Carter plans speech after secret Pittsburgh visit
President Carter met with steelworkers and other blue collar workers in Carnegie Pennsylvania for about 90 minutes to get input for a television address due Sunday at 10 p.m. EDT. He and Rosalynn Carter later returned to Camp David after a secret 6 to 10 p.m. excursion.
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James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Carter
Carnegie
William Fisher
Rex Granum
Camp David
Frank Reynolds
ABC
Walter Cronkite
CBS
Rosalynn
White House
Jody Powell
Phil Wise
Pittsburgh
Granum
Fisher
Bette
Catoctin Mountains
Washington
Pecos District sets budget hearing and tax rate
The Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District board voted to hold a public hearing on the 1979 80 operating budget August 16 at 5 30 p m at district offices 1302 S Park and to set the coming year tax rate. The tentative budget totals 6 754 305 with payroll 4 791 611 and debt service 728 413. Estimated ending balances and valuation changes were discussed along with room use for the Pecos Evening Optimist Club and bids on land and a Building Trades House. Weather notes forecast hot conditions with scattered thunderstorms and highs 104 Thursday.
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Lew Barrett
Board of Education
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
S. Park
Ray Whitley
State of
Texas
Whitley
West Pecos
Pecos
Fred Martin
Public meetings criticized for unsubstantiated charges in Pecos
In Reeves County Commissioners Court and Pecos City Council sessions, alleged harassment claims surfaced but lacked named defendants or concrete facts. The Enterprise backs Sheriff’s stance on law enforcement doing their job and urges proper investigative channels for any specific charges. The paper vows to cover public meetings and offer ad space for political pitches.
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Ken Dulaney
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Pecos
Reeves County
Sheriff's Department
Brown apologizes for racial remark in private meeting
Agriculture Commissioner Reagan Brown issued a public apology after newspaper reports described him using a racial slur during a private meeting with farmers. He said his words did not reflect his true views and apologized to anyone offended by the remarks.
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Austin, Texas
Reagan Brown
American Agriculture Movement
Pecos man Robert Leigh dies from self inflicted wound
Pecos 20 year old Robert De wayne Leigh of 450 Airbase died Thursday night from a self inflicted bullet wound to the temple. Police were notified at 9 06 p m Leigh who was unemployed and moving from his apartment had six beers prior to shooting. A .22 caliber round from a revolver was recovered with five live rounds and one spent cartridge. Rickey Noel Jones and Gail Leigh were moving out of 45B Airbase and gave statements describing events. Leigh was alone when the shooting occurred and the gun was placed on an adjacent couch.
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Pecos
Robert Dewayne Leigh
Leigh
Rickey Noel Jones
Gail
Sheriff announces arrest in Pecos motel burglary
El Paso resident Harvey E. Mitchell 45 is jailed in Big Spring after a statement implicated him in a Pecos motel burglary on June 30 that saw 16575 dollars in property taken from W H Bud Upton of San Angelo. Mitchell remains jailed as investigators pursue possible ties to other Pecos motel burglaries and recoveries including a stolen 1975 pickup from Balmorhea highway.
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el Paso
Harvey E. Mitchell
Riley Court
Big Spring
Pecos
Mitchell
U.S. 285
Interstate 20
W.H
Bud) Upton
San Angelo
Reeves County
Raul Florez
The
Texas Ranger
Big Spring City
Florez
van Horn
Balmorhea
Reeves County Sheriff's Department
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Women's National Democratic Club
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Arnie S. Calderon
Optimist Club
Fred
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Joel Daniel
Ben Meek
Manuel J. Orona
West Texas Economic Development Corporation
Earl Bell
WTEDC
Orona
Louis Matta
Building Trades House
Park St
Lawrence Williams
Savings and Loan Association
Texas Oil and Gas
Federal Aviation Administration
Jim Lloyd
D-Calif
Barstow
Pecos Motors, Inc
West Texas
Jerry Swaim
Brown
Joe Galindo
Joe Coleman
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