Senate Delays Carrillo Trial Again
The Senate voted 16-10 to postpone the impeachment trial of South Texas District Court Judge O P Carrillo. A brief session delayed until Jan 5 as attorneys seek federal rulings on a separate tax case. Carrillo and his brother Ramiro Carrillo faced related tax fraud convictions in Cox's court.
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Carrillo
Arthur Mitchell
Corpus Christi
Tom Creighton
D-Mineral Wells
Senate
U. S. Dist
Owen D. Cox
Comitsen
House of Representatives
Duval County
Grand Jury
Benavides
Qualifications Commission
Ramiro Carrillo
Cox's
Fees Policy Due Review By Trustees
Calhoun County Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Administration Building to review student fee policies in light of State Board guidance and Attorney General Hill's opinion that unauthorized fees are unconstitutional. Discussions will cover policies on child abuse intervention, hiring disability discrimination, oath of office, substitute pay, textbook committee, school calendar, and a special education resource study with Tax Assessor-Collector FE Pereira. Consideration includes placing Port Lavaca ninth graders at Calhoun High and grades six to eight at Crockett and Travis Junior High Schools.
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Calhoun County Independent School District Board of Trustees
State Board of Education
John Hill
Board of Education
FE Pereira
Port Lavaca
Calhoun
Crockett and Travis
School Spending Out of Hand Briscoe Warns State
Governor Dolph Briscoe, speaking at the 10th Annual Governor's Conference, warned that continued large increases in Texas school funding risk breaking the state. He noted higher education spending has quintupled since 197 and now accounts for about half of state outlays, criticizing the era of growing government spending.
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San Antonio, Tex
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Illinois judge resigns over lack of work and pay
Benton Illinois AP report says 41 year old Circuit Court Judge William Eovaldi quits, citing insufficient full-time work to justify his 42500 dollar annual salary. He states he is unhappy unless working full time and sees no other duties. The feature touches on education funding critiques by Gov. Briscoe and State Senator Peyton McKnight on fiscal responsibility and accountability in schooling.
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Benton, Ill
Southern Illinois
Circuit Court
William Eovaldi
Briscoe
University of Texas
Texas
Peyton McKnight
D- Tyler
McKnight
Joint Advisory Committee
Street Improvements To Get Another Look
City Planning Board reviews street priorities amid debate over funding for a new city hall. Old 1970 list included widening George Street and hard surfacing Chestnut Street, but board will reassess amid potential use of Revenue Sharing funds. A new subdivision ordinance also advances to City Council for action.
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City Planning Board
Lyman Saylor
Don Lenertz
Christopher DiStephano
Houston
George Street
Newlin Street
Chestnut Street
West Mulberry
South Juanita Streets
Saylor
Lenertz
Weather outlook with showers and mild temps ahead
Considerable cloudiness with a chance of showers this afternoon through Wednesday. Southeasterly winds 15-20 mph and gusty. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the low 60s. Rain chances about 30 percent through Wednesday. Boating and recreation outlook: southeasterly winds 15-20 knots, seas 4-6 feet, scattered showers and thundershowers with higher seas near storms. Sunset 5:33 pm, sunrise 6:04 am, tides high at 5:17 pm and 2:08 am, low at 10:41 pm and 10:00 am, barometer 30.12.
Rate hike expected for hospital at board meeting
A Dec 1 rate increase for Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital is anticipated at tonight's board session in the hospital conference room. Board talks charity care, staffing rules, emergency entrance changes, Pink Ladies defibrillator purchase, self inflating tourniquet, thermistor, newborn ambi t complete plans, employee awards on Dec 12, conference room renovation, and a Golden Crescent Council of Governments representative selection.
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Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Senate panel drops name in CIA death plot report
Senate intelligence committee abandons including a former CIA official’s name linked to plots to kill foreign leaders.public hearings run two days into FBI mass surveillance of Americans. Attorneys for the anonymous official argued life risk, judge rejects restraining order, appeal moot after committee reconsideration. Investigators note 20,000 documents reviewed on the FBI counterintelligence program.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
FBI
Gerhard Gesell
Gesell
Hugh E. Kline
Appellant
Senate Select Committee
Anonymous
Thomas McCormick
Government Printing Office
Et al
Senate
Sidney Gottlieb
Gottlieb
Fidel Castro
Hubert Maheu
Howard Hughes
Maheu
Las Vegas
Castro Committee
Bureau
Senate Confirms Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary
In a brief session the Senate confirmed Donald H Rumsfeld as secretary of defense succeeding James Schlesinger. The vote was 65 to 25 with Senators Jesse Helms and Richard Stone opposing in protest of the nomination process. Rumsfeld previously served as White House chief of staff and was the sole witness at last week’s Armed Services Committee hearings.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
Donald H Rumsfeld
Jesse Helms
R-Nc
Richard Stone
D-Fra
Rumsfeld
White House
James R Schiesinger
Sudden Death Hints From Premature Heartbeats, Panel Says
A panel links premature ventricular contractions to higher risk of fatal ventricular fibrillation. Even with normal hearts, skipped beats occur, but risk rises with prior heart attack or many PVCs. Researchers warn setting matters, age raises frequency, and treatment remains unclear.
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Anaheim
Calif
Barnard Tabatanik
American Heart Association
Tabatznik
North Charles General Hospital
Baltimore
Lawrence E. Hinkle
Cornell University Medical School
Hinkle
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