Texas Comptroller weighs authority over missing page in 12B bill
Comptroller Bob Bullock delays certifying a 12 billion dollar appropriation bill until Attorney General John Hill rules on whether he may insert a missing page. House clerk Dorothy Hillman and Senate secretary Charles Schnabel urge certification to avoid a potential loss of 774 million for the Highway Department, while Bullock seeks legal direction.
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Tex
UPI
Bob Bullock
Texas
Bullock
John Hill
Dorothy Hillman
House of Representatives
Senate
Charles Schnabel
Hill
Highway Department
Comptroller
Lawmaker Criticizes Last Minute Appropriations
Highway Department official Bullock criticizes the legislature for rushing important bills, urging a law not a rule to prohibit considering any appropriation bill in the final 20 days of a session. He cites a lengthy bill with pervasive errors that could cause future headaches.
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Bullock
Fire Destroys Unoccupied New Orleans Style Home
An unoccupied New Orleans French style home at 2700 Meadow Brook Court was heavily damaged in a pre dawn blaze. Fire Marshal Bill Threet said the roof and upper story were consumed while downstairs suffered water damage. Police Officer Eddie Timbrell alerted the fire crew at 4 22 am and resident Greg Whitner helped wake neighbors. The origin was a closet bathroom. cause undetermined and arson is not ruled out with a chemical analysis due in weeks. Police also reported multiple arrests and incidents across the area.
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Meadow Brook Court
Bill Threet
New Orleans
Lewis Allman
Threet
Eddie Timbrell
Greg Whitner
Timber Creek
Whitner
Timbrell
Stratford
Park Blvd
Lee Mayfield
Paul Mayfield
Len Rush
Librarian Millicent Price Answers Odd Questions At Gladys Harrington Library
Millicent Price, reference librarian at Gladys Harrington Public Library in Plano, answers quirky queries from patrons using cross index files. She recalls questions from what XIT stands for to group terms for animals, while noting staff teach self help and research skills. The Prices, two years Plano residents, sail in spare time and value the warmer Texas climate.
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Nelda Whitehead
Gladys Harrington
Millicent Price
Millicent
XIT
Texas
Dallas
New York University
Rutgers Graduate School of Library
New Jersey
Vernon Texas
State of Texas
Commerce Clearing House Tax Service
Moody's Investors Service
Millicient
Sarah Franklin
Friends of the Library
Ms. Price
Mike Newman
Senator Church says CIA involved in assassination plots
In Washington Senator Frank Church says the CIA was involved in murder plots. He accuses Vice President Nelson Rockefeller of downplaying agency misdeeds as minor. Church cites hard evidence and asks who ordered such plots, insisting murder is murder.
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Church
Senate
CIA
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Commission On
U.S. Intelligence Activities
Ford
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