Gasohol Day Boosts Capitol Support In Texas
At the Texas Capitol a Gasohol Day rally promoted bills to legalize alcohol blended fuel and provide incentives. Agriculture Commissioner Reagan Brown donned a service station uniform and pumped gasohol at an Austin station as Governor Clements waited in line. lawmakers touted potential tax exemptions and $40 million in pilot projects and grants to spur Texas gasohol production and use.
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Austin
Texas
Reagan Brown
Bill Clements
Brown
Bob Armstrong
Capitol
Bob Price
R-Pampa
Senators approve credit insurance bill in Texas
Texas senators tentatively backed a credit insurance bill on a 24 to 7 vote advancing toward the House. The measure would let stores offer a package policy covering debt risks including illness dismissal or strike, with optional coverage but concerns raised over cost and consumer demand. The plan sets a 50 cent per $100 monthly rate on a declining balance, and includes potential credit life and property or card loss coverages.
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Carl Parker
House
Montgomery Ward Enterprises
Lloyd Doggett
Austin
Parker
Doggett
D-Port Arthur
Texas
Credit Life
Minor injuries at Mivida plant from slip incident
Three EDCO workers from the Mivida oilfield plant north of Barstow were injured while descending a scaffold. Jose Nunez 43, Adrian Gonzalez 33, and Ricky Romero 29 were taken to Reeves County Hospital with a neck cut and precautionary observation after exposure to gas fumes. Gonzalez and Romero were released. Nunez remained under care.
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Reeves County Hospital
Mivida
Barstow
Adrian Gonzalez
Ricky Romero
N. Cedar
Jose Nunez
Nunez
EDCO
No bids received for Earl Bell School buildings removal
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD moved to advertise for bids to remove all buildings on the Earl Bell School property and clear debris after no bids were received and a prior low offer from West Texas Economic Development Agency was deemed too small. The district eyes cleanup or demolition as an asset decision while other property bids and school bus sales were also considered.
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Lew Barrett
Board of Education
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Earl Bell
Ray Whitley
West Texas Economic Development Agency
Joel Daniel
Vernon Hagar
Pecos
Cheverolet
Hagar
Spanish Mission Baptist Church
Andrews
John Griffis
Ronnie Bannister
Barstow
Matta
Patty Montgomery
Paul Williams
David Hess
Daniel
Bob Miller
Ben Meek
Board of Equalization
Bill Prewit
Doug Mires
Richard San Roman
Two held in alleged theft of automobile
Two Missouri residents were arrested after a late model car reported stolen in Missouri was stopped by a deputy on Interstate 20 two miles east of Toyah in Reeves County. Edgar Harold Heflin, 25, and Linda Martinez Smith, 18, both of Crystal City, appeared before Justice of the Peace Phyllis Salyer. Smith faced possession of stolen property charges, Heflin burglary. Bond set at $5,000 each. they remain in sheriff's custody pending further court action. Authorities say they are also wanted in Vega.
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Missouri
Justice of the Peace
Toyah
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Edgar Harold Heflin
Linda Martinez Smith
Crystal City
Phyllis Salyer
Heflin
Vega
Rookie policeman subpoenaed in Wichita Falls shooting
A rookie officer named Jaye L. Wright was subpoenaed to testify before the Wichita County grand jury investigating the curfew shooting of Daniel Solas, a 24 year old man described as an illegal alien. The curfew remains in effect outside the storm area while prices spike and a price freeze faces enforcement.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Wichita County Grand Jury
Jaye L. Wright
Daniel Solas
Ruben Bonilla
League of United Latin American Citizens
Corpus Christi
Mark White
Weather update for Pecos area through Thursday
Pecos and vicinity expect partly cloudy skies through Thursday with widely scattered afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms, except extreme west. Highs 75 to 95, lows 53 to 65. Tuesday brought a 0.04 inch shower, the first rain since mid March, with a 92 degree high and 53 degree low reported in Pecos.
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Pecos
West
Texas
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