Reeves County budget okays pay hikes and incentives
Commissioners approve a 10 percent employee pay increase estimated around 30 000 and grant Sheriff Raul Florez an incentive pay of 7 320 annually to boost education. They also plan a part time hire for Justice of the Peace Phyllis Salyer using a Vocational Office Education student while oil firms press for across the board raises. The court notes Reeves County Hospital funding and expects no tax rate increase this year.
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Justice of the Peace
Phyllis Salyer
Salyer
Reeves County
W.O
Bill
OIL Company
Bill Long
Atlantic Richfield Company
Long
Wendell Faulkner
Dale Toone
Cecil Cothrun
Raul Florez
Florez
Carter vows veto on defense bill over nuclear carrier
President Carter told congressional leaders he will veto the 37 billion weapons authorization bill because it funds a 2 billion nuclear aircraft carrier he opposes. He aims to redirect funds to conventional forces, especially in Europe, with timing uncertain as Congress recesses. Senate and House leaders weigh override chances amid support and doubts.
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Carter
Edward P. Boland
D-Mass
House
White House
Congress
Europe
O’ Neill
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Republican Policy Committee
John Stennis
Chiirman
Senate Armed Services Committee
Brothers posted $5,000 bonds in Texas marijuana case
Jimmy Hal Haney, 23, of 207 W Hillmont and his brother James Howard Haney Jr., 38, of 811 E 15th in Odessa were released on $5,000 bonds after Monday arrest in Big Bend National Park for unauthorized possession of marijuana. Bonds posted Wednesday in Marfa before U.S. Magistrate Joe Segura, then remanded to U.S. Marshal custody for transfer to Reeves County jail in Pecos and further court proceedings.
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Jimmy Hal Haney
W. Hillmont
James Howard Haney, Jr
Odessa
Texas
Big Bend National Park
Reeves County
Pecos
Contempt cited over drug company trade secret documents
HEW Secretary Joseph Califano Jr faced a potential contempt citation as Rep. Albert Gore Jr. urged the release of subpoenaed records on how major drug firms may buy generic drugs, repackage them under brand names, and inflate prices. Califano argues trade secrets protect manufacturing processes while Gore pushes for a compromise before the full committee vote.
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Washington
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Congress
Califano
House Commerce Investigations Subcommittee
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Albert Gore Jr
Dtenn
Subcommittee
Griffin Bell
Gore
Food and Drug Administration
Blumenthal critiques House tax cut as unfair
Treasury Secretary W Michael Blumenthal told the Senate Finance Committee the 16 3 billion House tax cut conflicts with ability to pay and would mostly benefit upper income Americans He proposes a credit based system to replace exemptions and credits He warned larger cuts could worsen inflation Meanwhile Pecos heat hits 106 with forecasts of isolated thunderstorms and continued hot afternoons across West Texas
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Washington
House
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Senate Finance Committee
Blumenthal
Finance Committee
Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
Big Bend
Indicted man Gomez Trevino seized in Dallas arrest
Ramon Gomez-Trevino 35 of Lyford Texas was arrested in Dallas on a Pecos Division federal indictment charging knowingly and intentionally importing and possessing marijuana for distribution and felony possession of a firearm. Bond set at 10000. to be returned to Pecos jurisdiction.
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Dallas
Ramon Gomez-Trevino
Lyford
Texas
Pecos
U.S
Steve Balog
Gomez-Trevino
U.S. District Court For
Western District of Texas
Ford defends Warren Commission on Kennedy assassination
Former president Gerald Ford defended the Warren Commission conclusions, reiterating that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. He opposed any theory of a conspiracy and said the commission’s basic findings remain valid despite a House panel studying a new tape analysis.
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Bob Wieland
Associated Press
Dallas
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Commission
Gerald Ford
Lee Harvey Oswald
Massachusetts Acoustics
Oswald
House
Ford
Four escape after Lubbock apartment explosion injures one
A gas leak sparked an explosion at a Lubbock Texas apartment complex injuring Lucille Davis 48 and causing second degree burns to a boy and minor injuries to others. Diane Hawkins 29 and her son Frankie 8 were inside when the blast collapsed the Hawkins unit and scattered debris across the street. An insurance estimate put damage at about 10000 dollars.
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Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock
Diane Hawkins
Bill Morgan
Standifer
Lucille Davis
Hawkis
Morgan
Hawkins
Organ
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