Oil unions predict walkout over Carter wage rules
National officials and Texas locals of the 60 000-member refinery workers union warn of a strike as two year contracts expire at midnight Sunday amid President Carter's wage price guidelines. Company spokesmen declined comment while Gulf Oil and others began making offers last week, signaling a first major showdown under the new guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Bortstein
Associated Press
Denver
Texas
Carter
al Grospiron
Denver Based
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Gulf Oil
Grospiron
Texas City
International Oil Workers Union
OCAW
Grospiron Authority
Pecos Man Shot In Disputed Puerto? Wait Not Puerto
A Pecos resident was shot in the left index finger and hospitalized in Pecos before transfer to Monahans while a 22 year old Pecos man was detained for public intoxication. Police say the shooting occurred in the 2300 block of Sage as the suspect approached the victim from an apartment. The hospital reported the incident at 7 52 p.m. Tuesday.
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Pecos
Monahans
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Luis Reyes Jr
Jaime Javier Villarreal
Reyes
Sage
Villarreal
Slow warming trend seen in Texas amid winter blast
Shivering Texans seek relief as temperatures plunged into the mid twenties across Texas. Utilities brace for shortages after a Dallas boy died touching a dangling high voltage line. Valley citrus crop losses may total millions while authorities warn of possible outages if power use remains high. Emergency rooms treat carbon monoxide cases linked to space heaters and icy streets cause many injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Dallas
Rio Grande Valley
Barton Clark
Defense witness testifies of threats in Davis murder case
James Stephens a used car dealer testified that after agreeing to testify in Cullen Davis murder conspiracy trial he received threats and had tires slashed. He could not name the investigator who advised him not to testify. The judge warned of contempt to force disclosure.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Houston
Cullen Davis
James Stephens
Wallace Moore
Stephens
Fort Worth
Davis
Priscilla
David McCrory
Pat Burleson
Common Law Inn
Moore
Tolly Wilson
Priscilla Davis
Burleson
McCrory
Ice storm slows Texas travelers across districts
Texas highway department reports New Year ice storm continues to hamper travel across North and West Texas and parts of Southeast Texas. Major icy conditions persist in Beaumont, Lubbock, and Wichita Falls districts with scattered ice on primary roads and glazed low traffic highways in multiple areas including Atlanta Lufkin Fort Worth Dallas Childress Waco Tyler Odessa and Brownwood. The Austin district notes ice north and west of the city.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Department
Beaumont
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Atlanta
Lufkin
Fort Worth-Dallas
Childress
Waco
Tyler
Odessa
Brownwood
Six aliens convicted in Pecos court for immigration violations
A United States citizen from Kermit and five others were sentenced Tuesday by U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos after pleading guilty to misdemeanor immigration violations. Victor Rodriguez Jr. received probation and a $150 fine. Julia Aguilera Castillo faced 179 days in prison. Elezar Reyes-Hernandez 120 days. Heriberto Reyes Hernandez, Manuel Terrasas-Chavez, and Leonel Campos-Rodriguez each 90 days. Raul Armendariz-Bustamante 60 days. Defendants had prior apprehensions and voluntary returns to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kermit
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Julia Enriqueta Aguilera
Mexico
Terrasas-Chavez
Raul Armendariz-Bustamente
Californian Faces Bank Robbery Indictment Hearing
William Turner of Fair Oaks California waived removal after an identity hearing in Pecos. Turner, 53, is charged in a federal grand jury indictment for a December Sacramento bank robbery. He was ordered held on a $100,000 bond and remanded to U S Marshals custody pending transfer to the Eastern District of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
California
Pecos
U.S
J.M. Preston
William Raymond Turner
Fair Oaks
Apt
Preston
Turner
Reeves County
U.S. District
Weather and crime notes from West Texas and Sacramento
Partly cloudy weather with a warming trend forecast for Pecos and nearby areas. Highs in the 30s to 50s with lows in the teens to 20s. In Sacramento the indictment charges Turner with robbing Crocker National Bank on Broadway and stealing 90 dollars. Turner with Hastings and Green were later arrested on Interstate 10 in Balmorhea during a routine traffic stop with local law enforcement assisting.
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Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
Sacramento
Turner
Crocker National Bank
Broadway
Stanley Robert Hastings
James Highton Green
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Darrell H. Glover
W.O. “Bill” Pigman
Jane Ross
Robert S. Kent
Robert Hinojos
Texaco
Shell
Phillips
Dallas Hospital
Texas Public Utilities Commission
Alan Erwin
Pflugerville
Lone Star Gas Co
Furor
Court For the
Eastern District of California
Sacramento Division
Interstate 10
Balmorhea
Texas Department of Public Safety
Floyd Estrada
DPS
Jim Greenlee
Ahat Pecos
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