House panel to probe new JFK evidence at public hearing
The House Assassinations Committee plans a public hearing next Friday to review new scientific data suggesting a second gunman in the Kennedy assassination. Chairman Louis Stokes and subcommittee head Richardson Preyer voiced caution on credibility while aiming to finish the probe by year end.
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Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington
House
John F. Kennedy
Louis Stokes
D-Ohio
Richardson Preyer
D-N.c
Kennedy
Stokes
Martin Luther King Jr
Stewart McKinney
D-Conn
November price index shows 0.5 percent rise in cost of living
Price increases slowed in November with a 0.5 percent gain, a four month low, yielding an annual inflation rate just over 6 percent. Transportation and medical care led gains while food and housing rose modestly. Workers’ real earnings rose 0.3 percent, but 12 month buying power fell 3.4 percent as wages lagged inflation.
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Owen Ullmann
Washington
Labor Department
Carter
Holiday closures listed by Pecos area offices and banks
Various offices and banks announced holiday closures for Christmas Day. The First National Bank Security State Bank Pecos Savings and Loan Town of Pecos City offices and Continental Telephone will be closed Monday. Community Public Service Company and Southern Union Gas Reeves County offices also observe closings. Postal Service windows and deliveries are closed Monday, with lobby access Sunday and Monday for box customers.
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First National Bank
Security State Bank
Pecos Savings and Loan
Town of Pecos City
Continental Telephone Company
Community Public Service Company
Southern Union Gas Company
Reeves County
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Texas and Justice settle seven state agency discrimination suits
The Department of Justice and Texas reach agreements with seven agencies to hire minorities and women in proportion to their share of the relevant labor force. Agriculture was dropped as a defendant. Black lawmakers and advocates hail the deal as a major stride toward equal employment opportunity, while one agency warns of the complexity and cost of enforcing hiring goals.
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Austin
Texas
U.S. Justice Department
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
John Hill
State Merit System Council
Department of Human Resources
Health Department
Employment Commission
Parks and Wildlife Department
Rehabilitation Commission and
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
The
Texas Department of Agriculture
Reagan Brown
Paul Ragsdale
Dallas
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Eeoc
Steve Bickerstaff
Justice Department
Biggerstaff
Justice
Enterprise holiday closure announcement for Christmas
The Enterprise will not publish Monday December 25 to allow staff and carriers to spend the holiday with their families. The office is closed and regular hours resume Tuesday December 26. The staff urges safe driving and wishes readers a Merry Christmas.
Pecos Area Weather Outlook Fair and Warmer
Weather outlook for Pecos and vicinity calls for fair skies through tomorrow with a little warmer temperatures. The region reports a high of 60 degrees Thursday and a low of 32 degrees this morning with firmer notes of warmer today in West Texas. Windy and turning cooler across the Panhandle to mid 70s in the Big Bend valleys. lows expected in the 20s to 30s. Saturday highs range from the Panhandle mid 40s to the Big Bend valleys low 70s.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Moutains
Cullen Davis to testify after five day trial recess
Millionaire Cullen Davis faces Christmas behind bars as his murder-for-hire trial in Fort Worth pauses for five days. Defense sources say Davis will take the stand when the trial resumes, after two months of hearings amid high profile testimony and security concerns.
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Cullen Davis
Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Houston
Fort Worth
Davis
Karen Master
Colorado
Amarillo
Davis Mansion
Master
Andrea Wilborn
Priscilla Davis
Reeves County jail holds Wright on terroristic threat charge
Harrell Ray Wright, 22, a motel resident, was arrested after a car chase and charged with terroristic threat. Police say Wright argued with boss Bill R. Overby at Mustang Mud Co. in Odessa, resulting in a high speed pursuit before Wright was brought to Reeves County jail with a $5,000 bond.
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Reeves County
Harrell Ray Wright
West Highway 80
Wright
Bill R. Overby
Mustang
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