Food items ease Increased fuel costs jump November prices
Wholesale prices rose 0.8 percent in November with gasoline and alcoholic beverages posting large increases while food prices grew 0.6 percent. Meat fruit and rice declines tempered the rise, signaling possible slower price gains ahead. Gasoline up 1.6 percent, energy products rise, and energy costs influence future retail prices. Alfred Kahn commented that energy prices may need to rise to ensure fuel supplies despite inflation pressures.
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Michael Doan
Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Carter
Alfred Kahn
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Kahn
Governor-elect calls for West Texas water
Governor-elect Bill Clements urged West Texas farmers to pursue a water import plan from Arkansas, backing House Speaker Bill Clayton. He said the region’s well being and economy rely on new water, and he'd support a constitutional amendment if needed. A theft at Swift Agricultural Chemicals in Pecos yielded five tires worth 230 dollars, reported amid West Texas water discussions.
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Midland, Texas
West Texas
Bill Clements
Bill Clayton
Arkansas
Clements
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Swift Agricultural Chemicals Corp
Balmorhea Highway
Pecos
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
West Texans
United States
Clements outlines tax cuts and budget plan proposal
Clements spoke at length about reducing taxes after taking office and pledged to return an additional billion dollars of surplus to taxpayers. He criticized the Legislative Budget Board as not expecting their plan to be the final budget, calling their proposal a letter to Santa Claus and noting it would leave only a minimal surplus after tax relief funds are set.
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Clements
Legislative Budget Board
Budget Board
Santa Claus
Commissioner Jon Newton to resign from Texas Railroad Commission
Texas Railroad Commissioner Jon Newton said he will resign to Gov Dolph Briscoe effective Jan 1 over a potential conflict of interest. He cited substantial royalty income from natural gas wells on land in his wife’s family for seven generations and rejected blind trust as solving the dilemma. Newton, 37, was elected in 1976 to a six year term after defeating Jerry Sadler in a Democratic runoff and Walter Wendlandt in the general election. He previously chaired the House Energy Crisis Committee and served in the Texas House from 1970 to 1976.
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Austin, Texas
Texas
Jon Newton
Dolph Briscoe
Newton
Ben Ramsey
Jerry Sadler
Sadler
Walter Wendlandt
Commission
Beeville
Texas House
House Energy Crisis Committee
Energy Resources Committee
House Oil and Gas Subcommittee
Monahans Man Receives Jail Term For Heroin Possession
Freddie Joe Jaquez, 29, of Monahans, was sentenced to 2 to 7 years in the Texas Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to possession of heroin in Reeves County. The indictment came from the Reeves County Grand Jury and the sentence was handed down December 4 by District Judge Lawrence Fuller in Pecos.
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Monahans
Reeves County
Grand Jury
Judicial District Court
Texas Department of Corrections
Freddie Joe Jaquez
Lawrence Fuller
Pecos
Juvenile Arrested in Pecos for Telephone Harassment
Raul Florez reported Thursday the arrest of a Pecos juvenile for telephone harassment. The juvenile was turned to county juvenile authorities. The sheriff recommended disconnecting phones for such users and noted numerous past incidents of juvenile harassment by telephone.
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Reeves County
Raul Florez
Pecos
Weather advisory for West Texas and Pecos area
Overcast skies with drizzle and freezing drizzle linger in Pecos as a winter storm watch covers the South Plains and Panhandle. High 39.6, low 33. Travelers advisory lasts through Friday with north and mountain snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches. Mountain valleys see snow mixed with rain through Friday.
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Pecos
South Plains
Panhandle
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
West Pecos Gymnasium to Open After Renovation
Community Recreation Director Jim Edwards announced the renovated West Pecos Gymnasium will officially open Monday December 11 with hours 6 pm to 10 pm weekdays 8 am to 5 pm Saturday and 1 to 5 pm Sunday. The facility, funded by Pecos Barstow Toyah ISD Reeves County and Town of Pecos, offers badminton basketball jogging fitness table tennis volleyball weightlifting and more. A gym card is required for entry and inquiries may be directed to Jim Edwards Irma Baeza or the Community Recreation Department.
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Pecos High School
Cyril Smith
West Pecos
Jim Edwards
Enterprise
Robert Hinojos
Ray Cameron
Joe Ramon
Billy Vandiver
West Pecos Gym
Pecos City
Reeves County
Board of Education of the
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Inde
Community Recreation Department
Irma Baeza
Karate expert denies conspiracy to frame Cullen Davis
Pat Burleson a karate instructor testified he did not conspire with David McCrory or FBI to frame Cullen Davis. He visited the Davis mansion to see Priscilla Davis and met McCrory after a phone call, saying he avoided discussing the case. The proceedings linked Burleson to a triangle involving Priscilla Davis and an FBI informant in the murder-for-hire context.
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David McCrory
Cullen Davis
Jack Strickland
Pat Burleson
FBI
Burleson
Richard
Haynes
Davis
Priscilla
McCrory
Ron Jannings
Jannings
Lilies of the Field Senior Play Opens at Pecos High
The senior class play Lilies of the Field opens tonight at Pecos High School Auditorium at 8 pm with a Friday matinee to follow Tickets are $1.50 at the door The cast led by Nancy Lujan as Sister Elizabeth says the show will be as good as past productions and offers acting experience and a rare nun and priest cast
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West Pecos Gymnasium
Pendent School District
Town of Pecos
Commissioner's Court of
Mike Cochran
Houston
Fort Worth
Nancy Lujan
Sister Elizabeth
Homer Smith
Homer
Maria Marthe
Mother Maria
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