Pecos hosts parade and charreria on Saturday
Charro association stages a town parade from City Hall to the museum and back along U.S. 285 at 10 30 a m. The 2 p m charreria at the rodeo grounds features La Asociacion de Aguilas Pecos and La Asociacion de Charros from Del Rio and Juarez with flags and national guards. Sheriff Raul Florez named El Charro de Honor. Escaramusa Charra Ramuris performs with Tarumara language remarks amid equestrian displays.
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Pecos
City Hall
Museem
U.S. 285
Parti
Asociacion de Charros
del Rio
la Asociacion de Charros Regionales
Juarez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Charreria
National Federation of
Mexico City
Raul Florez
el Charro de Honor
Escaramusa Charra Reramuris
Deadline day for 1976 tax forms and remittances
Harried Boeh nemann amid clutter as he races to mail 1976 income tax forms. President Carter pledges a simpler system by Sept 30 after analysis of the tax code, aiming for 75 to 85 percent of Americans to file their returns without help and to ensure everyone pays their fair share.
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Harry Boehnemann
Carter
Carter outlines inflation fight and energy plan actions
President Carter announces a broad program to curb inflation, warns against permanent tax cuts, names AFL-CIO President George Meany and GE chairman Reginald Jones to head a labor business team to monitor inflation. He previews next week energy plan, cites CIA oil reserve concerns, and pledges to review 30 water projects. He also signals two week policy on illegal aliens and proposes price-stabilizing farm measures. Psalm 71:9 is quoted.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
General Electric Co
Reginald H. Jones
CIA
Mexico
Carter
Tornadoes spawn across the Panhandle and South Plains
Six funnel clouds spawned tornadoes across the Permian Basin with damage at two sites near Saragosa and in the Royalty Grands Falls area Ward County. Hail golf ball sized reported in several locations as severe thunderstorms roll through the Panhandle and South Plains.
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Saragosa
Agin
Royalty-Grandsfalls
Ward County
Bie
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
Barstow
Associated Press
Texas
South
Wild Weater
North Central
State Hall
Charelotte
San Antonio
Kerrville
Guadalupe River
Hunt
Texas 39
Ingram
Montain
River Inn
Johnson Creek
Woody faces 99 year term for Kerrville killings
Fort Stockton Texas AP The jury urged Allen Ladd Woody be given a 99 year prison sentence after convicting him of the 1975 murder of Beth Pearson 15 and the later discovery of Carol London 18 in a Kerrville pasture. Chief witness Lyle Brummett testified Woody strangled Pearson after an alleged rape and sentencing was set for May 23 by State District Court Judge Robert Barton.
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Fort Stockton
Tex
Allen Ladd
Woody
Beth Pearson
Kerrville
Pearson
Carol London
Lyle Brummett
Weather halts LD calls as storms hit Midland area
Lightning disrupted long distance lines between Odessa and Midland after midnight, with service down until 7 p.m. Operators faced backlogs and many circuits remained congested. Marsdale Fraizer leaves DPS for a new home while a Brandon Hotel DPS vacancy draws applicants and testing set for April 25.
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Marsdale Fraizer
Department of Public Safety
Laan
DPS
Brandon
Midland
Ron Ethridge
Southwestern Bell
Odessa
Ethridge
School Board approves pay raises and bids at Zavala project
The Pecos Barstow Toyah School Board raised salaries for maintenance director Elmo Chesney and food service director Geraldine Keely by $1,000 annually. They opened bids on Zavala Junior High shop facilities, with Abbott Building Co. of Odessa lowest at $64,124 though overall cost exceeded budget assumptions.
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Stephen Bates
Pecos - Barstow-Toyah
Frank Perea
Perea
Elmo Chesney
Geraldine Keely
Zavala Junior High School
Abbott Building Co
Odessa
Tommy Service
Wadleith Builders
Snyder
Ray Whitley
Toyah
West Texas Volleyball Association
Zavala
Barstow
Old West Pecos
Whitley
Dogs swell Pecos city coffers with leash and traffic fines
March municipal court report shows dog leash violations totaling 607.50 and dog tag offenses 112.50 with 12.50 for untaged dogs. Traffic fines 681.50 plus 620.50 for unlicensed drivers. Total traffic fines 2314.50 and jail fines 319.50 for drunken offenses.
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Pecos
Recreation group to select officers in Pecos meeting
Pecos Recreation Planning Committee will meet at the Community Public Service Room on Stafford Boulevard at 7 30 p m Tuesday. Presidents of major civic clubs are invited to support recreation planning. Officers will be elected and a definite action plan mapped, with the group seeking official civic status.
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Pecos
Community Public Service Reddy Room
Stafford Blvd
Jimmie R. Kelly
Weather outlook predicts weekend scattered showers
Forecast calls for scattered showers or thunderstorms Sunday and mostly clear, near normal temperatures through Tuesday. Overnight low around 44 degrees with daytime highs not specified.
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la Charreria
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McAllen
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Alpine
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Diana
Jane Bale
Anaheim
Calif
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Julia Ross
Cleveland
Ben Meek
W. Third
Arnold Briere
Ector Fuentes
S. Walnut
Briere
S. Plum
Debbie Jares
Shirley Kelly
Teague
Kelly
Eddy
Jackson
Tony Flores
Margaret Moseley
Nebraska
Flores
Safeway
Oneta Fletcher
Fletcher
Manuel Corrales
S.locust
Ben Meek Jr
Bob Miller
C.J. Kesey
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