Shackleford vows balance budget in congressional run
El Paso Odessa businessman Vic Shackleford told visitors at a community center he backs a balanced budget and opposes higher spending. He criticized opponent Dick White for voting for many bills, and said he would curb costs by making departments efficient and targeting welfare abuse. He proposed penalties for Medicaid misuses without regulating doctors, and urged job offers for welfare recipients. He favored restricting imports and aiding farmers with a water depletion tax credit. Continued on Page 2.
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Gene Douglas
Vic Shackleford
el Paso
Odessa
Congress
Community Center
Dick White
Texas Implied Consent and Breathalyzer History
The article notes Texas has an implied consent law since 1970 and a non mobile breathalyzer since 1968. Refusal to take a breath test can lead to DWI charges and a separate failure to submit citation, with potential penalties up to two years in jail and a $500 fine. It mentions a doctor can provide blood testing within two hours at the driver's expense.
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Gene Douglas
Texas
Brian Edmiston
Department of Public Safety
Edmiston
Slow driver has green light
Earl Petinsky, paralyzed since polio at age two, was found innocent of speeding after a policeman stopped his hand controlled three wheeler on a four lane road at noon. The judge said Petinsky did not create a traffic hazard and noted his 12 mph licensed speed.
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Miami
Earl Petinsky
Petinsky
Ruth L. Sutton
Ten sealed indictments in Reeves County narcotics case
A Reeves County grand jury handed down ten sealed indictments after a special session tied to an undercover narcotics investigation. The raid on a Barstow residence on Sept 21 led to the arrest of Teresa Tito Juarez his wife Gloria and two teenage daughters.
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Reeves County Grand Jury
Pecos-Barstow
Lawrence Barber
Barstow
Teresa ‘‘Tito’’ Juarez
Gloria
Barber
Ward County Grand Jury
Juarez
Ward County
Pecos
Monahans
Odessa
Fort Stockton
Ernest Matta
S. Mulberry
Ford denies wrongdoing in finance and golf probes
President Ford voiced confidence that federal probes will prove he is free of any allegations of impropriety in past campaign finances and golf trips. He acknowledged casual discussions with corporate hosts on the course but said no one sought favors and he never diverted campaign contributions for personal use. The Watergate prosecutor probes Ford's Michigan home county records and the SEC inquiry covers corporate entertainment of government officials dating to his House days.
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Washington
Ford
Oval Office
Watergate
Michigan
House of Representatives
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
Jimmy Carter
House
John Rhodes
Rhodes
Weather watch forecast for partly cloudy days
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a low in the upper 50s and a high in the 80s. Weather watch expects mild conditions across the two days with light winds and no precipitation noted.
Death by own action rocks Detroit police
Detroit Deputy Chief Reginald Harvel died in his home from two self-inflicted gunshots amid a police department turmoil shadowed by narcotics probes. The 21 year veteran’s death followed the firing of Police Chief Philip Tannian and a federal grand jury inquiry into alleged narcotics involvement. Harvel had accused Tannian of trying to smear him over ties to former deputy Frank Blount, a figure in the investigation.
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Detroit
Reginald Harvel
Harvel
Werner Spitz
Wayne County
Spitz
Philip Tannian
Police Department
Frank A. Blount
Tannian
Friday Final Day to Register for Nov 2 Election
Reeves County residents face a 5 p.m. Friday cutoff to register for the November 2 presidential election. Mailed registrations postmarked by Saturday accepted. About 7,400 voters now registered, with 300 new since the primaries. Blue registration cards expected by mid October. carry to polls or expect affidavits. Cards available at local grocers. coupon in Sept 22 Enterprise. Ballots printed in Spanish and English. bilingual judges may accompany readers and wages paid by taxpayers.
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Reeves County
Jimmie Preslar
Cathy Ashley
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Shackleford
Glenn Ellis
Jefferson
John Jackson
Hackberry
Jackson
Jackson Chemicals
Agricultural Experiment Station
Hades
Cypress
Irma Rodriguez
Ed Ames
Big T
Irma
Green Wood
Brian
Enidina Tarango
Limpia
Registar
Vty
Becky Spencer
Mgr
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