Pecos City Council backs convention center study plan
The Pecos City Council approved engaging bonding consultant Bob Brandenburger and Odessa architect Charlie Taylor to study a 950000 convention center south of Fair Barn. A 4 percent hotel tax proposal would fund bonds, with Revenue Sharing Funds used for bond payments. Opposition from Aleuterio Garcia cited revenue-sharing constraints and bed tax restrictions.
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Lew Barrett
Pecos
Chamber of Commerce Advertising Committee
Fair Barn
Richard Naylor
Chamber
Naylor
Bob Brandenburger
E.F. Hutton
Houston
Charlie Taylor
Odessa
Reeves County
Aleuterio M. Garcia
Katy
Highway 80 East
Garcia
Camara de Comercio
The
Chicano Chamber of Commerce
Convention Center
W.R
Bob’’ Bickley
Phillip Syice
J.J. Maxey
W.O. “'Bill
Marcos Martinez
Jim Livingston
J.T. Moore
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc
Lubbock
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A local contest offers a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas through the Security Sweepstakes. Participants must submit proof of eligibility and complete the entry by the stated deadline. Winners will be drawn and announced in a future edition.
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Las Vegas
Fire drives 6000 Crystal City residents from homes
A chemical warehouse fire at Riverside Chemical Co. in Crystal City Texas forced about 6000 residents to evacuate after alarms rang at 5 am. Flames and black smoke filled skies as investigators, aided by federal and state agencies, probe the cause with no injuries reported.
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Crystal City, Texas
J.B. Delgado
Delgado
Texas
Riverside Chemical Co
Douglas Kelly
Memphis
Tenn
Lupe Jiminez
LaPryor
Jiminez
Justice of the Peace
Ron Carr
Zavala County
Crystal City
House bill backs deepwater port plan for Freeport area
The Texas House approved 114 to 26 a $2.4 million appropriation to the Texas Deepwater Port Authority to seek a federal license for a jumbo-oilport 26 miles south of Freeport and to support a $1.2 billion bond program. The measure, SB126, now heads to the Senate. Officials say the port would secure Gulf Coast refinery and chemical jobs when Texas oil production wanes.
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Austin
Texas
House
Freeport
Texas Deepwater Port Authority
Senate
Gulf Coast
Houston
Stan Schlueter
D-Salado
Bill Clements
Dolph Briscoe
Seadeck Consortium
Pecos City Council and ISD race set for April 7 election
Five candidates seek three Pecos City Council seats in the April 7 election while five vie for three Pecos Barstow Toyah ISD board seats. Incumbents Ben Matta Royce Cassell Phillip Tyree Patty Montgomery Frank Perea and others run. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm at the Community Center. absentee voting starts March 19 at 8 am to 5 pm at the city secretary office through April 3.
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Pecos
Board of Education
Pecos-Barstow- Toyah
Ben
Guerrero
Odessa Truckers Hurt As Sullivan Bridge Collapses
Two Odessa residents, David Hobbs and Robert Finch, were treated and released at Reeves County Hospital Pecos after their tractor trailer carrying oilfield gear toppled into the Pecos River when the Sullivan Bridge failed. Ambulance crews arrived at 8 10 p m following a DPS highway patrol contact. The load was overheight and struck the bridge overhead framework causing the collapse.
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Reeves Hospital
Sullivan Bridge
Odessa
Reeves County Hospital
Pecos
David Ray Hobbs
Robert Louis Finch
Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol
Governor presses for staff cuts in state agencies
Governor Bill Clements said he will visit state agencies to discuss problems and possible staff reductions. At a LBJ School meeting, about 400 agency heads offered no comment on his plan, but he says negotiations point toward agreement on better management, efficiency, and eliminating duplication. In Odessa, a bridge incident delayed traffic as a tractor trailer and oil field equipment were recovered from a river, with road closure until replacement. Reeves County workers set a barricade at FM 1216 with orange cones and flares.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
Clements
LBJ
Odessa
DPS
Reeves County
FM 1216
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Bob Dean
Jim Ed Miller
Planning and Zoning Board
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Lamar School
Texas Public School Week
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