School board offers Earl Bell property for a community center
Pecos Barstow Tosya ISD votes to make the Earl Bell School property available to Pecos City or Reeves County for a community center and park. Feasibility study funding could come from the West Texas Economic Development Corporation with local sponsorship. The plan envisions baseball, basketball, tennis facilities and a commercial plaza with 80 percent federal funding for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School
Earl Bell
Pecos City
Reeves County
West Texas Economic Development Corporation
Rita Stassenberg
U.S. Department of Commerce
Euleterio M. Garcia
New York City Aid Bill Advances Despite Texan Opposition
The House approved the New York City Financial Assistance Act by a 247 to 155 vote, backing a $2 billion long term bond guarantee to avert municipal bankruptcy. Despite Texas delegation support, several Texans opposed the measure as it heads to the Senate, with discussion interwoven with local items from Pecos about two teens placed on supervised probation for narcotics violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York City
House
Jim Wright Wright
New York
Wright
Texas
Wright and
Jordan
Collins
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
Probation Revoked for Jon Ross Axford in Texas Court
Probation for Jon Ross Axford, 20, of Mt. Clemens Michigan, was revoked after Pecos Division U S District Court proceedings. Judge William S Sessions remanded him to custody of the U S Attorney General and ordered transfer to a federal prison in North Carolina for required action. The text also notes a political dispute over New York City aid and related figures and opinions from 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Ross Axford
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Pecos
U.S. District Court For
Western District of Texas
U.S
William S. Sessions
Axford
North Carolina
Three aliens receive 179 day jail terms in Pecos case
Three Mexican nationals Jesus Montez-Gaytan age 45 Esteban Ramos-Olivas age 25 and Jesus Ortiz-Aguilar age 26 were sentenced to 179 days each after pleading guilty before U S Magistrate J M Preston Pecos. Complaints were filed by U S Border Patrol personnel and records show Montez-Gaytan was apprehended in the Lamesa area Ramos-Olivas in the Denver City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Jesus Montez-Gaytan
Esteban Ramos-Olivas
Jesus Ortiz-Aguilar
U.S. Border Patrol
Montez-Gaytan
Lamesa
Ramos-Olivas
Denver City
Public hearing offered on Reeves FM 1216 project
The State Department of Highways and Public Transportation invites public input on the Reeves County FM 1216 reconstruction from U S 285 in Pecos north about 3.3 miles toward FM 3398. The plan calls for two 12 foot lanes with right of way widths from 60 to 130 feet and may relocate the southern end. Written requests for a hearing must be received by July 14, 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Joe Shoemaker
Doyle Lawrance
Meek, Miller
Paul Williams
Louis Matta
Patty Montgomery
Holiday Inn
Odessa College
Melton Rasberry
DPS
Don Carlile
Oliver Nordmarken
Jerry Byrne
Gary Ingram
Sheriff's Department
David Mills
Reeves County
Brenda Virgin
Odessa
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Pecos
P.O
West U.S. Highway 80
Indeterminate Narcotics Sentence Made Under Youth Corrections Act
U S District Judge William S Sessions imposed an indeterminate sentence on Ernesto Salcido 20 in Pecos Texas under the Youth Corrections Act after he pleaded guilty May 22 to a federal narcotics information The judge ordered participation in a Fort Worth federal facility drug abuse program The two count indictment was dismissed and Salcido awaits transfer under YCA retention can last up to six years with potential early release and expungement upon conduct Also Golden Girl nominees and officials will appear on KBIM channel 11 noon Monday June 12 to discuss the Golden Girl Revue set for June 30 and answer questions about the nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Michael Sam Fisher
Mann Norris Nance
U.S
William S. Sessions
District Court
Western District of Texas
Ernesto Hernandez Salcido
Reeves County
U.S. District Court For
Sessions
VCA
Fort Worth
Salcido
Vicki Patillo
Golden Girl
Pat Ethridge
New Mexico
KBIM
Channel 11
Competes for Golden Girl Pecos honors for Leslie Cassell
Leslie Cassell, among 10 girls, competes in the Golden Girl Revue in Pecos on Friday June 30. Daughter of Royce and [unreadable] Cassell, she attends First Christian Church and is sponsored by C&G Electric. In 1977-78 she was a band majorette and active in volleyball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Cassell
Pecos
Royce Cassell
First Christian Church
Miss Cassell
C&g Electric Company
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EDA
Bennie Longbine
Longbine
Selby Peters
Texas State Teachers Association
Carol Uranga
Crockett Junior High
West Texas Volleyball Association
Ms. Uranga
Frank Perea
Milton Evitt
Pecos High School
Jodie Exum
Bessie Haynes
LaVerne Neatright
Evelyn Dennis
North Texas State University
Pecos High
Barbara Reisman
New Mexico State University
Texan
By Miller Bonner
Associated Press
Senate
Barbara Jordan
Charles Wilson
Henry B. Gonzalez
Bob Eckhardt
Yea
John Young
Tiger
Teague
Ray Roberts
James Collins
West Texas
Big Bend
Reeves Construction
West US 80
East U.S. 80
YCA
Cassell
Tri-K-Klub
Gracial
Precinct
Bernardo Martinez
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