Pecos Council to Sell Two City Plots This Thursday
Pecos City Council will consider bids on two parcels in Thursday morning session. The old White's building on Oak Street 300 block and a 15,000 square foot lot by the golf course across from the Sunday House Motel are up for sale. The meeting also covers radio system upgrade, Pecos Cab franchise renewal, resignations, and reports from the corporation court tax collector and treasurer.
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Pecos
Sunday House
Galveston
Corporation Court
Gene Douglas
Brandon Hotel to be demolished with nearby structures
The Brandon Hotel on Oak Street is slated for demolition along with adjacent old buildings. Offices on the first floor will relocate, with Roddy Harrison moving to the Taylor Flower shop building on Oak. Salvage work continues upstairs as DPS and entomologist offices depart. Construction delays push full vacating past January 15. Council bids Thursday will include a Third and Oak parking lot with a 10 year city lease.
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Brandon
Oak
Roddy Harrison
Taylor Flower Shop
Fourth and
Cypress
Third and
White's Auto Store
Cold Texas start with frost as far south as Houston
The Associated Press reports a chilly Texas morning with 13 degrees at Marfa and 45 in Brownsville, while other areas recorded 20s to 30s. Clear skies were expected to bring a gradual warmup, with a rising southwest wind possibly prompting warnings in the Texas Panhandle. Snow fell across the Plains to New England, with light accumulations and winter storm watches in North Dakota. frigid air lingered in the Midwest and Appalachians, and rain affected the Southeast and Pacific Northwest. Temperatures ranged from -22 at Warroad Minnesota to 76 at Key West Florida.
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Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Marfa
Brownsville
el Paso
Texas Panhandle
Plains
New England
Rockies
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
North Carolina
Missouri
North Dakota
Midwest
Iowa
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Minnesota
Michigan
Appalachians
Ohio Valley
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Warroad
Minn
Key West
Fla
Explosion at Exxon Gas Station Kills Man in Texas
An explosion and fire at an Exxon natural gas compressor station near Orange Grove Texas killed William Faulkner of Odom. One co worker was missing, two injured and another burned. Exxon crews and area firefighters brought the blaze under control later in the day as gas flow was shut off and service continued to Houston and East Texas.
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Orange Grove
Tex
Exxon Gas System
Texas
Nueces
William Faulkner
Odom
Exxon
Faulkner
King Ranch
South
Houston
East Texas
East
John Tolleson
AMA Delegates Back National Health Insurance Plan
The American Medical Association voted 181 to 57 in Philadelphia to reaffirm support for a national health insurance program acceptable to organized medicine. The plan would minimize federal involvement, avoid new Social Security taxes, leave funding to private insurers, be voluntary for employees but mandatory for employers, and hinge on Congress action.
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Philadelphia
American Medical Association
United States
AMA
House of Delegates
Congress
Lone Star curtails schools gas supply in Wichita Falls area
Lone Star Gas Co curbed gas to Wichita Falls area schools and priority industrial users to conserve interstate reserves ahead of a expected cold season. Restorations target noon today with 64 entities affected, 18 still offline, as districts plan Thursday reopen. Local temperatures dipped into the 20s.
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Dallas
Wichita Falls
Texas
Oklahoma
Lone Star Gas Co
Lee Williamson
Wichita Falls Record News
Bowie
Vernon
Lone Star
Texas suit seeks to block electors from voting
Two men from Houston and Dallas file federal suit in Dallas to halt Texas electors from casting ballots for president and challenge parts of state election law as unconstitutional. Plaintiffs seek temporary restraining order with defendants including Texas electors Gov Briscoe Secretary of State White and Atty. Gen. Hill.
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Dallas
Texas
Brian Cathcart Lynch
Houston
James Nolan Phillips
Dolph Briscoe
Mark White
John Hill
Bullock Advertises in Wall Street Journal Ad
Comptroller Bob Bullock may have violated the Texas constitution by placing a booster ad in the Southwest edition of the Wall Street Journal. The constitution allows state promotion of resources but prohibits using the name or picture of any living state official.
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Bullock
Wall Street Journal
Austin
Tex
Bob Bullock
Texas
Legis
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Pecos Cab Company
Leticia Garcia
Brandon Hotel
DPS
Gist
I-20
Harrison
Western Insurance
Weatherwatch
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Enserch
Lone Star Gas
Mexico
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
U.S
District Court
Robert W. Porter
Planta Me
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