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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1978
Page
1
A third tape played at Cullen Davis bond hearing shows a police informant detailing plans to kill Judge Joe Eidson. Davis discusses hiring murder, money, and transport with informant David McCrory, who was wired by the FBI during a Sunday meeting in a restaurant parking lot.
Mike Giere of El Paso the Republican candidate for Congress from the 16th District will visit Pecos Saturday Aug 27 at 1 p.m. at the Pecos Chamber of Commerce Office. All persons who wish to meet the candidate are invited. Giere will oppose incumbent Richard White in the Nov 7 general election.
The National Letter Carriers Association votes 4 to 3 against a three-year deal, threatening a nationwide strike. APWU and Mail Handlers votes pending. NALC says layoffs ban key issue, seeks renegotiation through mediation. Postal Service not obligated to reopen talks, Postmaster General Bolger says negotiations complete.
The Pecos City Council schedules the second monthly meeting for tomorrow at 7 30 a m in city hall. On the agenda are vandalism remedies with a possible information reward, Alberta and Fourth Street intersection controls, exemption of electric and gas bills from the four percent state sales tax, a golf course financing proposal, and an ordinance to let the Texas Highway Department install stop and go signals at Third and Eddy Streets. At 8 30 a m bids for pumps at the Holiday Inn Lift Station will be opened.
Eleven defendants including two women and two Texas natives were convicted of misdemeanor immigration violations before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos after pleading guilty. Sentences range from 90 to 179 days, with several concurrent terms, fines, and probation, noting offenses could have been felonies.
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez announced the arrest of Mickey Rodriguez, 30, on forgery charges related to a Pecos check transaction after a 1974 model automobile was recovered. Rodriguez, with a Hobbs New Mexico address, is released on a $2000 bond. The stolen vehicle had been reported in Ysleta earlier this month by Charlie Millan.
City Attorney Ted Painter reports Governor Dolph Briscoe has authorized a special Pecos election on November 4. Painter will inform the council at 7:30 a.m. meeting. State law requires 30 days notice. Without governor permission, municipal elections cannot be held in even years. earliest would be January 1979.
The decomposed body of escapee Gary Tison was located by Papago Indian Reservation near Papago Chemicals Inc., about 17 miles southwest of CASA GRANDE. Authorities suspect heat exposure caused death after a July prison break that left five dead.
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