Pecos ACS Crusade to Begin February 25 26
The American Cancer Society Crusade in Pecos starts February 25 with a house to house effort led by Charlene Platt. Volunteers will distribute literature on cancer signs and seek donations for research and education. Co chairs for the Business Drive are Joe Wood and Jim Livingston. luncheon plans were finalized February 16 with Reeves County unit members.
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American Cancer Society
Lanell Roberts
ACS
Sade
Roberts
Joe Wood
Jim Livingston
Reeves County
Peocs
Meany pledges suit to stop wage guidelines plan
AFL-CIO President George Meany said labor will file in federal court to declare Carter's voluntary wage price guidelines illegal as a de facto mandatory program. He argued the 1974 law bars any mandatory controls and criticized administration supporters who doubt the suit's impact.
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Owen Ullmann
Bal Harbour
Fla
Carter
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Tom Joyce
Washington
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Supreme Court
Congress
Labor Federation
Ata Resources Inc
Federal Reserve
G. William Miller
Senate Budget Committee
Four Indictments Target Estes in Parole Violations scam
Four federal grand jury indictments allege Billie Sol Estes plotted to defraud investors and unlawfully run businesses while on parole. The charges include schemes to finance non existent steam cleaners, dummy corporations, and false tax reporting from 1959 to 1977. Also named are associates Raymond Horton ML Copenhaver and secretary Sue Goolsby with forged signatures and loan schemes tied to an Abilene dealer.
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Kathleen Carroll
Associated Press
Dallas
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Pecos
Texas
U.S
Eldon Mahon
Raymond K. Horton
ML. Copenhaver
Sue Goolsby
Estes, Horton and Copenhaver
Horton
Goolsby
Billy D. Pyron
Pyron
Tyler
J.H. ‘Jap’ Burkett
Abilene
Burkett
Don Trull
Trull
Sharp price rise forecast as CPI due today
January CPI likely up about 1 percent from December, driven by beef and veal costs amid shortages. Beef prices hit a record $2.06 a pound, up 6.6 percent from December. Government and private economists see inflation near 7 to 9 percent for 1979 with broader price gains across steel autos tobacco and gasoline.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carter
National Cattlemen's Association
Alfred Kahn
Weather Outlook for Pecos and West Texas Through Saturday
Regional forecast notes partly cloudy skies with warm afternoons and cool nights. Pecos area recorded a Thursday high of 73 and a morning low of 33. West Texas outlook shows highs from mid 50s to near 80 across Big Bend, with Panhandle and northern areas cooler and Big Bend warmer.
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Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
Panhandle
British lawyer wins court order on Oswald records in Missouri
Michael Eddowes, a London attorney, secured a St. Louis County Circuit Court order to obtain Oswald Marine Corps medical, dental and X-ray records from the National Personnel Records Center. The judge ordered Navy Records Department testimony and documentary evidence by March 5.
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Clayton
Lee Harvey Oswald
St. Louis County
Oswald
Marine Corps
Michael H.B. Eddowes
London
James Ruddy
Navy Records Department
National Personnel Records Center
Overland
Ruddy
Overlands Record Center
Records Department
John
Student chamber meet set for Feb 26 at 5 30 PM
Due to a small turnout Deeana Rushing and Felice Humphris rescheduled the introductory meeting of the Student Chamber of Commerce. The meeting at the Chamber office 111 S Cedar will be held Monday Feb 26 at 5 30 p m. Call Deeana Rushing for details and rides.
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Deeana Rushing
Felice Humphris
Student Chamber of Commerce
S. Cedar
Ms. Rushing
Jury Finds Not Guilty in Pecos Burglary Case
In Pecos the 143rd District Court returned a not guilty verdict for James Huddlen 43 of 1013 E Second on a burglary charge from last August at 210 S Almond home of Clif ford Trammel. The jury of four women and eight men deliberated through noon before delivering the verdict to District Judge Lawrence Fuller. Huddlen was indicted last October by the Reeves County Grand Jury.
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Judicial District Court
Pecos
James Huddlen
S. Almond
Clifford Trammel
Lawrence Fuller
Huddlen
Reeves County Grand Jury
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Edwin B. Kurtz
University of Texas Permian Basin
Cancer Society
Pecos Crusade
St. Louis
Tee
G. Brockett Irwin
Longview
Hattiesburg
Miss
Estes Connec Trull
Horton, Copenhaver
Fort Worth
Whiz Kid
John Estes
Pam Tedford
Michael Doan
Oswald Records
F. Kennedy
Warren Commission
Eddowes
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Tarrant County District Court
Gospel Meeting
Hatcher
Church of Christ
Ath and
Bois d’ Arc
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