Pecos ISD hires attorney for delinquent taxes schedule
The Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School District Board voted to hire Pecos attorney Ted Painter to collect $211,627.32 in delinquent taxes with a 15 percent penalty for unpaid amounts. Delinquent date is set for July 1 yearly, notices mailed in October February and June, and collection coordinated with Pecos City and Reeves County. The two year contract runs Jan 1 1978 to Dec 31 1979.
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Pecos - Barstow
Toyah Independent School District
Painter
Pecos City
Reeves County
Pecos
Bessie Haynes
Six Pecos students to visit Washington in 1978 program
Six Pecos High School students will attend the 1978 Presidential Classroom for Young Americans in Washington D C. They will join peers from across the nation and overseas to meet government leaders at seminars on federal operations and Capitol Hill briefings.
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Pecos
Washington
Pecos High School
Washington, D.C
PHS
Belen Ellis
Glenda Flores
Roger Medanich
Mark Stephens
Rosie Villescas
Kim Hawkins
Glen J. Ellis
Jefferson St
Elizer Flores
S. Pecan
Charles Medanich
S. Cherry St
Jesse Stephens
W. Sixth St
Lolo Villescas
S. Walnut St
Tractors Block Rail Line in West Texas Farm Strike
A group of striking Texas farmers halted a Santa Fe Railroad track between Hale Center and Lubbock delaying a Amarillo to Lubbock train for about an hour as farmers prepare for a Washington protest rally January 18-20. Authorities saw no arrests.
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Associated Press
Texas
West Texas
Hale Center
Lubbock
Hale County
Amarillo
Santa Fe Railroad
Washington
Fia
Finis
Gerald McCathern
Breford
American Agriculture ‘Ganization
McCathern
Laredo
Paris
Dolph Briscoe
Executive
Austin
Lamesa
Takes trophy Tom Bolling wins forensic tourney
Tom Bolling won first place in boys extemp at the Invitational Forensic Tournament in McCamey. He faced 17 competitors from nine West Texas schools, advanced from three prelims, then won finals on the topic Is there a connection between TV and real life violence. Other events included poetry, prose, and duet acting with participants and coaches listed.
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Pecos
Tom Bolling
McCamey
Robert Hinojos
Bolling
West Texas
Anna Fuentes
Lena Levario
Fabian Mata
Brad Miller
Dennis Adams
Pat Mce-Keown
Gayla Bolling
Rhonda Bryant
Mary Swift
Mary Shorter
James Florez
Sandy Krumnow
Melodee Naylor
Suzy Benham
Michele Reece
Brent Smith
Kathy Favor
John Briggs
Kermit
Midland
Monahans
Warning Issued For Ice On Texas Roads Bridges
The State Department of Highways issued hazardous driving warnings at 9 40 a m for a large Texas area due to ice on bridges overpasses and roadways. Widespread icy conditions were reported in cities including San Angelo Fort Worth Tyler and Dallas with several counties ice covered. Most ice expected to clear by noon except far north and northeast regions where ice will persist through the day. Some improvement anticipated Thursday.
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Austin
Texas
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
San Angelo
Fort Worth
Tyler
Tax pledge and weather notes from Texas lawmaker
Speaker Bill Clayton urged school districts to cut property taxes after the legislature raised education spending. Only 153 of 1100 districts reduced revenue, 856 increased, 57 held constant. He warned about new construction raising revenue without higher tax rates and discussed potential constitutional changes for taxing intangible property. He spoke amid rain and snow forecasts and a Texas tax convention.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Clayton
Clayton
Texans For Equitable Taxation
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el Paso
Special Services
H.L. Ramsey
Ramsey
Doveta Hunt
Frances Cox
Shannon Nixon
Texas Tech University
Pamela Kay Jackson
Pecos Elementary
Circus Coming
Carson and Barnes
Fairgrounds
Reeves County Sheriff’s Posse
Campbell
Camden
N.J
Thomas Gartland
Loyd Mathews
United States
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Rio Grande
Farnum Jewelry
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