City Council accepts Martin's resignation
Pecos City Council unanimously accepted the resignation of Police Chief Gene Martin after an executive session on May 13. Martin cited 13 years of service with no vacation and asked the council to reaffirm his professional ability. He accepted two weeks pay offered by City Manager J J Maxey and noted his effective date as July 1 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Martin
Martin
Bill Hopper
Manuel Trujillo
Doug Fernandes
J.J. Maxey
Bob Bickley
Stephen Bates
Pecos
Maxey
Bill Pigman
Pecos City
Texas
Iask
Pecos Motors
Robinson Chevrolet
Pecos Eagles
Austin
Brenham Cubs
Milton Fletcher
Rodney Sparkman
Council
Fletcher
Merchants win two week delay on parking plan in Pecos
At the Pecos city council meeting merchants pressed to delay action on a proposal that would cut 81 downtown parking spaces. A 131-signature petition supported the delay, with councilmen signaling willingness to extend the hold if needed. The effort aims to craft an alternate plan to keep downtown viable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Bob Dean
Dean
Bill Pigman
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Bob Bickley
Lie detectors and public juries in famous cases
The piece mirrors guilt and innocence debates as Patty Hearst and others are cited. It imagines an accused person appealing to the public, using lie detectors and ads, contemplating trials by popular verdicts and the ethics of such appeals. It recounts observed deceit patterns and personal reflections on lying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Douglas
Patty Hearst
Bruno Hauptmann
Sam Shepherd
Alger Hiss
Carroll Chessman
John Pitts
Pentagon
Police chase leads in Pecos CB burglaries
Pecos police reportedly have a strong lead on a Tuesday night rash of citizens handheld radio burglaries. Several locked cars were broken into on Sixth Willow Streets and surrounding areas, with multiple victims reporting CBs taken from locked vehicles. Police continue investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Jimmy McAnally
Sixth
Willow Streets
Bob Hopper
S. Cherry
Sylvia Meath
W. 10Th
Sam Dudley
S. Plum
Sandra Browning
Bob Miller
S. Elm
Firemen announce stop in ambulance service
Pecos volunteer firemen told the City Council they plan to exit the ambulance business. Bill Cowart and Bill Cooksey said they will continue until other arrangements are made. They cited overuse of the service and noted 400 to 500 calls annually from the current squad versus about 150 with Pecos Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Russell
Jackson
Council
Pecos
Warner Cable
Pigman
Bill Cowart
Bill Cooksey
Cowart
J.J. Maxey
Skies clear over state as rain dampens nation
The state enjoyed mostly clear skies with patchy clouds in the southeast Texas corner. Occasional showers lingered in the Lower Rio Grande Valley while West Texas saw hot highs near 99 to 100. Brownsville and Del Rio reached 73, Pecos hit 99, and south breezes kept mornings warm. The national picture showed rain in the southeast, Midwest, and West with scattered storms, haze from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley, and broad 60s to 70s statewide temperatures.
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Associated Press
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
West Texas
Pecos
West
Texas Mountains
Brownsville
Rio Grande
del Rio
Mexican
Presidio
Big Bend
Atlantic Coast
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Colorado
Nevada
Idaho
Pacific Coast
North Dakota
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Gulf Coast States
Ohio Valley
Central Appalachians
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Bobby Bell
S. Oleander Sr
Cbs
Cooksey
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