Senators Hear Beach Pollution Calls for Offshore Curbs
Testimony before Senate beach and pipeline study committees urged tighter offshore drilling limits, stricter spill enforcement, and a national oil company. Highlights include calls for stronger fines funding pollution control, double safety devices on rigs, and enforceable spill contingency planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Senate
Pipeline Committee
Terence O’rourke
O'Rourke
Railroad Commission
Roy Payne
Commission
Sen
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
D. Roy Harrington
Port Arthur
Austin
Ronnie Dugger
National Oil Company
Dugger
Ross Sterling
Nixon
Watkins sales rep touts exclusive area rights in Abilene region
Hubert Libell promotes Watkins products as the sole legal representative in North Runnels South Taylor counties and adjacent areas. He offers home delivery 100 percent satisfaction guarantee and monthly calls. Includes church group sales for fundraising and a phone number 754 4558 for inquiries.
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Abilene
Runnels
Taylor
Watkins
Hubert Libell
Potomac Abilene
Texas
Texas Courts Rule On Pollution and Insurance Issues
In Houston and El Paso district court cases, Atty. Gen. Crawford C. Martin secured early orders halting air pollution from trash burning and industrial smoke with civil penalties in the Roberts Dump matter. An El Paso smelting firm received deadlines to install anti pollution devices. The Supreme Court ruled that cities under 5 000 cannot annex territory without local resident consent. The court debated uninsured motorist coverage against a policy holder for fault and damages. It overturned a $42 892 judgment for a stairway fall at Houston’s Astrodome. The AG announced a Beaumont franchiser will cease questioned deceptive advertising and sales practices. Governor Preston Smith said small towns face tougher revitalization amid discouraging preliminary census figures. He stressed Texas communities need grit and tenacity to tackle the task.
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Houston
el Paso
Atty
Crawford C. Martin
Supreme Court
High Court
Allstate
Astrodome
Preston Smith
Texas
Smith
Crane
Texas officials shuffle posts in water quality and crime councils
Former State Rep Bill Hollo becomes director of hearings and permits for the Texas Water Quality Board with Jim Showen remaining as senior hearing examiner. Houston Mayor Louis Welch joins the Texas Criminal Justice Council, succeeding Al Henry. Jim Battersby is named executive vice president of Discover Texas Association as its Austin base moves to San Antonio. The group headquarters move accompanies Battersby. A separate resolution at the San Antonio convention calls for requiring urban county judges and JPs to have lawyer credentials and for higher pay for lawyers in military service.
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Bill Hollowell
Grand Saline
Texas Water Quality Board
Jim Showen
Houston
Louis Welch
al Henry
Texas Criminal Justice Council
San Antonio
Jim Battersby
Discover Texas Association
James M. Gaines
HemisFair Plaza
Battersby
Austin
Jp’s
State Bar
Justices of the Peace
Regulatory Authority Sought Over Pesticides and DDT
The Texas State Department of Agriculture seeks power to ban harmful chemical compounds and regulate disposal of unused or banned pesticides. Commissioner John C White backs legislative action after a study on cumulative DDT effects. A Florida biologist reports high DDT in Laguna Madre oysters, with impacts on predatory fish. A Texas Parks and Wildlife spokesman warns hydrocarbons threaten the global ecological system.
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State Department of Agriculture
John C. White
Legislative Study Committee
White
Florida
Arroyo Colorado
Laguna Madre
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Federal obscenity crackdown ruling narrows Texas law
A Dallas federal court largely upheld the new Texas obscenity law while striking down the section allowing seizure without a hearing. The ruling denied injunctions by bookstores and movie houses in Dallas Amarillo Lubbock and other cities.
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Dallas
Martin
Ama
Tillo
Lubbock
Federal weights and measures standards given to state
The National Bureau of Standards presented the state with 80000 dollars worth of weights and measures standards and calibration equipment for the new Department of Agriculture Weights and Measures Laboratory. The governor said the precision instruments will aid industry commerce and consumers by ensuring fair transactions.
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National Bureau of Standards
Department of Agriculture
Texas agencies lay out grants and plans for 1970
State receives a 35000 federal grant for local government personnel training. August in service teachers to be paid under higher 1970 71 salary schedules. AG Martin cites this. Cigarette tax revenue climbs to 15516491 in May 1969 to May 1970. Corpus Christi plans for emergency oil spill action praised as a model. UT regents approve artifact study on sunken Spanish ships Gulf of Mexico. Texas highway litter removal costs 1.9 million yearly, enough to build 45 miles of farm to market roads. Rebuilding Committee attacks Gov. Preston Smith and Lloyd Bentsen. Aeronautics Commission approves four intrastate cargo routes with four Texas airlines. Certificates issued to Lubbock Amarillo Armored Service Inc American Courier Aztec Airways Tricon International Airlines.
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State
Martin
Jesse James
City of
Corpus Christi
University of Texas Regents
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Texas Airlines
Governor Preston Smith Announces New Appointments
Governor Preston Smith announced a series of appointments affecting state agencies. The list includes several named officials with roles in public safety and administration, signaling a broader shakeup of state governance.
Texas Officials Hit Courts and Bonds Ruling
Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin rejected a plan by the Texas Water Development Board to issue itself to buy political subdivision bonds pending market rates, while upholding a 1969 statute enabling bond sales at a discount. He also upheld a new destination franchise tax on out of state sellers but not on mail order firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Martin
Texas Water Development Board
Martin
Water Development Board
Texas
Valley Co-Op
Cameron County
State Board of Health
Convictions Set Aside Restore Civil Rights But Limit Felony Claims
When a conviction or indictment is set aside the accused regains civil rights such as voting and jury service but cannot truthfully say on a job application that they have never been convicted of a felony. Trailer type carriers transporting farming implements may move up to 50 miles without an overwidth permit.
Texas Joins Early Wave in National Participation Plan
Texas will be among the first seven states to participate in a coordinated national effort. Officials say the move aims to accelerate program rollout and set benchmarks for enrollment, funding, and oversight across participating regions.
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Texas
New Data System Traces Migrant Child Progress
A new data system will track school and health progress of migrant children. Grants totaling 97,236 are awarded to Edna Fredericksburg Fla tonia and Uvalde for Head Start programs including 21 821 45 454 18 951 and 11 810 dollars respectively.
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Edna
Fredericksburg
Flatonia
Uvalde
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