Senate set to vote on phasing out natural gas price controls
The Senate will debate and likely vote this week on a plan to end federal controls on natural gas prices by 1985. Senate leaders aim for 60 votes to break a filibuster as House conferees revisit energy package details and foreign policy issues dominate the week.
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Mike Shanahan
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Carter
Capitol Hill
House
U.S
Turkey
Congress
Committee seeks questioning five men over MLK and JFK killings
The House assassination committee plans to question five persons regarding the assassinations of Martin Luther King and President John F. Kennedy. It released photographs and composite drawings hoping citizen recognition might add light, cautioning against assuming involvement. A blurred curbside image from Dealey Plaza is among the material shown.
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Washington
House
Martin Luther King
John F. Kennedy
Committee On Sunday
Dealey Plaza
Texas Senate rejects Peveto tax uniformity bill in debate
The Texas Senate votes 18 to 9 against the Peveto bill after an hour of discussion. House plans a similar move to consolidate property appraisals within a single county office, and a separate tax relief package seeks 100 votes to pass. The broader proposal would cap state spending, exempt portions of home value, and tax farm land by income rather than market value.
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House
Bill Clayton
Wayne Peveto
D-Orange
Senate
Betty Denton
D-Waco
Three in Court for Illegal Entry into U S
A Salvadoran citizen and two Mexican nationals were each sentenced to 179 days in prison for unlawfully entering the United States. The sentences were imposed in Pecos before U S Magistrate J M Preston after misdemeanor Immigration and Naturalization Service violations were admitted.
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el Salvador
United
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Pecos All-Stars win sub-sectional tourney at home
Pecos Pony League All-Stars defeated Lubbock Dixie Stars 8-5 to claim the sub-divisional tourney title after a 6-5 extra inning win over Lubbock earlier. Key performances came from Joey Ames Nelson McGrew Jaime Rodriguez and pitcher Randy Lozano with Jaime Rodriguez sealing the clinch. Pecos advances to Austin to face San Antonio divisional All stars in the sectional tournament.
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Carlos Nichols
Pecos Pony League All-Stars
Lubbock Dixie Stars
Pecos
Hereford Stars
Pecos Stars
Lubbock
el Paso Stars
Randy Lozano
Joey Ames
Jaime Rodriguez
Ed Ames
David Mattox
Bill Burnett
Rodriguez
Allan Ballard
Freddy Calanchi
Nelson McGrew
Felix Tarango
Jimmy Galindo
Ballard
Calanchi
McGrew
Ames
Lubbock Dixie
Austin- Waco
San Antonio
West Texas
Northwestern Pony League
Transporting aliens brings two year term
In Pecos federal court a Waco resident Jesus S. Guerrero aged 65 was sentenced to two years for felony transportation of illegal aliens. Tried on a three count indictment, the Pecos Division grand jury returned a guilty verdict on June 6 after lengthy deliberations. Judge William S. Sessions imposed two year terms on each count to be served concurrently after the pre sentence report was reviewed.
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Pecos
Waco
Jesus S. Guerrero
Guerrero
U.S
William S. Sessions
All-Stars Bank Accounts Open for Pecos Pony League Travel
Bank accounts opened at First National and Security State Banks to accept donations for Pecos Pony League All-Stars travel expenses. Team will represent Pecos in Austin at the Sectional Tournament from Thursday through Sunday, August 3 to 6, per Manager Ed Ames.
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National and Security
Pecos Pony League
Ed Ames
Pecos
Austin
Southwest Microfilm Contact Address Note
Southwest Microfilm located at 2601 East Yandell in El Paso Texas 79991 lists P O Box 10054 for correspondence. The entry provides no further context or details beyond current postal and street address information.
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Southwest Microfilm
E. Yandell
el Paso
Tex
Lawsuit Seeks $168000 Judgment in Army Collision Case
Leonard Weeks Mary Weeks and Hayden Weeks sue the United States and the Army under the Federal Tort Claims Act in the Pecos Division Western District of Texas seeking 168050 dollars plus costs. The 1974 collision east of Fort Stockton on U S 290 involved Army truck and Weeks vehicles.
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United States
Pecos
U.S. District Court
Western District of Texas
Leonard Lewis Weeks
Mary Weeks
Hayden T. Weeks
United States of
America
U.S. Army
Fort Stockton
U.S. 290
Weeks
Leonard
Mary
Dona Ana County
New Mexico
McCulloch
Public Hearing Approved for Farm to Market 3398 Project
Reeves and Ward counties win approval for a public hearing on the Farm to Market Road 3398 reconstruction. The plan shifts a 3.8 mile eastward stretch from Reeves to Ward, adding two 12 foot lanes, river crossing realigned near the Pecos River, and 120 feet of right of way. Bids expected Spring 1979. Reeves County Sheriff reports burglary at Texan Drive In Theatre with $150 damage.
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State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Reeves
Ward
Ceived
Reeves County
Pecos
Ward County
Barstow
Pecos River
Sullivan Bridge
Bill Burnett
A. Henry Pearson
Reeves and Ward
Raul Florez
Balmorhea Highway
Iraan man fined for aiding illegal aliens
Francisco Martinez Lopez, 55, of Iraan, was fined $600 and given a one year probation after pleading guilty to two counts of aiding and abetting illegal aliens. He appeared before US Magistrate J. M. Preston in Pecos, waived rights, and faced six months in jail on each count, suspended for one year.
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Iraan
Francisco Martinez-Lopez
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Martinez-Lopez
Pecos Weather Snapshots Show 98 Degree Readings
Pecos records a mild weekend with highs near 98 degrees and morning lows from 61 to 64. The Associated Press forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions in the south and partly cloudy areas in the north through Tuesday, with scattered showers and a few heavy south thunderstorms. Highs trend 85 to 95, cooler mountains, and lows 64 to 72, approaching 60 in higher terrain.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
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