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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1978
Page
1
In Dallas AP dispatch, about 8000 NEA delegates endorsed five measures to shield financing for public education amid Proposition 13 tax cuts. They set one third federal funding as top priority, push ERA support, oppose tuition tax credits, and seek to extend the March 1979 ratification deadline as needed.
The Labor Department says unemployment dropped from 6.1 to 5.7 percent the lowest in nearly four years with teens driving much of the decline. About 710,000 new jobs were added in June while wholesale food prices rose 0.7 percent, keeping inflation concerns alive.
The Reeves County Commissioners Court and representatives from Pritchard and Abbott joined valuation engineers from Odessa in a Friday press time session to equalize ad valorem property taxes for Reeves County.
Texas educators foresee results from the Texas Assessment Project showing students likely at or just below the national average in reading writing mathematics and citizenship. About 110 000 students across elementary and secondary levels were tested amid urban suburban and racial background considerations.
The Country Music Association announced there will be no regular Country Music Jamboree this month and the event will resume in August.
Three Lubbock residents indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to import and possess marijuana were released on 10 000 personal recognizance bonds after pleading not guilty. William Froust Steve Burns and James Bass appeared before U S Magistrate J M Preston in Pecos and were released pending further court proceedings.
Jose Camillo Alvarado Morales, 57, of Odessa, released on a $7 500 surety bond after being charged with aiding and abetting aliens illegally in the United States. He was taken into custody June 26 in Culberson County, appeared before U S Magistrate J M Preston in Pecos, pleaded not guilty, and was placed in Reeves County jail pending further proceedings.
Temperatures in Pecos climbed to 109 yesterday with 106 the high on Wednesday. This morning cooled to 74. AP forecast calls for partly cloudy hot afternoons and warm nights through Saturday. Thunderstorms expected mainly west and north with highs 93 to 105 and nightly lows from the 60s to 70s.
Texas residents consuming legally sold whiskey wine and beer help fund state programs such as the school fund farm to market roads teacher retirement general revenue and medical and disability assistance. The 43rd Annual Report of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for FY 1977 shows $152 224 855 47 in tax revenue from various sources plus $8 457 284 96 from licenses permits and fees. Gross receipts taxes led with $53 735 309 51 and mixed beverage permits produced $4 662 250. The report traces rates per gallon for distilled spirits wine and beer and notes that the TLCB later became the TABC on Jan 1 1970. Total receipts from 1935 through FY 1977 reached $1 715 106 935 12 with a small non revenue difference. The TABC employed 630 staff across six divisions and operated on $10 414 177 49 in FY 1977, posting a net year increase of $19 906 761 31. Per capita consumption estimates were 1.6651 gallons distilled spirits 0.9066 wine 30.2559 beer and 0.6929 malt liquor. Fees for licenses and permits flow through to the state treasury via TABC.
State Insurance Board plans a Monday vote on rate increases that could cost Texans millions. Chairman Hugh Yantis proposed delaying any homeowners premium hike for another year, noting most policies still sell under higher requests. The board weighs a 13.1 to 14.1 percent range against industry asks while 80 percent of policies run at reduced rates.
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