Pecos Council approves $211,000 revenue increase for gas company
The Pecos City Council adopted a resolution granting Southern Union Gas Company about $211,000 in additional revenue, under seven percent of its requested amount. Three tax rate experts testified at the public hearing: Dr. Jack Hopper of Austin, engineer B.R. McMorries of Amarillo, and CPA Norman W. Pittenger of El Paso.
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Pecos
Southern Union Gas Company
Jack Hopper
Austin
B.R. McMorries
Amarillo
Norman W. Pittenger
el Paso
Dr. Hopper
Pecos Valley
Hopper
Pecos City Council Approves Revenue Increase for Utilities
Council votes to adopt a $211,000 revenue deficiency remedy for Southern Union Gas after CPA study showing 80,555 profit and prior deficit claims. Representatives will discuss with Barstow Mona hans Pyote Thorntonville Wickett Wink. Audit of quarterly fuel passes ordered. potential fuel contracts review noted.
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CPA
Pettinger
W.R
Bob”’ Bickley
Jesus Muniz
al Lawrence
Pecos
Barstow
Monahans
Pyote
Thorntonville
Wickett
Wink
Texas Railroad Commission
Struggle Over Amendments Delays Social Security Tax Hike
Congress stalls on Social Security tax increase as Senate and House conferees fail to reach a compromise. Moynihan welfare amendments, including a 374 million grant plan, key the dispute amid worries over tying welfare to Social Security and risk to 1978 election year.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Social Security
Carter Administration
Senate House Conference Committee
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N.y
Senate Finance
Moynihan
New York City
Carter
Cottonseed cookies Milk and grain research shown to lawmakers
Texas Woman's University president Mary Eve lyn Huey presented cottonseed flour cookies to the Texas Legislature’s House committee. She stressed nutrition from farm byproducts and called out funding limits on research, noting TWU’s cottonseed research relies on special items rather than formula-based appropriations.
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Austin
Tex
State University
Joint
House Committee On
State College Administration
Mary Evelyn Huey
Texas Woman’s University At
Denton
Bers
TWU
Williams to fill vacancy on district board of education
Dr. Elvin Reynolds resigned as board president after years of service. Paul Williams was elected president and Ben Meek as vice president. Louis Matta appointed to the board to fill the unexpired term. Budget items included vehicle bids from Pecos Motors and Hess for pickups and wagons. Superintendent Whitley’s contract extended to 1981. Visitation schedule for schools approved. Next meeting set for Jan 10 at 5 30 p.m.
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Elvin Reynolds
Reynolds
Board of Education
Paul Williams
Ben Meek
Louis Matta
Pecos Motors
Hess-Chevrolet-Buick
Hess
Ray Whitley
David Dutchover
Hoyer and Hardisty
Certified Public Accountants of
Monahans
Historic prisoner exchange begins at Houston airport
Eleven Mexican prisoners from Texas state units board a predawn charter to Mexico as the first exchange under the treaty signed Oct. 28. They will join 27 federal prisoners in San Diego before heading to Mexico City, with 70 Americans to be returned later. The group includes murder and burglary cases, with most inmates tied to narcotics offenses.
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Houston
Tex
Mexico
Ernesto Montes
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Texas
Harris County
San Diego
Calif
U.S
Mexico City
Texas International Airlines
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Estevan Mendoza
San Antonio
Enrique Granados
Juarez
Weather Watch: Cold, Fair Skies Through Weekend
Thursday’s high reaches 82 degrees with an overnight low near 26. Forecast calls for fair and cold conditions today and tonight, partly cloudy and not as cold Saturday, warmer Sunday with mild days and cool nights Monday and Tuesday. Continued dry conditions across the period.
Everybody invited Annual Christmas Parade in Pecos
Don Walsh chairs the Twelve Days of Christmas parade inviting Pecos and area shoppers to view the parade Monday December 12 at 5 p.m. Sixteen floats compete for 225 dollars in the first division with judging at 4 p.m. and a 2.8 mile parade route.
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Don Walsh
Walsh
Merchants of
Pecos
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Doug Fernandes
Ted Painter
Pecos Council
Certified Public Accountant
Pecos-Monahans
Bickley
Ben Matta
J.J. Maxey
Maxey
Tract 13
Tract 14
Veterans Addition
Carl Holm
Jim Tom Kelton
Holm
Halley Brookshire
Reeves County
Bob’’ Bickley
Robert Hinojos
Williams
Lowing
Lamar
Crockett Junior High
Pecos High
Bessie Haynes
Zavala
FBI
United States
Enterprise
Sixth ST
Veterans Blvd
Ling
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