Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1989 Page: 7 of 14
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Judge awards $18 million to firm for bad cement
MIDLAND. Texas (AP) — Bo*
odes speared to win some and
ose some when a federal judge
twarded $18 auffion so m oil and
•as pan uei ship whoae ad well
leaked because were lined
i inferior cement
ILS. District Judge Lucius Bun
i ruled Tuesday feat Wagner A
. own of Midland can recover SIS
tilhon Grom Dow Chemical and S3
lillion from Dowell Schlumberger
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A federal jwy ruled May 24 that
toweil Schlumberger and Dow
old Wagner A Brown “junk
emcnt" to bne 13S Sterling
County ail wells. The jury found it
would cast $38.6 million to repair
fee damage, and that fee leaky
welts had lost $18 Bullion in fan
citing precedent,
ded the fair market value, nx
Wagner A Brown got less than it
wanted and the defendants were out
a total of $18 million.
Wagner A Brown spokesman
Grant Billu^slcy declined Wed-
nesday to dhtuw fee judgment
Dow attorney Martin D. Borne
of Houston said he had not
reviewed the judgment, but said
“Whatever the judge has entered, it
is dramatically less than w hat Wag-
ner A Brown was talking about— 1
imagine that after we have
reviewed it. we will
whether to appeal”
Dowell
Joe Nisrtco said the company will
ask for a new trial on fee grounds
that evidence showed there were no
casing leaks on any wells cemented
by the company.
Charles Perry, president of the
non, said Wednesday that ail men
wiB take notice of the judgement,
but he expects fee defendants to
appeal in hopes of not opening the
door to additional suns.
“I certainly think people will
review the service they’ve had,”
Perry said.
The jury found last month that
Dow sold used cementing maamals
that it represented as being new.
The jury ruled feat both Dow and
Dowell Schlumberger. negligently
performed cementing services.
Vetoed polygraph bill
refiled by lawmaker
AUSTIN (AP) — A rnm law-
maker, whose bill preventing
polygraph tests of sexual assault
victims was vetoed, has again filed
the measure for possible considera-
tion during the special legislative
session.
Rep. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen,
said he filed the bill Wednesday in
the hope that Gov. Bill Clements
would allow it to ba ronnrtrrrd
30 day qweial legisla-
tive :
who
ns so far limited
lawmakers to cansidering workers’
compensation reform. However, he
baa aid he might expand the
agenda to include other subjects.
.-Hinojosa's bill was approved
during fee 140-day regular session,
which ended May 29.
Clements said he vetoed a bill
because of a provision prohibiting
the disciplining of a peace officer
or prison system employee who
refuses to submit to a lie-detector
test.
That provision is too broad and
would interfere with an agreement,
made by the mm ia a lawsuit
against me texas Department ot
Corrections, to am such tests when
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said in his veto message.
“Since the governor reportedly
said he had no problem with the
bill as it related to protecting sexual
assault victims, he has the oppor-
tunity to demonstrate his commit-
ment to protecting women and
children by adding this measure to
the special session,” Hinojosa said
in a news release.
Star athletes face
armed robbery counts
DALLAS (AP) — Two star high
school football players who have
received scholarships to play col-
lege football were released on
$10,000 bond each alter being
jailed in connection with two ar-
med holdups of video stores.
Former Dallas Carter star cor
nerhack Gary Edwards and All-
America defensive back Dome
Evans, a second Carter football
star, were released Wednesday.
Paperwork on formal charges of
aggravated robbery will be
delivered today to the district attor-
ney’s office for grand jury action,
detective Mike Mullinax said.
The two were arrested shortly af-
ter 7:30 p.m. Tuesday The two 17-
year-olds matched the description
of two men who robbed two video
stores at gunpoint. Detective Hollis
Edwards said.
The two players were starting
seniors on the Carter team, which
last season became the first Dallas
Independent School District leant
since 1950 to win a state football
championship.
Gary Edwards has accepted a
football scholarship to Houston and
Evans to Tennessee.
Carter’s eligibility during the
playoffs was threatened by a con-
troversy surrounding Gars Ed-
wards’ algebra grades and Texas’
no-pass, no-play law.
Gramm foes critical
of collider ceremony
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen.
Phil Gramm says he’s just try ing to
generate support for the super col-
lider with a ribbon-cutting
ceremony in Texas the day before
the House decides whether to fund
the project.
Gramm spokesman Larry Neal
said Tuesday's ribbon cutting at the
Energy Department’s now super
collider offices in DcSolo. a Dallas
suburb, is intended to generate lo-
cal support for the project.
“How is it premature to wel-
come DOE personnel to town and
generate local enthusiasm for the
project?” Neal said.
Neal said two members of Con-
gress, “to accomplish some sleazy
political goal, called the DOE last
week and attempted to twist their
arm into cancelling the ribbon cut-
ting.”
“We deplore this petty partisan
bickering,” Neal said, accusing
John Bryant, a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Texas
attorney general in 1990, of ‘look-
ing for a little free publicity" for
the campaign. “Certainly there’s a
belter issue he can trade on.”
Neal said he did not know who
was on the guest list As of Wed-
nesday, the state’s senior senator,
Democrat Lloyd Bemscn, had not
been invited, said Bcntscn’s
spokesman.
Bryant and two congressional
sources said Gramm’s ribbon cut-
ting was ill-timed, especially be-
cause the House and Senate have
yet to approve initial construction
funding for the collider and tough
fights are expected in both houses.
The House Appropriations Commit-
tee voted Tuesday to spend $200 on
the project, $110 million of the
total for initial construction in fiscal
1990.
The panel’s vote, however, was
$50 million less than what had been
sought by President Bush.
“We are certainly a long ways
from being out of the woods on this
project. Gramm’s zeal for getting
headlines for himself could endan-
ger a critical Texas project," Bry ant
said. “It’s extremely unfortunate
and extremely dangerous to our ef-
forts.”
Weapons scheme brings
indictment of three
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP)
— A Canadian couple and a
Swedish man indicted on charges
of conspiring to illegally export
military equipment to Iran are
scheduled to go on trial in August
Eileen and Ronald Hilton Arab,
both 52, of Vancouver, British
Columbia, and Enk Nissen, 62, qf
Nonkoping. Sweden, were arrested
May 25 and charged with violating
the Arms Export Control Act,
money laundering and conspiracy.
The three were named in an eight
count indictment returned Tuesday
by a federal grand jury in Laredo.
Assistant U S. Attorney Robert
Berg said. All plead innocent to the
charges during an arraignment
hearing Wednesday in Corpus
Chrisa, he said.
Berg said pre-tnal motions are
set for August 7 with jwy selection
set for August 9 in Corpus Chnsti.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 148, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1989, newspaper, June 22, 1989; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823761/m1/7/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.