Advisory panel urges two year delay on elderly disabled homestead exemptions
An advisory committee urges the 1979 Texas Legislature to postpone for two years the expanded homestead exemptions for elderly and disabled residents. The plan, tied to a voter approved tax relief amendment, would exempt up to 10 000 dollars of market value for elderly or disabled homesteads and 5 000 dollars for all residential homesteads for school taxes. The panel’s split vote and other tax reform recommendations were prepared for the Legislative Council’s Property Tax Study Committee.
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Austin
Texas
Legislative Council
Pecos Post Office Window Hours Change Announced
Postmaster Don Miller announced effective Monday January 15 Pecos Post Office windows will close daily at 430 p m The 830 a m opening time remains the same Outgoing mail dispatches occur at 330 and 430 p m The change follows a community poll aimed at improving daytime service at no added cost.
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Don Miller
Pecos
Miller
Advisory committee report cites long-lasting state impact
The advisory panel released its six day hearings report warning that the final resolutions of the recommendations will have significant and enduring implications for the state's economy tax structure and public services said vice chairman Lynn Anderson.
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Lynn Anderson
Dallas motorcycle cop denies tape source in Kennedy case
A Dallas motorcycle officer denied his microphone produced a tape blamed by the Kennedy assassination committee on a gunfire analysis. The panel credited a Channel 2 recording as linking two gunmen to the murder, while the officer said the channel on his bike was not active at the time and a passerby may have switched the radio. Capt. Bowles noted the stuck mic unit was not near the crime scene.
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Dallas
House Assassination Committee
John. F. Kennedy
Kennedy
H.B. McLain
Dallas’ Parkland Memorial Hospital
McClain
Jim C. Bowles
Assassinations Committee
Home loan rates cross 10 percent mark on new purchases
December mortgage rates rise above 10 percent for the first time. New home prices reach about 67,600 while used homes average 58,000. The board cites 9.54 percent average rate for 1978 with economists warning of higher effective rates ahead.
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Michael Sumichrast
National Association of Home Builders
Sumichrast
Donna E. Shalala
Housing and Urban Development Department
Government sues nine major oil companies
The Energy and Justice departments filed a U S District Court suit seeking nearly one billion dollars in refunds plus interest and penalties. The action, described as the largest enforcement to date, totals about 2.2 billion in related cases started in 1977. Exxon faces 316 million in charges. Mobil Texaco Amoco Shell Phillips Gulf Atlantic Richfield Cities Service are the other firms named.
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Washington
Energy and Justice Departments
U.S. District Court
Energy Department
James Bishop
Exxon
Mobil
Texaco
Amoco
Shell
Phillips
Gulf
Atlantic Richfield
Cities Service
Bishop
Houston
Exxon USA
Weather advisory and winter storm reach West Texas
Occasional freezing drizzle and snow mix as a winter storm advances into the Panhandle and northern West Texas. Pecos reports 54 high and 29 low with colder conditions and possible rain today. Travelers advisory issued for Panhandle as storm moves in tonight and Saturday.
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Pecos
Texas Panhandle
West Texas
Panhandle
Hazardous conditions hit Texas highways and bridges
A new cold front iced highways across north and northwest Texas with districts from Wichita Falls to Abilene reporting hazardous conditions. Ice and glazing menaced bridges in Dallas Fort Worth and Paris districts while others like Lubbock Fort Worth Amarillo Tyler and Odessa faced slick roads and freezing expectations.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Lubbock
Abilene
Childress
Wichita Falls
Panhandle
Dallas-Fort Worth
Tyler
Paris
Red River
Fort Worth
South Plains
Amarillo
Dallas
Brownwood
Man Held On Felony Charge In Marfa Area
Daniel Mark Crowley 21 of 107 E Ohio Midland was held in Reeves County Correctional Facility after appearing before U S Magistrate J M Preston Pecos on felony heroin possession. Arrested Wednesday seven miles south of Marfa. DEA filed complaint. Bond set at 75000. Crowley remanded to U S Marshal custody pending further proceedings.
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Midland
Daniel Mark Crowley
E. Ohio
Reeves County Correctional Facility
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Crowley
Marfa
Drug Enforcement Administration
Preston
ACCF
Davis defense nears end in Cullen Davis trial
In Houston, the defense nears closing after five weeks of testimony in the Cullen Davis murder conspiracy trial. A deputy testified about repeated efforts to serve Bill Davis with a subpoena related to a private investigation into defense lawyers and investigators. Prosecutors expect rebuttal to last up to two days before jury deliberation next week.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Houston
Cullen Davis
Bill
Davis
Wayne Boggus
Bill Davis
Fort Worth
Lake Homes
Boggus
Wallace Moore
Moore
Jack Strickland
Strickland
FBI
David McCrory
McCrory
Joe
Eidson
Priscilla
Richard
Haynes
Pecos Chamber Names Advertising Committee For 1979
Pecos Chamber of Commerce announces the advertising committee for calendar year 1979 with Richard D. Naylor as chairman. Other members include Otis Mawhiney R Patel Bill Prewit George Vasquez Ruth Wells Chris Hinz Tommy Beauchamp Nie Babb and Bonnie Cearley.
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Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Richard D. Naylor
Jim Livingston
Otis Mawhiney
R. Patel
Bill Prewit
George Vasquez
Ruth Wells
Chris Hinz
Tommy Beaucham
Nie Babb
Bonnie Cearley
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Israel Nichols
Bernadette Portillo
Isa Martinez
Dora Lara
Robert Hinojos
Board of Equalization
McLain
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Department
Odessa
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