Texas energy council opposes Carter standby plan
The Texas Energy Advisory Council urged against the national standby gas rationing plan, saying Texans would face higher costs and unequal burdens. Milton Holloway cited a $116.4 million monthly need to buy gas coupons from other states and urged a production oriented energy policy with regulatory relief. The council also asked Legislature to triple funding for the Texas Energy Development Fund to 1.8 million annually for geothermal solar lignite and gasohol research.
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Texas
West Coast
Texas Energy Development Fund
Legislative Budget Board
Profiles of Pecos school board and city council candidates begin Monday
The Pecos Enterprise will run profiles of all five Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District Board of Education candidates and five Pecos City Council candidates. Questionnaires were mailed to all five school board hopefuls and five city council hopefuls seeking biographical details and statements of purpose. Monday spotlights incumbent Patty Montgomery seeking a three year school board term. Tuesday features incumbent Frank Perea seeking re election to the board.
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Pecos Enterprise
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Town of Pecos
Patty Montgomery
Frank Perea
Pecos
Tax relief bill wins preliminary House approval
The House approved HB1060 with 81 votes to 48 to advance a tax relief package described as Robin Hood like and Prodigal Son. It would offset school district property tax cuts with more than 430 million in state tax dollars and includes a $5,000 owner occupied home exemption plus a $10,000 homestead exemption for the disabled and elderly.
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Austin
Texas
Robin Hood
Lhursday
Senate
Houston Federal Land Bank
Senators ok plan to raise loan rate on big non mortgage loans
Senate approves bill raising ceiling from 10 to 18 percent for non mortgage loans of 175000 or more, prompting debate over impact on small farmers and ranchers. Supporters say funds flow improves while opponents warn higher rates harm rural borrowers and possible market exclusion.
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Susan Stoler
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Bill Patman
D-Ganada
Banks
Ike Harris
Dallas
House
Senate
Patman
Harris
Sen
E.L. Short
D-Tahoka
Short
West Texas
Bob Price
R-Pampa
Pecos leads slight drop in 1979 sales tax rebates disclosed
Texas Comptroller Bob Bullock said Pecos City will receive 43720.53 for the first quarter of 1979, with total 1979 rebates to Pecos at 78226.78 down two percent from 1978. Balmorhea and Toyah show mixed gains, while statewide rebates total 100.3 million for the year so far, behind 101.4 million last year amid late returns and slower sales.
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Bob Bullock
Pecos City
Balmorhea
Toyah
Bullock
Texas
Comptroller
Comptroller's
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Scattered Showers Hit Pecos With Moderate Rain
West Texas forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms today diminishing tonight with warmer conditions Saturday. Pecos recorded .03 inch of moisture overnight as clouds and storms linger in the region. Thursday’s high reached 53 with a 42 degree low.
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West Texas
Pecos
Prospect
Southwest
Big Bend Valleys
Clements backs one-year Texas budget plan with tax focus
Governor Bill Clements said he favors a one-year state budget with a future special session on finances due to economic uncertainty and inflation. He opposed a permanent annual-session system and noted potential revenue gains from a limited second-year review. He supported a 5.1 percent teacher pay raise but said it should not exceed other state workers.
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Clements
Sen
Grant Jones
D-Abilene
Senate Finance Committee
Jones
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Man Held in Carter Threat Case Identified as Ethridge
William Rodney Ethridge is in custody in Odessa on state charges after U S Secret Service identified him as the author of a letter threatening President James Carter. A Pecos magistrate issued the arrest warrant after a complaint filed around 6 p m Thursday. The letter was mailed from Midland Texas earlier this month and received at The White House mailroom.
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U.S
Secret Service
William Rodney Ethridge
Odessa
James
Jimmy) E. Carter
Pecos
J.M. Preston
Ethridge
Midland
Texas
White House
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Pecos High School
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Meier
San Antonio
Alamo City
Comptroller's Office
Bond
John Grant Passmore
Royalty
Kenneth Stuckwish
Alpine
Vivian Gonzalez
Ernest Lee Pemberton
Alhambra
Calif
Gregory Mark Hartman
Tahoe Paradise
Seph
Philip Balfour
Monterrey, Calif
Abberto Gamboa-Gonzalez
Mazatlan
Mex
John R. Dorr
Howard Whitworth
Drug Enforcement Administration
Dorr
Grand Jury
Whitworth
Narcotics Division
New Mexico State Police
Roswell
N.M
DEA
New Mexico
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