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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1978
Page
1
In November the unemployment rate held at 5.8 percent while adult men gained most of the 540000 new jobs. The report shows men’s employment rising to 51.9 million from 51.4 million as overall joblessness improved yet inflation fears linger.
A Texas assistant attorney general said the federal government seeks states willing to host disposal sites. Studies probe Panhandle and East Texas, with Carlsbad New Mexico as a pilot, while Texas asserts veto authority to block sites. Experts urge thorough federal study before any waste moves across Texas.
In Houston AP report, former informant David Binion testifies Priscilla Davis appeared upset and sought harm to Cullen Davis at a meeting last winter. He says she implied a hit man was needed while defense argues a conspiracy against Cullen Davis.
In 143rd Judicial District Court in Pecos Judge Lawrence Fuller granted an instructed verdict for Dr. Jen M. Chuong of Pecos for insufficient evidence. The civil damage suit, filed Oct. 26, 1976 by Armando P. Dominguez, 30, of Pecos, proceeded to defense request for an instructed verdict after plaintiff finished evidence. case under jury hearing.
Cold morning lows near 27 with overcast skies and a Thursday high around 36. A travelers advisory remains in effect for the Panhandle and northwestern South Plains due to remaining snow and possible up to one inch more. Decreasing clouds today with scattered snow ending southwest this morning and north this afternoon, then fair, very cold tonight, and fair with a break in the cold Saturday. Highs reach 15 in the Panhandle to 52 in the south, lows 5 to 30, Saturday forecast highs 30s north to near 60 south.
The 1979 senior class production Lilies of the Field returns for a second and final performance tonight at 8 in Pecos High School Auditorium. Tickets at the door are 1.50 dollars. Cast includes Kenneth Ford Homer Smith and Alice Speh Mother Maria Marthe with Genaro Rodriguez as Father Gomez and Abel Arias as Orville Livingston.
A shooting south of Pecos left one man dead and three wounded. Raque Torres and Matias Torres were hospitalized for gunshot injuries while Entonio Yanez was treated and released. The dead man’s identity and the cause remain undetermined as investigators gather statements from survivors. The scene was in a field about 0.75 miles east of State Highway 17, roughly 17 miles south of Pecos, with autopsy ordered.
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