Striking workers reject voters decide pay dispute plan
In Midland city session leaders opposed a plan to put union demands on the June 8 ballot. The nine day strike, affecting buses and streetcars, prompted a threatened general walkout and pay cuts for carpenters, electricians, and street sweepers. Nearby labor actions included NBC engineers talks, a $550000 suit, and rubber workers voting on a possible national strike.
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Steve Montiel
Associated Press
SAN Francisco (Ap
Board of Supervisors
Quentin Kopp
John Crowley
San Francisco Labor Council
Labor Council
Kopp
National Broadcasting Co
Washington
NBC
National Association of Broadcast Employes and Technicians
Moss and Muniz Take Oath as Pecos City Councilmen
Lynn Webb reports election results bring Moss and Muniz to Pecos City Council seats as the new council convenes. The article notes the oath ceremony marking their official start and outlines initial council actions.
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Moss
Muniz
Pecos City
Bill Moss
Jesus Muniz
Bill Pigman
Reeves County
H.D. Glover
Don Doan
Carl McGee
Manuel Trujillo
Trujillo
Doug Fernandes
Darrell Glover
Hail storms sweep South Texas and cold front moves east
Severe weather displaced by heavy hail up to six inches in Cuero and Gonzales areas while thunderstorm activity spread from South Texas into Central Texas. Tornado watches and warnings persisted overnight with fog and icing affecting travel from Childress to Dallas Fort Worth.
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Associated Press
South Texas
Childress
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Dallas
Pecos
Cuero
Gonzales
Llano
Shirley Kesseling
Abilene
Texas
Wellington
Texas Panhandle
Dallas and
Midwest
Illinois
South Dakota
Black Hills
Hot Springs
Deerfield
Pecos Officials Reject Place System for Elections
The Pecos city attorney notes a federal decision against shifting to a place system for elections, keeping at large voting unless a challenge is pursued. The council critiques the timing and legality while approving small transfers and a used radio to the Civil Air Patrol for airport communications and establishing an emergency welfare fund for indigent children.
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Pecos
Fred Leigh
Leigh
Civil Air Patrol
Arthur Baus
John Warner
J.J. Maxey
Vivian Exum
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Midland
Midland City Council
Southwest Airlines
Midland Air Terminal
Texas Aeronautics Board
Continental Airlines
Texas International Airlines
Braniff Airlines
Ernest Angelo
United Rubber Workers
Akron
Ohio
UAW
Juneau
Richard Freer
Harold Ways
Alaska Public Employer Association
Lynn Webb
North Carolina Mountains
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Pacific Coast
Intermountain
Siskiyou
Sierra Nevada Ranges
Terlingua
Corpus Christi
S.B. Hunt
Ment
Planning and Zoning Board
Country Club Estates
A.D. Woody
Woody
Dan Schaefer
Cindy Scott
Home Decorating Center
Second and
Cedar Streets
Tommy Beauchamp
John Fonville
Tim Nesbit
Jerry Gamet
Litton
Salvador Machuca
Rick Scharfenberg
Nunn Electric
David Hinz
Jay Dycus
Bill Hubbs
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
O’ Ferrall Pauly
Pigman
Moss and
Stanley Pottinger
Council
Pottinger
Bob Bickley
Richard Naylor
Baylor University School OF Law
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