Court hears March 27 on straw poll loan ballot in Texas
Austin AP report notes court hearing set March 27 over a Texas Democrat plan for a May 6 primary straw polling question on loan interest. A temporary restraining order blocks proceeding, while the horse race betting referendum remains on both parties ballots.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Consumer Finance Association
Texas Senate
Texas Consumer Credit Industry
SDEC
Waco
Carrin Patman
State Committee
Bill Patman
D-Canada
West Texas Chamber Plans 60th Annual Convention in Lubbock
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce will host its 60th annual meeting April 27-28 in Lubbock with national state and business leaders. Congressman George Mahon and Omar Burleson will speak at the Friday banquet while J Fred Bucy addresses the luncheon. Other sessions cover political action, air quality rules, and water resources. Officers for 1978-79 will be elected at the Friday business session.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock
George Mahon
19Th
Texas
Omar Burleson
17Th
West Texas
United States Congress
Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
J. Fred Bucy
Texas Instruments, Inc
Dallas
Bucy
Free Enterprise
Lloyd Ansell
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Washington, D.C
Bill Stewart
Texas Air Control Board
Austin
WTCC
Harvey Davis
Texas Department of Water Resources
Water Agency
Hilton Hotel
Ranching Heritage Center
Texas Tech University
Pecos Little League Registration Opens for 9 to 12 Year Olds
Registration for Pecos boys aged nine to twelve begins at the Chamber of Commerce Office 111 S. Cedar. Parents must accompany the child and present a birth certificate. Eligible players must be nine after August 1 1977 and twelve by July 31 1978.
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Chamber of Commerce
S. Cedar
Little League
Walthall St
Electioneering claims farm relief promises price hike
Senate backed emergency farm relief with 67 votes promising at least 100 dollars more yearly on the average family food bill through payments for not planting idling land to reach parity. Critics call parity a hoax while buyers face higher prices, House likely to overhaul.
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Brian B. King
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Thomas S. Foley
D-Wash
Keith Sebelius
R-Kan
Texas crime report shows 1708 murders in 1977
Texas recorded 1,708 murders in 1977, with 41 percent of killers and victims knowing each other and 20.8 percent involving family members. Guns killed 68 percent of victims. 81 percent of murders were cleared by arrest. Overall crime dropped 1.3 percent, theft down 7 percent while other major crimes rose.
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Austin
Texas
Wilson Speir
Department of Public Safety
Speir
Evidence in kidnapping case tests defense on Thursday
Tyler Texas AP reports attorneys in the kidnapping trial of former Estes associate Don Trull prepare for a Thursday hearing. The defense seeks to probe a disputed letter and other documents they say show Estes’ return to high finance and promotional activities. Jury selection has begun with 55 witnesses subpoenaed, including Estes and his relatives.
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Tyler
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Don Trull
Estes
Trull
Billy D. Pyron
Smith County
Clark
Abilene
Revenue Service
Reeves County Emergency Grant To Reeves Council
The El Paso office of Congressman Richard White announced a 6500 grant to the Community Council of Reeves County from the Community Services Administration. Funds under the Emergency Energy Assistance Program aid low income and elderly residents facing hardships from emergencies or rising energy costs, and may cover blankets clothing furnace repairs fuel oil firewood and related needs.
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el Paso
Richard White
Community Council of
Reeves County
Community Services Administration
Emergency Energy Assistance Program
Reeves County Offices Close Friday for Good Friday
County offices will be closed Friday for Good Friday. Reeves County employees receive the day off to spend Easter weekend with their families.
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Reeves County
Fort Davis accident claims 18 year old in mountains
An 18 year old girl fell sixty feet to her death in the Davis Mountains State Park on Tuesday March 2. Susan Armeta Daniel of Pecos was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace George Spencer of Fort Davis. She was taken to Alpine Funeral Home with services pending in Brenham, Texas.
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Davis Mountains State Park
Susan Armeta Daniel
Pecos
Justice of the
George Spencer
Fort Davis
Miss Daniel
Alpine
Brenham
Texas
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Peope
58Rd District Court
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Herman Jones
West Texas Chamber
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Budget Committee
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Carter
Farm Movement
Agriculture Department
U.S
Zapata
San Antonio, Fort Worth
Longview
Mississippi
Reeves Council
John Roberts
Farnum Jewelry
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