The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 187, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 6, 1982 Page: 6 of 66
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Texas Briefs
Oil. Gas Discoveries
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AUSTIN (AP) — Texas operators reported tJ gas discoveries and
s« oil discoveries In May , Use Railroad Commission said Friday
Gas discoveries included SO in South Texas. M in Southeast
Texas u tn the Refugio area 10 tn North Texas six near San An
took) live in West Central Texas, four la East Central Texas; two
each in the Panhandle and San Angelo area and one near Midland
Oil discoveries Included 15 In North Texas eight in the Refugio
area seven each in the San Angelo and Midland areas six tn
Southeast Texas three in South Texas and the Lubbock area, two
each m the Panhandle. East Texas and the San Antonio area and
one tn East Central Texas
The commission said through May there have been 808 gas
discoveries 130 more than in the same period a year ago. and 242 oil
discoveries 37 fewer than in the first five months of 1981
Weed-Growing Granny: ‘Not Guilty*
Antitrust Charges
AUSTIN AP - Two road construction companies were indicted
Friday on federal antitrust charges in an alleged scheme to ng bids
on stale highway projects
Joe Richard Inc of Belton and Ms G Williams A Son Inc of Tyler
were named in Friday s indictments, bringing to 23 the number of
Texas firms indicted m a multi state federal investigation
The federal grand jury charged that the two firms conspired with
unnamed others to pre arrange bids on eight contracts let by the
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Investigators say the gram! jury probe of Texas bid-ngging is con
trnuing ■
. A firm convicted of violating-federal antitrust laws can be fined
up toll million .
Oilfied Hotline
AUSTIN AP — 180O-OIL-COPS is the new hotline number for
ihe Petroleum industry Security Council which is offering a reward
of up to *5 (WO for information leading to the arrest and indictment of
K<>ple suspected of stealing crude oil or oil field equipment
Starting Monday the new hotline will replace the oil field theft
hotline operated by North Texas Oil and Gas Association
The industry estimates oil field thefts in Texas at *100 million a
Storm Death Toll In
Cuba Amounted To 15
FORT MYERS
Fla AP—Tropical
Storm Alberto, which
killed 15 people in
Cuba and brushed
southwest Florida as
d surprise hurricane
stalled Friday tn the
Gulf of Mexico and
later fizzled into . a
tropical depression
He s dying, said
B ob C ase a
forecaster at the Na-
tional Hurricane
Center in Miami.
The. storm, which
in half a day had
grown froma.depres-
if: "!f '*r wester-
ns/Of Florida to a
hurricane with 80
mph winds lingered
for hours Friday in
cool Gulf waters
about 175 miles
southwest of Fort
Myers, with top
winds of 50 mph
During the night
Then it swerved
westward and stall-
ed
At 10:30 p m . the
depression was
located about 155
miles southwest of
Fort Myers and was J
HOUSTON i AP i —
An 82-yatr-old great-
grandmother has de-
fiantly refused an of-
fer of probation and
pleaded Innocent to
felony charges of
marijuana posses-
M<>n
"I don't want to
plead guilty to
something I'm not
guilty of.” Laura
Clark said after her
arraignment Friday
as she leaned on an
aluminum walking
cane in the hall of the
Harris County
Criminal courthouse
State District
Judge Michael
McSpadden accepted
her plea andechedul
ed a June 25 hearing
on the case
Police said they
rf fi vi
said
found five marijuana
plants growing In her
vegetable garden on
MAy 4
“I didn’t know
what I was doing 1
thought I was grow
ing herbs,” Mrs
Clark said. ‘‘They
said it was herb
seeds My niece sent
it from Mexico I was
going to soak It tn
alcohol and bathe my
htp with IL”
She said she was a
grandmother and a
great grandmother
and complained she
was suffering from
diabetes and ar-
thritis.
T don’t feel like go-
ing through all this
stuff, "she said.
Assistant District
Attorney Glenn
Gotschall said old
age was no defense In
Texas courts
“The people of the
state of Texas voted
for legislators who
enacted these lsws,
and in enforcing
them we are simply
performing the peo-
ples will." he said
He repeated his of-
fer of "deferred ad-
judication" tn which
defendants who com
plete the terms of
their parole get the
conviction removed
from their records
“It's the most le-
nient form of proba
Hon available,
Gotschall said. He
declined to discuss
what punishment be
would seek if he wins
a conviction against
Mrs. Clark
Her lawyer, BUI
Portia* said he piano
ed to file a motion to
suppress evidence on
grounds the officers
who raided Mrs
Clark s garden did
not have a search
warrant Police have
said they didn't need
one because the
evidence was In plain
sight, but Portls
denied that was the
case.
Portls said his
defense Is that Mrs
Clark didn't have the
mental capability to
possess marijuana
knowingly
Mrs Clark, who
wore a gold stick pin
spelling mother" on
her lapel, left the
courthouse saying, “I
just want to be free so
I cam scratch around
in my garden
Record-Low Turnout Predicted In Runoffs
B? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic can
didates criss-crossed
the state as today’s
runoff election ap
proached, looking for
that handful of voters
who could make the
difference if
Secretary of State
David Dean s dire
voter turnout predic
tion proves true
Dean predicts a
record-low turnout
He believes 92 per
cent of Texas’ voters
will be apathetic to
the Democratic
runoff races for at
tomey general, land
commissioner and
two places on the
Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals.
Republicans have
no statewide races to*
day.
There are three
Democratic and two
Republican runoff
races for Congress
three
and two GOP runoff
elections for the stale
board of education
and state legislative
and local races.
Attorney general
candidate John Han-
nah said In Lufkin
Frtday he has been
endorsed by 45 of the
state’s 130 district at
torneys and claimed
that none is backing
Jim Mattox, his oppo-
nent In the Dem
ocratlc runoff elec
tion
Austin lawyer Gary
Mauro. opposing
Pete
Snelson in the runoff
for land . commls
sioner said in Lufkin
that endorsements
from state Rep Dan
Kubtak of Rockdale
and George Fore, op-
ponents in the May J
primary, should help
push him over the
top
Snelson, of
Midland, led the
primary in a close
race and says his
longtime experience
tn the Legislature
should be the
deciding factor In
Voters minds •
Mauro who* has
been an assistant
state'comptroiler for
tax administration
under Bob Bullock
claimed he was the
best administrator
for the General Land
Office, .
He acknowledged
Snelson had con-
siderable legislative
experience but said
the land commis-
sioners job is ad-
ministrative and hts
experience in the
comptroller's office
gives him the edge
there „
Maurq’satrf-he has
always favored
repeal of the state
property tax, which
the Legislature did In
a recent special ses-
sion .
Snelson voted In the
special session to
repeal the tax
atttkwMi he —hit
had supported It.
The attorney
general s race aerved
up the most mud
Mattox, a Dallas
congressman whose
district was heavily
affected by redistric
ting when he decided
to seek a statewide
Office, attacked Han
aah for not haring a
law degree
Hannah a former
state representative
and U S attorney in
East Texas, holds a
law license He at
(aided law school but
DOORBUSTER DOORBUSTER . DOORBUSTER
the storm pounded expected to remain
western Cuba, therefore hours
damaging thousands
of homes and forcing
the evacuation of
50,WO people It
swept past the
Florida Keys, promp
ting hundreds of
residents to flee in-
land and emptying
seasick resorts as the
storm pointed toward
Fort Myers
Alberto kept
weakening through
the afternoon, its
winds decreasing to
40 mph
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 187, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 6, 1982, newspaper, June 6, 1982; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063677/m1/6/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.