Three Dallas men jailed for Pecos bank fraud attempt
Three Dallas men Simon Vernon Rodriguez Jackie Ray Moore and Jack Durwood Daniels were arrested in Pecos after Rodriguez attempted to deposit a bogus check and withdraw cash at Security State Bank. They were charged with theft by false pretext and held on bonds of 10600 each. Local deputies and bank staff aided the capture.
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Dallas
Pecos
Simon Vernon Roderiguez
Jackie Ray Moore
Jack Durwood Daniels
Gary Ingram
John Prewit
Rodriguez
Bobby Bell
Great Western Finance
Ingram
Reeves County
Breakin Nets Four New Tires At Pecos Battery
Pecos Battery and Electric at 221 S Cypress St reports four tires missing after a break in between 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday night. Owner Dick Pattillo said the rear door was broken and no cash was stolen. Patrolman Ruben Gonzales is investigating.
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Theves
Pecos
S. Cypress St
Dick Pattillo
Pattillo
Ruben Gonzales
Eighteen-year-olds come of age in Texas law change
More than 640000 Texas youths reached 18 at 12 01 am as a new law lowered the age of majority from 21 to 18 taking effect. The change allows 18 year olds full rights including consent for surgery abortion and drinking with fewer parental checks. Atty Gen Hill said about 200 inmates would be released from reform schools. An Odessa woman Louisa Morales was killed in Barstow in a separate shooting incident.
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Ward County
David McPeak
Barstow
Simon Rodriguez
Louisa Morales
Odessa
Associated Press
Texas
Atty
John Hill
Texas Youth Council
Mary Jo Revell
Reeves County
Arthritis Foundation
Revell
The
Dallas
Interior Department
Duke R. Ligon
Ligon
U.S
Pablo Morales
Rodriguez
Bob Doggett
Doggett
Justice of the Peace
C.W. Ross
Wickett
Ben Keele
Dee Hall
Ross
Larry Fuller
Pecos Funeral Home
Sweetwater
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Prime rate rises again as banks lift lending costs
Chase Manhattan Bank increases its prime lending rate to 9 3/4 percent from 9 1/2 percent effective immediately. If industry wide this marks the 15th such rise this year as observers expect higher rates ahead. A Washington spokesman declined comment. Also reported, theft from a car at 363 W Ninth St as a tape player and speakers valued at about 125 dollars were stolen by a young suspect seen entering the vehicle four times.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Washington
Committee On
President
Chase Manhattan
Brett Barrett
Ninth St
Barrett
Letter bomb injures British Embassy secretary in Washington
In Washington a secretary at the British Embassy was seriously wounded by a letter bomb while sorting mail on the embassys sixth floor. Hospital officials identified the victim as Nora Murray a 51 year old. Police and embassy staff sealed the building as investigators weighed the blast.
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Washington
George Washington University Hospital
Nora
Murray
London
London Stock Exchange
Exchange
Irish Republican Army
Cooper Sign Company Joins Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Pecos Chamber announces New member Cooper Sign Company has joined the organization. Chamber manager Terry Burns welcomed the business to the local commerce group.
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Cooper Sign Company
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Terry Burns
Foggy Bogota crash kills 41 aboard Aero-Condor turboprop
An Aero-Condor turboprop carrying 41 people crashed into Cerro del Cable near Bogota minutes after takeoff from Bogota International Airport. Officials confirm all aboard perished. the flight was en route to Cartagena Barranquilla and San Andres Island with connections planned in Barranquilla.
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Bogota
Colombia
Aero- Condor
Cartagena
Barranquilla
San Andres Island
Caribbean
Cerro del Cable
Boy Dies After Falling From Camper Door on I 10
picacho arizona a 9 year old boy died when he slipped from the door of a pickup camper as his parents drove east on inter state 10 two miles east of picacho authorities said the child awoke and opened the outside door believing it led to a bathroom. the zeilstras from phoenix reported their son missing sunday night after others spotted something on the road. the boy was run over by several vehicles causing his death.
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Picacho, Ariz
Fane
Department of Public Safety
Jack Zeilstra
Phoenix
Here
Jack Edward Zeilstra
Hie
Sierras
California
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Florida
New England
New York
South Lake Tahoe
Calif
Sierra Mountains
Carson Pass
Luther Pass
Sioux Falls
S. D
Milwaukee
Wis
Springfield
Chicago
Quillayute
Wash
Phoenix Arix
Weekend weather brings heat and chill across regions
Weekend weather showed extreme swings with highs near 97 in some areas and 68 to 61 lows across others. Thunderstorms rolled from Louisiana into East Texas while showers and fog affected eastern and southern zones. Theft at a local dealer saw two tires and mag wheels plus a stereo taken from a late model pickup. Temperatures reached 97 in Chicago after a warm spell with dense fog in the north and east regions.
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Pecos
Associated Press
Louisiana
Texas
Kerrville
Bandera
Alice
Corpus Christi
Valley Motors
el Paso
Brownsville
Lubbock
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Man Not Injured When Car Hits Sign Post
Lawrence Lewis Jr. of Floy dada escaped injury after his car struck a steel sign post in the 606 block of S Eddy St on Sunday. The wreck occurred when Lewis reached toward a tape player, causing the vehicle to veer into the pole supporting the West Park Baptist Church sign.
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Lawrence Lewis Jr
Floydada
S. Eddy St
Lewis
Eddy
West Park Baptist Church
Vandals Fire Pellet Gun At Pickup On Cactus Street
A pellet gun was used to shoot four holes in a pickup windshield parked in the 2100 block of Cactus Street around 11 p.m. Saturday. No injuries reported and no arrests announced. Nearby residents reported hearing a loud pop before discovering the damage.
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Dalton Moseley
S. Eddy Sr
Cactus St
Mora Cited After Collision At Fourth and Eddy
Ephi Mora of 418 S Magnolia St was cited for three traffic offenses after her car collided with Florentino Tarango at Fourth and Eddy Streets. Tarango of 336 Walthall St was traveling north on Eddy while Mora rode west on Fourth. Patrolman Leonard Saint filed the citations.
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Ephi Mora
S. Magnolia St
Florentino J. Tarango
Walthall St
Leonard Saint
Mora
Fourth
Eddy
Tarango
Get-acquainted Coffee Fetes New Teachers
The annual Pecos Chamber of Commerce reception for Pecos Barstow ISD teachers will be held September 8 from 10 to 11 am in the community center banquet room. Gift certificates from merchants will be awarded as door prizes to teachers meeting new colleagues.
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Teachers Chamber of Commerce
Community Center
Pecos-Barstow Independent
Pecos
Adoor
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Breakin
Dwayne Wilkerson
Lynn Owens
Sherif
Monahans
Arthritis Group
Moseley
Aruba
Curacao
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