Unemployment pay blocked for teachers under new school bill
Atty. Gen. John Hill said the public school financing bill prevents teachers with contracts for the next school year from drawing unemployment benefits. The ruling reverses his earlier view that they were entitled to jobless pay under state law before the bill. The special provision in the bill clarifies the denial.
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Austin
John Hill
Hill
Dolph Briscoe
State Comptroller’s
Briscoe
Comptroller
Texas Employment Commission
The
TEC
Public opinion on Texas speed law and ticketing practices
A column quotes drivers across Texas criticizing the 55 mph law and ticketing by Highway Patrols, alleging a revenue motive and selective enforcement. It notes brow-of-hill trap tactics, calls for fair safety enforcement, and mentions related state actions on funding, and potential impacts on teacher pay bills and unemployment benefits for school workers.
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Justice of Peace
North Central
South
Texas
Highway Department
Victoria
Texas Legislature Ends 140 Day Session Noting Noteworthy Acts
The 64th Texas Legislature wraps a 140 day regular session and Briscoe declares success for financing the state for two more years without new taxes. House Speaker Clayton previews major issues including utility regulation and a $12.1 billion two year budget amid late hour action. Senate impeachment questions loom over Judge Carrillo as a possible summer return.
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Austin, Tex
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Clayton
House
Briscoe
Murder Case Tops District Court Docket
District Judge Joe E. Kelly will take pleas Thursday at 9 a.m. on seven criminal cases on the Monday jury docket. Cases include the murder of Alfredo Vela Cuellar, felony thefts by Arnold Robert Andreas and Janice Reece Ondres, Lawrence Evans theft use, Sammie Lee Ford statutory rape use, Jeanette B. Hilburn forgery in passing, Jesus Perez Jr unlawful possession of a controlled substance, and James Lester Roach DWI subsequent offense. The court sent 80 notices for possible jurors to report at 10 a.m. Retired District Judge Paul Baethel will preside.
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Joe E. Kelly
Alfredo Vela Cuellar
Arnold Robert Andreas
Janice Reece Ondres
Lawrence Evans
Sammie Lee Ford
Jeanette B. Hilburn
Jesus Perez, Jr
James Lester Roach
Paul Baethel
Halletsville
Weather Outlook Through Wednesday With Warm, Patchy Clouds
Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with southerly winds 8 to 18 mph. Highs in the mid 80s, lows upper 60s inland and mid 70s along the coast. Marine forecast shows light to variable winds, then southeast 8 to 16 knots, seas 1 to 3 feet, with isolated thunderstorms possible Wednesday. Sunset 8:23 p.m. tonight, sunrise 6:30 a.m. tomorrow, tides listed. Barometer 29.99.
Indianola Beach antiques shop to close as family plans move in
Mrs G E Taylor retires after 15 years selling bottles and artifacts from Taylor's Antiques on Indianola Beach. Her son Nettie and James L. Davis plan to run the store, add two camper and mobile home lots, and push forward a local redevelopment effort to revitalize Indianola with real estate and tourism. The sale of the collection, valued over 2000 dollars, will help finance the new plans.
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Bill Pack
Indianola Beach
Taylor's Antiques
Chamber of Commerce
G.E. Taylor
Indianola
Houston
Kentucky
Nettie
James L. Davis
Michigan
Nettie Davis
Sears, Roebuck
Cincinnati
Seadrift appoints Amason as municipal judge after vote
Jerry Amason was named Seadrift municipal judge after unanimous city council vote to fill the vacancy left by Glen Wotipka who moved to Louisiana. Amason, a long time Seadrift resident, works for Leigh Real Estate and will take the post upon release from a Galveston hospital. Council discussed expanding the police force, adding a second officer for Wayne Woods, and funding options, noting budget limits and prior year increases in police appropriations.
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Seadrift
Jerry Amason
Glen Wotipka
Louisiana
Amason
Leigh Real Estate
Galveston
Lodi Hall
Wayne Woods
Marshall Knight
Woods
Hall
Council
Sheriff's Department
Joe Spaulding
Tom Garner
Rhodes, Garner & Roberts
Alcoa urges Texas not to burden energy conservation rules
In a Texas Railroad Commission hearing, Ronald G. Kuerner of Aluminum Company of America urged against regulatory overkill as energy conservation reduces dependence on natural gas. He stressed Alcoa's Texas energy projects, the shift from 79 percent to 29 percent natural gas by 1982, and argued for prospective rules and preservation of existing gas contracts and self-determination for fuel choice.
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Austin
Texas
Aluminum Company of America
Texas Natural Gas
Alscoa
Texas Railroad Commission
Ronald G. Kuerner
Point Comfort
Kuerner
Alcoa
Railroad Commission
Alco
Former area resident dies in bus crash near Bastrop
Tommy Ray Reese of Port Lavaca, a former area resident and salesman for Marshall Chevrolet, was killed Monday night when his car collided with a school bus on Texas 71 en route from Austin. A bus driver and six El Campo Junior High pupils were injured, none seriously. the bus carried band and choir pupils home after a competition. Reese had moved to Smithville about 18 months ago to work for Katy Railroad.
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Jastrop
Tommy Ray Reese
Port Lavaca
Here
Smithville
el Campo
Texas 71
Austin
Bastrop
Reese
Marshall Chevrolet
Katy Railroad
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Giovanni Leone
Rome
Dick Fisher
Therette Dee
Texas Highway Patrol
Clayton
Marlyn O'Briant
Pete Hall
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