Midland trio indicted in federal marijuana conspiracy
Three Midland residents Gilbert Sanchez, 37, Joe Luis Alaniz, 25, and Manuel Gomez Hernandez, 33, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pecos Division for two counts of federal drug law violations. The trio allegedly conspired between November 15 and December 3 to possess marijuana for sale. They were arrested December 3 in Big Bend National Park by a DEA agent and brought to Pecos, with bond set at 25,000 each. Alaniz released on bond, Sanchez and Hernandez detained in Reeves County facility awaiting proceedings.
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United States
Federal Grand Jury
Pecos
U.S. District Court
Western District of Texas
Midland
U.S
J.M. Preston
Gilbert Postert San
Chez
N. Tyler
Joe Luis Alaniz
E. Magnolia
Manuel Gomez Hermandez
Pecan
Big Bend National Park
Drug Enforcement Administration
Preston
Alaniz
Sanchez
Hernandez
Reeves County
November feedlot losses show after six months
A US Agriculture Department analysis indicates farmers and feedlot operators who raise cattle for slaughter faced an overall loss of 4.09 per hundredweight in November based on costs from May. The report calculates break even at 57.91 per cwt if sold at 53.82, with higher costs expected for lighter feeder cattle.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Omaha
Neb
Two dead after Mission shooting
In Mission Texas Hidalgo County Sheriff s deputies say no arrests have been made after a gun battle that killed Mission police officer Fulgencio Velasco 28 and restaurant owner Jose Cruz Lopez 41 and wounded Lopez s son Joel. Velasco and partner Fidencio Alaniz answered a disturbance call at Cabrito al Pastor Restaurant around 10 p.m. Saturday as a family dispute reportedly escalated into gunfire.
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Mission, Texas
Hidalgo County Sheriff's Deputies
Mission
Fulgencio Velasco
Jose Cruz Lopez
South Texas
Joel Lopez
Jose
McAllen
Texas
Velasco
Fidencio Alaniz
Cabrito al Pastor
States fear Carter cuts will burden programs and voters
Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll leads governors in warning that federal belt tightening could shift costs to states. About 13 billion dollars in 1980 domestic spending may be slashed to meet Carter's deficit goal, striking at nearly 85 billion in state funds for highways, elderly care, and other programs.
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Washington
Carter
Kentucky
Julian M. Carroll
National Governors Association
Governors Association
Carroll
Congress
W. Bowman Cutter
Bureau of the Budget
Governor's Association
Dr. Frankenstein
Tennessee
John Bragg
National Conference of State Legislatures
Three Texans among 32 U S Rhodes Scholarship winners
U S administrators announce 32 Rhodes Scholars for 1979 including Texans John P. Santos of San Antonio from Notre Dame Pat M Baskin Jr of Midland from Davidson University and Jeffrey A Jackson of El Paso from the U S Air Force Academy The award limits study at Oxford to two years or three in rare cases and awaits Rhodes trustees ratification.
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Middletown, Conn
U.S
John P. Santos
San Antonio
University of Notre Dame
Pat M. Baskin Jr
Midland
Davidson University
Jeffrey A. Jackson
el Paso
U.S. Air Force Academy
William J. Barber
Wesleyan University
Rhodes
Oxford University
England
Oxford
Suspect arrested at international border in Allred case
Mark Earl Chynoweth, 25, surrendered to FBI at the International Bridge in Laredo amid federal flight to avoid prosecution charges connected to the 1977 shooting death of Utah polygamist leader Dr. Rulon Allred. Two other followers were arrested returning from Mexico. bond recommended at $100,000.
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Laredo
Texas
Utah
Rulon Allred
FBI
International Bridge
Mexico
Mark Earl Chynoweth
U.S
Tom Goodwin
Ervil LeBaron
Allred
LeBaron
Rena Chyn
Mexican citizen sentenced to 60 days for illegal entry
Ernesto Valeriano Valles, 21, pleaded guilty to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship while entering the United States and received a 60 day imprisonment sentence. Magistrate J M Preston of Pecos Division Magistrate Court presided after rights were advised and proceedings authorized.
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United States
U.S
Ernesto Valeriano-Valles
Weather Outlook For Pecos and West Texas
Cloudy and warmer conditions expected in Pecos and surrounding area through Tuesday. Morning low 36, Sunday high 56, with prior highs 69 and 55 and lows around 39 to 41. Winds will be strong in the Panhandle, with scattered showers possible in the southwest and South Plains, and highs mainly in the 60s, reaching the 70s in the Big Bend, by Tuesday.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Big Bend
DPS warns holidays could be Texas traffic deadliest period
Public safety director Colonel Wilson E Speir warned Christmas and New Year periods may be the deadliest in Texas traffic history. He projected 44 deaths Christmas weekend and 35 New Year period, with troopers and local police patrolling to curb drunken and reckless driving amid rising year end counts.
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Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety Today
Wilson E. Speir
Speir
Texas
DPS
Christmas series resumes in The Enterprise on page 10
The eight part series The Day Christ Was Born continues with today’s episode The Shepherds on page 10 of The Enterprise. It will be followed tomorrow by The Magi.
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Christ
Enterprise
the Shepherds
Divorcee testifies Cullen Davis warned of contract on life
FBI informant McCrory called Cullen Davis in June to report a contract on his life by Priscilla Davis and Gus Gavrel Sr, testified by his girlfriend Karen Master. She described Davis buying a bullet proof vest after learning of the threat, while Gavrel identified Davis as the gunman in the 1976 mansion shooting. Prosecutor Strickland pressed on credibility as Davis faces trial for murder in Amarillo.
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Cullen Davis
Associated Press
Houston
FBI
David McCrory
Karen Master
McCrory
Davis
Karen
Priscilla Davis
Gus Garrel Sr
Cullen
Davis Mansion
Gavrel
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Master
David
Jack Strickland
Strickland
Haynes
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