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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1977
Page
1
Pecos High School received the Odessa American all-sports trophy on Friday, marking its fourth consecutive win. The award honors overall school success across multiple sports based on a point system.
Athletic Director Jerry Millsapps accepted awards for football and other sports while senior students received numerous scholarships and honors. Notable recipients include Linvel Mosby for all sport, Cecile Montgomery citizenship, Terry Salcido and Susan Dennison for athletics and drama, and Rod Perkins for the Randall Johnson scholarship.
President Carter signed a tax bill delivering five billion dollars in direct relief and promising lower withholding rates next month. The law projects thirty four point one billion in tax reductions over 28 months and includes a drought relief package granting two hundred twenty five million for western wells and viaducts with completion by April.
A severe storm front battered the Laredo area with winds over 100 mph and heavy rain causing major property damage but no injuries. Across the Rio Grande in Nuevo Laredo, storms blamed for three deaths and a bus overturn south of the city. National Weather Service warned of reoccurring storms across North and Northwest Texas with flood warnings on the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass to below Laredo.
Texas senators cleared two ballot issues for November voters in a special election. One measure would permit local governments and school districts to grant property tax exemptions for cultural and historic property. The House approved amendments 25 to 2 and 29 to 2 respectively, sending the measures to the ballot.
The Supreme Court affirmed the Watergate cover up convictions of former Attorney General John Mitchell and aides H R Halderman and John Ehrlichman. Mitchell and Halderman await imprisonment as Ehrlichman is already jailed. The court rejected claims of trial unfairness with no recorded dissents. Justice Rehnquist recused himself.
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