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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1979
Page
1
The Lundberg Letter shows a 12 percent rise in 1979 from 67.99 to 76.22 cents per gallon since January. West Coast and Rocky Mountain regions lead the increases while Iran’s crisis and OPEC actions push crude prices higher, with potential further retail gains anticipated.
Pecos residents plan to donate food clothing bedding and household items to Wichita Falls after the tornado. A truck will depart Pecos at 6 PM Tuesday to transfer the donations. Five Pecos amateur radio operators provided vital post tornado assistance and gathered information on residents in Wichita Falls and Vernon.
The automatic cost of living raise for Social Security beneficiaries in July could near 10 percent as new data points to near 10 percent inflation. The final figure will be set when the March CPI is released on April 26.
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez said three local juveniles were taken into county juvenile authorities after vandalism at Zavala Junior High School in Pecos. No damage estimate set. all stolen property including shoes recovered.
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez reports a 1973 model passenger car stolen earlier in Fort Stockton. David Lee Reames aged 18 and Ernest Jerrell aged 25, detained on Interstate 10 in Balmorhea at 8 32 a m Sunday by Deputy Floyd Estrada Jr, were returned to Pecos County authorities. Jerrell is wanted in Dallas. They were remanded to Pecos County custody pending further court action.
Five Hobbs residents employed on a roustabout crew for a Hobbs firm were jailed in Reeves County Correctional Facility after arrest Friday in Orla. Ryan Referda, 27, faced felony criminal mischief, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and misdemeanor assault with bonds totaling 6000. Gary Wayne Walters, 25, John Marvin Medford III, 33, Henry Philip Fromm, 43, and Calvin Baker, 19, each faced one felony count of criminal mischief and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle with 5000, 2500 bonds per count. The group allegedly damaged three company trucks at Jet Construction Co, injuring the superintendent. The five appeared before a justice of the peace after apprehension by Reeves County deputies.
In Wichita Falls Texas Red Cross officials toured the disaster area Easter Sunday describing the destruction as almost incredible. National Chairman Jerome P. Holland flew over the eight square mile zone and pledged relief as the city faced curfews looting arrests and mass homelessness.
In Alamogordo New Mexico search missions were planned again to locate two Nellis Air Force Base fighter jets missing since last Thursday during training. Captains Thomas S. Pollock and Michael G. Humphries were identified as the pilots. The day’s route included Ruidoso Carrizozo and Sierra Blanca with four helicopters from Holloman and ten Civil Air Patrol aircraft. Continuous search in Oscura Range southwest of Carrizozo followed the Thursday disappearance. Sgt Vicky Seehusen said the duration of the search was undetermined.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly south. Cooler Tuesday. Sunday reached 95 degrees with a 64 degree low today. West Texas forecast notes partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday, with cooler highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and low 90s in the lowlands.
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