Light spill impact eases fears for Gulf ecology
Scientists say tests on the two month old Ixtoc spill show oil is less toxic than feared. Gulf currents broke up the slick, with light tar on Texas shores and no oil detected in Laguna Madre. Officials caution about egg and larval fish toxicity and uncertain long term effects on shrimp and fishing industries.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
Corpus Christi, Tx
Texas
Gulf Coast
Patrick Parker
University of Texas
Parker
Carl Posey
NOAA
Padre Island
Mexico
Robinson
Port Mansfield
Posey
Laguna Madre
Madson
Coast Guard
Tampico
Indictments Returned in Jewelry Burglary Case in Pecos
Reeves County Grand Jury for 143rd District in Pecos returned 12 indictments naming 13 defendants. Key accused include Daniel Olvera Hernandez 18 of 324 S Pine in two burglaries at Fonville Jewels 124 S Oak on June 9 and 12. Other indictments cover vehicle theft, DUI as a subsequent offense, bail bond jumping, burglary of a building, and marijuana possession. One case yielded a no bill.
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Reeves County Grand Jury
Carl Heinrich Juergen Toomey
Germany
Charles Mitchell
Houma
Willie Howard Spence
Barstow
U.S. 80
Pecos
Department of Public Safety
Hector Montano
Alfredo Tarrango Chavez
Victor Chavez
Alfredo Navarette Ortiz
Jose Alberto Barreno
143Rd Judicial District Court
Robert Wayne Sherrin
Wawkief Orbery Sherrin
Joe Hernandez Nunez
Reeves oil and gas boost Reeves County economy
Reeves County oil and gas production in 1978 contributed 123.7 million dollars to Texas output, with 1.2 million barrels of crude oil and 111 million Mcfs of natural gas. Royalty owners earned 15.5 million, taxes totaled 8.9 million, and 537 industry jobs paid about 7.7 million in wages. Drilling activity spent 54.7 million on 89 wells, including 19 wildcats, yielding 21 oil wells and 42 gas wells, minus 10.7 million lost on 26 dry holes. The Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association notes the county ranked 38th among 202 counties.
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Reeves County
Texas
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Association
U.S
H.B (Hank) Harkins
Alice
Texas Employment Commission
Carter loses support from Democrats
New York AP report notes declining backing for Jimmy Carter among core supporters. An ABC News Harris poll finds 52 percent of Democrats who voted for Carter in 1976 would advise him not to seek re election in 1980, while Nixon faces 74 percent disapproval from Americans.
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New York
Richard Nixon
Carter
ABC News-Harris
ABC News 2020
Nixon
Lou Harris
School Board Names Billie Sadler Kindergarten Supervisor
The Pecos Barstow To Yah ISD board named Billie Kay Sadler supervisor of the Pecos Kindergarten. she previously taught at Bessie Haynes Elementary. Ben Jenkins was chosen as assistant principal at Austin Elementary. The meeting also approved a $38,000 bid for a Park Street home built by the Building Trades class, postponed then authorized after mortgage funds were confirmed.
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Board of Education
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Billie Kay Sadler
Pecos
Ben Jenkins
Austin Elementary School
Lawrence
Bubba’ Williams
Building Trades
Park Street
Williams
Joel W. Daniel
Pecos Savings and Loan
Chamber Women plan merchant teacher tea event and drive
The Women’s Division of the Chamber of Commerce met at Jeannette Pattillo’s home to set the August 22 3 PM merchant teachers tea at Carol Naylor’s 1820 Jefferson. Dot Stafford chairs the event and cookies and punch will be provided while Carolyn Grove handles membership forms.
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Jodi Exum
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Jeannette Pattillo
Jayne Robinson
Chamber of Commerce
Teachers-Merchants
Carol Naylor
Jefferson
Dot Stafford
Carolyn Grove
Chamber
Old Pecos
Odessa
Ben Matta
Brenda Medanich
Restudy Ordered Keeps Lubbock Desegregation Ruling
A federal appeals court told a federal district judge to restudy a desegregation order for Lubbock schools prompting an attorney for the school district to call the dispute unresolved. The ruling leaves the case in flux as the district navigates the next steps.
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Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock
Weather Outlook For Pecos And West Texas
Weather notes show high temperatures in Pecos and nearby areas with partly cloudy skies and a chance of scattered evening showers. Thursday’s high reached 101 with a 66 low. The West Texas forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered afternoon and nighttime storms. Highs in the Panhandle to near 100 in Big Bend valleys, lows around 60 to 70 in mountains and Panhandle, and Saturday highs around 80 in Panhandle to mid 90s in Big Bend valleys.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Mountains
Davis jury excused for weekend before murder-for-hire trial
A district judge sent eight men and four women home for a three day weekend before prosecution testimony in Cullen Davis murder-for-hire case. The jurors, aged 26 to 63, were cautioned to avoid news reports as potential witnesses and the judge estimated the trial could last about two months.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Cullen Davis
Gordon Gray
Davis
Priscilla Davis
Houston
Joe Eidson
Gray
Tarrant County
Agency change moves aging committee to TDCA
Gov Bill Clements announced a reorganization transferring the Governor's Committee on Aging to the Texas Department of Community Affairs to improve efficiency. The committee's functions and staff will become a division within TDCA, which operates under the governor's office.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
Texas Department of Community Affairs
TDCA
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Restudy
Gospel Meeting
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