Controversial letter prompts perjury charges plea in Pecos
Former Pecos Police Chief Charles Smith asks the city council to file perjury charges against suspended Officer Billy Davenport over sworn statements at the Dec. 30 meeting. Davenport testified about a nonexistence letter to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and Davenport’s certification status while Smith cited alleged testimony misrepresentations and possible charges. The council heard that the investigation may take about four more weeks and approved Smith’s extra vacation pay and a new 1978 sanitation department car bid.
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Charles Smith
Pecos
Billy Frank Davenport
Davenport
Commission On Law Enforcement
Smith
Ted Painter
Austin
Painter
Commission
City Man
Doug Fernandes
Philip Tyree
Sanitation Department
Valley Motors
Pecos Motors, Inc
Ford Ltd
Hess Buick
Ron Armbruster
Scott
Armbruster
Southwestern Bell asks Texas Supreme Court for quick ruling
Southwestern Bell Tele phone Co. seeks expedited hearing on its appeal of 1976 rates set by the Public Utility Commission. The company asks for oral arguments on February 8 and a suspension of the PUC rate order to set new rates, arguing current rates deny fair returns and cost the company hundreds of thousands daily. The 3rd Court of Civil Appeals earlier capped rate increases at 57.8 million, rejecting a rehearing.
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Austin, Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Texas Supreme Court
Public Utility Commission
Southwestern Bell
Railroad Commission
Texas
Supreme Court
PUC
3Rd Court of Civil Appeals
PAC
Testimony Opens in Death of Texas Prisoner Batts
A federal grand jury in Tyler began hearing testimony about the death of James Batts, a state prisoner who died after being tied to a ladder in a field for four hours in 90 degree heat at the Eastham Farm Unit near Huntsville. Medical examiners questioned the initial ruling of death by own action, noting incomplete records from prison officials and suggesting possible heat related factors. Batts, serving a 10 year burglary sentence, was reportedly revived after two attempted hangings.
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Tyler
Texas
James Batts
Ethel Erickson
Houston
Erickson
Batts
Eastham Farm
Huntsville
Law group sets police course at Midland
The Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy announces a police instructor school for advanced officers. The course Techniques of Group Instruction will run January 16 through January 20 at the Midland Police Department with field representatives from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education.
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Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy
Midland Police Department
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education
Pecos Weather: 54 High and 24 Low Thursday
The Pecos forecast lists a 54 degree high for Thursday with a 24 degree low today. Tonight's low is expected in the mid-20s and Friday should bring warmer temperatures.
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Pecos
December wholesale prices rise as food costs surge
Washington AP reports a 0.7 percent December rise in the wholesale price index led by a 1.5 percent jump in food costs, signaling higher grocery prices. The Labor Department shifted to measuring finished goods, phasing out the all-commodities index, with finished goods up 6.6 percent in 1977.
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Washington
Labor Department
Scattered ice reported across multiple state districts
The Highway Department issued a morning update on road conditions as of 9:30 a.m. with scattered ice on roadways and bridges in districts including Childress Fort Worth Austin Abilene Bryan Atlanta Waco Tyler Paris Dallas Brownwood and Wichita Falls. Most areas expect ice to clear by noon or late today depending on location. Some roads are already ice free such as Abilene San Angelo.
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Austin
Texas
Childress
Hardeman
Dickens
Foard
Briscoe
Fort Worth
Part
Williamson County
Abilene
Bryan
Milam
Freestone
Leon
Atlanta
Waco
Tyler
Paris
Dallas
San Angelo
Oil majors gamble on Atlantic offshore leases
Six oil firms spent 1.1 billion on leases and 90 million on exploration in the Baltimore Canyon off the Atlantic coast, hoping for oil with an 80 percent chance of finding nothing. They await a Supreme Court decision amid environmental challenges as they plan limited drilling and potential production years away.
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New York
Atlantic Coast
Supreme Court
Baltimore Canyon
J.G. Yope
Shell Oil Co
Joe Tucker
Exxon
Bathmore Canyon
New York City
Yope
Shell
Atlantic City
N.J
Cape
Henlopen
Del
Suffolk County
Long Island
U.S. Supreme Court
Georges Bank Outer Continental Shelf
New England
Court upholds cotton cooperative to pay big damages
Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals ruling that Plains Cotton Cooperative Association must pay three farmers from Howard County 246 292 dollars plus interest for the 1973 contract price versus market price difference. The decision, based on misrepresentation and oral agreements, keeps in force a Lubbock jury verdict in favor of Jack Wolf James Barr and David Barr, with merchant price spikes cited and escape clause disputes unresolved.
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Austin, Texas
South Plains Cotton Cooperative
Howard County
Texas Supreme Court
Amarillo
High Court
Alvin Hill
Plains
Court of Civil Appeals
Weh
Cotton Shippers Association
Hill
Bank man arrested in cash loss from robbery case
An 18-year-old Corpus Christi bank teller who last month reported an armed robber stole 10 000 from him has been arrested for allegedly stealing the money. Police also arrested a 17-year-old boy as investigators connect him to the alleged robbery on December 22. Charred remains of the missing money were found in the teller’s backyard. The two suspects were held pending federal charges.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Henry Castro
Castro
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Ager
J.J. Maxey
Bill Moss
Council
Pecos City
Alfred Gomez
State Department of Health
Gomez
Region 2
Quick
Law Group
Richard White
S. Oak
Manuel J. Orona
Catherine Ashley
Reeves County
Robert Hinojos
Robert A. Dobkin
Highway Department
Wichita Falls
Albert Thomas
U.S
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