Pecos H-2 labor trial eyed future workers rule shift
Federal court in Pecos tackles Mexican farm labor claims for back wages from 1977 and 1978 as officials say Texas will likely not admit aliens for 1986 work due to improved domestic labor supply. Testimony covers H-2 program use, wage levels, and conditions prompting suspension despite ongoing lawsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Texas
Ojinaga
Mexico
Texas Rural Legal Aid Inc
Rio Grande Valley
U.S. Border Patrol
United States
Lucius Bunton
Rio Grande
Ruben Avatar
U.S. Employment Service
Austin
U.S
Jerry Marshall
Texas Employment Commission
Texas Rural Legal Aid
Marshall
Avatar
New Mexico
Louisianna
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Florida
Idaho
Jim Smith
Marfa
Europe
Jamaica
U.S. Department of Labor
Jack McGowen
143Rd
Paso
Presidio Valley Farmer’s Association
Chevron to cut about 12 percent of its U S workforce
Chevron USA Inc plans voluntary early retirements to trim about 12 percent of its national staff, eliminating roughly 100 of 1,100 workers in the Permian Basin. Nancy Carroll says the merger with Gulf previously reduced staff and that current cuts target surplus positions with early retirement incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevron USA Inc
Chevron
Gulf
Nancy Carroll
Midland
Permian Basin
Carroll
Permian
Police Beat Odessa Burglary and Theft Reports
Odessa police and Ector County sheriff notes list multiple thefts and burglaries. Items stolen include jewelry cash and tires from locations on Harless Avenue Grant Avenue and Sam Houston Avenue, with values ranging from about 1 000 to 15 000 dollars. Incidents dated June 12 to June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Armendarez
Harless.Ave. No. 211
Seiko
B. Hernandez
Robert Binford
Binford and Burrell Equipment and Service Co
37Th St
T. Gettings
Charles Teal
General Tire
N. Grant Ave
J. Johnson
V. Sikes
Robert Michael Bates
N. Tom Green Ave
K.L. Day
Obituary notices for Loretta Scurlock and others in Odessa area
Obituaries list services for Loretta Scurlock 69 of 4320 Springdale Drive with burial at Pike Cemetery. Also announced are services for James Dennis 69 at Lutheran Church of the Risen Lord and Beulah Phillips 80 buried Mount Olive, plus Alice Adams 81 with Arlington Cemetery burial and Benito Lopez Hill 70 with services pending. Survivors and biographical details given.
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Loretta Scurlock
Springdale Drive
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home Chapel
H. Bailey Stone
Pike Cemetery
Leonard
Scurlock
Jack Scurlock
el Paso
Odessa
Ector County Independent School District
Burnet Elementary
Texas State Teachers Association
Retired Teachers Association
Eastling
Order of the Eastern Star
First Baptist Church
Nancy Johnson
James
Jake’’ Dennis
10Th St
Lutheran Church of the Risen Lord
Robert C. Wittenstrom
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Dennis
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Big Spring
Texas
Beulah May Phillips
E. Everglade Ave
Bill Cook
Mount Olive Cemetery
Phillips
Waxahachie
Ollie R. Phillips
Pluto
Alice B. Adams
16Th St
Robert Berry
Arlington Cemetery
Harvey Adams
Monahans
Myrtle Garner
Eunice, N.M
Polly Glidwell
Sue Blair
Benito Lopez Hill
Center Ave
Martinez Funeral Home
Medical Center Hospital
Boy Climbs Canyon-Like Structure in Odessa Park
Shawn Kirby an 11 year old boy of north Odessa climbs a cactus like tower in Sherwood Park at Dixie Boulevard and 44th Street on Saturday with his dog Jazz.
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Shawn Kirby
Kraig Kirby
North Odessa
Sherwood Park
Dixie Boulevard
44Th Street
Jazz
Defense opens in Midland County trial of alleged abduction and rape
Attorneys for 33 year old William Mitchell Dyer prepared to present defense on the fifth day of testimony in the case charging four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and aggravated kidnapping. Prosecutors rested after the accuser, now 14, testified about an alleged June 13 1985 incident at Water Wonderland near Odessa and Midland. The girl identified Dyer after a KMID-TV promo on July 23. Defendants question hypnosis effects on memory and credibility. District Attorney Eric Augesen and Dennis Cadra prosecute in Judge Joe Connally's 244th District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland County
Odessa
William Mitchell Dyer
Dyer
Water Wonderland
U.S. 80
Midland
Tom Hirsch
Anthony Foster
Eric Augesen
Dennis Cadra
Joe Connally
244Th District Court
Midland police quiz man over weekend shooting
Midland police questioned a 24 year old man in connection with the wounding of a 27 year old Midland man early Saturday. Charles Turner of 4000 W Illinois Ave was listed in satisfactory condition at Midland Memorial Hospital after an argument over money preceding the shooting at about 2 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Police
Midland
Charles Turner
Illinois Ave
Midland Memorial Hospital
Turner
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Paul F. Power Jr
Justo Martinez Ochoa
Ochoa
Presidio Area
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Wayne Rankin
Permian Mall
42Nd St
Cpl
P. Simanskis
Maria McComb
Hendersonville
Tenn
S. Sam Houston Ave
D. Morris
Ector Sheriff
Jake Alssary Jr
W. University Blvd
Jackie Perkins
Joe Rivas Hinojos
W. 48Th St
M. Patton
Abilene
Susan Payne
James Dennis
Erma Coll
Perry
Oklo
Three Way Construction Co
Anna Graham
Lake Buchanan
B.E. Dennis
Orlando, Fla
Bobby Melton
Knoxville, Ark
Beulah Phillips
Westside Home Demonstration Club
First Baptist Church of
Mary Frances Dunn
O.R. Crow
Luther
Alice Adams
Benito Hill
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