Pecos City Council OKs 25000 Rodeo Ground Remodel
The Pecos City Council approved a 25000 plan to remodel the north stands at the Pecos Rodeo grounds with three rows and 18 extra boxes, sharing costs with Reeves County. The project adds 145 cubic yards of concrete and labor, with some piping donated. The rodeo marks its 50th anniversary, and attendance from steer ropers and families is anticipated. The council also adopted voting by punch cards for the April 7 election, raised temporary wages to 2.90, and endorsed housing plans for migrant workers along with Saragosa Park development plans.
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Pecos
Pecos Rodeo Grounds
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Fred P. Armstrong
Armstrong and Associates
Armstrong
Rodeo Committee
Ben Matta
Phillip Tyree
W.O. ‘Bill
Maxey
Bickley
Marilen Parsons
Saragosa Park
Peach, Locust
5Th St
Weather Outlook for Pecos and West Texas
Decreasing cloudiness expected today with fair conditions tonight and Friday as the area dries out from about 0.68 inch of moisture yesterday from sleet snow rain and freezing drizzle. Temperatures show highs in the mid 30s north to near 60 in the southwest with lows in the 20s to 40s amid a warming trend.
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Pecos
Prospect
West Texas
Golfer Sexton tied to Fort Worth gamblers in Davis trial
In a late cross examination, Harold Sexton a 47 year old professional golfer denied owing money to North Texas gamblers and said he had not talked with them about any plan. Prosecutors showed interest in Sexton’s possible link to an FBI agent impersonation scheme connected to Cullen Davis's murder trial.
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Associated Press
Houston
Cullen Davis
Fort Worth
Harold Sexton
North Texas
California
Wallace Moore
Sexton
Wilson
Anaheim
Calif
FBI
David McCrory
McCrory
Cullen
Davis
Priscilla Davis
Joe Eidson
Los Angeles Times
Orange County Register
Richard ‘Racehorse’ Haynes
James Acree
Inflation keeps momentum pushes wholesale prices up in December
December wholesale prices rose 0.8 percent led by gasoline, food and machinery costs, keeping inflation momentum. For 1978 overall prices up 9.1 percent, the largest since 1974, with 1977 up 6.6 percent. The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods stood at 202.4. The Labor Department noted December’s rise matched November and was near the four month average, signaling potential consumer price changes in coming months.
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Washington
Labor Department
Senate
Carter
Alfred E. Kahn
National Urban Coalition
Airlift of Pecos Youth By Brisk Night Helicopters
A 19 year old, John Bollinger, was moved from Reeves County Hospital to Pecos Municipal Airport for air evacuation to El Paso. The transfer involved two military helicopters from Briggs Field Ft Bliss after a back injury prompted a parts swap due to a helicopter issue. After repairs, Bollinger rode to El Paso where he could be treated at a civilian or military facility.
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Pecos
el Paso
John Bollinger
Reeves County Hospital
Briggs Field
Ft. Bliss
Young Bollinger
Bollinger
Wage price guidelines stir oil workers talks in Denver
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, with 60,000 members, rejected all current offers and kept negotiations open to avert a nationwide strike. President Grospiron outlined demands, said a general strike could be avoided if oil companies respond, and criticized Carter's voluntary wage guidelines while flagging uncertainty over their application to the industry. The union, seeking to avoid freezing salaries for new and temporary workers, had been nearing a Amoco proposal before walking away from that offer.
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John Mossman
Associated Press
Denver
Oil Workers
A.F. Grospiron
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Grospiron
Icy roads trigger two Pecos area accidents
Icy road conditions in the Pecos area Wednesday caused two highway mishaps with no injuries. At 10:45 a.m. a westbound truck tractor pulling a van trailer jackknifed in the center median on Interstate 20, 10 miles west of El Paso. driver was George Anthony Heri, 32, of El Paso. At 11:20 a.m. a northbound 1978 pickup with a travel trailer skidded off the right side of State Highway 17, seven miles south of Pecos, with both vehicles remaining upright. The trailer partly blocked the northbound lane until removed. Texas Highway Patrolman Jerry Byrne investigated both incidents.
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Pecos
Interstate 20
el Paso
George Anthony Heri
Shooting Victim Stabilized After Pecos Shooting
Eddie Ray Wright 22 of Pecos is in stable condition at Odessa Medical Center Hospital after a Tuesday night shooting in Pecos. The incident followed an argument with Willie B. Hall 56 of 207 S. Sycamore. Four witnesses have given statements. The slug from a .22 revolver entered Wright’s back below the right shoulder blade and lodged in the chest. the weapon belonged to Hall. Hall has given a statement.
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Pecos
Eddie Ray Wright
Odessa Medical Center
Wright
Willie B. Hall
S. Sycamore
Hall
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Oakland
Kahn
Joseph Rhodes
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Harry M. Nidever
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