Wright wins sweepstakes grand prize in Pecos Las Vegas trip
Lester A Wright of Pecos wins the five day four night Showboat Hotel Las Vegas vacation and a gasoline and food allowance for the round trip. He is the second Pecos resident to win a vacation prize as the five week contest awards other winners including Gloria Villescas Teddora Contreras Ima Wendt and more. Over ten weeks ten participants win $500 Scrip and ten win $25 Savings Bonds with additional $50 Savings Account prizes every three weeks.
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Pecos
Las Vegas
Wright
Gloria Villescas
Teddora Contreras
P.O. Box 164
Saragosa
Pecos Financial Institution
Kennedy health plan sparks immediate GOP and AMA criticism
Kennedy proposes national health insurance for all Americans drawing fire from the administration and the American Medical Association. Califano says Congress will likely accept a more limited Phase I approach while sharing goals with Kennedy.
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Kennedy Health Plan
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Kennedy
Carter
Gasoline crunch spreads east as shortages rise
The gasoline shortage expands toward the east as May supplies dwindle in California and industry officials urge motorists to stay close to home. Californians turn to smaller and rental cars and boats amid record March fuel use, while two of three station owners report bribe offers and calls grow for weekend openings and a national rationing plan.
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Charlotte Porter
Associated Press
Robert Lawrie
Midwest Automotive and Gasoline Dealers Association
California
Los Angeles Times
Edmund Brown Jr
Congress
Carter
Senate denies Clements more budget control in Texas
The Texas Senate rejected a plan to give Gov. Bill Clements power to reduce line item appropriations and veto riders. It did approve broader power over his office and state appointees and advanced a constitutional amendment to allow removal of governors appointees, sent to the House for a potential voter referendum.
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Senate
Clements
Jack Keever
Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
Sen
O.H. Harris
Harris
Dallas
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
John Traeger
D-Seguin
Raul Longoria
Dedinburg
Adjutant General Secretary of State
Texas Department of Community Affairs
Natural Resources Council
Office of Migrant Affairs
Governor's Committee On Aging
Texas Film Commission
Commission On the Status of Women
Traeger
Walter Mengden
Houston
Betty Andujar
Fort Worth
House
Weather forecast for Pecos and West Texas
The area forecast for Pecos and vicinity calls for partly cloudy conditions through Wednesday with possible evening and nighttime showers and thunderstorms. Continued warm days and mild nights with highs mostly in the 80s to near Os. Temperatures: highs mid 80s to mid 90s north and mountains, near 102 along the Rio Grande in the Big Bend, Lows mid 50s north to mid 60s south.
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Pecos
West Texas
Texas
Rio Grande
Big Bend
Comptroller reports higher Pecos sales tax rebates
State Comptroller report shows one percent optional sales tax rebates to Pecos up 13 percent versus a year earlier. For the period ending April 26 Pecos will receive 9703.07, up from 7624.53. Across Texas May 1979 allocations total about 15 million, up from 13.8 million in 1978, with Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio among recipients.
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Bob Bullock
Pecos
Pecos City
Balmorhea
Toyah
Bullock
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
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Lester A. Wright
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HEW
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Reeves County
Steve Turner
S. Faye
143Rd Judicial District Court
Lawrence Fuller
Turner
Ward County
Brooks
Texas Department of Labor and Standards
Governor
Commission On Physical Fitness
Comptroller
Moody Center
Galveston
Ector Barraza
Pablo Sotelo
Clemente Jaramillo
Robert M. Meuth
Carver Resource Center
Robert Hinojos
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