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Wednesday, December 4,1985
MINERAL WELLS INDEX
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Texas News Briefs
TDC land sales fail again
HOUSTON (AP) — For the second time, the Texes Department of Cor*
rections failed Tuesday to get any bids for the sale of prison system land
that would finance new corrections facilities
“We're going to have to look at our options and consider making some
improvements on the land," said Texas Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro, “but we are not going to panic. We are not going to have any fire
sale. We are not going to give it away.
Sealed bids were invited today for the sale of 3,700 acres of prison land
in Fort Bend and Harris counties.
The land office said there were about IS inquiries about the land but no
bids were submitted.
A previous land sale scheduled Sept 17 for 2,000 acres valued at 217
million had similar results, no bids despite numerous inquiries.
Mauro said the land office and the TOC would take a look at the situa-
tion and might be able to announce in a few days what the next step would
be.
“If we could have had the sale two years ago, we probably could have
turned this land asset into a cash asset. The same thing might happen two
years from now, but apparently not right now," Mauro said?
Mauro said a number of improvements had been made to the land first
offered in the September sale, including the upgrading of a state highway
through the property, in hopes of making it more attractive to buyers.
During the 1966 Legislature, the land office and TDC were directed to
sell about 6,000 acres of land in Fort Bend and Harris counties to raise
9123 million. Proceeds from the land sale are Intended to finance new
state prison facilities.
Family wins settlement
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — The mother of a 4-year-old boy has
agreed to an out-of-court lawsuit settlement two years after a belt rack
fell on the child’s head in a San Antonio store.
The agreement calls for two firms to pay the family 93 6 million, the
bulk of which will bo used to purchase an annuity that ultimately will pay
them 923million. •
The settlement reached this week resulted from a personal injury
lawsuit filed on behalf of Joseph McAllister and his mother, Diana,
against Visu-craft by H.B.S. Inc., which manufactured the belt rack, and
Petrie Stores Corp., owner of the Stuart's apparel store chain.
Joseph McAllister suffered severe head injuries when the belt rack fell
on him. Two prongs on the rack stabbed through his head into his brain
above the right ear and right eye.
Vick Putman, attorney for the McAllisters, credited Milton Petrie,
president of the Petrie stores, with being one of the best defendants he’s
ever known.
“Mr. Petrie sent my client a 910,000 check as soon as he heard of the ac-
cident in one of his stores and has since sent her two more checks of 95,000
each,” Putman said.
"That’s the first time I’ve ever seena defendant in a lawsuit give a vic-
tim or a plaintiff money out of his own pocket. ’*
Putman also credited Petrie with removing all of the racks like the one
that fell on Joseph’s head from his 1,600 Stuart’s stores nationwide.
Petrie, whose company is headquartered in Secaucus, N.J., could not be
reached for comment.
Brother seeks Messer's seat
BELTON, Texas (AP) — Belton lawyer John Messer has announced his
intention to seek the Texas House seat being vacated by his brother, Rep
Bill Messer, D-Belton.
Bill Messer, a prominet fourth-term representative, said receently he
plans to lobby for the Texas Hospitals Association during the 1987
LMlalaturo.
John Messer, 33, told a courthouse news conference this week that be-
ing the younger brother of a four-term House member had given him an
insight unavailable to others considering the race.
"I am running as a Democrat — a conservative, independent, Bell
County Democrat," he said. "I have always voted in the Democratic
primary, and while I do not agree with all state and national party
policies and candidates, I feel it wouuld be wrong and opportunistic to
change parties at this time. *’
Since 1976, Bill Messer has represented the northern half of Bell Coun-
ty, including Belton, Temple, portions of Fort Hood, part of Harker
Heights and Nolanville.
Temple Mayor Pro Tern Hugh Shine and radio newsman Tony Hennes,
both Republicans, have said they are considering the race.
National News
Underground line explodes
Joe Kennedy II to run
BOSTON (AP)
I. a political
nedy held the seat from 1M6 to 1982 before advancing to the Senate and
ALDERSON. W.Va. (AP) — Charles Mannon follower Sandra Good has
Kennedy's cousin, Edward M. Kennedy Jr., eon of Sen Edward M
Kennedy, D-Maaa , announced last September he would not run for the
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) — Utility crews were trying to find out
what caused an underground natural gas pipeline to explode, setting off a
fire that forced about 90 people from their homes
The firs burned about two hours Monday night before crews shut off the
gas and snuffed the flame The blast sent flames shooting 300 feet into the
air, but there no Injuries, said officials of Arkla Inc., which owns the
pipeline.
"Our investigation is still continuing,'" said company spokesman Skip
Rutherford.
Jim Bums, Clark County emergency services coordinator, said 40 to SO
people were evacuated from their homes in this community about 66
miles southwest of Little Rock. There was no damage except to the
pipeline, he said.
iysays.
"He called this morning and said he’s running in the 8th (Congressional
District),” state Rap. Mary Jane Gibson said
Steven Rothstein, a spokesman for Kennedy, would not confirm the
report, but said Kennedy "has made a decision and will have an an-
Kennedy, 32, eldest son of the late Sen Robert F.
Citizens Energy Corp, of Boston, which arranges to
rates for low income Households
Wage and hour law....
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satisfactory and had thrown the
department short-handed, and he has
returned to a modified version of his
previous system.
"I’ve been working three to four
deputies per day,” Turpin said, ad-
ding he was trying to give deputies
three days off per week to keep their
hours down.
"We try to keep the hours down as
much as we can," he said, “but it’s
still nearly impossible (to maintain a
40-hour work week) with the number
of people we have.”
He said deputies are averaging 46
to 50-hour work weeks under the
system and are not drawing any
overtime pay.
He said he was hoping that giving
deputies three days off per week
would offset the extra hours they
were working.
Farrington said the Labor Depart-
ment was charged with defining the
"reasonable period" provisiona of
the new law as well as other language
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John Homer Scarlett
Funeral services for John Homer
Scarlett, of Parker County, were
Wednesday, December 4, 1985, at
2:00 p.m. in the Cotten-Bratton
Funeral Chapel. Burial was in the
Community Greenwood Cemetery
with Cotten-Bratton Funeral Home,
Weatherford, in charge of ar-
rangements.
Scarlett passed away December 3,
at Richardson hospital. He was born
November 6, 1904 in Parker County.
He was a rancher and farmer and
received the conservation award of
the year in 1957, was awarded the
champion comback fanners award
In 1968, and was a member of the
Bethel Baptist Church
Survivors are his wife, Erna Lee
Scarlett, Mineral Wells; 1 daughter,
Loma Scruggs. Garland; 1 great-
grandson, Thomas Shane Scruggs,
Dallas; 3 brothers, Woodrow W.
Scarlett, and Landan Scarlett, both
of Weatherford, and Eugene Scarlett,
Whitier, California; and 1 sister.
Ruby Gilbert, Weatherford.
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die law enforcement functions in the
county.
The sheriff had requested more
than 61 million and 13 additional
employees for his department for the
year to attempt to comply with the
law which required overtime pay for
personnel working more than 42.3
hours per week
He said deputies routinely worked
60 to 80 hours per week with no over-
time pay before the law took effect.
Turpin first experimented with
shift work to try to hold deputies to a
40-hour week However, he said Tues
day that shift work had not proven
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project would’pay for the cost of a
future addition.
He said other considerations in-
clude the increased costs of utilities
for a larger facility as well as in-
creased personnel that will be man-
dated if more than 48 prisoners are
held in the jail.
“It makes sense to me to build as
we need it like any other company,"
Porter said.
Porter said Thursday’s meeting
will be to "get them started thinking
about what we need to do....I don't
anticipate making any rash deci-
sions."
He said all interested persons are
terested persons may take part but invited to attend the meeting to pro-
vide input to officials on the Issue.
bring your own table and chair there
will be many beautiful Christmas
items to choose from. There will be
baked goodies, quilts, crochet,
dollies, pillows, and dolls and many
more
Robert Eugene Garland was given
an eight-year probated prison
sentence Tuesday after he pleaded
guilty in 29th District Court to
burglary of a habitation.
Garland was also fined 91.000 and
ordered to pay restitution of 92.415 to
Phillip Shepherd, whose home he was
accused of burglarizing on July 7.
In other court action, District
Judge David Cleveland ordered two
felony bonds on Terry Wayne Gray
reduced from 920,000 to 96.500 each
after Gray filed a writ of habeas cor-
pus seeking to have his bond lowered.
Gray, indicted on two charges of
aggravated robbery in connection
with holdups at two convenience
stores in Mineral Wells on Aug. 29,
remained in jail today in lieu of bond.
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in the amendment.
He said the law still requires the
political subdivisions to maintain
wage and hour records, and requires
overtime pay for employees wno ac-
crue more than the 480 hours of comp
time off.
Public employees outside the three
categories specified, he said, may
work a maximum of 160 hours over-
time to accrue 240 comp hours off
within a reasonable period of time.
He said the agency has until March
15,1966, to define the language in the
law.
A third major provision of the
amendment, Farrington said, was a
"forgiveness clause" that exempts
political subdivisions from having to
pay back overtime wages to
employees up to April 15, 1986.
The amendments in the law were
made by Congress after political sub-
divisions protested the financial
burden the overtime provisions in the
law imposed on them and lobbied for
changes that would remove those
burdens.
But Turpin said none of the new
provisions would have any effect on
the operation of his department. "It’s
not anything different than we're do-
ing now," he said.
County Auditor Mickey West said
he received a copy of the new law
Tuesday and Mid he agreed with
Turpin that the law would not make a
difference in the county's operations
this budget year.
He Mid no overtime had been
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But he Mid those changes “are
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Bennie, Bill. Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 181, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 4, 1985, newspaper, December 4, 1985; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170427/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.