Pecos City Council adjourns vote on high settlement offer
The Pecos City Council postponed action on a $65,000 sale offer for Lots 4 5 and 6 in West Airport Addition in a civil suit filed May 1975 alleging violation of civil rights due to seizure and demolition. Mayor Bickley urged rejecting the $65,000 proposal and recommended a $50,000 counteroffer.
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Pecos
Joe Smallwood
Smallwood
W.R
Bob
Bickley
Muniz
Garcia
Mike Harrison
Ben Matta
A.C. Bishop
J.J. Maxey
Bishop
Maxey
Dale Toone
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Pecos City
Parks Department
Weather Outlook for Pecos Area
Weather from Pecos and vicinity foresees mostly fair conditions through Friday with hot afternoons. Wednesday's high reached 105 degrees and the morning low was 77. Across West Texas, scattered storms in the extreme southwest tonight, otherwise mostly fair afternoons with highs upper 90s to near 108 along the Rio Grande and Panhandle, with lows from 68 to 75 and near 60 in the mountains.
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Pecos
Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Committee OKs plan for rationing gasoline
Washington AP A House subcommittee voted 13 to 8 to empower President Carter to order gasoline rationing and require motorists to leave cars at home one day weekly as part of energy conservation measures during shortages.
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Washington
House
Carter
House Commerce Subcommittee On
Energy and Power
Subcommittee
John Dingell
D-Mich
Dingell
Carter weighs staff shake up as Schlesinger eyes exit
President Carter nears completion of domestic policy conferences amid energy worries. Speculation grows that Energy Secretary James R. Schlesinger may resign or be fired, with White House officials denying a resignation but not ruling out action. Carter remains at Camp David planning a national address likely after a Midwest trip.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carter
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
White House
Energy Department
James Bishop Jr
Jody Powell
Camp David
Hendrik Hertzberg
Powell
Midwest
Estes found guilty on two counts. sentencing set August 6
Billie Sol Estes, 54, was convicted on two of five counts in two indictments alleging a scheme to defraud investors and shield assets from the IRS to dodge $10 million in back taxes. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for August 6. Horton was found guilty on one count. A parole hearing for Estes is set July 17, with potential retrials on remaining counts.
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Sharon Herbaugh
Associated Press
Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
Estes
Internal Revenue Service
Raymond K. Horton
Midland Oil and
Horton
U.S
Robert Hill
Walt
G. Brockett Irwin
East Texas
Hill
Earnest Cotton
Steam Cleaners
Jim Rolfe
Rolfe
U.S. Parole Commission
Irwin
Lyndon Johnson
Bernard Grauer
Grauer
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Tyler
Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Kaw
Minnesota
la Tuna Federal Correctional Institute
el Paso
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Lawrence Williams
Mildred Ferguson
Lillie Walker
Eddie Lynn Walker
Ruby Wilson
Maxine Dade
LaVern Williams
Hattie Gordon
Eddie B. Walker
Robert Hinojos
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