Pecos City Council Delays Sunday Beer Referendum On Ballot
The Pecos City Council reversed a Dec. 14 decision and votes 3-2 to place the Sunday beer sales question on the April municipal ballot. Mayor Bickley says binding referendums aren’t allowed in Texas general law cities. The council also tabled a hotel motel tax increase request to benefit Camara de Comercio and approved sewer project engineering with Parkhill Smith and Cooper.
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Bob'’ Bickley
Ted Painter
Royce Cassell
Phillip Tyree
Mike Harrison
Bickley
Elizabeth Dennison
Germain
Harrison
Cassell
Marilea Parsons
Texas
Camara de Comercio
The
Chicano Chamber of Commerce
J.J Maxey
Maxey
Bell Motel
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Town and Country
American Motor Inn
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Holiday Inn
Laura Lodge
Lazy Land Ropers
Eleuterio M. Garcia
Katy
Garcia
Manuel J. Orona
Chamber of Commerce
Orona
Bill Hopper
Pro-Tem Muniz
Matta
Saragosa Hall
Weather contrasts with December Pecos mood
A warming trend is expected today under cloudy skies. December in Pecos showed two subfreezing early mornings with lows of 11 and 13, while several days reached 84 and multiple days saw temperatures at 71 or higher. Moisture was minimal and nights remained cold.
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Pecos
Agriculture secretary seeks ban on hunters in Texas lands
Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland proposed wilderness status for three East Texas roadless areas totaling 10 212 acres in San Augustine Montgomery and Houston Counties. Access would be by foot or canoe with no vehicular traffic if approved by Congress and the president. The plan covers regions from New Hampshire to Alaska studied by the Forest Service. Ten other Texas areas were recommended for wilderness status permitting recreational development hunting and fishing.
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Bob Bergland
Texas
San
Augustine
Montgomery
Houston
Bergland
New Hampshire
Alaska
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
Texas Workers Comp Cuts Approved by State Board
The State Insurance Board ordered rate reductions saving Texas business about 60 million dollars in a year. Rates fall on average 5.3 percent effective February 1, with varying declines by industry. Shipbuilding faces a 25 percent rise under the so called F Class. The Texas Trial Lawyers Association seeks possible court action, arguing the formula overpays insurers and shortchanges claims. Lyndon Olson Jr. was sworn in as board chairman but did not participate in the decision.
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Texas
State Insurance Board
Board
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Tony Konioth
Texas Industrial Accident Board
Workers Compensation Project
Korioth
Charles Porter
Texas Association of Business
Gerald Dorsey
TAB
Lyndon Olson Jr
Texas adopts new nursing home rating system Feb 1
A new point system will rate about 20 percent of Texas nursing homes as superior and allow their use in advertising. The State Health Department outlined final rules, with bonuses for dietitians, RN directors, resident menu choices, and complaint resolution, and demerits for unqualified staff, poor records, and dirty facilities. Inspections will determine eligibility, and certificates must display the date received.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Lufkin News
Health Department
Jury admonishes Haynes as Davis murder trial examines private inquiry
Private investigator Bill Keating testified he led a side investigation into Cullen Davis murder for hire case but did not learn who funded it. Defense attorney Haynes pressed links to Bill Davis and FBI informant McCrory, prompting the judge to call the pursuit a fishing expedition and waste of time. Keating said payments came via a Denver law firm, and he reported to a former Fort Worth prosecutor.
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Houston
Cullen Davis
Bill Keating
Keating
Bill Davis
Fort Worth
FBI
David McCrory
Richard
Haynes
Davis
Denver
Colorado
Wallace Moore
Kendavis Industries
Hershel Payne
Payne
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Raul Florez
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Robert Hinojos
Agriculture
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