Carter holds seventh day at Camp David talks on energy and economy
President Carter enters a seventh day of seclusion at Camp David as he shifts focus from broad domestic review to energy pinch and recession fears. A wide range of Americans including cabinet members governors university leaders and labor figures join and discuss energy supplies prices oil imports and short term fixes with aides reporting productive and candid sessions.
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James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Carter
Camp David
Maryland
Jody Powell
Powell
Congressional
Maryland Woods
Washington
Walter F. Mondale
Louisville
National Governors Association
Complaint filed at Reeves County Commissioners Court meeting
A Pecos resident El euterio Garcia alleged heavy law enforcement targeting the Mexican American community. Sheriff Raul Florez defended his dept while Garcia warned of an explosive situation and urged court action. Judge Pigman said no jurisdiction in policing and urged district attorney and grand jury recourse. The meeting also covered tax notices, tax rate reductions, and budget actions including a $16,500 loan to Reeves County Hospital and ambulance service funding.
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Pecos
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Garcia
Commissioners Court
W.O. ‘Bill’’ Pigman
Florez
Pigman
Reeves County
County Board of Equalization
al Lawrence
Pecos City
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent
L.A. Richards
Toyah
Richards
Marcos Martinez
General
Lengthy Cullen Davis trial opens in Fort Worth
Prosecution seeks a jury seated in Gordon Gray's courtroom in Davis' hometown for a trial that could run through Thanksgiving. Davis, heir to a billion dollar empire, faces charges including attempting to kill State District Judge Joe Eidson and the slaying of Stan Farr. The Amarillo verdict acquitted him of murder, but he remains charged in related shootings and wounding. Federal, state and local officers re-arrested him eight months after the verdict for soliciting Farr's murder.
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Fort Worth
Davis
Joe Eidson
Eidson
Priscilla
Andrea Wilbourn
Amarillo
Stan Farr
Priscilla Davis
Helping Hand aids Reeves County family in need
The Helping Hand column restarts to assist a mother and three children facing hardship from unemployment illness or other factors since 1977. The 13-year-old girl wears size 5-6 junior and 14 girls, the 8-year-old size 5% shoe, the 6-year-old boy size 8 clothes, and the mother size 12-14 misses. Call 445-5487 with offers of help.
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Enterprise
Reeves County
Weather Outlook for West Texas and Pecos Area
Forecast shows sunny hot and humid conditions for Pecos and surroundings through Tuesday. Sunday highs reached 104 with a 70 degree low. Panhandle zones expect scattered storms mainly north, with Monday and Tuesday highs 96 and 105 along the Rio Grande, and 90s elsewhere. West Texas inland highs in 90s to around 104 near the Rio Grande, lows 60s to 70s, higher elevations cooler.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande
West
Texas
Big Bend
JFK assassination photo jury doubts autopsy pictures authenticity
Baltimore Sun reports photo technician Robert Groden claims four Kennedy autopsy photos are forgeries. He suggests evidence of a front shot and an exit wound, aligned with doctors’ statements and a conspiracy view in the House committee’s final report.
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Baltimore
House Select Committee On Asssassinations
John F. Kennedy
Baltimore Sun
Robert F. Groden
Groden
House Committee
Kennedy
House
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Estes Trial Deliberations Continue for West Texas Swindler
The jury in Billie Sol Estes and Raymond Horton fraud and conspiracy case resumed deliberations in Dallas after 92 hours of talks. Estes faces up to 80 years and $82 000 in fines if convicted, while Horton could get up to 50 years and $60 000 in fines.
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Billie Sol Estes
Pecos Enterprise Press
Sharon Herbaugh
Associated Press
Dallas (Ap
West Texas
Raymond K. Horton
Estes
Texas
Washington
Kansas
Minnesota
Internal Revenue Service
Horton
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West Virginia
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New Hampshire
Robert Graham
Florida
Jerry Weisner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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New York University
Elisa Avila
Reyes Avila
Lulac
Jessie Reyes
Santa Rosa Hall
Robert Hinojos
Cullen Davis
JFK
Warren Commission
Texas School Book Depository
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Tyler
Billy D. Pyron
Goolsby
Mississippi
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