Commissioners table proposal to join new appraisal district
The Reeves County Commissioners Court tabled joining a state proposed five member appraisal board, citing cost and lack of mandatory participation before the Sept. 15 deadline. Judge Bill Pigman warned the agency would be costly and not required, noting district lines and district bodies involved. The court also approved Blue Cross rate hikes, bid ad for dual radar units, and precinct boundary changes.
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Reeves County Commissioners Court
W.O
Pigman
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Balmorhea
Marcos
Texas Highway Patrol
Marguerite Kent
Dale Toone
Marcos Martinez, Jr
Northern winds push oil spill away from Texas coast
Northward currents carry sheen from the world’s largest oil spill along South Texas beaches. Scientists say the slick remains about 20 miles offshore and follows the shoreline contours. The movement is not a direct path to the land as winds shift.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Texas
Roger Meacham
Environmental Protection Agency
National Weather Service
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
U.S
John Tower
Miami Beach
Sheen
Brownsville
Padre Island
Port Mansfield
Meacham
Farm workers win liberal contract from Salinas grower
California's largest tomato grower agreed to the United Farm Workers' most liberal contract in history as a strike against lettuce growers neared eight months. Cesar Chavez announced the development at a UFW convention while actress Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden pledged to promote a 50 day nationwide lettuce boycott to press UFW demands.
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Salinas
Calif
California
United Farm Workers
UFW
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Cesar Chavez
UWF
Jane Fonda
Tom Hayden
Rains help firefighters on Western blaze fronts
Rain and sweat gave firefighters early relief as 4 fires were controlled and 7 contained amid 175000 plus acres burned across Idaho, California, Montana, Oregon and Nevada. Weather holds, two fires remain out of control while two new blazes emerge. Coast Guard prepares booms near Gulf shores tied to Ixtoc I sheen.
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho
California
Montana
Oregon
Nevada
Hearings Begin on Textbooks in Texas Schools
Norma Gabler of Longview told the State Textbook Committee that the batch of American government textbooks reviewed for Texas high schools fails to teach the free enterprise system. A conservative reviewer, she criticized the books on opening day of a four day hearing, saying they do not inform students how a president is elected or how a bill becomes law.
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Austin
Tsas
Texas
Norma Gabler
Longview
Roof Collapse Kills Up To Five At O'Hare Stadium
Construction site near O'Hare Airport witnesses report a roof collapse at a four story multipurpose stadium under development. Officials say two to five workers died, with about 100 on site and several injured. Fire and medical crews rushed to the scene as investigators consider a possible plane overflight contributing to the disaster.
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Arthur H. Rotstein
Associated Press
Rosemont
Ill
O’hare International
Federal Aviation Administration
Leyden Township
Chicago
Stadium
Warren Nelson
Ressurection Hospital
Nelson
Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge
Robert Andrews
Sheraton O'Hare
Prosecutor outlines Davis conspiracy case
A Fort Worth jury hears that Cullen Davis allegedly plotted a murder for hire against Judge Joe Eidson and others. Prosecutor Strickland says Davis paid $25,000 to a middleman after believing Eidson dead, while the defense claims Davis was the target in a frame by ex-wife Priscilla. The case follows an earlier mistrial and a Houston acquittal on related charges.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Fort Worth, Texas
Cullen Davis
Jack Strckland
Davis
Strickland
Joe Eidson
Eidson
Richard
Haynes
Patsy
Priscilla
Houston
Bettween Davis
FBI
David McCrory
McCrory
Karen Master
Amarillo
Andrea Wilborn
Californians Held for Alleged Theft
Two Concord residents, Jose Dias aged 24 and his brother Michael, faced a local justice of the peace on theft of service charges after taking $15 of gasoline from a West Third Street service station and leaving without paying. A DPS patrolman on Interstate near Toyah stopped their 1970 model sedan as they headed west around 6:15 p.m. Sunday. The Reeves County Sheriff's Department also investigated about $900 in damages and theft from a Midland rental site near Sullivan Bridge on FM 1216, plus a burglary of a house trailer at Orla and the theft of four saddles and riding gear from a barn in Orla.
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California
Concord
Justice of the Peace
West Third
Reeves County Sheriff's Department
Jose Dias
Michael
Department of Public Safety
Toyah
Reeves County Sheriff’s Department
Midland
Sullivan Bridge
FM 1216
Orla
Economists urge productivity rise to avert layoffs and recession
Congressional economists in a midyear Joint Economic Committee report warn that inflation may ease to 6.2 percent but unemployment could surge if American factories and workers do not boost productivity. They advocate tax incentives for savings and investment and better training for disadvantaged workers, with across the board tax cuts possible next year.
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Washington
Joint Economic Committee
Congress
Weather outlook shows possible evening thunderstorms for Pecos area
Partly cloudy skies persist through Tuesday with a high near 87 for Sunday and a low around 68 this morning. Weekend rainfall totals reached 0.68 inch as scattered thunderstorms spread across central and west areas tonight with Panhandle including showers Tuesday. Central and east expect slightly warmer conditions while Panhandle cools Tuesday. highs range from mid 80s to around 95, with mountain highs near 80 and lows in the 60s, and Tuesday temperatures rising to the 80s to 100s in extreme southwest sectors.
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Pecos
Panhandle
Central
Sear
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