Martinez defeats incumbent for Reeves County commissioner
Bernardo Martinez won the Reeves County precinct runoff for Commissioner of Precinct 4, defeating 11½ year incumbent Cecil Cothrun 726 to 678 amid higher turnout. Absentee ballots favored Cothrun 373 to 246, while Martinez led in Precinct 1 212 to 47, and other precincts showed mixed results.
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Reeves County
Democratic Party
Bernardo Martinez
Martinez
Pecos
Cecil Cothrun
Cothrun
Tial
West Pecos
Lamar
Orla
Carter affirms labor reform bill as moderate plan
President Carter told senators backing the labor law revisions that the measure is both needed and moderate. He pressed to break a Republican filibuster as Senate leaders plan a cloture vote Wednesday. Williams doubted quick success but expected the filibuster to end by next week.
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Associated Press
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White House
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D-N.j
Human Resources Committee
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William Proxmire
D-Wis
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House
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Postal Service
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
New York
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Afl-Cio
Victor Kamber
Poerner wins runoff for Texas railroad commissioner
Poerner defeats Jerry Sadler in runoff 70 percent to 30 percent to secure the Texas Railroad Commission seat. The former state representative, 45, raised almost 500000 for his bid and now advances to face Republican James W. Lacy in November. Sadler, 70, had been a long-shot challenger amid light turnout.
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Reeves County
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
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Texas
John H. Poerner
Associated Press
John Poerner
Texas Railroad Commission
Poerner
James W. Lacy
Midland
Texas Election Bureau
Sadler
Railroad Commission
Jon Newton
Billy Clayton
House
Bill Hobby
Senate
Cooperation returns motorcycle to owner
A dark green Honda 1973 motorcycle was returned within 20 minutes to its owners with help from the Pecos Police Department and Reeves County Sheriff’s Department. The 7:10 a.m. call led deputies to a motel parking lot where the bike was found abandoned in a ditch about 100 yards from its original location. No major damage was noted beyond a dent in the gas tank.
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Pecos
Reeves County Sheriff's Department
U.S. Air Force
Albert Delman Spitzer
Mountain Home Afb
Idaho
Reeves County
John
John Prewitt
Robert Diaz
Sheriff's Department
Prewitt
Diaz
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Not Guilty Pleas Filed In Pecos Misdemeanor Case
In Pecos US Magistrate Court on June 2 two defendants Jose Garcia Jordan 29 and Martin Burrola-Tarin 19 pleaded not guilty to illegally entering the United States. Magistrate J M Preston ordered bonds of 7500 each and remanded both to Reeves County jail under US Marshall custody pending further proceedings.
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Pecos
United States
J.M. Preston
Jose Garcia Jordan
Martin Burrola-Tarin
Preston
U.S. Marshall
Reeves County
Estes Seeks Plea Bargain in Two Federal Cases
Paroled swindler Billie Sol Estes met with attorney G Brockett Irwin and others in Abilene to consider a plea bargain that could bring a prison term or trigger a larger court battle involving his family. A federal grand jury in Dallas area weighs indictments on fraud related charges and on internal revenue violations, while Estes accuses U S Attorney Jim Rolfe of pressuring him to plead guilty.
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Texas
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
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U.S
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Mississippi
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Tyler
Billy Pyron
Dallas Times Herald
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Wichita Falls
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Rolfe
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Irwin
Houston
Richard ‘Racehorse
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Kenneth J. Mighell
Lindsey
Patton
Hitler
Berlin
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Longview
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Amos
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