Call to refineries Administration urges oil production boost
The Carter administration urges refiners to raise gasoline output to alleviate shortages. Deputy Energy Secretary O Leary says tapping existing crude and gasoline stocks could lift supplies to about 96 to 97 percent of last year’s level by late summer, reducing long lines at stations. The shift marks a policy change toward boosting gasoline stock use while heating oil stockpiling remains emphasized for next winter. Senate hearings and Democratic caucus actions loom as lawmakers clash with the White House over price controls and energy strategy.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
Carter Administration
Congress
Energy
John F. O’leary
O'Leary
Senate Energy Committee
O’leary
House
Subscriptions aid Girl Scouts drive in Pecos area
Campaign to fund local Girl Scout programs continues with subscriptions and a one dollar donation per new subscriber. Readers may mail in coupons from page 5 or be contacted by phone to sign up. Names listed include Roger Conrad, Phil Swift, Hector Garcia, Ray Ellis, and many Barstow Pecos residents along with businesses such as Ramones Grocery.
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Pecos Enterprise
Girl Scouts
Roger Conrad
Pecos
Phil Swift
5Th St
Hector Garcia
Catherine
Ray Ellis P.O
Robert Vasquez
Tax change lets schools tax cars if they choose
AUSTIN AP negotiators backed exempting personal cars from state property taxes while allowing school boards and city councils to tax them if politically feasible. HB1060 would take effect with this year’s tax notices, with districts given leeway to delay if they cannot adjust rolls under new farm and ranch land rules and enhanced elderly homestead exemptions.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Five day absence end for Texas Killer Bees in Senate
Lt Gov Bill Hobby said the 12 absent senators would return by 3 p.m. to resume Senate business after a five day boycott over a presidential primary measure. Gov. Clements weighed calling a special election, while rebels defended their stand. The quorum crisis left the Senate unable to act, and the group faced arrest warrants if captured.
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Susan Stoler
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Bill Hobby
Senate
Hobby
Bill Clements
Clements
Capitol
Connecticut
John Connally
Connally
Six year term for felony auto theft in Pecos case
Adlai M Ballard, alias Christopher Eugene Carlton and Christopher Eugene Jackson, 24, pleaded guilty to second degree felony auto theft after a 1979 luxury car was recovered at Fort Stockton Texas. He listed a St Bernard Parish address and preached at a church on 600 E 14th while staying at 516 S Cypress. Ballard and companion were stopped May 7 by highway patrolmen after using a stolen credit card for gas and were bound over on $20,000 bonds each. Workman, 28, of Huntington WV, remains in Reeves County jail with bonds pending further court action.
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St. Bernard Parish
E. 14Th
S. Cypress
Texas Department of Corrections
Balmorhea Highway
Adlai M. Ballard
Christopher Eugene Carlton
Christopher Eugene Jackson
143Rd Judicial District Court
Pecos
Walter Holcombe
Lawrence Fuller
Ballard
Fort Stockton
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Tucson
Arizona
California
Justice of the Peace
Larry J. Workman
New Orleans
Workman
Monahans
Pecos Area Weather Forecast Daily Update
Weather across Pecos and vicinity shows fair skies to the west and decreasing clouds east of the Pecos River. Expect warmer conditions through Wednesday with Monday high near 92 and a low around 50. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible southeast. highs mainly in the 70s to 90s and lows in the 50s to 60s, with Big Bend areas reaching 80s to 90s midweek.
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Pecos
Pecos River
Texas Fair
Big Bend
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D-Mich
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Jody Powell
Pecos Rotary Club
Jana Tudor
Pecos High School
Clark Ford
The
First Christian Church
Robert Hinojos
H St
Pedro Rodriguez
Peach
J.R. Wooten
Presbyterian Manse Church
Barstow
Freddy Reyes
S. Ash St
Aurora Adame
E. 13Th
Doug Miller
Ross St
Randy McWhorter
Missouri
Salvador Lopez
E. 7Th St
Earnest Garcia
E. Willow
Jose Garcia
Johnson
Gilbert Herrera
E. 5Th St
Harry Clinton
N. Alamo
Enrique Rodriguez
S. Elm St
Leticia Rico
S. Orange
Robert Ybarra
S. Mulberry
Michell Tarin
S. Pecan St
John Alligood
Acie Allen
Billy Joe Seltz
Sabine St
Bobby Enmon
S. Park St
Cipriano Matta
S. Willow St
Lisa Fuentes
Box
Frank Williams
Martinez
Lillian Holland
S. Walnut
Lawrence Williams
E. 9Th
Armando Granado
N. Walnut
Ricky Exum
Hickory
Charles Ortega
W. 5Th
Laura Mosley
Esequiel Tellez
Ramones Grocery
South Pecos
Tim von Dohlen
D-Goliad
Tim
Wayne Peveto
Dorange
Hunting
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W. Va
Reeves County Correctional Facility
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