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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1982
Page
5
Henry Wells notes Wellington School wrestles with an 82-83 budget gap as taxes rise despite cuts. I&S surplus dwindles, inflation drives up gas costs by about 20 percent, and loss of livestock and farm equipment valuations shifts burden onto remaining property. A public budget hearing is held next Monday for ideas.
The piece contrasts Texas and Washington D.C. insanity standards touching Hinckley style cases. It notes Texas limits the defense to know right from wrong or lack of knowledge, while D.C. allows irresistible impulse if tied to a true mental disorder. It cites Senator Farabee’s proposal to add guilty but mentally ill, aiming at both punishment and treatment, and invites readers to comment to Senator Sarpulius.
Governor Bill Clements outlined a national energy policy emphasizing a strong DOE and energy price deregulation at the Southern Governors Conference in Hilton Head Island. He urged private sector reliance to develop reserves and set prices, while critics noted a shift from abolition to preserving the DOE. An anti-censorship group opened a Texas office amid textbook debates, and comptroller Bullock projected a 1983 surplus with $5 billion more for 1983 spending and a $1.3 billion 1982 surplus.
In 1942 Major John Coleman U.S. Army was captured after ordering the disposal of two Norden bombsights in Manila Bay. The article notes his imprisonment until war's end and includes a Senate House roll call from July 22 28 1982 on nerve gas funding draft evaders and a large peacetime tax increase. It mentions Coleman receiving a miniature Norden bombsight from his son Spencer and recounts his experiences in Bataan and beyond.
A summarized listing shows multiple individuals from Wellington Shamrock and surrounding towns facing charges or dispositions. Entries include theft by check, burglary, assault, public intoxication, marijuana possession, and transporting alcohol in a dry area, with outcomes such as paid fines, bonds, restitution, or custody awaiting trial.
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