LULAC mails unique Texas voter guide for Hispanic voters
The League of United Latin American Citizens prepares a first of its kind voter guide in Texas to inform Hispanic voters about candidates views before the May primaries. Questionnaires were sent to candidates for governor U S Senate and attorney general with responses on Mexican American issues. Ray Hutchison did not respond. Some answers conflict, reflecting an election year dynamic.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
League of United Latin American Citizens
LULAC
U.S. Senate
Tex
Ray Hutchison
Associated Press
John Hill
Dolph Briscoe
Ruben Bonilla
John Tower
Mario Compean
Raza Unida
Pride Daniel Jr
Mark White
Price
Human Relations Commission
Texas House
Daniel
Don Beagle
Beagle
Protests on Houston halls after light prison terms for officers
About 300 peaceful and 90 angry demonstrators gathered at Houston city hall and police department to oppose the light one year sentences for three former officers who violated civil rights in the Joe Campos Torres case. Speakers urged state and federal action and urged high Hispanic voter turnout.
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Houston
Socialist Workers Party
Fall
Joe Campos Torres
Army
U.S. District Court
Ross Sterling
Terry W. Denson
Stephen Orlando
Joseph Janish
Campos Torres
Buffalo Bayou
Memorabilia Museum Dedicated At Pyote Base April 22
A World War II Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum dedication is set for April 22 at 2 p.m. honoring Pyote veterans. The event will feature a B-17 flyover, static display, an Air Force color guard, and the Big Green Band. Exhibits include shoulder patches, medals, uniforms, base photos, and a WWII wordsen bombsight. The ceremony coincides with reopening the main gate built by German POWs in 1945, located behind the Pyote Community Center mess hall.
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Pyote Army Air Base
United States
Richard C. White
Confederate Air Force
United States Air Force Color Guard
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Monahans High School
Worden
Pyote Community Center
Closing arguments set in Trull kidnapping trial
Tyler AP report says defense and prosecution prepared for closing arguments in the Don Trull case. The defense argued Estes and Pyron schemes influenced Trull, while the district attorney challenged relevance of debts and questioned Pyron credibility after a four hour Tyler standoff. Trull, 40, faces charges for dousing Pyron’s office and holding an employee for ransom.
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Tyler
Texas
Don Trull
Billie Sol Estes
G. Brockett Irwin
Longview
Trull
Estes
Billy Pyron
Pyron
Glenn Phillips
Smith County
A.D. Clark III
Irwin
Bill May
May
Record Texas Visitor Industry Report shows 1977 visitors
The 1977 Texas Visitor Industry Report numbers 23.2 million out-of-state visitors to Texas for vacations conventions business or family visits with expenditures totaling 4.3 billion. Auto or RV travelers numbered 19.1 million and air or rail 4.1 million, while two million travelers used state tourist bureaus and 15 million watched travel films.
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Texas
Austin
State Department of Highways
Lone Star State
Tom Taylor
Department
Taylor
V.lr
Great Lakes
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Pecos Weather Outlook with Warm Temperatures Ahead
The report notes Pecos reached 92 degrees yesterday with a 53 degree early low. The Associated Press forecast calls West Texas fair through Tuesday with partly cloudy southeast areas and widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms southeast today. Daytime highs range mid 70s to mid 90s from Panhandle to Rio Grande Big Bend, with overnight lows from the low 40s Panhandle and mountains to around 60 in the south.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Big Bend
Supreme Court backs Palestine pact ruling on Missouri Pacific
The Supreme Court refused to free Missouri Pacific from a 1872 Palestine pact requiring 4.5 percent of workers stay in Palestine, Texas. The ruling upholds a 1974 ICC decision that abrogated the 1954 agreement though the appeals court said the clause was not related to merger. The case centers on long running ties between the railroad and Palestine and potential annual savings of about $81,000.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Palestine
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Old West
Houston and Great Northern Railroad
John Reagan
Trinity River Valley
Dallas
Houston
Supreme Court
ICC
Texas and Pacific Railway
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Anderson County
Ized
Congress
Court of Appeals
Bickley elected mayor in Pecos city election
Incumbent Mayor W R Bickley won a full two year term with 1599 votes about 62 percent, over Eleuterio M Garcia. All three incumbents on the Pecos City Council were reelected, including Je sus Muniz and Bill Moss. Other races included City Council seats and school board races with multiple unopposed candidates and varying vote totals. results are unofficial and canvassing set for 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
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W.R
Bob’’ Bickley
Bickley
Eleuterio M. Garcia
W.O
Bill’’ Pigman
Reeves County
Commissioner’s
Jesus Muniz
Bill Moss
Charles Smith
Eddie Ferguson
Ben Matta
Royce Cassell
Cassell
Arnie S. Calderon
Madelynn West
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Louis Matta
Paul J. Williams
Carlotta Granado
Alton Hughes
Pecos
City Hall
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