Pecos council ejects Chamber rep amid harassment claim
At Pecos City Council, a representative from the Chicano Chamber of Commerce was ordered removed after Mayor W R Bickley said he was being harassed. Jimmy Gomez had asked for funds for a September 16 Pecos celebration. Police escorted him out as debates over funding and a chamber contract continued. The meeting also awarded a water pump bid to Trans Pecos Electric and granted permits for a city park concert by Mare Band Enterprises with traffic and confessions rules. Temperature info and local weather noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Barrett
Camara de Comercio
Chicano Chamber of Commerce
Pecos
W.R. ‘'Bob
Bickley
Jimmy Gomez
Don Carlile
Gomes
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Pecos Chamber
Gomez
Ted Painter
Painter
Eleuterio M. Garcia
Advertising Committee
Council
Water Department
Trans-Pecos Electric
Egelofs Company
Georgia
S.B. Hunt
Trans- Pecos Electric
Elkins Electric
Glen McNeil
Mare Band Enterprises
Paul Briones
Briones
J.J. Maxey
Carlile
Maxey
Two Fort Stockton men plead not guilty in drug case
Two Fort Stockton residents, Jimmy Petty and Joe Quintela-Nunez, faced arraignment on one count of unlawful possession of marijuana. Both pleaded not guilty, aided by counsel, and were released on high bonds as trials loom. Other defendants, Borunda-Borunda, Luna-Luna, and Alvarado-Morales, also entered not guilty pleas or await proceedings. Magistrate Preston noted motion deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Jimmy Delton Petty
Shaddox Rd
Joe Martin Quintela-Nunez
S. Young
Grand Jury
U.S. District Court
Western District of Texas
Sanderson
Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Border Patrol
Texas Department of Public Safety
Petty
Quintela-Nunez
Pecos Teens Charged in Fatal Sunday Shooting
Pecos police say Jamie Jurado Salgado, 17, of 502 S Sycamore and Hector Garcia Carrasco, 24, of 238 W C Street were arrested and charged with murder in the early Sunday shooting that killed 18 year old Faustino Florez Jr. One suspect remains at large and the case is under investigation.
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Jamie Jurado Salgado
S. Sycamore
Faustino Florez, Jr
Salgado
Hector Garcia Carrasco
W. C. Street
Pecos
City election request filed to fill council vacancy
Painter reports no problems foreseen for a special municipal election to replace Councilman Bill Moss who resigned this morning. He has contacted Governor Dolph Briscoe and the Governor's Office asked him to file a petition. city officials say no apparent issues in granting the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Painter
Enterprise
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Moss
Painter
Briscoe
Death of inmate Nicolas Natividad Lara ruled natural causes
Nicolas Natividad-Lara a 28 year old resident of San Vicente and Mexico was pronounced dead on arrival at Reeves County Hospital Pecos before 4 a.m. July 22. A Dallas pathologist will issue the autopsy report. He had been jailed in Pecos pending transfer to a federal facility to complete a 179 day sentence for illegal entry. Burial plans were arranged through the U.S. Marshal Pecos and Mexican Consul in Presidio with arrangements for burial in San Vicente.
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Nicolas Natividad-Lara
Mexico
Reeves County Hospital
Pecos
Dallas
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Nicolas Natividad
Presidio
San Vicente
Hipolito Santillan-Acosta
Natividad Lara
George Basaldua
United States
Texas House and Senate seek real estate tax relief
In Austin lawmakers advance constitutional amendments to ease property taxes with proposals to tax agricultural land by productivity, shield families with one car from property taxes, and curb tangibles tax. House backs McLeod income tax ban. Salinas wins exemption for one automobile per family.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Bill Hobby
Hobby
Carter Aware of Lozano Death Probe in Texas
President Carter is aware of developments in a West Texas civil rights inquiry into the death of Mexican American Lozano at Ector County Jail in Odessa. A White House aide said Carter is concerned in a general sense but not personally involved, as the Justice Department weighs merits amid a grand jury investigation that recessed after hearing 66 witnesses. Ector County DA John Green had closed the sheriff's deputies in question.
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Washington
Carter
West Texas
White House
Rick Hernandez
Lozano
Ector County
Odessa
Pecos
Texas
Hernandez
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Midland
John Green
Zano
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Moss Resigns from Pecos City Council in Special Election Bid
Pecos City Councilman Bill Moss resigns to take a bank post in Monahans. The council votes to accept with regrets and asks City Attorney Painter to seek permission from Governor Briscoe to hold a special election. If denied, the next legal date is the third Saturday in January 1979. Mayor Bickley requests a retiring plaque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Bill Moss
Monahans Bank
Ted Painter
Dolph Briscoe
Painter
Moss
W.R
Bob'’ Bickley
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Jose J. Borunda-Borunda
Israel Luna-Luna
Peeves County
Jose D. Alvarado-Morales
Gulf
Preston
Galveston
Doug McLeod
Ron Water
Dhouston
Pecos High School
Dudley Montgomery
Rosie Granada
Elsa Lara
Suzette Byrne
Tammy Battens
Michele Reece
Gina Painter
Robert Hinojos
City Post
Farnum Jewelry
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