Pecos Council Names Ben Matta to Vacancy
The Pecos City Council unanimously appointed Ben Matta to fill the council vacancy created by Mayor Pro-Tem Bickley becoming mayor. Matta will serve until next April when an election will decide the remaining year of the term ending 1979. A large overflow crowd attended the special session.
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Pecos
Ben Matta
W.R
Bob’ Bickley
Matta
Bickely
Louis Matta
Dudley Montgomery
Ben
David Dutchover
Phillip Tyree
Jesus Muniz
Tom Diamond
el Paso
Souther Union Gas Company
Change of Location for Jurors in Reeves County
Jane Ross district court clerk announces another change due to a community center fire. Jurors for the 143rd District Court must report December 6 at 9 a.m. to the State Theater for the panel.
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Jane Ross
District Court
Reeves County
143Rd District Court
State Theater
Evelyn Carlson Wins Free Turkey Contest
Evelyn Carlson of 1222 South Willow is declared this week’s winner of a free turkey in a local merchants and The Enterprise sponsored contest. The entry continues in Friday’s issue with coupons to clip and return to merchants. the contest runs weekly until Christmas.
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Evelyn Carlson
South Willow
Enterprise
Money tied up as federal payroll faces abortion dispute
About 240,000 workers in Labor and HEW plus smaller agencies may miss mid December pay as Congress battles over abortion funding. A temporary payroll measure expired leaving payments uncertain until a new accord or interim plan is approved by December 8. Senate House dispute over how abortions are funded and eligibility for rape and incest victims drives the impasse.
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Betty Anne Williams
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
House
Senate
Thomas P. O'Neill
Helping Hand community drive aids Pecos family in need
The Enterprise reports on the Helping Hand project assisting a Pecos family facing hardship. The father is blind and deaf with no income, the mother works one day weekly, and four schoolgoing children need food and clothing. Reeves County Community Council has helped, and readers may call 445-5475 or write P O Box 2057 Pecos Texas 79772.
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Pecos
Community Council of
Reeves County
Enterprise
Pecos Tex
Crude oil tax in peril as House factions balk
Rep. Anthony Moffett says support for President Carter’s crude oil tax weakens in the House amid fears of concessions to the oil industry. He notes dissension over a possible compromise tying the tax to Senate-approved incentives and rebates to consumers, with the measure under pressure from both chambers.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
House
Anthony Moffett
Dconn
Conference Committee
Senate
Moffett
Russell Long
Dla
Thomas P. O'Neill
Congressmen co-sponsor Federal Procurement Conference in Odessa
Congressman Richard C. White and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce will co sponsor a day long Federal Procurement Conference on Friday December 2 at the Inn of the Golden West in Odessa. Seminars cover federal procurement export opportunities bid preparation and foreign trade with procurement specialists from federal agencies prime contractors and local purchasing offices. Registration starts 8 a.m. at ten dollars per person and reservations are available through the chamber.
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Odessa
Richard C. White
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Inn of the Golden West
West Texas
Southern New Mexico
White
Southern
New Mexico
Quirk in Pension Rules Costs U.S. Taxpayers Millions
A GAO study finds a flaw in cost of living adjustments for civil service pensions. Retirees who leave just before CPI increases still receive retroactive boosts, costing about 800 million over 40 years for 92,000 workers retiring next year.
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Evans Witt
Associated Press
Washington
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congressional Audit Agency
Forecast Sees Cooler Wednesday and Warmer Friday
Mostly fair and cooler today with a pleasant HIG equivalent. overnight low will dip. Partly cloudy and warmer Friday with improving conditions for area residents.
Texas Farm Bureau Rejects Strike To Raise Farm Prices
Texas Farm Bureau delegates at the annual meeting rejected a plan to join a national strike aimed at raising prices for wheat cotton and other crops. Farmers urged idling land and higher government action but Texas members insisted on individual choice and opposed collective action.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas Farm Bureau
Jack Williams
Anderson County
Pete Mauney
Harris County
Plains
Carter
United States
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Norman W. Pittenger
Bixler
Carlton
Pittenger
Rister
Bickley
Pecos High School
Chris‘‘nas
Manny Benavides
Ymelda Vasquez
Sharon Adams
Anna Belle Calanchi
Robert Hinojos
Turkey
U.S
Texas
Gail Sadler
Castro
Sadler
International Woman’s Year
Farm Bureau
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