Study Group Ends Public Hearing in East Texas
ATHENS Tex AP a fal study group of the Texas Committee on Public Education wrapped up a public hearing at Caddo Creek Ranch in East Texas. Rep Tom Massey chairs the group and says the two day meeting was a show and tell time for members as they gather ideas for the 1977 Legislature to reform school financing. A suggested penny sales tax for education and a tax on oil and gas shipped out of Texas were noted. Massey noted wellhead taxes could be raised but would affect every taxpayer with potential compensation from lower taxes elsewhere. The current system based on real estate taxes expires at end of 1977.
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Athens
Tex
Texas Committee On Public Education
Caddo Creek Ranch
East Texas
Tom Massey
Texas
Massey
Judge Opens FDIC Path To Pay Bank Depositors
Judge E James Kazen cleared the way for FDIC to start paying depositors at Citizens State Bank of Carrizo Springs after the bank's closure and release of assets for liquidation. About 5000 area residents may receive up to 40000 dollars. others with larger funds wait for asset distribution. Discrepancies in books and uncollectable loans prompted FBI and attorney general investigations.
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Carrizo Springs
Citizens State
Robert Stewart
Salinas
Arthur Mitchell
Austin
4Th
Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
FDIC
Charles Pickett
Pickett
FBI
Texas Attorney General's Office
Suit Seeks Timber Cutting Halt in Raven District
A Dallas conservation group sues the U S Forest Service and Secretary Earl Butz alleging sales of live immature timber and small trees in the Raven district of Sam Houston National Forest amount to improper clear and selective cutting without required environmental impact statements. Dallas attorney Edward C Fritz seeks to enjoin further sales. Raven District Manager Kelley Siegler says the suit could affect Texas timber sales. The Sam Houston Forest borders Lake Livingston and Lake Conroe north of Houston.
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Tyler, Tex
U.S. Forest Service
Raven
Sam Houston National Forest
Earl Butz
Dallas
Edward C Fritz
Texas Committee On Natural Resources
Forest Service
Fritz
Kelley Siegler
Texas
Lake Livingston
Lake Conroe
Houston
Louisiana Supreme Court Gag on Press Removed
The Louisiana Supreme Court lifted a lower court gag order allowing newspaper and broadcast reporting on two narcotics trials in New Orleans. The emergency ruling reversed Judge Frank Marullo who had barred coverage to protect jury impartiality, citing First Amendment free press guarantees and recent U.S. Supreme Court guidance on gag orders.
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Louisiana Supreme Court
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Criminal District
Frank Marullo
Mitchell Schwartz
Edward Downey Schwartz
Downey
Ion
Marullo
New Orleans States
Schwartz
U.S. Supreme Court
Nebraska
Cadet claims West Point honor code enforcement biased
A West Point cadet in Newark alleges that cadets sold stolen gear cheated on exams and impersonated officials, with those cited never punished. About 20 of 148 cadets awaiting hearings signed affidavits alleging inconsistent enforcement, submitted to block a July 16 hearing for a take home electrical engineering exam cheating case.
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Newark
N.J
West Point
U.S. Military Academy
Kenneth Harms
Emerson
U.S District Court
Vincent P Biunno
Harms
Biunno
Engineering
Judge Advocate General of
Army
Judge Advocate General's
Three Life Terms and 350 Years for Sierra
Bernardino Sierra, 27, guilty on three murder counts and seven robbery charges. Judge Frank Price imposed three life sentences and seven 50-year terms, to run concurrently, with sentencing set for July 19 as retrial of capital murder looms. Victims include Gilbert Moreno, 20, Jose Picinich, 59, and Jose Cruz Davila, 25, all slain in 1974 amid seven grocery-store holdups.
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Houston
Bernardino Sierra
State District Court
Frank Price
Sierra
Gilbert A. Moreno
Joseph Picinich
Jose Cruz Davila
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