Legislature winds down as Texas ends session today
The 64th Texas Legislature nears adjournment after a day of bargaining on a $133 million appropriation, a $12 billion 1976-77 spending bill, and a public utilities compromise. A $653.5 million school financing measure moves to the governor, and a new state constitution awaits voters. Other actions include voter reforms, bond increases, and malpractice insurance bills.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Railroad Commission
Conference Committee On Public Utilities
Senate
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Pecos Garment Plans 75 Night Shift Workers
Pecos Garment Company will add 75 new employees for a night shift from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. to handle rising orders. Manager J B Robertson said the plant is six months behind due to order surges and history of lean inventories. He seeks experienced and inexperienced operators as hiring expands total employment beyond 240.
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Pecos Garment Company
J.B. Robertson
Robertson
Pecos Garment Co
Man charged in Pecos stabbing death and assault
In Pecos an 11 p.m. Wednesday bar stabbing left 38-year-old Beatriz Hadd er ton dead and 42-year-old Juan Florez wounded. Vincente Rodriguez of Lindsay Addition was charged with murder and assault with intent to murder after the death occurred in Odessa, with bonds set at 25 000 and 10 000. The incident began at the Del Rio Bar on East Fourth Street and led to an ambulance transfer to Memorial Hospital. An autopsy was ordered to determine cause of death.
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Pecos
Memorial Hospital
Beatriz Hadderton
Juan Florez
Vincente Rodriguez
Barilla Road
Lindsay Addition
Hadderton
Odessa
Rodriguez
Florez
Cliff Preslar
del Rio
Fourth St
Seventh and
Eddy Streets
Pecos Hospital
Phyllis Salyer
Salyer
Pools Open Daily As Pecos Summers Begin
Pecos pools open with municipal and Bessie Haynes hours daily geared to families. Municipal pool 1 PM to 8 PM weekdays, 6 PM close on Wednesdays and Sundays. Bessie Haynes 2 PM to 6 PM. Pecos Athletic Club pool also slated to open this week with 50 cent adult, 35 cent teen, 25 cent child rates. Balmorhea State Park plunge hours 11 AM to 8 PM, admission 1 dollar. 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under 12. Free swimming lessons offered to Pecos youths 7 to 12 by Pecos Optimist Club, starting Monday, June 9 for two weeks, first come, first served. limit 15, must have doctor’s health certificate. Pick up applications from Carl McGee 1310 S. Eddy. lessons 10 to 11 AM daily.
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Pecos Swimming Pools
Municipal Pool
Bessie Haynes
Pecos Athletic Club
Balmorhea State Park
Pecos
Pecos Optimist Club
Carl McGee
S. Eddy
Not Just Vacation I Am Gone From The Desk Forever
Peggy McCracken announces she is leaving the desk with no clear destination, notes plans to attend Odessa college in summer, and praises colleagues and readers. She reflects on three and a half years at the Enterprise, learning teamwork, media work, and personal growth, and ends with a faith message and a blessing.
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Odessa
Enterprise
Texas
Vaya Con
Israelis withdraw forces from Suez Canal move
Israel announces withdrawal of half its tanks and all artillery from the Suez Canal and trims front line troops by 50 percent to 3,500 men as a peace gesture ahead of canal reopening. President Ford says he will unveil a Middle East peace formula within a month amid regional truce efforts in Lebanon.
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Associated Press
Israel
Suez Canal
Egypt
Ford
Anwar Sadat
Salzburg
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
Jerusalem
Sadat
Cairo
Pecos Oil and Gas Appreciation Day slated for June 13
The first annual Pecos Oil and Gas Appreciation Day was announced by chamber president Paul Randolph for Friday June 13. The event features a 9 am golf tournament at Pecos Municipal Golf Course, refreshments, a free barbecue at the Posse Barn, Bear Stroud's barbecue, and country music. The day honors the oil and gas industry’s impact on Pecos.
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Pecos
Posse Barn
Bear Stroud
Rockefeller says CIA probe finds no pattern of illegality
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller announced the five month CIA study found wrongdoing but not a broad illegal pattern. He noted some contraventions to statutes yet warned there were no major items. The commission will present a 350 page report to the President Friday. The Justice Department would decide possible prosecutions.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Central Intelligence Agency
Rockefeller
Justice Department
Gas well fire near Pecos expected to be capped today
A week long blaze 18 miles southeast of Pecos is nearing end as Red Adair crews work with A W Thompson Drilling of Odessa to cap the well. The fire, triggered by a failed valve after flames began May 26, surged and burned off gas estimated at 10 million cubic feet daily. The crew diverted gas and used explosives to snuff the flare, with American Quasar of Midland preparing salvage steps.
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Pecos
Red Adair
A.W. Thompson Drillling Company
Odessa
Adair
American Quasar of
Midland
Fire destroys large Toyah home overnight
A fire of undetermined origin leveled a large frame house in Toyah destroying the dwelling and its contents with no injuries. Pecos fire units arrived after 10 p.m. along with Toyah firefighters, fighting the blaze for over an hour. Loss estimates were not available.
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Toyah
Pecos
E. G
Henry’’ Guevara
J.T. Prewit
Tovah
Toyah Fire Department
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