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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 10

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Abilene, Texas
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10-A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS AMmeTexasWed Man July 111979 Court Records KTXS May Be in Prima Hands BOTH ANKIVERSIRT SPECIALS LIMITED-EDITION malvool FREEZERS C2L FREEZERS at D-W PRICED FROM 1985 the stations for excessive commercials There were also complaints of local commercials running into network programming While the potential owners say they plan to keep KTXS-TV and its lister station KLBK in Lubbock they are involved in selling Grayson's other two stations KMOM-TV in Monahans and KWAB-TV in Big Spring to yet another minority ownership laid WF deTournillon executive vice president and spokesman for Grayson Enterprises KTXS-TV which the Federal Communications Commission said should be sold to a minority group has three blacks and two whites for potential owners Grayson Enterprises hai owned it Selling to a minority group was an option left to Grayson after a hearing was set up to consider complaints against By WILLIAM WHITAKER Staff Writer The five men hoping to become the new owner of KTXS-TV have changed the name of their company from Silver Star Communications to Prima due to the fact that another group has the former name about the only problem the five men have had' and a license is expected to be granted to Prima in October John Robert Lee one of five investors of Prima and the associate athletic director at the University of Wisconsin said negotiations are underway with a Mexican-American group for ownership of KMOM and KWAB In the meantime Prima continues to wait for its license Lee said It may be some time before the FCC gives final approval "but we certainly don't anticipate any major problems" he said Lee said he is optimistic" about the station's future and added that he hopes they can keep the fine staff working there lor marly el Diets must serve five sears for credit card abuse He bed been placed an prooetion and fined IMS omy March tar Wearing me card of a Oyete curl service worker Mt Edith beeird and making more then 5930S uneutho rued purchases He also was urdered to mete restitution in full Judge Lone refused to reduce the sentence or waive the fine He ruled that Brown hat violated terms of his pro baton by committing two new crimes He was charged with carryino a prohto rted weapon end possession et marijuana at result of hit arrest an March 24 brown else Is charged with the tetany theft of TV set from the Tower Motel en the tame date Police sard they found the TV in the beck seat of Brown's ve tucta when they arretted hun on tM weapons and drug charges Attorney Stan Brown no relation rep resented Brown buddy Wayne May if who listed ad dresses of ISIS Grape Blue Top Courts end Hemiin taw hit probation revoked but taw the term reduced tram four to three years May had received the probation on June 3Dl 191 otter admitting the May 11 burglary of The Medicine Shoppe et MOO Barrow His court-appointee attorney Dick Harris (old the court May had a drug problem which was related to an accident wi which he was left with a cripptad tag ana is still undergoing therapy Assistant Criminal District Attorney George Sells prosecuted the two revoca- FELONY CHARGES FILED Filwny of miriHni ctrfH wtr fiM with Jutlkt el tne Peace Eeteni Dgnwochr eoemef Rover Gey ten LuUo of IW Metedor Lethe It cheroed with pottmmy mere then leer evncet et meniuene on Sun day often he wet arretted by city po Kce Two men were charted with driving while Monica ted (DWl) tecond oHente itrd Jr 49 el Rt Merkel wot charged aa mutt of a Saturday erretf by DPS Trooper Deryck Pocock Jett Veietouef Mumtto Si of 1495 Green wot charged at mutt of a Sunday arretf by city police FELONY GUILTY FLEAS Matthew Wayne Helmet 91 of 9950 South Fourth received a three year prison term lollowing hit guilty plea to Many poneitian el methamphetamme char get before -tilth District Judge Neil Dame! Helmet admitted pottetaing tour small bags of "speed" an May when city narcotics agents executed a search war rant at hit home Judge Daniel also revoked probation of the two year term he had given Holmes an Sept 19 W77 tar theft The two terms wJI run concurrently Attorney jay Ledbetter was appointed to represent Holmes PROGATION REVOCATIONS Two men face serving prison terms at tar their probation was revoked by 49nd District Judge Don Lone Spurtey Joe grown 99 of Monroe La lUkH1 IMS lapal him Fewer Ufh hm-jtaHd Walnul Grain Vini on Hew SMe an Here Aeronautics Board Ponders Expansion of Eagle Airlines June Retail Sales Down Originally a one-plane oper-ation flying only from Brown-wood to the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Eagle waa billed "the smallest airline flying to the world's largest airport" The airline now owns two Piper Navajo Chieftans and is awaiting delivery of two more Jamea said Eagle already has flights into the Dallas-Fort Worth sir-port and airports in Brown-wood San Angelo Austin and Houston firm's proposition will be considered during a commission meeting at the TAC office building 410 Fifth at 1:30 pm Thursday a commission spokesperson said Eagle Owner Gerald James said the proposal requests that TAC allow the airline to add to its schedule flights from the Waco airport to Houston's Hobby Airport If the proposal is approved Eagle will fly three round-trip flights daily between the two airports be said AUSTIN The fate of an Eagle Airlines proposal for making daily flights between Waco and Houston is pending with the Texas Aeronautics Commission The Brownwood-based Tuscola Man Makes TSTI Honor Role Jerry Smith iff Rt 1 Tuscola has been named to the President's Honor Role at Texas State Technical Institute at Waeo He is enrolled in the two-year welding technology program and maintained a 40 grade point average for the spring quarter weakness since the last recession" said a Commerce economist who asked that his name not be used Retail sales last declined for three consecutive months in the final three months of 1974 he said The 1974-75 recession was the nation 'a worst downturn in the post-World War II era with the nation's rail output dropping more than 5 percent Public Notice Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will begin at 9 am on July 24 1979 in the offices of the Texas Public Utility Commission in Austin Texas on a proposal by Southwestern Bell Telephone Co to make certain changes in the format of selected Texas telephone directories The principal proposed changes are: (1) to separate business and residential listings In the white pages with residential surnames listed once in boldface type followed by the alphabetical listing of the Individuals' given names in regular type and (2) to add in addition to the pages" business and residential listings and the Yellow Pages business listings a third set of "blue listing the numbers of selected governmental and public service agencies Inquiries may be addressed to the Texas Public Utility Commission 7800 Shoal Creek Blvd Austin Texas 78757 Southwestern Bell WEDNESDAY 0 TO CLOGW vJu fiJtes-J Pizzas $699 All Sandwiches $159 Cavatini Spaghetti 99 ntit FREE SOFT DRINKS AND ICED TEA! 550 EN Ambler 2750 South Fourteenth 3533 North First WASHINGTON (AP) Retail sales fell for the third consecutive month in June giving further evidence that the nation's economy may be moving into a recession the government said Tuesday Treasury Secretary Michael BlumenthaL meanwhile told Congress the Carter administration will release a somber new economic forecast later this week However the report will "not indicate that we are heading into a serious he added Blumenthal told the Senate Finance Committee that the administration's midyear economic forecast will have figures that "will be somber they will not be good They will show less growth than we had anticipated" The 11 percent drop in June followed declines iff 01 percent in May and 09 percent in April according to Commerce Department figures ''We haven't had this kind of Deckers Due $133770 From Settlement To clarify settlement details in a civil lawsuit involving the McCaulley school bus wreck of Dec 8 as reported in Tuesday morning's paper: In the out-of-court settlement: Debra Decker and her parents Hr and Mrs JO Decker will receive a total of $133770 including $43770 for past and future medical costs and legal costa Their attorney Frank Scarborough of Abilene said Debra will receive $750 per month for 10 years commencing on her 19th birthday If ahe should die the money would continue going to her estate for that 10-year period Scarborough said $34000 will go for attorney fees and litigation expenses Private Carriers To Be Allowed To Deliver Letters WASHINGTON (AP) Private carriers would be permitted to deliver extremely urgent letters in certain limited circumstance under a proposal made public by the US Postal Service The Postal Service in a formal notice of proposed rulemaking said it waa to restrict private carriers from delivering mail if the Postal Service cannot provide "the type of urgent delivery than some lenders need" But the service also said caution is required to make sure that any relaxation of federal statutes giving the Postal Service a monopoly over mail deliveries not jeopardize universal mail service The public has until Aug 10 to comment on the proposal before a final regulation la adopted Stork News The 'following births were reported at Hendrick Medical Center Tuesday: Girl to Mr and Mrs Michael Courtney Route 1 at 3:07 am Girl to Mr and Mrs Donald Stichert 5391 Pueblo at 4:33 am Girl to Mr and Mrs Danny Cabler 5220 Hartford at 2:05 pm APPLIANCE TRUCKS FROM 114000 Ul TYPES OF HMD HID DARRELL TRUCKS AVAILABLE TESCO leMW WT-MM.

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