History of MADD born from California crash death
On May 3 1980 13 year old Carl Lightner was killed when a drunk hit and run driver William Busch struck her in Fair Oaks California. Busch was later jailed 25 nov 1980 for vehicular manslaughter with reduced sentencing due to alcohol and good behavior. MADD formed by Cari Lightner’s mother Candy to push strict drunk driving action inviting locals to join February 17 LaVernia meeting.
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Carl Lightner
Fair Oaks
Calif
California Highway Patrol
William Clarence Busch
Crash
Busch
District Attorney’s Office
William C. Busch
Cari
Candy Lightner
U. S
MADD
LaVernia
Drunk driving warning translates math and limits
A multilingual public safety notice warns that drunk driving kills about 70 people daily and that legal blood alcohol limits are reached after two 12 ounce beers two 1 ounce drinks or two 5 ounce glasses of wine per hour. It cautions abstainers to be careful and to know your limit in Texas and Spanish text.
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Texas
Hot Spots For Winter Redfish And Trout Near Palacios
Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist Mike Weiselman notes blue northers push redfish and speckled trout into deep bays near Palacios Port O’Connor Rockport and Aransas Pass. Winter catch includes undersized fish must be released. Redfish 16 to 30 inches legal. daily limit 10 per person. Trout 12 inches minimum. daily limit 20.
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Palacios
Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
Mike Weiselman
Weixelman
Army Hole
Port O’connor
Rockport
Conn Brown Harbor
Aransas Pass
Worms Pose Little Danger to Fish Eaters
Rockport biologist Artussee Morris of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept says redfish and speckled trout often host tapeworms nematodes or roundworms but none pose danger to humans. The worms can be left in the fish or trimmed away, and both fresh and saltwater species remain edible.
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Rockport
Artussee Morris
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
Morris
Mothers March on Birth Defects campaigns across South Texas
More than 5 000 March of Dimes volunteers will canvass 15 county area January 29 31 1983 to raise funds for birth defect research medical services and education. The campaign aims at $90 000 this year up from 57 000 last year with Mothers March events in Pearsall Poteet Devine Castroville Hondo Schertz Universal City Converse Seguin Gonzales New Braunfels and Uvalde and volunteers urged to join or donate by calling 342 1931.
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March of Dimes
San Antonio
Pearsall
Poteet
Devine
Castroville
Hondo
Schertz
Universal City
Converse
Seguin
Gonzales
New Braunfels
Uvalde
Gerry A. Soldier
Mothers March
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Wilson County News
Powerteams
Ashley Salvage CO
Roosevelt
Wiiw
NEW Sulpher SK
Laura Nava
Tas
Percen
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