Crystal City gas shutoff looms after court ruling
Crystal City faces a looming gas shutoff as the Court of Appeals in New Orleans refused to block Lo-Vaca from turning off supply Thursday morning over a debt exceeding 740000 dollars. The city, already under interim rate orders, warned residents to prepare for fuel loss and considered easing codes to use wood or butane.
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Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Lo-Vaca
Appeals Court
Paul Rich
Crystal City
Supreme Court
Lewis Powell
Houston
La-Vaca
Francisco Benavides
Benavides
la Vaca
Anita churns westward as 95 mph hurricane nears Texas
Hurricane Anita drifted slowly through the Gulf of Mexico with 95 mph winds, centering about 300 miles from New Orleans and Galveston. Advisories stretched from Tarpon Springs to Corpus Christi while thousands evacuate and offshore rigs are secured. The storm’s path remains uncertain, with high tides and possible further intensification ahead of landfall.
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New Orleans
Anita
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Gulf
Texas
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
Louisiana
Neil Frank
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Weather Service
Vermilion Bay
New Iberia
Smith vows to consider plan as Rhodesian vote looms
Rhodesia faces a pivotal parliamentary election with Prime Minister Ian Smith seeking a two thirds majority to amend the constitution. Polls favor the Rhodesian Front amid a split field of ultra right and multiracial groups as soldiers and farmers queue for 12 hours of voting. Smith plans talks with British and U.S. envoys on a transition plan while signaling openness to study it before proposing his own terms.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Smith
Rhodesian Front Party
Legislative Assembly
U.S
Weather Watch Fair to partly cloudy forecast
Tuesday's forecast shows fair conditions with a high near typical seasonal. Overnight low expect cool margins as skies transition to partly cloudy tonight and again Thursday.
Jackrabbit Rope Rodeo Sparked West Texas Backlash
In 1932 Grace Hendricks roped a jackrabbit at a local tea event, setting a world record that drew nationwide attention. The revived Ector County Fair plans a fall Jackrabbit Rodeo, triggering Colorado protests and a Colorado law threat of up to $500 and two years’ jail for lassoing rabbits. Sheriff Reeder Webb ordered the end to jackrabbit rodeos after the original event.
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Odessa
Grace Hendricks
Bunny Roper
Denver
Colorado
Colorado State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Ector County
Reeder Webb
Prosecutors Seek Admissibility of Priscilla Davis Transcript
In Amarillo Texas prosecutors press to admit a Fort Worth bond hearing transcript and related interview as evidence in Cullen Davis murder trial. Priscilla Davis identifies the gunman as Cullen Davis and describes the August 1976 shooting spree at the mansion that wounded her and killed her lover Stan Farr and her daughter Andrea later.
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Amarillo
Tex
Priscilla Davis
Unicyclist Airman Aims for 100 Mile Labor Day Run
Airman Frank Williams plans a 100 mile unicycle trip from Bergstrom AFB to Waco on Labor Day to break the 83 mile one day world record. The 20 year old from Jacksonville Arkansas also vows a 50 mile nonstop leg to set another mark. He has ridden unicycles since age ten after seeing a clown perform. Williams bikes about 20 miles daily and wears out five or six cycles yearly.
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Austin, Tex
Frank Williams
Waco
Labor Day
Williams
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Jacksonville
Ark
Football edition preview for Pecos Balmorhea district 2 AAA
The Enterprise announces its annual football edition coming Thursday. It features stories and photos on Pecos Eagles Balmorhea Bears District 2 AAA Southwest Conference and Big Eight teams. The 24 page tabloid will be included with the newspaper and extra copies available at the office.
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Pecos Eagles
Balmorhea Bears
Enterprise
Labor Day Office Closures and Bank Breaks Noted
Federal state county and city offices will observe Labor Day Monday by taking the day off. First National and Security State Banks Pecos Savings and Loan and several local businesses will also be closed. The Department of Public Safety will have men on duty but the driver's license office will be closed. The Enterprise will close and no paper will be published.
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First National and Security
Pecos Savings and Loan
Department of Public Safety
Teachers may get longer school year
Atty. Gen. John Hill told Sen. Maury that districts may require 5 extra non paid days for teacher prep beyond 10 in service days, provided overall daily pay meets the state minimum. The opinion treats contracts and pay as key to any such extra days, and notes changes since the 1977 legislature.
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Austin
Tex
John Hill
Oscar Maury
Hill
Mauzy
Senate Education Committee
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Yandell
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Supreme Court
el Paso
Chiefs
Maddox
Vice
Gulf Coast
Cameron Parish
Audrey
Baytown
Grand Isle
New Pecos
Laverne Boatright
Nora Gutierrez
David Owen
Andrew Young
Priscilla
Davis
Cullen
Dale Carnegie
Farnum Jewelry
Pecos
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