West Texas Mennonites face forced move by INS
In Seminole Texas the INS says over 500 Mennonites must leave their 6400 acre colony due to temporary visa status. Brokers of land sale, Seth Woltz, faces scrutiny as leaders lose influence. residents fear deportation, loss of homes and farms after water rights and drilling disputes.
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Seminole
Tex
Immigration and Naturalization Service
West
Texas
United States
Seth Waltz
Canada
Old Colony
Clark
Woltz
el Paso
Wiebe
Ontario
Hill to enter governors race in 1978 bid
Texas Attorney General John Hill announces he will run for governor in 1978 at a Capitol news conference. He says Briscoe’s decade in office proposal is a key issue, questions Briscoe’s veto record, and profiles his own record as attorney general and secretary of state.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Hill
Briscoe
Natorial
Dolph
Carter energy plan faces Senate floor opposition vote
President Carter's energy package faces tight Senate votes on deregulating natural gas pricing and on budgetary and tax elements. Senate Finance Committee will weigh crude oil tax credits and potential rebates while House debates fast breeder reactor funding and neutron bomb production.
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Carter
Senate
Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
House
Legal Services Corp
Russell Long
D-La
United States
Pentagon
Carter administration asks Bakke case reversal Oct 12
The Carter administration urged the Supreme Court to overturn a California ruling barring race in UC Davis Medical School admissions. The brief says only whether race may be used to remedy discrimination should be resolved, not broader constitutional questions. Bakke, a white applicant, contends he was denied due to a 16 of 100 spot quota for disadvantaged students.
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Margaret Gentry
Associated Press
Washington
Carter Administration
Supreme Court
California
Justice Department
High Court
Allan Bakke
University of California At Davis Medical School
Bakke
California Supreme Court
Griffin Bell
Wade McCree
Drew Days III
Department
Civil Rights Division
California Court
Comedian Fontaine In Critical Condition At Columbus Hospital
Comedian Frank Fontaine, 57, of Winchester, Mass., collapsed at Port Columbus International Airport and is in very critical condition in a Columbus coronary care unit. A hospital spokeswoman said he is unconscious and doctors consider the possibility of a heart attack. Fontaine, famed for Crazy Guggenheim on the Gleason show, had just completed a three night run at the Sandalwood Inn in Columbus.
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Columbus, Ohio
Frank Fontaine
Columbus Hospital
Port Columbus International
Fontaine
Winchester
Mass
Columbus
Guggenheim
Jackie Gleason
Sandalwood Inn
Davis capital murder trial resumes after juror dental delay
Testimony in Cullen Davis capital murder trial in Amarillo Texas was to resume today after a six day pause to allow a juror to undergo dental surgery. State District Court proceedings continued with the defense and prosecution ready to present further evidence and witness testimony.
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Amarillo
Tex
Cullen Davis
State District Court
Shot from car kills woman in Fort Worth
A 26 year old Fort Worth woman, Linda Mills, was shot and died at a hospital about 30 minutes later while holding her baby and talking with her 9 year old son. Police said the fatal shot came from a slow moving car. Her husband Clifton and a friend were nearby. The baby was uninjured. Police sought two men.
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Fort Worth
Linda Mills
John Mills
Increase in sales tax signals economic vigor
State Comptroller Bob Bullock reported that about 880 Texas cities received checks totaling 57.6 million dollars as their share of the one percent city sales tax for September. Year to date rebates total 236.6 million, up 14.7 percent from 1976. Major cities like Houston Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio posted gains, while Balmorhea fell 22 percent. The tax rise is seen as evidence of Texas economic vigor.
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Bob Bullock
Texas
Balmorhea
Pecos
TOYAH
Bullock
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
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Immigration Service
Frank Wiebe
Oil Company
INS
Governors
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Tenn
Davis Case
George Dowlen
L.B. Pendleton
Michel Heard
John Peter Smith Hospital
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Ezekiel
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Debbie Spray
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