Oil washes six mile beach area on Padre Island
Thick patches of Mexican crude oil coated more than six miles of South Padre Island beaches. Tourism is down about 30 percent as officials begin cleanup and assess impacts.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
Corpus Christi, Texas
South Padres Island
South Padre Island
Texas
Bahia Mar
Peter Vente
C.D. Weeter
Logo Vista
Lake Travis
Austin
Vente
Coast Guard
Jim Paskewich
Paskewich
Long Island
Bay of
Campeche
South Texas
South Padre
Harlingen
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Thompson
Padre Island
Corpus Christi
John Robinson
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Grand Isle
New Orleans
Jim McGranahan
Angel Derby flyers spend night in Pecos
Rebecca Mouhot and Gen ie Merrell paused in Pecos on their way to the Angel Derby in California from Fort Lauderdale. They fly a Piper Cherokee 180. The 50th anniversary race follows the original 1929 route from Santa Monica to Cleveland with about 6,000 members worldwide in the Ninety Nine club. Ms Merrell will pilot Angel 5 and aims to reach Cleveland in four to five days with Gulf Stream chapter support.
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Rebecca Mouhot
Genie Merrell
Pecos
California
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Santa Monica
Calif
Cleveland
Ohio
Amelia Earhart
Kay
Laura Blevins
Houston
Texas
Merrell
Emery Air Freight
Jayne Robinson
Pecos-Barstow Toyah ISD holds budget hearing tonight
The Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School District schedules a 5 30 p m public hearing at the administration offices to review the proposed 1979 80 budget of 6 754 305 dollars and set the school tax rate Representatives from Texas oil firms are expected to attend to discuss the expenditures The tentative plan shows 4 791 611 for payroll 432 300 for contracted services 302 996 for supplies 357 621 for other operating costs 728 413 for debt service and 141 364 for capital outlay with total revenues of 6 653 826 including 3 877 255 local 2 751 321 state and 25 250 federal The end year balance is projected at 119 515 and assessed valuation up 10 300 000 but Homestead Exemptions will wipe out 3 000 000 of that increase
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Board of Education
Pecos - Barstow
Toyah Independent School District
S. Park
DAR object to world government themes in Texas civics books
A Texas DAR leader told the State Textbook Committee that high school civics books advocating one world government or discussing United Nations NATO detente and population issues are not appropriate for U S government texts. She opposed several titles including American Citizenship by Scholastic as 44 books are under review for next year. The publisher defended the work as non propagandistic though acknowledging it could be more current and objective on foreign policy.
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Austin
Texas
United Nations
NATO
U.S
Drusilla Bearden
Texas Dar
State
Bearden
Scholastic
Pecos Receives 306 562 Federal Grant for Airport Renovation
The Department of Transportation awards Pecos City 306 562 to fund runway marking and lighting on Runway 13 31 and to install wind cones and rotating beacons. Funds will rehabilitate taxiways, with FAA and Texas Aeronautics Commission grants contributing to a multi phase project. Construction planned to start in October after bid advertising in September.
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Washington, D.C
Lloyd Bentsen
FBI agent back on stand in Cullen Davis trial
The defense aims to discredit the FBI agent Ron Jannings who testified about searches on informant David McCrory and the absence of a phantom tape. Prosecutors seek to undermine Davis’s claim he knew he was recorded in talks with McCrory. The case centers on a conspiracy alleged by Davis’s ex-wife Priscilla during a contentious divorce. The informant McCrory was wired by the FBI for two meetings with Davis on August 18 and 20.
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FBI
Cullen Davis
Fort Worth
Jannings
David McCrory
Davis
McCrory
Priscilla
Pecos rebates top $25K from 1 percent city tax in Aug
Texas Comptroller Bob Bullock reports Pecos will receive $25,519.92 in August rebates from the 1 percent city sales tax, part of a year total of $207,516.69, up 17 percent from last year. Balmorhea gains $578.90 in August, lifting eight month total to $3,489.12, up 59 percent from last year.
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Bob Bullock
Pecos
Balmorhea
Texas
Bullock
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
MTA
Reeves County to Hold 1980 Budget Hearing
County Judge W O Bill Pigman announced a public hearing on Reeves County 1980 budget set for Friday at 9 30 a m in the Reeves County Courthouse. The session, hosted by the Comptroller’s Office, will discuss monthly finances and optional city sales taxes.
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W.O
Bill’’ Pigman
Reeves County
Comptroller's Office
Weather outlook with scattered storms across Pecos area
Partly cloudy skies with possible showers and thunderstorms through tomorrow for Pecos and nearby. Wednesday high 92, low 67 this morning. West Texas thunderstorms from the Panhandle to west of the Pecos through Friday. Partly cloudy tonight and through Friday, slightly warmer in the west. Highs near 80 Panhandle and mountains, near 100 along the Rio Grande in Big Bend. Overnight lows in the 60s Panhandle, upper 50s to near 70 in the southeast mountains.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Pecos River
Rio Grande River
Big Bend
Upper 50S Mountains
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April Foster
Pecos High School
Gomesindo Olibas
Louis Wood
Robert Hinojos
Angel Derby Flyers
Ray Whitley
Mark
Mike Burkholder
Council
Burkholder
Federal Aviation Agency
Texas Aeronautics Commission
W.R
Bob”’ Bickley
FAA
Ves
Comptroller
Israel
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