County considers convention center feasibility study
Reeves County Commissioners morning session appointed County Judge W O Bill Pigman and Commissioner Marcos Martinez to a joint committee with Town of Pecos City representatives and chamber of commerce to study a convention center south of the Fair Barn. Naylor said a 2 to 4 percent hotel tax could raise 520,000 annually to retire revenue bonds, with 3 percent for debt and 1 percent for chamber marketing.
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Reeves County
W.O. Bill
Marcos Martinez
Sioner
Pecos City
Chamber of Commerce
Richard Naylor
Pecos
Commerce Advertising Committee
Naylor
Bernardo Martinez
Fred P. Armstrong
Armstrong and Associates
Armstrong
Texas Highway Department
Pecos Motors Inc
Ford
Reeves County Hospital
Board of Equalization
Six plead guilty on immigration violations in Pecos court
Six people pleaded guilty to misdemeanor immigration violations before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos. Two U.S. citizens from Odessa faced 30 days in jail and six months imprisonment with five years unsupervised probation, while four Mexican citizens received 179 days imprisonment and penalties totaling $600 in fines. Sentences included concurrent terms and probation, with prior apprehensions noted. Referrals and waivers were recorded.
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United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Rogelio Salcido Ortiz
W. Monahans
Keith Eugene Trott
Tanglewood
Manuel Flotte-Torres
Roberto Carrasco- Garcia
Roberto Garcia- Garcia
Roberto Garcia- Carrasco
Mexico
Marijuana found in abandoned private plane in Houston
Deputies recovered about 800 pounds of Mexican marijuana after a plane rolled into a ditch at a private airport. A security guard alerted police when the aircraft landed with lights off. The single engine Cherokee sustained minor damage. Occupants remained at large as investigators searched.
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Houston
W.R. Bond
Bond
Standby gas plan prepared
DETROIT AP motorists would be limited to two gallons of gasoline a day under a White House standby rationing plan to be submitted to Congress. The two gallon limit would apply to all private and commercial vehicles. Motorists needing more would buy from those needing less at about $2 a gallon or market price. Government would allocate equal amounts per registered vehicle. coupons required.
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Detroit
White House
Congress
Detroit News
Chavez starts Texas union drive with rally and vow
Cesar Chavez unveils a new Texas drive for the United Farm Workers at a Sunday rally in San Juan. About 1,000 attendees hear leaders and clergy urge unity, with Chavez pledging a safer, easier path to organizing and endorsing the goal of una sola union amid a split led by Antonio Orendain’s Texas Farm Workers Union. Delegates approve 33 resolutions calling for higher wages and better conditions while Chavez notes possible rejoining of the Dallas-based rival group.
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Ken Herman
Associated Press
San Juan
Texas
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Union
Texas Farm Workers
UFW
Una Sola
Antonio Orenda
Chavez
Texas Farm Workers Union
Orendain
Dallas
Austin
TFWU
Carter
Bracero
California
Car buyers bill gains momentum in Texas legislature
Austin AP Texas legislators enter the eighth week with a push to aid new car buyers and boost water district business. Senate approved measures include emergency funding for the Railroad Commission to administer the Natural Gas Policy Act and a plan for regional sewer plants operated by multiple water districts. A bill would extend the Motor Vehicle Commission and strengthen consumer rights, requiring dealers to inform buyers of rights and how complaints are handled, while limiting public members and increasing annual license fees for manufacturers distributors and dealers.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Texas Railroad Commission
Walter Mengden
Houston
Bill Moore
Dbryan
Texas Motor Vehicle Commission
Sunset Advisory Commission
Commission
Motor Vehicle Commission
Gen Fondren
Texas Auto Dealers Association
Moore
Weather Outlook For Pecos And Surrounding Areas
Fair and warmer today with windy spells and increasing clouds tonight. Pecos area high yesterday 61 and low 28 this morning. West Texas generally fair and warm with rising clouds tonight. Partly cloudy Tuesday with scattered showers and cooler in the north. Highs near 60 north to 70 south, mid 70s along the Rio Grande. Lows tonight lower 30s north to mid 40s south. Tuesday highs upper 50s north to lower 70s south.
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Pecos
West Texas
Rio Grande
Sulfur Laden Ship Detains Neches River Traffic at Port Arthur
The 612 foot Marine Daval laden with sulfur sank after a collision with the Liberian tanker Mobile Venture amid 2 to 5 foot seas on the Neches River. All 19 aboard were saved. Coast Guard pumped sulfur onto a barge and planned to remove water from the hull. No pollutants leaked and two ballast tanks broke open in the Mobile Venture collision.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Coast Guard
Neches
Beaumont
Marine Daval
Odom
Gulf union workers called back to work
Gulf Oil refinery workers return to duty after a 48 day strike. Machinists vote in favor of a two year contract with about 8 percent first year raise and 5 percent second year boost. Notices sent urging a 6 am shift start as supervisory personnel resume operations.
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Gulf Union
Port Arthur
Gulf
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
International Association of Machinists
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Dick Wadley
Reeves County Correctional Facility
Future Teachers of America
Future Teachers Convention
Fort Worth
Pecos Fta
Suzan Owens
Connie Shoemaker
Cynthia Gonzales
Emma Shepherd
Conda Hill
Robert Hinojos
Benjamin
Odessa
Washington
Department of Energy
Farm Union
Texas Legislators Act On
Mississippi Sound
Mobile Venture
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