Pecos City Council grounds review and budget actions
The Pecos City Council held a three hour meeting with a 50 minute executive session to discuss ambulance service and a lawsuit. They voted to sue Rodney Sparkman for 3250 and opened bids on 10 Hangars for the airport while tabling action.
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Stephen Bates
Pecos
Dick Wadley
J.T. Prewit
Russell Johnson
Bill Pigman
Rodney Sparkman
Painter
Sparkman
Tommy Services
Harris Lumber Co
Abbott Building Co
Joe Mollinary
Ramon Ornelas
Mollinary
Jimmy Pallanes
Ornelas
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent
Manuel Trujillo
Phillip Tyree
Airport
District Attorney Comments on Pending Perjury Trial
District Attorney Walter Holcombe said in the Enterprise that Wendell Taylor's perjury trial would probably be held next week, but he added he does not know the exact date. The comment reflects uncertainty about when the trial will occur.
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Correction District
Walter Holcombe
Wendell Taylor
Holcombe
Tax relief battle narrows school finance bill in Austin
House members clash over freezing local property tax rates and cutting relief as the $708 million school finance measure advances. Debate cites local control and wealth sharing, with conservatives urging reduction of relief to small districts and opponents warning of heavy district benefits. The session also features a Wright address and forecasts show a mostly cloudy period with showers.
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LEE Jones Associated Press
Austin, Tex
House
Jim Wright
U.S. House of Representatives
Bob Close
Perryton
Jim Rudd
D-Brownfield
Representa
Tives
Buddy Temple
Dluffin
Hamp Atkinson
New Boston
Atkinson
Florida ERA defeat dims hopes for 1977 ratification
Florida votes against the Equal Rights Amendment, with three senators switching sides on Wednesday and despite lobbying from Betty Ford and the White House. The defeat leaves Florida as the eighth state to reject ratification this year.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Betty Ford
White House
Band Booster Meeting Planned for Monday in Pecos High Hall
The Pecos Band Booster Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the high school band hall. Bill Carrico, band director, will present final plans for the Amarillo Band Festival. Parents are urged to attend to hear arrangements and ask questions about the trip. Reports on recent booster projects will be given. Mrs. James Midkiff is president.
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Pecos
Amarillo
Bill Carrico
James Midkiff
Black regent approved for Texas A&M amid abortion protest
The Texas Senate confirmed Dr. John B. Coleman 25 to 4 as the university’s first Black regent after Sen. Walter Mengden questioned the policy direction he might set. Mengden cited Coleman’s clinic abortions and argued against his suitability, joined by three other Democrats in opposition. Coleman acknowledged ownership of Cullen Women’s Center, where about 6,000 abortions are performed annually, and said he has performed roughly 500. The Senate also approved three Texas Board of Corrections appointments by 29–0 vote.
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Carter
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
Congress
Sout Cesia
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Austin
Tex
John B. Coleman
Houston
Texas Senate
Texas A&m University
Walter Mengden
Coleman
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Mengden
Grant Jones
D-Abilene
William Braceklein
Dallas
Frank Lombardino
San Antonio
Senate
Ings
Cullen Women's Center
Texas Board of Corrections
T. Louis Austin Jr
Joe la Mantia
Hidalgo County
Fred W. Shield
Woody found guilty of murder in Kerrville slayings
Allen Ladd Woody was found guilty of murder in the 1975 slayings of Beth Pearson and Carol London near Kerrville. Jurors deliberated about 2 hours 42 minutes until midnight, with sentencing to be considered today. Woody testified he did not know or see the two victims.
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Allen Ladd Woody
Beth Pearson
Woody
Center Point
Kerrville
Pearson
Carol London
Robert Barton
Lyle Brummett
Brummett
David Hensley
Hensley
Woody and
Carol
Tornado damages Saragosa cotton gin and heavy Texas storms
A tornado struck a cotton gin near Saragosa at about 10 30 a m causing minor damage as high wires and tin were torn away. The storm plowed across South Texas with flash flood warnings, rainfall totals near Pleasan ton and Cross prompting evacuations and rescues. Weather officials warned crossings would stay dangerous as rivers rose and more rain was expected.
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Reeves County Sheriffs
Floyd Estrada
Estrada
Pleansanton
San Antonio
Cross
Jourdanton
Pleasanton
Wednnesday
Atascosa
Lower
Frio
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