Independent truckers protest violence flares nationwide
Violence erupted on major highways as independent truckers blocked lanes to protest high fuel prices and speed limits. In Bucks County Pennsylvania 110 plus injured and 127 arrested as authorities consider a county curfew. Some areas reopened fuel stations while Levittown saw windows shattered and a fire set, drivers and teenagers clashed with police. A Parkersburg West Virginia driver was wounded by a sniper and a Tennessee police area reported a high power rifle injury. Police say not all violence involved truckers. some protesters targeted storefronts and stations while authorities cleared streets.
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Charlotte Porter
Associated Press
Independent Truckers
Parkersburg
W. Va
Kenneth Fullen
Bucks County
Levittown
John Mitchell
Lower Bucks
Mitchell
Michigan
Tennessee
Arizona
Bob Evans
Utah Independent Truckers Association
Stanley Farnish
Justice Dept. declines to charge in Lozano jail death
The U S government will not bring charges in the death of Mexican American Larry Lozano who died Jan 22 1978 in Ector County jail Odessa Texas after alleged police beatings. FBI probe and 60 witnesses yielded no sufficient evidence of brutality or misconduct to warrant indictment. The decision drew reactions from civil rights groups and local officials.
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Washington
Reeves County to send delinquency notices on taxes
Reeves County Commissioners Court voted Monday to mail delinquency letters to county employees who have not paid county taxes. Judge W O Bill Pigman said $1789 remains unpaid by several workers and urged payment arrangements. The court noted 97.44 percent of taxes are paid, with La Vaca Company owing $11,000. A July 9 board of equalization meeting will consider raising the tax rate from 43 to 50 percent. The panel also awarded a fence bid at the Reeves County Correctional Facility and planned bids for a self propelled pneumatic tired roller, while reallocating $15,000 from rodeo funds to the recreation department for a new ballpark. Public hearings were held for Federal Revenue Sharing budget changes with no opposition.
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Reeves County Commissioners Court
W.O. ‘Bill
Pigman
Pecos
Pecos City
la Vaca
Reeves County Board of Equalization
Reeves County
Jimmie Preslar
Reeves County Correctional Facility
Gene Cook
Cook
Pneu
Matic
Precinct Four
Bernardo Martinez
Rodeo and Fairgrounds
Recreation Department
Marcos Martinez, Jr
Houston begins first day of gas rationing during WWII era
Odd numbered licensed plates dominated the scene as Harris County enforces gasoline rationing. Spot checks showed long lines at open stations with many already depleted June allocations. Memorial Drive area had only two of six stations open, lines stretched up to three blocks, with 80 car backlogs reported elsewhere.
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Houston
Harris County
Memorial Drive
Weather outlook for Pecos region stays partly cloudy into week
Weather forecast for Pecos and vicinity shows partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with widely scattered thunderstorms possible tonight. Weekend moisture total reached .14 inch in Pecos. Sunday high hit 95 with a 70 degree low. Across West Texas expect highs from the low 80s to around 105, lows from the upper 50s to low 70s in Big Bend valleys and Panhandle.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Upper 50S
Big Bend Valleys
Arrest in Pecos stabbing leads to murder charge
One Pecos resident is hospitalized with a stab wound after a late Saturday fight at Sixth and Sycamore. Cesesar Manuel Garcia, 29, of Alamo Texas, is jailed in lieu of 10000 bond on an attempted murder charge after police recovered a six inch pocketknife. Johnnie Martinez, 29, was treated at Reeves County Hospital before transfer for surgery. A Minneapolis man faces burglary charges and was jailed in RCCF on $1000 bond after entry via broken window of a Texaco station on U S 285 where three six packs of beer were recovered.
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Pecos
Sycamore
Johnnie Martinez
Reeves County Hospital
Ward Memorial Hospital
Monahans
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Cesesar Manuel Garcia
Alamo
Texas
Justice of the
Garcia
Martinez
Minneapolis
City council hears pool grant request in Pecos
A public hearing at Pecos City Hall heard one request for a northern Pecos residents pool funded by federal Revenue Sharing Funds. Ralph Hernandez presented a 400 signature petition while detailing crowded conditions and residents taking children to Balmorhea State Park. Proposed 1979 80 expenditures total 128 849 with 50 000 local match and include public transportation recreation social services and safety items. City officials present included Mayor W R Bickley Council members Ben Matta and Philip Tyree with others absent.
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Pecos
Ralph Hernandez
Hernandez
Balmorhea State Park
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Saragosa Park
Ben Matta
W.R. Bickley
Philip Tyree
Pecos Western Week starts with free tickets and dress code
Pecos merchants begin Western Week by giving away coupons through Friday June 29 to promote the 50th Rodeo Anniversary. The top coupon collector by July 3 wins rodeo tickets for their immediate family. Participants must wear Western attire in three items at participating stores. Judges will preside in downtown Pecos with a lighthearted note from Judge Roy Bean. Night in Old Pecos features Golden Girl presentation, melodrama and period skits on June 27, followed by June Fest at Prairie Dog Park with Girl Scout cake and Western band. Rodeo events run June 30 with the Rotary Rodeo Revue at Pecos High School and a Golden Girl pageant with twelve contestants.
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Pecos
Roy Bean
Pecos Optimist Club
Sheriff's Posse
Pecos Lions Clubs
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Merchants Committee
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Prairie Dog Park
Girl Scouts
Slice
Pecos High School
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Shawn
Catherine Ashley
Juana Jacquez
Billie Jo Freeman
Olga Fuentes
Jeanenne Jones
Robert Hinojos
Greenville Area
Larry Lozano
U.S. Justice Department
Justice Department
Inter- American Commission On Human Rights
Organization of American States
Sandoval
Ruben Bonilla
League of United Latin American Citizens
Brownsville
Civiletti
Southwest
Ector County
John Green
Griffin B. Bell
Soviet Union
Lozano
Austin State Hospital
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