Judge rejects Estes payoff claim in fraud trial
Dallas AP report says defense lawyer G Brockett Irwin argued Billie Sol Estes paid Lyndon Johnson about 10 million dollars in alleged bribes. Judge Robert Hill ruled such payoffs irrelevant to the charges after a secretly recorded Estes conversation with an IRS undercover agent was played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
Lyndon Johnson
G. Brockett Irwin
Estes
Internal Revenue
IRS
Walter Perry
Irwin
U.S
Robert Hill
Windfall profits tax cleared by Ways and Means panel
The windfall profits tax gains speed toward House approval after a 16- vote in the Ways and Means Committee. The plan would raise about 27.8 billion from 1980 to 1984 and allow oil firms to keep 17 to 23 cents of each dollar in price decontrol. A pending Senate challenge looms as liberal critics push to end the foreign tax credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Parry
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
House
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
House Energy
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Carter Administration
Ways and Means Committee
Pecos Area Weather Forecast Through Thursday
Generally fair weather continues through tonight with partly cloudy to clear skies on Thursday. Tuesday’s high reached 101 degrees and a low of 59 was recorded. West Texas remains warm with highs in the 90s and near 105 in the Big Bend valleys, lows ranging from 58 to 75 except near the mountains at about 52.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Bobcat skin smuggling leads to probation and $10,000 fine
David Williams Adams a 39 year old Brewster County rancher was sentenced to five years supervised probation and a $10,000 fine for smuggling bobcat skins from Mexico in violation of federal law. He pleaded guilty to a superseding information and the judge suspended one year of imprisonment. The probation requires payment of the fine within 90 days to an address in Marathon, Texas.
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Mexico
David Williams Adams
Brewster County
Pecos
Adams
U.S
Western Division
Texas
William S. Sessions
Marathon
Adam
Dallas woman faces probation after aiding three illegal aliens
Dona Anita Soliz a Dallas resident age 22 listed 4616 Columbia No 203 as her address and pleaded guilty to three counts of aiding and abetting illegal aliens She was sentenced to three years unsupervised probation and fined 150 50 on each count Six months in prison on each count was suspended on probation She appeared before U S Magistrate J M Preston Ruling noted she was apprehended last December 3 transporting eight illegal aliens but was not prosecuted at that time She is married with children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Dona Anita Soliz
Columbia
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S
J.M. Preston
U.S. Immigration
Trucker shot as protest violence escalates nationwide
Alabama state troopers report Robert Tate of Birmingham killed beside his disabled tractor-trailer on U S 72 near Tuscumbia amid a protest surge. Gunfire and rock attacks injure drivers in multiple states as authorities boost guard and police protection. Florida and other states mobilize escorts to safeguard convoys and prevent produce losses while the ATA urges action to keep highways open.
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Charlotte Porter
Associated Press
Alabama
American Trucking Association
Carter
National Guard
Bennett C. Whitlock Jr
Trucking Association
FBI
Justice Department
Robert Tate
Birmingham
U.S. 72
Tuscumbia
Tate
Pendent Truckers Unity Committee
Florida Agriculture Department
Lake City
Young man held on two burglary charges in Pecos
Daniel Olvera Hernandez, 18, of 324 S. Pine, had bonds totaling 10000 set for two burglaries at Fonville Jewelers, 124 S. Oak. He appeared before Justice of the Peace on June 9 and June 12 cases and is jailed at Reeves County Correctional Facility. Police recovered items matching the burglaries. The two incidents occurred at 4:15 am on June 9 and 1:10 am on June 12.
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Fonville Jewelers
S. Oak
Daniel Olvera Hernandez
S. Pine
Reeves County
Pecos
Hernandez
Justice of the Peace Cliff Preslar
Texans face dwindling gasoline as prices rise in survey
A weekly AAA survey of 423 Texas service stations shows more outlets out of at least one gasoline grade and more limiting purchases. Prices climbed to multiweek highs with regular at 81.7 cents, unleaded 85.5, premium 87.2, and diesel up to 85.6 cents per gallon, amid heavy weekend closures and stark urban gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
American Automobile Association
AAA
Dallas-Fort Worth
Association
Beaumont
Odessa Man Put On Five Year Youth Corrections Probation
Roy Lee Hill of 306B McKinney Odessa 22 was placed on supervised probation for five years under the Youth Correction Act after pleading guilty to unlawfully possessing marijuana in Pecos Division federal court. He admitted possession on February 15 1977 and was ordered to avoid controlled substances, obtain a high school equivalent, and maintain employment. The first count of the indictment was dismissed.
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Odessa
Roy Lee Hill
McKinney
Youth Correction Act
Pecos
Federal District Court
Hill
U.S
William S. Sessions
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Robert Hinojos
Channel 7
Roswell
N.M
Jeannette Pattillo
Deeana Rushing
Debbie Rushing
Pat Ethridge
Roy Smith
James
Georgia
Tuscaloosa
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Curtis Bowling
Milford
Ohio
Hawkins County
Randy Smith
Alberton
Ill
Clarksville
Utah
Inde
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