Reeves County Trooper Honored for 20 Years of Service
Trooper Charles H. Bolinger received a certificate from the Department of Public Safety for completing 20 years of service. He joined the Texas DPS December 3, 1958, graduated March 13, 1959, in Austin, and served in Pecos in the Highway Patrol Service before transferring to the License and Weight Service on October 23, 1963.
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Charles H. Bolinger
Department of Public Safety
H.W. Johnson
Robert Hinojos
Bolinger
Texas Department of Public Safety
Austin
Pecos
Highway Patrol Service
Reeves County
State of Texas
Farm prices surge to record high as protests near DC
The Agriculture Department reports a 5 percent rise in farm prices from December to January, the steepest in 53 months, with vegetables up 26 percent and beef cattle at a record 59.80 per 100 pounds. Milk stays 11.80 per hundredweight. costs up 3 percent. Parity, index, and broader trends cited by the Crop Reporting Board.
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Brian B. King
Associated Press
Washington
American Agriculture Group
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Crop Reporting Board
Pecos Father and Son Join Tractorcade to Washington
Roy Stokes son of Mr and Mrs Jack Stokes 601 Boisdare Pecos travels with farmers caravan toward Washington D C to gain support for farmers The caravan routes from Amarillo through Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee and now in Virginia about 20 miles from the capital Jack Stokes father left Pecos Monday to meet his son in Roanoke Va
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Roy Stokes
Jack Stokes
Boisdare
Pecos
Washington D.C
Amarillo
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Virginia
Roy
Roanoak
Senator wins reprieve for Mennonite farmers in Texas
Seminole Texas AP a last minute plea by Sen Lloyd Bentsen D Texas temporarily halts deportation of about 550 Mennonites who moved from Canada and Mexico seeking a farming community on 6400 acres. Bentsen asks immigration officials to delay action until he reintroduces a bill granting permanent residency while many heads of households still lack qualifying skilled jobs.
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Seminole, Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Bentsen
Congress
West
Canada
Mexico
INS
Sunday gasoline ban considered amid oil shortages
Energy Secretary James R. Schlesinger said the Carter administration will decide by April 1 whether to impose mandatory fuel conservation measures, including restricting Sunday and evening gasoline sales and limiting purchases to alternate days, as Iran’s oil embargo tightens global supplies. Saudis may boost output to offset Iran losses though reports suggest reduced Saudi production in early 1979.
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Washington
Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Carter
Schlesinger
U.S
Iran
Helping Hand aids Reeves County mother with baby needs
The Helping Hand column resumes to assist a mother with a three year old facing hardship from temporary loss of work or illness. She seeks a baby bed and suitable items for a newborn, plus furniture for new quarters. Since 1977 the program has operated on an as needed basis, with community support welcome via call 445 5487.
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The
Enterprise Today
Reeves County
Texas leaders debate separate presidential primary plan
House Speaker Bill Clayton indicated possible support for a bill creating a presidential primary on a separate day from state party primaries. Lt. Gov. Hobby proposes a March presidential primary with July August runoffs, costing about 2 million dollars. Harry Hubbard of Texas AFL-CIO criticized the plan as costly and unnecessary.
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Austin
Texas
House
Bill Clayton
Bill Hobby
Texas Afl-Cio
Harry Hubbard
Hobby
Clayton
New Hampshire
Bill Clements
Hubbard
Congress
Weather Outlook for Pecos Area Warm, Partly Cloudy
Weather outlook for West Texas predicts partly cloudy skies and a bit warmer conditions. Pecos and vicinity saw 44 degree high Wednesday and 34 degree low this morning with highs near 50 to 70 across the region and cooler north on Friday.
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Pecos
West Texas
Two Pecos men convicted for hindering arrest in Aug incident
Jimmy Gomez, 35, was found guilty of hindering apprehension and fined 250 dollars plus costs with a one year term of supervised probation. Eleuterio Martinez Garcia, 35, received a 1000 dollar fine and one year probation after a jury convicted him of the same misdemeanor. Both men interfered with deputies responding to a fight at The Place bar in Reeves County last August 17, during which Leroy Licon was involved and later jailed on probation matters.
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Jimmy Gomez
Pecos
Gomez
Leroy Licon
Reeves County Sheriff's Department
Reeves County Court
H.D. Glover
Eleuterio Martinez Garcia
Garcia
Sheriff's Deputies
Place Bar
Licon
Deepwater port bill stalled by House panel in Texas
The Texas House Appropriations Committee halted HB391 the 2.5 million emergency measure for the Deepwater Port Authority after a two hour hearing. Rep Bill Presnal said a subcommittee would review the bill as lawmakers head home with ongoing questions about user potential liability and the project viability. Senators earlier approved their emergency version 27 to 1.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
Texas Deepwater Port Authority
Appropriations Committee
Deepwater Port Authority
Bill Presnal
Bryan
Presnal
Dolph Briscoe
Freeport
Mark White
Authority
Bob Casey
A.R. Schwartz
Dalveston
Schwartz
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United States
Leonel Castillo
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Peter Berger
Old Colony Mennonite Church
Saudi Arabia
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