Investigation Planned After Mexican Oil Spill in Texas
Attorney General Mark White arrived in Corpus Christi to lead a lengthy inquiry into the spill fouling Texas beaches. No fault is indicated yet while officials report two to three days of calm seas and no large offshore slicks. Cleanup on Padre Island hotel row proceeds as shrimp samples are collected for safety checks.
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Liz Newlin
Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Mark White
White
U.S. Department of State
U.S
South Padre Island
Coast Guard
Jim McGranahan
Mexico
Bay of Campeche
Madson
Laguna Madre
Barrier Islands
Foreign help cited in San Antonio judge assassination probe
Federal agents report full cooperation from foreign governments in the case of U S District Judge John Wood Jr shot outside his San Antonio home last May. The investigation, led from Washington, spans several states with clues tied to drug cases in West Texas and the South.
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Kerrville
John Wood Jr
United States
Wood
Marquez
FBI
San Antonio
Washington
Texas Associated Press Broadcasters
Maximum John
el Paso
West Texas
South America
Mexico
U.S. Attor
Anti inflation package targets farming and food system
A House Budget Committee task force proposes an eight page anti inflation plan with emphasis on expanding six year old target prices for wheat feedgrains rice and cotton while reducing price-support loans for dairy and sugar. It also favors abandoning acreage controls and boosting public guidance on cost of living measures to influence consumer choices. Reports note proposals to be debated within Congress after summer recess with no firm legislative action yet.
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Washington
Congress
House
House Budget Committee
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Carter Administration
Agriculture Department
USDA
New Texas Frontage Road Law Affects Drivers On Ramps
Effective Aug 27 drivers on frontage roads must yield to traffic entering on on ramps and leaving off ramps on controlled access highways. The change, signed by the Governor, planned signs at 300 locations costing about 30000 dollars, will require caution at ramp areas and updates to existing signage.
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Odessa
Texas
Charles R. Muery
Department of Highays
Public Transpor
Muery
Sheriff impounds vehicle after felony auto theft arrest
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez said a 1980 automobile was impounded and its driver arrested for felony auto theft and marijuana possession. Roger Percy, 31, of Travis Air Force Base California, is jailed in Pecos awaiting appearance before a justice of the peace after a routine plate check on Interstate 10 20 west of Pecos.
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Reeves County
Raul Florez
Pecos
Roger Percy
Travis Air Force Base
Percy
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Department of Public Safety
Price figures cited in Davis murder conspiracy trial
FBI Agent Ron Jannings testified he received what he believed were estimates for payments to murder four people in Cullen Davis case. Names included Priscilla Davis at 500000 dollars, Judges Joe Eidson and Tom Cave at 80000 each, and Bill Davis at 200000, from informant David McCrory at a 1978 meeting. The defense pressed for notes and consistency amid ongoing cross examination.
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Fort Worth
Tom Cave
Davis
Bill Davis
Jannings
Richard
Haynes
Jack Strickland
Houston
Pair caught in Pecos for alleged auto theft
David John Schraff 27 and Patrick Francis Paquin 33 were arrested on felony auto theft charges after a late model sedan stolen in Fort Stockton was recovered south of Pecos. Each subject was bound over for Reeves County and given a $20,000 bond. The Fort Stockton Police alerted Reeves County deputies that the 1979 model automobile had been stolen Saturday morning.
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Reeves County
Raul Florez
Pecos
Fort Stockton
David John Schraff
Giddens
Texas
Patrick
Francis Paquin
Pasa
Weather forecast for Pecos and West Texas region
Thunderstorms and scattered showers expected across Pecos and vicinity through tonight. Sunday high near 95 and a low around 65 reported locally. Weekend rainfall measured at 0.06 inches. West Texas forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms in most areas through tonight, with possible heavy downpours in central and southeast sectors this afternoon and tonight. Partly cloudy Tuesday with widely scattered storms in the afternoon. No major temperature changes. Highs 84 to 90, tonight’s lows 56 to 72.
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Pecos
West Texas
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