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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1979
Page
1
Pecos City Council schedules a special meeting for Friday at 7 pm to act on an $89,837 five year lease offer for oil and mineral rights on city property. Terry Burkholder of Pecos submitted the sole bid covering 1 633 408 acres near Pecos Municipal Airport.
The council was informed that the quarterly TML Region IV meeting will take place at Andrews Country Club on Thursday September 6 at 6 30 p m Dick Brown executive director of TML will speak and officers for the next year will be elected The council also voted to advertise for bids on a 100 by 90 foot parcel on Stafford Boulevard near
Jimmy Chagra failed to appear at a federal bond hearing in El Paso and forfeited his $400 000 bond after his lawyers and brother appeared to seek bond reduction. U S Attorney Jamie Boyd stated the defendant may have fled the jurisdiction. Eddy Street. The city manager noted Pecos family interest in property with bids opening at 8 30 a m September 13 and a minimum bid of 20 cents per square foot.
John Dorr of Pecos faces trial in San Antonio in a federal case after a venue change. Prosecutors accuse him of conspiracy to import and distribute marijuana and of importation and possession with intent to distribute. Dorr, a petroleum land man and banker, was arrested in the Security State Bank building on March 14 and temporarily released after posting a 150000 dollar bond.
Texas A M University civil engineer Roy Hann says Mexico has provided very poor international cooperation in studying the spill affecting bays estuaries and beaches along the Texas Gulf coast. He criticizes lack of data and unshared reports while predicting potential regional environmental impact and questioning official oil skim estimates and burn claims.
Convicted swindler Billie Sol Estes was moved from Dallas County Jail to the La Tuna federal prison near El Paso Texas. The U S Marshal's office said he faces revocation of parole and was arrested August 16 on a warrant from the U S Parole Commission. A hearing is planned within 90 days of arrest. Estes previously served six years in a West Texas swindle case and was convicted July 11 for conspiring to conceal assets from the IRS and using forged documents to defraud investors.
Debra Kaye Reagan 21 of Pecos pleaded guilty to the felony unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in 1438th Judicial District Court. Judge Gene Ater suspended two years imprisonment and placed her on two years supervised probation for taking a 1976 pickup from James Lumpkin’s residence on August 14. Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez announced the arrest at the Lone Star Motel. Reagan is a native of Crossville Tennessee.
Federal warrant issued as Jimmy Chagra fails to appear for a bond hearing the week after skipping a probation office meeting in Las Vegas. Attorneys predict he will not show, potentially increasing his bond to 3 million if he comes in. Chagra was convicted last week of continuing criminal conspiracy, facing life imprisonment.
President Carter said the 2 million barrels of heating oil and kerosene approved for export to Iran are a tiny amount relative to U S imports from Iran. Energy officials cited humanitarian reasons and U S interests while Amerada Hess pledged replacements if needed to avert U S shortages.
Weather fair and partly cloudy skies prevail for Pecos and vicinity with evening thunder showers. Yesterday's high reached 103 degrees and 67 was recorded this morning. West Texas remains sunny through Friday with scattered afternoon and night thunderstorms, mostly south. Warm conditions continue with highs in the 90s to 102 in Big Bend, and lows in the 60s to upper 50s Panhandle and mountains. Friday highs reach the upper 80s Panhandle to 102 Big Bend.
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