Supreme Court upholds veteran public employment preference
The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, upholds Massachusetts only veterans preference in public jobs as constitutional and not discriminatory against women. Justices Marshall and Brennan dissented, arguing gender based discrimination. The ruling solidifies a broad protection for veterans across similar laws in other states.
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Richard Carelli
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr
Marshall
High Court
Boston
Bomb packages sent to Nazi leaders in four states
Five powerful parcel bombs were directed at Nazi leaders in Chicago Cicero Arlington and Lincoln with a caller from The Committee Against Nazism warning more bombs would arrive. The AP confirmed locations and pending further details as authorities responded.
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Richard T. Pienciak
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Committee Against
Chicago
Cicero
Ill
Arlington
Lincoln
Neb
AP Vna
Paterson
N.J
FBI
Newark
Weather Update From Pecos and West Texas Showers
Overnight rain left .03 inch in Pecos as scattered showers and thunderstorms move through tonight. Mostly clear Wednesday with warmer highs in the 80s to 90s in Big Bend. Overnight lows mid 50s to upper 60s. Pecos high near 86, low about 58. Meanwhile a separate report notes a bomb case with parcels and a Nazi-linked message ending with Heil Hitler, involving Tscherim Soobzokov and an Army detonation of a device. investigation ongoing.
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Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
Mountains
Panhandle
White Power
Tscherim Soobzokov
Paterson
Soobzokov
Road Closures Hit Texas Highways At Big Bend Area
The Texas highway department reports Texas 55 is closed at the Nueces River in Uvalde County due to high water. Texas 127 is closed at the Frio and Sabinas rivers in Uvalde County. Farm 170 is closed between Presidio and the Big Bend.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Department
Nueces River
Uvalde County
Frio
Sabinas
Presidio
Big Bend
Tax relief plan starts rolling after voter approval
Governor Bill Clements signed HB1060 implementing key provisions of the Tax Relief Amendment. Immediate effects include a $5,000 homestead exemption for school district taxes, eligibility for an extra $10,000 elderly or disabled exemption, and life time elimination of school taxes on the home after qualification. Car property tax exemptions apply to nonbusiness family cars, with potential local reinstatement of car taxes by December 31. Intangible property remains largely exempt from local taxes. New land valuation rules for farm ranch and timber lands begin this year unless delayed to 1980, and spending growth will be tied to Texas personal income growth starting May 1981. School districts receive $420 million in direct reimbursements for exemptions.
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Senate
House
Texas
More DC-10s are grounded
Federal officials have grounded nearly two dozen DC-10s over concerns improper maintenance may have caused cracks linked to the nation’s worst air crash. The action follows cracks found in two jets after the same procedure and marks the third grounding in a week for some jumbo jets. The Air Line Passengers Association, a 50,000 member group based in Dallas, plans to seek a court order to ground all 137 DC-10s operated by U.S. carriers, after being rebuffed Sunday.
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Washington
A Passengers Association
U.S
Airline Passengers Association
Dallas
FBI plans more composites in Wood assassination case
FBI officials plan to release at least one and up to three more composite sketches of persons seen near District Judge John Wood's townhouse the morning he was assassinated. The agency has already released two composites and says those pictured may or may not be connected.
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San Antonio
Texas
FBI
John Wood
Wood
Daniel Shaffer
Manuel Marquez
Marquez
Three defendants convicted and placed on supervised probation
In Pecos 143rd District Court Judge Lawrence Fuller accepted guilty pleas from Joe Luis Chavez 29 of Pecos for forgery by passing a $204 check and ordered two years supervised probation with restitution and Reeves County confinement restrictions. Monahans resident James Earl Bond 51 received five years supervised probation for a subsequent DWI offense in Reeves County with similar restrictions. Juan Rodriguez Bejarano 17 of 403 S Walnut received six years supervised probation for burglary following an unlawful February entry at a Pecos grocery, with imprisonment suspended for the probation period.
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Wild
Pecos
Reeves County Grand Jury
Monahans
James Earl Bond
Reeves County
Juan Rodriguez Bejarano
S. Walnut
E. Third
Jana Tudor Crowned District Queen for Lions International
Jana Tudor of Pecos, daughter of Ennis and Jeannene Tudor, won the District 2 T3 Lions International Queen title in Odessa after competing against 18 candidates. Sponsored by Pecos Downtown Lions Club, she later represented the district in the state contest in Odessa, with judges Hall Brown Howard Harrington and presenters Jack Milam.
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Jana Tudor
Ennis
Jeannene Tudor
Pecos
Lions International
el Paso
Odessa
Miss Tudor
Jack Milam
Pecos Downtown Lions Club
Tommy Beauchamp
Robert Hinojos
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