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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1978
Page
1
A listing for Southwest Microfilm at 2601 E Yandell with mail and PO details in El Paso Texas. The file shows a P20 marker and a Dox 10054 ZIP code 79994 associated with the business.
At Pecos City Council, Southern Union Gas was criticized for not paying consulting fees tied to opposing a proposed gas-rate hike. City officials cited $29,394.83 spent to fight the increase and $11,051.41 billed to the gas company, while attorneys predicted no payment until the Railroad Commission rules. A separate vote authorized a $15,000 pump upgrade for the downtown booster station and transfers for recreation programming.
DOE panel member says no final decision yet on a waste disposal site near Carlsbad New Mexico amid strong public opposition. About 100 attended a four hour Amarillo hearing as critics warn of contamination risks from storage underground in salt beds and transport routes via Texas.
A brother and sister from Jal New Mexico who are United States citizens were assessed fines and placed on unsupervised probation for one year after their conviction Wednesday for the misdemeanor of aiding and abetting a Mexican citizen to evade inspection by a U S Immigration and Naturalization Service Officer. Eduvigas Navarette de Antalejo 27 and her brother Abraham Navarette Ramirez 20 pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor offense which occurred July 10 at Presidio U S Magistrate J M Preston of Pecos Division of the federal district court for the Western District of Texas accepted their pleas and suspended jail terms of six months each for the unsupervised probation and assessed each a fine of 150 as a condition of their probation. In other proceedings Gilberto Gonzalez Carrasco 50 of Mexico pleaded guilty of illegally entering the U S and was put on uns three years Preston suspended six months to serve. The three defendants in open court received and acknowledged their rights in authorizing by waiver proceedings in magistrate's court.
Crystal City Texas plans a $650000 HUD grant to drill six wildcat wells in Zavala County to restore gas. Geologists say two live wells could result from six holes, with initial sites outside the city. If gas flows, the city would add $318000 from bonds funded by new wells. recovery could take years, as residents brace for another gasless winter.
Investigation into the July 10 wounding of Roland Francis Whitlow 38 a Belle Chasse La priest continues. Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez said results have been turned over to other investigators as Whitlow remains hospitalized in Odessa Medical Center Hospital in satisfactory condition after being shot in the upper right thigh near a roadside park west of Pecos.
Weather Watch reports Pecos endured a second consecutive record heat day with a 109 degree high. The AP forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in West Texas, with scattered storms tonight and generally fair weather elsewhere through Friday, followed by continued hot afternoons. Highs range from mid 90s to near 108 in Big Bend valleys. Lows span from the mid 60s to near 60 in elevated areas.
A Fort Stockton grand jury indicted Enrique Munoz Martinez 29 and Raymond Matta Jr 29 of Pecos and Ruben O Hernandez 28 of Alpine in 29 capital murder indictments against 19 individuals. A missing woman Sophia Ponce Banda 27 is sought on a federal warrant related to the deaths of Felix Rodriguez 25 of Fort Stockton and Guadalupe Jiminez 54 of Pecos whose bodies were found northwest of Fort Stockton. Martinez Hernandez and Matta are held without bond in Fort Stockton. No trial date yet.
Both chambers unanimously back relief cutting state sales tax on gas and electric bills and expanding the inheritance tax exemption. They adjourn until Monday as bills move to reconcile language. House bills add inflation adjustments and favor homeowners over commercial utilities, raising total tax relief.
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