Warns Utilities Tax Could Cost Cities Millions
AP report from Austin on House committees weighing a potential special session over utility rates. Rep. John Wilson and Bill Greehey push to repeal the 5 percent sales tax on utilities, warning it would deprive cities of over $20 million annually in revenue. Greehey advocates tax reform and lower charges by city-owned utilities, while Emil Ogden urges targeted subsidies for fixed income families.
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Wilson
Ways and Means
Rep
Joe Wyatt
D-Bloomington
Greehey
Texas Raiilroad Commission
LoVaca
Central
South Texas
LoVaca’s
Emil Ogden
Chapparal Minerals of
Abilene
Tornadoes Strike Texas Amid Rain and Flood Fears
Severe weather swept across Texas from North to Southeast as tornadoes damaged structures near Weatherford and Austin while hail and flash floods affected multiple counties. Port Arthur funnel cloud prompted early morning warning. temperatures cooled west of the Pecos River with 45 to 46 degrees in the Panhandle.
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Humerous
Texas
Pecos River
Panhandle Plains
Bryan
Palacios
del Rio
Fort Worth
Weatherford
Austin
Port Arthur
Jefferson
Orange
Lubbock
Amarillo
Brownsville
Rio Grande
Carter Urges Worldwide Moratorium on Nuclear Fuel
At a New York conference Jimmy Carter advocated a voluntary global pause on buying and selling nuclear fuel enrichment and reprocessing plants to reduce the risk of spreading dangerous peaceful nuclear power. He stressed enrichment and reprocessing pose greater dangers than reactors, linking them to weapons potential and plutonium production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
Jmmy Carter
Nuclear Energy
World Order
Georgia
Carter
Four Emergency Numbers For Port O Connor
Port O Connor volunteer firemen announced emergency numbers for residents to post by telephones. The listed numbers include Madden's Lounge 983-2321 Bill Reeves 983-2727 Rupert Sorrow 983-2671 Haynes Hart 983-2345 and Don Ragin 983-2217 for fire and ambulance needs.
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Port O'Connor
Port O’connor
Department
Madden
Dutch Heart Patients Plan Airlifts to Houston for Surgery
An Amsterdam based Dutch Heart Patients Association says it will airlift up to 25 patients monthly to St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston for open heart surgery by Dr. Denton A. Cooley and team at a claimed package price of 10000 dollars per person. Hospital officials dispute the fixed price, noting costs vary with surgery complexity and care. A first group of 25 is expected to depart next month with 80 more waiting, while Cooley and staff perform about 4000 heart operations annually.
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Houston
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Denton A. Cooley
Henk Flevet
Netherlands
St. Luke's Hospital
Cooley
St. Luke's
Flewet
St. Luke’s
Flowet
Jury Deliberations Continue In Pearland Marijuana Case
The 24th District Court case centers on Cenovio Trevino Sigifrido Gonzales and Floyd Phillips all of Pearland and Houston accused of possessing 255 pounds of marijuana found in two culverts at Calhoun County Airport on February 22 Rubin Becerra of Mission testified earlier in the week and his case was severed Prosecutors and defense presented contrasting accounts of possible plea discussions as deliberations began noon today with witnesses including a San Antonio agent a Corpus Christi chemist and local law officers available.
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Cenovio Trevino
Sigifrido Gonzales
Pearland
Floyd Phillips
Houston
Calhoun County
Calhoun County Ready for Bicentennial Community Designation
Calhoun County pursues 200th anniversary status with Heritage 76 Festival USA and Horizons 76 subcommittees. Depot restoration, Jail Museum upgrades, Liberty Tree planting, and get out the vote plus fire prevention drive mark ongoing efforts led by Rev. George Detman and County Judge Willis Jetton. The program blends history, culture, ecology, and community improvement as residents rally to turn designation into a lasting, united celebration.
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Heritage
Festival USA
Horizons 76
Calhoun
George Detman
Willis Jetton
Southern Pacific Railroad
Jail House
Indianola
George Dettman
Floyd
America
Man Charged In Rape Case
A 30-year-old Matagorda resident was jailed in Calhoun County after being charged with the rape of an 11-year-old Seadrift girl. Norris Ray Hunter posted bond at 50,000 by Seadrift JP James D Woraczyk after arrest by Sheriff Deputy Robert Grantland. The alleged assault occurred about 6:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday as the child walked from her uncle's home to her own. She was returned home by her parents after officers spoke with her. Hunter was arrested around 11 p.m. Wednesday as the investigation continued.
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Matagorda
Calhoun County
Seadrift
Norris Ray Hunter
Seadrift Justice of the Peace
James M. Dworaczyk
Robert Grantland
Hunter
Drowned Man Found Very Much Alive
Roger Sullins disappeared while swimming near Padre Island. FBI searches indicate he is alive, possibly traveling from Dallas to Mobile. His wife Kimberly faces charges for attempting to claim a $20,000 life insurance payout. Jim Turner, a Navy friend, also charged. The case raises questions about the reported death.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Roger Sullins
Kimberly
Jim Turner
Padre Island
Here
Sullins
Turner
Coast Guard
FBI
Mobile
Ala
Dallas
U.S
Phillip Schraub
Schraub
Bill McConnell
Beeville
Navy
McConnell
Weather outlook with thundershowers and mild Friday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Partly cloudy and mild Friday. North winds 10-15 mph. Low tonight in the upper 50s, high Friday near 80. Rain chances 40 percent this afternoon, 30 percent tonight. Boating winds northwest 10-15 knots, variable 10-15 knots Friday. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. Seas 3-5 feet, briefly higher in storms. Tides high this afternoon and Friday, low tonight and Friday. Sunset 8:11 pm, sunrise 6:38 am. Barometer 29.93.
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La-Vaca
Robert Key
Pfc
Lynn Gohlke
National Guard
Edna
Ft. Hood
Joe E. Kelly
24Th District Court
Rubin Becerra
Mission
Becerra
Trevino
Bay City
Port Lavaca
Kelly
Day
Louis Picciano
San Antonio
George Aleman
Mary Elizabeth Mejia
Picciano
Aleman
Jesia
Mexico
Six Mile
Washington D.C
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