Guilty verdict in Saragosa Hall shooting yields 20 year term
Pecos resident Elosio Rodriguez Rubio, 18, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the November 26 shooting at Saragosa Hall that killed Gilbert Evaro Lara, 20, of Glendale. A Reeves County jury sentenced Rubio to 20 years in prison with no probation and no fine. he remains jailed pending formal sentencing.
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Pecos
Elosio Rodriguez Rubio
N. Cypress
Gilbert Evaro Lara
Glendale
Ariz
Saragosa Hall
143Rd Judicial District Court
Rubio
Lawrence Fuller
Walter Holcome
Rubio Rubio
Reeves County
Lara
S. Peach
Reeves County Hospital
Hospital workers decertify union in Texarkana vote
Wadley Hospital employees voted 398 to 234 to end their affiliation with the Communication Workers of America, in an NLRB supervised election. The decertification ends the union's role as their bargaining agent following the first Texas hospital strike.
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Texarkana, Texas
Wadley Hospital
Texas
Communication Workers of America
A.L. McElmurry
National Labor Relations Board
Estes pleads not guilty in federal mail fraud case
Billie Sol Estes, paroled swindler from West Texas, pleads innocent in Dallas federal court to four indictments charging mail fraud, interstate transportation of fraudulently obtained securities and conspiracy. Co-defendants Sue Goolsby Raymond Horton and M L Copenhaver also charged. Trial set for May 14. motions to delay, separate, or dismiss likely.
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Kathleen Carroll
Associated Press
Dallas
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
Sarah T. Hughes
Robert M. Hill
Estes
Pecos
Sue Goolsby
Raymond
K. Horton
M.L. Copenhaver
Patsy
U.S. District Court
Money supply declines signal slowing economy in January
A Commerce Department report shows the leading economic indicators falling 1.2 percent in January led by declines in building permits and the average work week. The drop follows small declines in late 1976 and 1977 but raises questions whether the slowdown will be orderly or lead to a recession as inflation pressures ease.
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Commerce Department
Weather prospects and inflation trends across West Texas
Weather outlook for Pecos calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with warming today and windy conditions tomorrow. Highs near 70 in Pecos, lows around 31, with scattered thunderstorms and 20 to 35 mph southwest winds across much of the region. Agriculture notes note February farm prices up 3 percent, overall farm prices 24 percent higher than a year ago, beef and soy prices rising while cotton and potatoes fall, inflation outlook tied to food costs and the widening trade deficit.
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Pecos
Texas
Panhandle
Upper 20S
Agriculture Department
Jannuary
Texans mad as hell over property taxes reform push
In Austin, Rep. Bennie Bock argues taxes remain high despite 1978 relief. A House subcommittee heard a plan to replace some property tax with a state sales tax for schools, costing 675 million over two years. The measure would grant districts 110 dollars per pupil if tax cuts meet limits, and critics cite insufficient inflation relief.
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Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Bennie Bock N. Bock
New Braunfels
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bock
Indictments Sealed in El Paso Drug, Prostitution Probe
A federal grand jury in El Paso returned three sealed indictments as part of a wide ranging probe into drug trafficking prostitution and racketeering. Two defendants are in custody on other charges and a third’s whereabouts are known. Jamiel Chagra faces a separate Midland indictment on drug conspiracy charges with a $1 million bond. Grand jurors in El Paso recessed until Tuesday.
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EL Paso
Texas
U.S
Mike MacDonald
Harry Lee Hudspeth
Jamiel
Jimmy’ Chagra
Midland
Chagra
Lee Chagra
Seattle
J. Ronald Sim
Washington
MacDonald
Pecos High appoints Daylon Whitehurst as athletic director and coach
Daylon Whitehurst was named athletic director and head football coach at Pecos High School by the Pecos Barstow Toyah Board of Education. The Delcon, Texas native has coached at Pecos for 10 years and holds degrees from Howard Payne University. He succeeds Jerry Millsapps who moves to Odessa High School.
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Daylon Whitehurst
Pecos High School
Pecos- Barstow-Toyah Board of Education
Jerry Millsapps
Odessa High School
Delcon
Tex
Whitehurst
Pecos
PHS
Howard Payne University
Brownwood
Copper’s Cove
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Texas Association of School Administrators
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FEI Paso
Sim
James Kerr
San Antonio
Clifton High School
Houston
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Dalene
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Darren
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