City seeks IS 20 ramps near proposed Pecos hospital site
City officials urged the Texas Highway Department to consider building on and off ramps to direct access from IH 20 to the proposed 60 bed hospital site near the Pecos Industrial Foundation tract. They also request improvements on Stafford Boulevard and note DPS and Border Patrol land nearby. Hospital architect Jack Turner has toured sites and will make a recommendation.
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Lynn Webb
Texas Highway Department
Reeves County
Pecos Industrial Foundation
Stafford Boulevard
Texas Department of Public Safety
Border Patrol
Jack Turner
Pecos
Pecos declares Breath of Life Week by mayor proclamation
Mayor Bill Pigman signed a proclamation declaring May 12 through May 17 Breath of Life Week to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Lone Star Chapter campaign for children with lung damaging disease. Mrs. Carl McGee urged awareness of signs such as recurrent wheezing persistent coughing and poor weight gain.
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Pecos
Bill Pigman
Pigman
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Lone Star Chapter
Carl McGee
McGee
CFF
W.O
Bill) Pigman
Boy Scouts
Stop the World And Let Me Off With Big Brother Quitclaim
Opinion column laments government overreach from farm policy to free school lunches and refugee aid. Author rails against federal intervention and immigration, warning of a drift toward socialism and rising costs. Final quip notes relatives behind every will.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Detroit
Feds
Pete
Sam
Storm system lashes Texas with wind rain and hail
Storms dump heavy rain and hail across Central and East Texas as Pecosbreeze residents endure warm 88 degree highs and chilly pre dawn 43 degree lows. Tem ple deputies report two girls and a woman injured as winds wreck trailer homes near Nolanville. Funnel cloud near Heidenheimer. tornadoes sighted NW of Austin but no injuries or major damage reported.
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Pecos
Associated Press
East Texas
del Rio
Mexican
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Temple
Nolanville
Heidenheimer
Bell County
Austin
Leander
Cedar Park
Williamson County
Texas
National Weather Service
Midwest
South Dakota
Louisiana
Welsh
Lake Charles
Harlan
Westcentral
Iowa
Torna
Council OKs place system on 2nd ordinance reading
The city advances election by place system with a third reading set for May 22. Candidates will file for specific council seats rather than running at large. City manager ordered schedules from groups using baseball fields before lights are turned on to avoid conflicts and extra fees. Severe spring storms bring tornadoes across several states with property damage reported and no injuries.
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Council Oks
J.J. Maxey
Rape bill goes to governor and smoking bill passes
Texas legislators sent to the governor a rape witness questioning limit and extended the indictment period from one to three years. The House approved a Senate bill criminalizing smoking in certain public places, sending it back for Senate amendments.
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House
Austin
Texas
Senate
House- Senate
West of Pecos Park Renamed in Pecos City Council Action
Pecos city council renamed the park area West of Pecos Park and Museum to retain Pecos identity. Zaragosa Hall beer license plans were blocked due to park zoning and city ordinance. Council asked city attorney Fred Leigh to study the laws and report at the May 22 meeting.
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U.S. Department of Immigration
SH 17
Army Corps of Engineers
Roy Bean
Pecos
Pecos Park
Evening Optimist Club
Zaragosa Hall
E.G. Florez
Salvador Lias
Manuel Galindo
Rueben Dominguez
Council
Fred Leigh
Mayor Pigman Faces Double Blahs Day
Mayor Bill Pigman endures a tough Wednesday juggling city business and irate complaints. Homeward, sanitation crews condemn his garbage cans giving five days to replace them amid his ongoing municipal woes.
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Bill Pigman
Pigman
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Richard San Ramon
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Ford
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