Stormy Texas Showers with Mild Temperatures Across Regions
Thunderstorms and showers spread across the Pecos area with Pecos at .03 inches of rain and highs near 85. Fog lingered in Barstow and Wink while Toyah reported heavy storms and a lightning sparked fire northwest of Toyah. Balmorhea enjoyed sun as scattered showers moved across Central Texas and a weak front neared Northwest Texas. Temperatures ranged from 45 in Dalhart to 70s in South Texas with widespread mild to warm conditions and gusty winds in the Plains and Midwest.
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Pecos
Orla
Barstow
Ing
Toyah
Texas
New Mexico
Dalhart
Panhandle
Corpus Christi
McAllen
Brownsville
Rockies
Appalachians
Washington
Oregon
California
Oregon Cascades
Plains
Midwest
Upper Great Lakes
East Side Candidates Pitch At Civic League Meeting
Stephen Bates reports that East Side voters heard sheriff candidate Gary Ingram and other contenders at a sparsely attended rally led by the East Side Civic League. Congressman Richard White attended as a national guest and was introduced at the event.
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Civic League Forum
Carl McGee
Right
O.Y. McCarty
East Side
Civic League
League
Stephen Bates
Right Pecos
East Side Civic League
Richard White
Gary Ingram
Rev
R.M. Montgomery
Depu
White campaigns in Pecos touts solar irrigation options
U S Congressman Dick White visited Pecos meeting with local farmers to discuss energy alternatives for irrigation. He cited a 50 horsepower solar pump in Mexico and plans to explore 100 to 200 horsepower systems with the El Paso Solar Energy Task Force. White warned of a well funded opponent and proposed forming a research group to apply solar energy to agricultural problems. He also signaled potential personnel and procedure changes if elected and endorsed more recognizance bonds for minor crimes. Patty Montgomery and Frank Perea discussed school board candidacy and rights for students, while debate over Pecos schools continued with Arnie Calderon.
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el Paso
Ingram
Patty Montgomery
Baylor
Frank Perea
Montgomery
Arnie Calderon
Pecos
Lightning Ignites Culberson Range Fire in West Texas
Fire officials in Van Horn report a grass fire on the Grisham Ranch sparked by lightning around 9 30 p m Tuesday. The blaze stretched about a mile by five miles, confined with no threats to life or property, and was being allowed to burn itself out as crews withdrew.
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Texas
Culberson County
van Horn
Lyndon McDonald
Grisham Ranch
Lone Star
McDonald
Candidates must file campaign reports by March 30
County and state candidates have until March 30 to file campaign contribution expense reports. County candidates submit to the county clerk, while state candidates file with the Secretary of State. The report covers expenses from treasurer designation to March 22.
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Catherine Ashley
Ashley
Secretary of State
Coffee break aids Pecos Easter seal drive at Holiday Inn
Pecos residents can help the Easter seal campaign by drinking coffee at the Pecos Holiday Inn this Saturday and Sunday. Inn keeper Art Terry said all coffee receipts on those two days will be donated to the campaign. Terry described the effort as a pocketful of miracles to encourage local patrons.
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Pecos
Art Terry
Terry
Holiday Inn
Texas Supreme Court won t block Amarillo Slim questioning
The Texas Supreme Court refused to block questioning of law enforcement officers about the informant who tipped to the arrest of gambler Thomas Amarillo Slim Preston. It also denied a request to dismiss indictments against Preston and Earl Summers on gambling charges.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Supreme Court
Thomas
Amarillo Slim
Preston
Amarillo Dist
Atty
Tom Curtis
Bryan Poff
Earl Summers
Curtis
Poff
Summers
Amarillo
Self
Supreme Court
KGNC
Mark Baker
Ingram seeks promotion to Reeves County sheriff
Former Reeves County deputy Gary Ingram campaigns in the May 1 Democratic primary for sheriff citing 17 years as deputy and chief deputy plus FBI National Academy training. He plans to run county government without favors and to serve 20 000 residents with honesty and integrity while living with his wife Marianne at Pecos and owning a Toyah ranch.
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Reeves County
Gary Ingram
Ingram
Texas
FBI National Academy
Odessa College
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Criminal Justice Advisory
Morning Optimist Club
Optimist
New Mexico- West Texas
Marianne
S. Park St
Pecos
Toyah
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Wink
Central Plains
Arizona
Butte, Mont
Key West, Fla
White
Dick White
United States
Mexico
George McAlmon
Richard C. White
Bob Miller
Bill Pigman
Reeves County Congressional Club
Rep. White
Culberson
Department of Public Safety
Dan Self
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