Rainfall cools Pecos area as floods threaten West Texas
Rainfall as high as 0.22 inches fell in Pecos Monday with a high of 89 and a low of 67. Balmorhea recorded clouds and showers and runoff. West Texas forecasts call for scattered showers and thunderstorms through Wednesday with locally heavy rains possible and flash flood warnings across counties from Seminole to Rotan.
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Pecos
Balmorhea
Balmorhea Lake
West Texas
Associated Press
Texas
Seminole
Lamesa
Snyder
Rotan
Panhandle Plains
Davis Mountains
Lubbock
Abilene
Sonora
West Cen
Drivers pay up for violations
City Judge Connie Gomez reports in June that police issued 114 citations, yielding 1998.50 in traffic fines. The total court fines reached 2938.50, with license violations at 603, speeding fines at 465.50, and alcohol-related jail fines totaling 517.50. Police activity rose with 459 calls and 13,738 miles logged, plus 8777.09 stolen and 4513.16 recovered.
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Connie Gomez
Gomez
Deputizing police and urban renewal ideas for Pecos
In a column the writer mulls expanding city police powers beyond city limits and adopting an emergency department combining police fire and ambulance. He suggests ambulance fees, parking meter use, and urban renewal to unlock federal funds, though he doubts Pecos faces traffic congestion soon and warns about parking shortages.
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Gene Douglas
Oak
Oklahoma City
University Medical Center
Pecos
Corrections board seeks 167 million for new prison farm
Texas Board of Corrections votes to request 167 million dollars for a two year construction program including a 2000 inmate prison farm in West Texas or the Rio Grande Valley to employ convicts in cotton fields and a textile plant. An 85 million dollar hospital complex and housing at the central Huntsville unit are also planned.
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Dallas
Texas Board of Corrections
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
James Estelle
Pital
Sugarland
Walls
Huntsville
Ron Taylor
Estelle
Taylor
Texas Department of Corrections
Mountain View
Gatesville
Coffield
Tennessee Colony
Anderson County
Vandals strike Zavala and band hall at Zavala Junior High
A vandal incident at Zavala Junior High caused about 4500 in damage to the band hall carpet after red paint and vulgar writings appeared on the floor. Police report no forced entry. Also GED testing will be held at Pecos High School library at 8 30 a.m. Saturday for adults seeking a high school equivalency diploma.
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Zavala Junior High School
Lynn Webb
Special Services Department
Pecos High School
Larry Sloan
Sloan
Zavala Junior High
Soviets ready action to save Palestinians
Soviet Union is reportedly readying urgent action to aid Palestinian guerrillas and leftist Lebanese Muslims against Christian and Syrian forces. Ambassador Soldatov conveyed the Kremlin decision to Yasir Arafat and Kamal Jumblatt. Cairo talks mention possible Libyan and Egyptian support and a cease fire. Palestinian casualties and sieges at Tal Zaatar are ongoing with reported prisoner captures.
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Farouk Nassar
Associated Press
Beirut, Lebanon
Soviet Union
Beirut
Alexander Soldatov
Lebanon
Kremlin
Yasir Arafat
Kamal Jumblatt
Arafat
Cairo
Kamal
Assad
Abdel Salam Jalloud
Tripoli
Beirut-Damascus
Sidon
Egypt
Arab League
Tal Zaatar
Ballabek
Pat Nixon Expected to Fully Recover From Stroke
Pat Nixon's doctor says the former first lady will completely recover from her stroke after a period in hospital in Long Beach California. He notes she should be out within a week to 10 days and that the partial paralysis and speech slurring are improving while blood pressure remains controlled. A neurologist consulted says full recovery is hoped and believed.
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Long Beach
Calif
Pat Nixon
John Lungren
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Lungren
Stanely van den Noort
Day Camp Registration Set for Girl Scouts Week
Registration for the first Girl Scout Day Camp runs July 26 to 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Girl Scout House 715 S. Park. Fees are 4 dollars for ages 3 to 8, 4.50 for 9 to 12, 5 for 12 and up. nonscouts pay 50 cents extra for insurance.
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S. Park
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