.
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Washington
White House
Aeroflot
Pedro Luis Boitel
Gary Hawkins
United Press International
Hawkins
Bob Shephard
Reeves County Jail inmates prefer new facility over old
Sheriff Raul Flores notes inmates at Reeves County Jail enjoy better living with in‑cell TVs, textbooks, sewing machines for women, and a strong rehabilitation program. About 150 federal prisoners bring extra funds to the maintenance pot. Daily meals run 5:30 breakfast, recreation in a large gym, and controlled inmate mail. The tank system groups prisoners by age and record, with trusties handling laundry and some maintenance.
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Reeves County
Raul Flores
Robert Hinojos
Flores
la Tuna
Gary Ingram
Ingram
Reeves County Jail labeled very overcrowded by officials
A Texas Commission on Jail Standards report cites a very serious overcrowded condition at Reeves County Jail after a June 28 inspection. The jail, built for 54 prisoners, currently records daily populations from 128 to 150, with sheriff Raul Flores arguing the facility can safely hold up to 200.
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Texas Commission On Jail Standard
Reeves County
Raul Flores
Flores
Gary Ingram
Weather watch and county jail notes in Reeves County
Sunny today and Thursday with warmer afternoons. Reeves County Jail houses a small inmate population with most detainees being Federal prisoners in three categories. Pecos City Council will discuss airport matters and county road naming plus staffing and budget items at Thursday meeting.
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Pecos
Cactus Street
Access Road
Pinehurst
Lee Browning Powell
Pumper
Reeves County
Carter to back Canada gas pipeline route to lower 48
President Carter plans to recommend Congress approve a cross Canada natural gas line from Prudhoe Bay to Fairbanks and onward to the Pacific Northwest and upper Midwest, rejecting an all-American route. The $10 billion plan, favored by Energy Secretary Schlesinger, would use a mainland Canadian path pending economic merit. Northwest Pipeline Corp. backs the Canadian corridor against El Paso Gas proposal.
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Carter
Congress
Canada
Alaska
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Prudhoe Bay
Fairbanks
Pacific Northwest
Upper Midwest
U.S
Ottawa
Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Northwest Pipeline Corp
Texas
el Paso Gas
Yarbrough Disbarment Delayed by Judge Tunks
Retired civil appeals judge Bert H. Tunks postponed indefinitely a ruling on a motion to dismiss the disbarment suit against former Texas Supreme Court Justice Donald B. Yarbrough. The Texas Supreme Court accepted Yarbrough's resignation from the bar, while prosecutors argued he admitted no guilt.
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Houston
Bert H. Tunks
Donald B. Yarbrough
Texas Supreme Court
Yarbrough
State Bar of Texas
Daniel in atty. gen. state race announcement
Former Texas House speaker Price Daniel Jr. enters the attorney general race at 36, saying he will not join the Briscoe Hill showdown. He outlined plans in Austin Dallas and Houston and formally announced at a Liberty fundraiser, pledging to ensure basic constitutional duties are fulfilled.
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Tex
Texas
Price Daniel Jr
Dolph Briscoe
John Hill
Daniel
Dallas
Houston
Liberty
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Smith County
Maxie Don Trull
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Trull
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Glynell Logan
Abilene
Estes
Boitel
Ry Stephen Bates
Midland
Odessa
el Paso
San Angelo
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Farnum Jewelry
Pecos Mort Modern Jewelers
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