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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1979
Page
1
The House Ways and Means Committee approved HB1060 to implement the 1978 Tax Relief Amendment, providing 420.7 million dollars in district reimbursements for lost revenue. The panel rejected limiting reimbursements to actual losses, keeping dollar-for-dollar relief in 1979-80 and potential above losses in 1980-81 for districts with accurate appraisals.
The Department of the Interior filed a final environmental statement with the EPA on the Pecos River Basin Water Salvage Project in New Mexico and Texas. The phreatophyte program aims to preserve water supply, protect farmlands from floods, and conserve fish and wildlife. About 47,000 acres have been cleared. the project will mechanically and chemically control regrowth to save 47,000 to 70,000 acre-feet yearly.
Incumbent Royce Cassell and Phillip Tyree join Madelynn West as filing candidates for Pecos City Council. Deadline is tomorrow at midnight. Balloting April 7 at the Community Center 7 am to 7 pm with absentee voting March 19 to April 3 8 am to 5 pm. In school races Pecos Barstow Toyah district incumbents seek re election with Frank Perea Patty Montgomery and David Hess also filing for terms. Joel Daniel seeks a three year term on the board.
Texas legislators consider letting designated tourist trade centers like El Mercado in San Antonio sell all goods on Sundays. Rep. Paul Elizondo and Rep. Frank Madla said the change would attract visitors, while opponents warn it could undermine the Saturday Sunday closing law. Proponents note tourists must buy at least half of goods within the area to qualify.
Federal grand jurors in El Paso resume a wide ranging probe into drug trafficking and racketeering linked to Jamiel Jimmy Chagra. Chagra, 34, indicted by a Midland grand jury, was arrested in Las Vegas and arraigned in El Paso as detectives pursue connections to the murder of El Paso attorney Lee Chagra.
In New Orleans AP reports that experts pursue methods to curb a Gulf of Mexico wild well fire after an explosion on a drilling platform left at least three workers dead. Three bodies were recovered Monday as crews battled the still burning well 45 miles offshore.
Pleasant weather outlook for Pecos and surrounding area continues through Wednesday with highs in the 60s to 70s and cool nights. In the Gulf Coast tragedy, five men are missing and feared dead while 27 escaped the rig via a survival capsule. Red Adair inspected efforts to control the fire as coast guard resources comb the site. Officials identified two of the deceased, while six others remain unaccounted for. The fire began at dawn during drilling in 40 feet of water when a drill pipe stuck and gas escaped triggering explosions.
Richard Dominguez Martinez, 22, of 717 S. Ash Pecos, was placed on five years supervised probation after pleading guilty to first degree burglary. Judge Lawrence Fuller suspended five years’ imprisonment, requiring Martinez to remain in Reeves County and avoid trouble while the property at 1807 Jackson Pecos, including a television, record player, stereo, radios, fireplace set, utensils and clothing, was stolen.
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