Dallas County primary errors prompt recount in judge races
An apparent misprogrammed computer swapped vote totals in Dallas County, triggering a recount of several judicial races. Chet Edwards, once third in the 6th district race, urged a recount after canvassed totals showed a 100 vote gap, while Chamberlain and Chapman and Bedard and McClung also shifted in canvass totals.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Chet Edwards
Edwards
Ome Chamberlain
Ron Chapman
Theo Bedard
Pat McClung
Democratic Executive Committee
Chapman
Chamberlain
McClung
Bedard
Pecos City Council Agenda Sets Meeting for Tomorrow
Pecos City Council schedules regular monthly meeting at city hall at 7 30 a m with items including sale of lots 23 24 25 Block 55 North Pecos Addition for 850 65 tied to a tax suit planning and zoning change Clark addition A 3 to industrial renewal of taxi franchise Dec 13 1977 to Dec 13 1978 airport shop rental discussion savings and loan withdrawal city council meeting taping option and legal matters briefing by City Attorney Ted Painter bids opening for a new police patrol car at 8 30 a m
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Pecos
North
Guillermo Rodriguez
Savings and Loan Association
Ted Painter
Carter asks unions to curb wage requests amid inflation push
President Carter presses AFL-CIO head George Meany and other union leaders to join voluntary wage restraint to slow wage and price hikes. Meany signals cooperation after demanding Senate passage of labor law revisions, while stressing energy and interest costs drive inflation more than wages.
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Washington
Carter
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Robert Strauss
Ray Marshall
Administration
Meany
Senate
Labor Federation
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Federal indictments expand Texas Manpower case in Brownsville
The federal grand jury in Brownsville returned 11 indictments totaling 86 counts against eight South Texans for fraud conspiracy and false information in the Texas Manpower funds probe. Among the defendants are Don and Clarence Gray, with six and five indictments respectively, plus Cruz Castillo and Nicolas Ramirez Jr. The indictments follow earlier county grand jury actions and allege misapplication of Title I funds and substantial wrongdoing.
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Brownsville
Texas
Tony Canales
U.S
Southern District of Texas
Don
Clarence Gray
Don Gray
Clarence
South Texas Building Trades Educational Service Inc
Cruz. Z. Castillo
Grays
Darrel Hester
Nicolas Ramirez Jr
Hidalgo County
Bond denied in death of Texas Ranger
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused bond for Gregory Arthur Ott in the capital murder case involving Ranger Bobby Doherty killed Feb 20 during a marijuana raid near Argyle in Denton County. Ott, a North Texas State University graduate student, remains jailed without bail as appeals state evidence supports denial.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Gregory Arthur Ott
Bobby Doherty
Doherty
Argyle
Denton County
Ott
North Texas State University
Bond
Pecos Masons Set Banquet With 25 Year Service Awards
The Pecos Masonic Lodge will hold a Past Master Banquet Saturday at 7 p.m. at 624 South Oak. Sam Hilburn grand senior warden of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Texas will be guest. The program includes 25 year service awards. all Masons, families and friends are invited.
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Pecos
Curfew considered after two nights of Houston violence
Twenty five persons were charged Tuesday in connection with two nights of violence in a predominantly Mexican American neighborhood. Four policemen and two newsmen were injured earlier. a potential sunset curfew and weekend park closure were discussed by Mayor Jim McCann.
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Houston
Moody Park
Jim McCann
Northside
Park
McConn
McCann
Warming Trend Spurs Heat Across West Texas
Pecos saw a high of 98 yesterday after 88 the day before while an early 64 degree low settled in. The AP forecast calls for partly cloudy skies over West Texas through Thursday with scattered afternoon and tonight thunderstorms and a few possibly severe storms. Temperatures will rise to 85 in most areas, with 102 in the Panhandle to Big Bend region, and lows from 56 in the north to near 46 in the mountains. Thursday highs expected from 84 to near 100.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Officers Meet at West of the Pecos Museum
The officers and trustees of the West of the Pecos Museum will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the museum saloon. The session will cover committee reports and plans for the rodeo and Old Timers Reunion, with discussion of A Night in Old Pecos on the agenda.
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West of
Pony League Season Opens With City Officials At Ceremony
Official opening ceremonies for the Pecos Pony League begin at 3 p.m. Saturday at Jaycees Park near the zoo with county and city officials invited. The first game starts at 3:30 p.m., followed by games at 5:30 and 7:30.
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Pecos Pony League
Jaycees Park
Zoo
Texas Eyes Change To Cut Student Loan Defaults
Sen Oscar Mauzy says Texas can alter its federally guaranteed Hinson Hazelwood loan program to curb a 20 percent default rate without constitutional conflict. A committee heard progress on outside studies and options to extend loans to proprietary and out of state schools to meet federal incentives. Campbell will issue a final report by July 14.
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Austin
Texas
Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Mauzy
Maury
Hinson-Hazelwood
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Texas Consti
Bob Campbell
Hinson - Hazelwood
Campbell
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