Truckers Face Rising Violence Across States
Independent drivers intensified road protests hitting Virginia and Wisconsin with bullets and rocks while nails punctured tires in Florida. A Minnesota pork plant closed and New Haven ended a six hour oil terminal blockade as four states consider rationing. Leaders met officials in Washington while FBI and U S attorneys pledged enforcement.
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Associated Press
Buchanan
Florida
Steven Manes
Bristol
Tenn
Armour Pork
Worthington
Minn
Ohio Turnpike
Toledo
Connecticut
New Haven
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
District of Columbia
Minnesota
St. Peter
House Transportation Committee
al Quie
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Sun Oil
Tulsa
Washington
FBI
U.S
Estes case stays on track as IRS witness testifies
Prosecutors insist testimony by Walter Perry, an IRS undercover agent, does not undermine their fraud case against Billie Sol Estes and Raymond Horton. The jury hears 1977 tapes of secret meetings. Horton’s attorney seeks to sever Horton’s trial, but the judge refuses.
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Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
Internal Revenue Service
West Texas
IRS
Investi
Gator Walter Perry
Estes
Raymond K. Horton
Midland
U.S
Jim Rolfe
Horton
Rolfe
William Ravkind
Perry
Abilene
Ravkind
Robert Hill
Pecos Leads Texas June Sales Tax Rebates Rise
State Comptroller Bob Bullock announced June 1979 allocations. Pecos receives a $57 069.83 rebate for the period ending May 31, up from last year. Major cities Dallas Houston San Antonio Fort Worth also receive sizable checks, with MTA rebates totaling $53.5 million statewide.
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Bob Bullock
Texas
Pecos
Bullock
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
MTA
Comptroller’s Office
Boy awarded $1 million for lost hand in 1974 accident
A Houston jury awarded 1 million dollars to 15 year old Randal Baird for losing his right hand and forearm after climbing a playground power pole and touching a live wire in 1974. The owner of the apartment complex was found liable due to no gate lock or warning sign. A final judgment will be entered by State District Judge Shearn Smith.
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Houston
Randal Baird
Shearn Smith
LULAC urges Carter to name compassionate new attorney general
At its Houston convention the League of United Latin American Citizens adopted a resolution urging President Carter to appoint an attorney general with a compassionate understanding of the Southwest criminal justice system. National president Ruben Bonilla said the board favors swift prosecution of officials who deny civil rights and opposes elevating Benjamin Civiletti.
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Bonilla
Benjamin Civiletti
LULAC
Carter
Edward Kennedy
Weather Holds Steady Across Pecos Region Through Wednesday
Fair conditions with no major temperature change dominate West Texas from Panhandle to Big Bend valleys. Highs mid 90s to near 105, lows 50s to 70s, with Pecos recording 106 Monday. Historical highs cited include 111 in June last year and 118 in June 1968 since 1941 records began.
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Pecos
Panhandle
Big Bend Valleys
Northwest Panhandle
Clements plans odd-even gas sales in Texas counties
Gov Bill Clements announced an odd-even day gasoline sales plan for Harris Dallas and Tarrant counties to ease fuel shortages in Houston Dallas and Fort Worth. He said allocation will reflect vehicle counts and warned the rest of the state may face worsening fuel limits. He promised more energy conservation measures and a high temperature policy as part of a broader energy program.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Tarrant
Harris
Clements
Harris County
Dallas couple held on $25,000 bonds for alleged drug possession
Dallas residents Craig Richard Laughlin and Janice Miller Laughlin appeared before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos on a felony charge of unlawfully possessing a large quantity of marijuana. Each was set at 25,000 bond with 10 percent cash, and both were remanded to the Reeves County facility pending further proceedings.
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Dallas
Craig Richard Laughlin
Janice Miller Laughlin
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Southwestern
Federal Drug Enforcement Adminstration
Big Bend National Park
Laughlin
Reeves County Correctional Facility
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Roger Harrison
John Barfield
Lucas Carrillo
Robert Hinojos
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