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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1979
Page
1
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Weather outlook for Pecos and vicinity shows continued fair conditions with warm days and cold nights through Tuesday. Sunday high 60, low 27. highs mid 50s to mid 70s, lows mostly in 30s. Big Bend areas reach upper 70s Tuesday. Sweepstakes contest promotes Las Vegas trips with hotel, travel companion, food and gas allowances, plus weekly cash prizes and savings bonds. Participation from numerous local merchants. drawings Mondays, results in The Enterprise Tuesdays. Watch for first contest in tomorrow's issue.
The Supreme Court refused to hear appeals to remove Gregory-Portland School District from a desegregation mandate. The ruling keeps a threat to withhold $500,000 in state funds over failing to desegregate a predominantly Mexican American elementary school. The dispute centers on which Texas federal judge had authority to hear the 1973 suit against the Texas Education Agency.
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez reported a stolen motorcycle recovered Sunday in the backyard of 1401 S. Cypress. The property of Pat Douglas Wein of 710 Walthall, the bike valued at $850, and a Pecos juvenile suspect was turned over to county juvenile authorities.
Federal grand jury targeting drug trafficking and racketeering in El Paso may soon use Internal Revenue Service information. Investigations trace to the Chagra case after his shooting death and include Texas New Mexico Arizona Nevada Washington and Florida. Recent arrests tied to the slaying and an attempted assassination bolster the probe into drugs prostitution and organized crime with IRS data expected to sharpen focus.
In Austin the 66th Texas Legislature sits unusually quiet with lawmakers noting perfunctory floor action. House Speaker Bill Clayton calls it the strangest session of his long career while Gov. Clements and agency heads brace for potential clashes on tax relief and staffing cuts. Sen Schwartz attacks a railroad rate bill as price fixing. The House Ways and Means panel meets to finish non automatic tax relief provisions from 1978 amendment.
A furious weekend storm battered the Southeast with up to 15 inches of rain and heavy snow in the Midwest. Four died in Alabama including a 5 year old girl. two drowned in Georgia and Missouri. two more deaths in Minnesota and Iowa. Rescue efforts and sandbagging continued amid rising waters. Florida logged 14 inches of rain with 5,000 evacuated and millions in damage but no deaths. In Alabama, Audrey Norris aged 5 was found in a drainage ditch after wandering from a porch. Kathy Todd 26 drowned from a car swept into floodwaters. James Gardner 18 and Theodore Brooks 57 drowned when their car left a bridge. An 18-year-old man drowned in Georgia in a flooded field after a boat capsized. seven cave explorers were rescued after 29 hours trapped by high water.
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