Mondale urges truckers to get country moving amid strikes
Vice President Mondale urged independent truckers to return to work to avert economic damage while federal and state officials prepared safe movement corridors. North Carolina ordered National Guard protection for fuel terminals as Alabama drivers planned renewed picketing and disrupter threats escalated. Meanwhile Iowa Tennessee drivers began returning to work and shortages loomed with grocers warning of higher prices.
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Charlotte Porter
Associated Press
Walter Mondale
Alabama
North Carolina
National Guard
Iowa
Tennessee
Maine
Augusta
Joseph Brennan
Canada
Midwest
New York
Mondale
Jack Watson
Lawyers to sue over Lozano jail death
Dallas AP report says Mexican American leaders vow civil action against the U S government to force prosecutions in the death of Pecos inmate Larry Lozano. Ruben Sandoval cites 92 bruises as proof of police brutality while Justice Department officials note mixed medical opinions on the death.
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Dallas
Justice Department
Ector County
Larry Lozano
Pecos
Justice
Lozano
Sandoval
Texas congressmen seek mild windfall tax push
U S Rep Bill Archer of Texas backs the mildest windfall profits tax amid a heated debate over an estimated 23.9 billion bite on oil companies from 1980 to 1984. Supporters hope Senate judgment will improve, while opponents use show of strength to sway votes.
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Texas
Sol Sussman
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
U.S
Bill Archer
Archer
Houston
House
Carter
Bob Eckhardt
Weather outlook and oil windfall tax debate in Texas
Pecos area weather calls for fair days and cool nights through Friday with highs 90 to 105 and scattered thunder storms mainly in the Panhandle. In Congress Texas lawmakers debate a windfall profits tax on oil companies from 1980 to 1981 decontrol, with proponents and opponents stressing effects on production and inflation.
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Pecos
West Texas
Fair
Panhandle
North
Eckhardt
Houston
U.S
Marvin Leath
D-Texas
Leath
Marlin
Carter
Congress
Seven Felony Indictments Halt Drug Sales in Reeves County
A 28 month undercover operation targeting heroin and marijuana in Reeves County and Pecos City led to seven felony indictments by the Reeves County Grand Jury. Indicted individuals include Kenneth Bohnert, Mike Fisher, Raymond Ramirez, Rachael Galindo York, and Larry York along with two Texas Department of Corrections inmates. Charges cover unlawful delivery of marijuana and heroin with bonds set collectively at about $75,000. The DA expects more sealed indictments as cases proceed.
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Reeves County
Pecos City
143Rd Judicial District
Walter Holcombe
Pecos
Grand Jury
Kenneth Bohnert
Oklahoma
Mike Fisher
Beeville
Texas
Raymond Ramirez
Rachael Galindo York
S. Plum
Department of Public Safety
Larry York
Yorks
Texas Department of Corrections
Bohnert
Fisher
Ramirez
S. Eddy
Rachel Galindo York
York
South Plum
W. Third
TDC
Holcombe
June Fest lights Pecos City Park for family weekend events
Pecos Rodeo Week celebrations move to Pecos City Park tonight from 6 to 10 p.m. with events for all ages including three legged race egg toss jalapena pepper eating greased pig races and sack races. Activities feature Opti Cadettes demonstrations Golden Cadettes tug of war and a horse shoe toss with food concessions and a 50th anniversary birthday cake sale by Girl Scouts.
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Pecos
I-20
Opti-Cadettes
Golden Cadettes
Girl Scouts
Pecos High School
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Jim Hunt
Greensboro
Charlotte
Ob Perry
Charlotte Terminal
Hunt
The
Independent Truckers Association of Alabama
ITAA
David Hammonds
Huntsville
J.T. Moore, Jr
J.L. Moore
Old Pecos
Clark Ford
First Christian Church
Robert Hinojos
Ruben Sandoval
Ment
Charles Stenholm
Abilene
Big Spring
Stamford
Stenholm
Richard White
Pecos City Park
Pecos Rodeo Grounds
Pecos Mer
Chamber of Comerce
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