Commissioners Delay Tax Method for Farm Land Assessments
Reeves County Commissioners postpone action on HB 1060 new farm and timber land valuation method. Governor Clements signed the measure June 4 with a July 15 deadline to act. court seeks clarification before proceeding. Also approved a $15,000 Rodeo and Fair Fund transfer for a baseball park and transferred pool ownership to Toyah, with a June 25 public hearing on rodeo funds and Revenue Sharing Budget changes.
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Reeves County Commissioners Court
Clements
W.O. ‘Bill’’ Pigman
Secretary of State
Commissioners Court
Wendell D. Faulkner
Marcos Martinez, Jr
Dale Toone
Bernardo Martinez
Rodeo and Fair Fund
I-10
Rodeo and Fair
Marguerite Kent
Reeves County Hospital
Bob Dean, Sr
Alan Hepworth
Faulkner
Ming
Toyah
Recreation Department
Enterprise Press
Sheriff investigates auto dealership burglary in Reeves County
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez says the department is investigating last Saturday’s burglary at Valley Motors on Balmorhea Highway. A late model car was recovered in Mulberry, and tools, an AM FM radio, and a CB radio were stolen from the shop. Also under investigation are thefts at Barstow and a .22 revolver loss, plus a grocery store vandalism on Eddy Street.
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Reeves County
Raul Florez
Valley Motors
Balmorhea Highway
State Highway 17 South
Parts Department
Mulberry
Barstow
Luis Antonio Olivas
S. Eddy
Mexican American leaders press federal probe in Lozano case
At a Odessa press conference Saturday Mexican American civil rights leaders urged action in the Larry Ortega Lozano death case. They noted a federal grand jury investigation, with U.S. Attorney Jamie Boyd and deputies meeting Washington officials as the term nears end.
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Lozano
Odessa
Larry Ortega Lozano
Holiday Inn
U.S
Jamie Boyd
Washington
Boyd
Fred Rodriguez
Dan Maeso
Benjamin Civiletti
Drew
San Antonio Express
Days
Justice Department
Ector County
Department
Ruben Bonilla
League of United Latin American Citizens
LULAC
Larry Lozano
Bonilla
Department of Justice
Civiletti
Ruben Sandoval
Energy adviser acts to bolster Texas gasoline supplies
Houston report says Edward Vetter, chief energy adviser to Gov. Clements, ordered about 14 million gallons of fuel as a start for Houston Dallas and Austin. He admits it is only a drop in the bucket but hopes priority bias in federal set asides will help growth areas. He noted the Austin office has 2.5 times requests vs supply and urged prioritizing growth areas.
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Houston
Bill Clements
Texas
Dallas
Austin
Edward Vetter
Washington
Texas Energy Plans
Vetter
Accident near Toyah Claims Two Lives
Early Monday morning a major rear-end collision on Interstate 20 west of Toyah killed two people. Investigators say two eastbound trucks collided when the second rammed the first, with the driver and a passenger aboard the second vehicle pronounced dead as the DPS Highway Patrol studied the scene. Identification was pending midmorning.
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Toyah
Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol
Supreme Court rejects affirmative relief for handicapped in college admission
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling holds that the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 does not compel colleges to provide affirmative relief by altering programs to admit handicapped students who cannot meet physical qualifications. The decision reverses a lower court ruling against Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, North Carolina, denying Fances Davis admission to a nursing program due to her severe hearing loss.
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Richard Carelli
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Southeastern Community College
Whiteville
N.C
Fances Davis
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Southeastern
North Carolina Board of Nursing
Davis
4Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Powell
California Congressman blasts FAA over DC-10 danger
Subcommittee hearings opened as Rep. John Burton, Democrat of California, accused the Federal Aviation Administration of exposing passengers and crew to potential danger by allowing the DC-10 to continue flying after the Chicago crash that killed 275 people. The panel scrutinized FAA certification procedures amid the controversy.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington
House
Federal Aviation Administration
Chicago
FAA
John Burton
D-Calif
Jury cancellations and FAA DC-10 grounding drama
The June 19 District Court jury report is canceled per District Judge Larry Fuller. Jurors need not report until further notice, while County Court at Law jurors are to report as summoned. Separately, the FAA grounded the DC-10 fleet after three required inspections, with Administrator Langhorne McCool Bond defending actions and facing criticism from Burton over handling and transparency.
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143Rd District Court
Larry Fuller
Laware
FAA
Langhorne McCool Bond
Burton
Bond
Weather for Pecos and West Texas Pleasant but warm
The Pecos area forecast calls for mostly sunny weather today with warmer conditions and fair skies tonight and Tuesday. Sunday high reached 79 degrees and a low of 49 was recorded this morning with no measurable precipitation over the weekend. West Texas expects mostly sunny, fair tonight and Tuesday, warmer in most areas, highs 75 to 98, lows 52 to 68, except near 45 mountains. Tuesday highs 82 to 103.
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Pecos
West Texas
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State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Sullivan
Pecos River
Robert Hinojos
Enterprise
California
Congressman Scores Aviation Agency
Charles Foster
Aviation Service
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