Police seek help to catch a killer in Texas and California
Authorities describe William Craig Riley a 25 year old longhaired man with glasses and a red bandana. He is wanted for questioning in the torso slaying of car salesman Jack B. Cooney III and charged in the murder of Fred James Cunningham Jr. plus two armed robberies in Indio California. He travels by hitchhiking and freight trains and may work various jobs while claiming wilderness survival skills.
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Austin
Tex
Jack B. Cooney III
William Craig Riley
Riley
Fred James Cunningham Jr
Sul Ross State University
del Rio
Cooney
Brazos River
Hearne
California
Indio
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Earle
Arizona
Utah
Tenerife crash survivor bonds family after nightmare
Roland Brusco, his wife Teri, and his mother Cleo survived the March 27 Tenerife Boeing 747 collision that killed about 580. He says the disaster changed his values, bringing his family closer and prompting his wife to quit her secretarial job.
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Longview
Wash
Roland Brusco
Canary Islands
Brusco
Tenerife de Santa Cruz
Cleo
Teri
Gas bill gives farmer right to buy at home
A Texas attorney general says a revised bill allowing farmers to buy natural gas is constitutional. The measure would require gas producers to sell enough gas to water wells for irrigation on the farmer’s surface estate, with sale terms set by negotiation or settled by the Railroad Commission if needed.
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Austin
Tex
John Hill
Railroad Commission
Severe storms and hail move through Texas Panhandle to South Plains
The Associated Press reports severe thunderstorms and hail across the Panhandle and South Plains with lighter activity into central Texas. Rain measurements include 1.07 inches in Paducah and 0.34 inches in Lubbock, with 2.4 inches in Amarillo, while multiple areas report pea to hail in a bounded region.
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Associated Press
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Paducah
Lubbock
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
College Station
Brownwood
Seymour
Austin
Marfa
House approves teacher retirement pay hike bill
The House swiftly passed a measure granting teachers a raise in retirement benefits and potentially increasing current pay as part of a broader education package. The move comes amid debate over funding and long term fiscal impact.
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House
Senate
Legislative Budget Board
Fred Orr
D-Desoto
Pete Patterson
Dparis
Sheriff seeks deputies and jailers for Pecos County
County commissioners review Sheriff Raul Flores request for three more deputies and nine jailers amid rising dope traffic and jail population. Urquidi cites long shifts and narcotics hubs at Pecos Balmorhea Toyah and Pecos. Federal prisoners funded, state inspectors laud jail. pay raises for teachers debated.
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Raul Flores
Darrell Glover
Tony Urquidi
Balmorhea
Toyah
Pecos
Urquidi
Gloria San Roman
Sheriff's Office
San Ramon
Gary Ingram
Florez
Gene Martin
Cecil Cothrun
Wendell Faulkner
Paul Briones
Carter Opposed Social Security Plan Called Magic Show
President Carter faced House criticism over his Social Security financing plan, labeled a gimmick and a brazen show of fiscal legerdemain. Opponents argued using income tax revenue would funnel funds to Social Security, risking deficits and framing it as welfare expansion.
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Washington
Carter
House
Joe Waggoner
Dla
Ways and Means
Treasury
Social Security Fund
Archer
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
Oregon
Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Businessmen to share with prospective owners
Pecos businessmen will speak to prospective small business owners Thursday at the community center. Sponsored by the chamber of commerce and the Odessa SCORE chapter, the workshop runs from 8 a.m. with registration and a welcoming speech by Mayor W.O. Pigman. The program features a film and talks on personal, financial, capital, regulations, and management topics leading to an afternoon session and a Q A. Street weather forecast notes scattered thunderstorms through Wednesday with humid but cooler afternoons.
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Pecos
Chamber of Commerce
Odessa
W.O. Pigman
Harvey L. Ellison
SCORE
Bob Miller
First National Bank
Richard San Ramon
FNB
Jay Dycus
Security State Bank
Ted Painter
CPA
Jim Pattee
Bond Bradford
Recreation Planners Meet Today in Pecos
Pecos Recreation Planning Committee will meet at 7 30 p m today in the CPS Reddy Room. Presidents of major clubs are invited to lend support in planning a city recreation program. Committee members have prepared information and ideas for near term implementation. Increased attendance urged by Shirley Kelley.
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Pecos
CPS Reddy
Shirley Kelley
Reeves County Tax Relief for Private Automobiles
Reeves County taxpayers are relieved from paying taxes on private automobiles starting with the next tax statement. County tax assessor-collector Jimmie Preslar proposed the change to the commissioners court on Monday and it was approved. The item had been misreported as taxable by Mrs. Preslar in Monday's Enterprise.
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Reeves County
Jimmie Preslar
Commissioners Court
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Pennsylvania
Boston
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Lee Jones
Austin, Tex
Jim Nugent
D-Kerrville
Main
Bill Archer
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Arthur Green
George Vasquez
Tommy Beauchamp
Moses
Israel
Henry Kaiser
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