Tea scandal eyed by Texas education official
State Board of Education member Woodrow Bean said an $8 million scandal may exist in the Texas Education Agency. He urged immediate public disclosure of an internal audit into the federal government guaranteed student loan program and noted he first heard of the issue at the state school board meeting.
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Dallas
State Board of Education
Woodrow Bean
Texas Education Agency
Bean
Gram
Light toll on Texas highways weekend violence toll
The weekend in Texas saw 16 fatalities including 10 traffic deaths, five homicides, and a four story fall. Victims include Stamford man 84 Charles Workman, Lancaster 13 Donna Myers, Brownsville 8 Robert Paine Simmons, Slaton 80 Morrell Lee Taylor, Fort Hood area 2-year-old Clarence Baker Jr, Houston victims Louis Gardener 56 Eddie Porter 30 Faye Norton Castro 29 James Reddick, plus others in Abilene Dallas and Beeville. Authorities investigated multiple homicides and traffic crashes across the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
Charles Workman
Stamford
Donna Myers
Lancaster
Dallas
Robert Paine Simmons
Brownsville
Beaumont
Interstate 10
Houston
Morrell Lee Taylor
Slaton
Clarence Baker Jr
Darnell Army Hospital
Ft. Hood
Killeen
Louis Gardener
Eddie Porter
Faye Norton Castro
Abilene
Dee Bollinger
Robert C. Mouton
Jack Daniel Key
Calhoun County School Board to discuss handicapped center lease
Calhoun County School District Board of Trustees meets at 8 p.m. at the Administration offices to consider leasing a district frame building at 114 East Ash St. to the Calhoun County Project for the Handicapped for a year at 12 346.00. Also on the agenda are textbook committee recommendations, travel reimbursement adjustments, insurance for facilities, a Legislature visit plan for students, work projects for Calhoun High School Building Trades, and several routine items including bills minutes and financial statements. Dr. Marvin W. Kirkman, superintendent, announced the meeting and related information items for study.
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Calhoun County Project For
Calhoun County Day Care Center
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County School District Board of Trustees
Marvin W. Kirkman
Calhoun County Project For the
East Ash St
Texas Educational Agency
Texas
Kirkman
Texas Education Agency
Roosevelt School
Seadrift Man Dead After Bedroom Shooting
Earl Bierman, 73, of Seadrift died after a gunshot wound to the chest in his home. Police said the shooting occurred at 3:35 p.m. in the bedroom, with a 22 caliber rifle found nearby. Bierman, a lifelong Calhoun County resident born February 26, 1902, was a retired fisherman and former superintendent for the W.D. Haden Co. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Seadrift
Earl Bierman
Justice of the Peace
Frank C. Kelly
Billy Lindsey
Bierman
Weather forecast coastal region mild with light winds
Partly cloudy and mild today with northerly winds 6 to 16 mph diminishing tonight. High this afternoon mid 70s, tonight low near 60, Tuesday high upper 70s. Boating winds north to northeast 12 to 17 knots through Tuesday. seas 3 to 5 ft. Tides: high 4:59 p.m. low 10:19 p.m. today. high 3:51 a.m. low 10:34 a.m. tomorrow. Sunset 7:54 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday 7:43 a.m. Barometer 29.87 and rising.
Calhoun County Heart Fund Lags Behind Goal
Calhoun County’s 1975 Heart Fund Drive has raised 1412.47 of a 4500.00 goal, per 1975 Heart Fund chairman Walter Maguire. Residential gifts total 1249.90 and February memorials 162.57, with the Special Gifts Drive still under way and the Drive for Businesses set to follow. Fred Knipling, gifts chair, urges funding for national research and expanded training for professionals and the public.
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Calhoun County
Walter Maguire
Heart Fund
Maguire
Fred Knipling
Knipling
Cablecom contract eyed by Point Comfort council
Point Comfort Aldermen will study a franchise ordinance for Cablecom at tomorrow’s 7 p.m. meeting. The plan includes a rate rise from 6.35 to 7.10 monthly, plus a higher charge for extra outlets and possible clawbacks. They will also review building permit fees, zoning inspector pay, and insurance plan options, with executive session to discuss a telephone company lawsuit.
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Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
Cablecom General
Tom Lacey
Cablecom
Lacey
Seadrift
Seadr
Council of Governments
Hallettsville
Water Tower Paint & Repair Co. Inc
Mar
Post
Henderson St
Jester St
Wood St
Lamar
Austin St
Henderson
Austin
Tom Garner
Rhodes, Garner & Roberts
Telephone Company
Audit request seeks public release of Texas loan program findings
Bean calls for audit disclosure to the attorney general and the public amid talk of more than eight million involved in a private school guaranteed student loan program. He urged transparency and warned against closed doors and future stock fraud scandals, naming Marlin Brockette and Joe K Butler as related officials. The TEA paused the report pending Open Records Act decision by Atty. Gen. John Hill. The Dallas Morning News notes the audit concerns private school loans regulated by the state.
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el Paso
Bean
Sharpstown
Marlin Brockette
Education
Joe K. Butler
Houston
Atty
John Hill
Dallas Morning News
Texas
Ford leaders seek compromise on energy plan
In Washington, House Ways and Means Chair Al Ullman met privately with energy administrator Frank Zarb to identify areas of agreement and potential negotiation as Congress moves toward a tax cut of at least 21 billion dollars within two to three weeks. White House spokesman Ron Nessen confirmed the private talks aiming to narrow differences from the House tax-cut bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ford
Congress
White House
Ron Nessen
Newsmen
Frank Zarb
Ways and Means
al Uillman
Parks Board Meeting Planned at Port Lavaca
The Port Lavaca Recreation and Parks Board will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the City Hall Annex to discuss four items. A financial report and a committee report will be heard. A letter from 4S Duke Jr will be read. Camping facilities at the Port Lavach Fishing Pier Park will be discussed.
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Port Lavaca
Commissioners Court Approves Bills and Election Order
The Commissioners Court approved about 100 bills and an election order for Calhoun County Navigation District commissioners for places two and six. The election is set for Saturday June 7 with no runoff. Absentee voting starts May 8. A bid for an oil gas and mineral lease from Davis Oil Company for 4.85 acres was opened. The court postponed action on hiring a trapper to address wolf and coyote problems and planned to appoint a Mosquito Control Advisory Commission and possibly three hospital board members.
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Commissioners Court
Calhoun County Navigation District
Willis Jetton
Navigation District
Mary Lois McMahan
Wayne Lindsey
Gilbert Heidman
Davis Oil Company
Sam Houston League
Calhoun County
J.D. Mitchell
Wolf Point Ranch
Charles Peterson
Et al
Carolyn Kitcher
Welfare Department
John Finster
Guadalupe Blanco
Legislature nears two month mark in Texas session
AUSTIN, Tex AP The Texas legislature nears two months of its 140 day schedule with Daylight Savings Time and constitutional revision on deck for votes. The Senate planned an 11 am session while the House convened three hours later. Senator Walter Mengden protested a proposed rule allowing joint committees to address constitutional changes beyond reconciling differences. Mengden urged a people's convention to rewrite the constitution, saying defeating the amendment could trigger such a convention.
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Austin, Tex
Sen
Walter Mengden
Mengden
R Houston
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Travis
Norvell Caraway
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Eddie Machicek
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