Search renews for two escapees in Texas Oklahoma
Federal agents and state officers from Oklahoma and Texas comb the woods around Little City seeking two escapees. The joint operation involves multiple agencies and continues as authorities pursue leads across the region.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Little City
Okla
Alabama
Mississippi
Red River
Dallas
Grayson County
Denison
FBI
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Texas Rangers
Lake
Texoma
Durant
Bryan
Pecos council backs cut in Continental rate hike
City Attorney Ted Painter told Pecos residents a Texas Public Utility Commission examiner recommended lowering Continental Telephone Company’s proposed rate hike after a Austin hearing. Mayor Bickley and others protested service quality during the session.
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Ted Painter
Pecos
Texas Public Utility Commission
Continental Telephone Company
Painter
Austin
Pecos City
Bickley
Disaster loan aid expands to Loving County farmers
Loving County has been added to the Texas drought disaster list, with Reeves County also added at Governor Briscoe's request. The declaration makes Loving County farmers and ranchers eligible for emergency aid under the Disaster Loan Program, covering January 1, 1977 to May 9, 1978, effective May 22.
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Loving County
Texas
W.O
Bill’’ Pigman
Reeves County
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Secretary of
Bob Bergland
Senators Reach Accord On Natural Gas Pricing Agreement
President Carter’s energy package advances toward passage with a basic accord across five sections except taxes. House-Senate conferees agree on a natural gas pricing compromise, while doubts grow that the crude oil tax can pass this year as elections near.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
House-Senate
U.S
Weather Outlook and Senate Gas Accord in Brief
Pecos reports a second consecutive 100 degree day with an early 68 degree low and scant rainfall. The Associated Press forecasts West Texas as partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms through Friday, with highs mid 70s to near 100 in the Big Bend and Panhandle lows around 60s. Senate negotiators reach a 10 to 7 accord to deregulate newly found gas in 1985, House approves 13 to 12, consumer heating costs projected to rise about $9 billion through 1985, with a June 6 meeting planned to finish 33 unresolved issues.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Carter
House
Senate
Civil suit filed in Pecos division over labor act claims
A civil suit filed in the Pecos Division of the U S District Court Western District of Texas alleges violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Plaintiff is Ray Marshall Secretary of Labor against Presidio Valley Farms Inc and Bill J Bishop of Presidio.
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Pecos
U.S. District Court For
Western District of Texas
Ray Marshall
Sec. of Labor
Presidio Valley Farms, Inc
Bill J. Bishop
Presidio
Industry reacts as gas price controls lifted in 1985 plan
Houston AP reports mixed industry reaction to a compromise ending a six month deadlock on decontrolling domestically produced and discovered gas. The measure sets a 10 percent annual price rise through 1984 and lifts federal controls on 1985. Gulf Oil and Tenneco Gas Transmission welcomed the step while Lone Star Gas will study the proposal before commenting.
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Senate
House
Houston
Lone Star Gas
Pecos City Council OKs Parkhill design for water storage tank
The Pecos City Council unanimously awarded Parkhill Smith and Cooper of Lubbock a $12,517 contract for design and basic services on a $432,000 3 million gallon water storage tank project. Completion target is August 1979, with a 128 foot diameter steel tank. The city plans to pursue federal funds and considers using foreign steel to save about $20,000.
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Pecos
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc
Lubbock
Chester Green
Council
Green
David Hinz
Home Decorating Center
Maxey
Eddy Sr
Price Construction Company
Jack E. Blake
Holiday Inn
Zoning and Planning Board
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