Former Texas socialite pleads guilty in Memphis fraud case
Former Texas socialite Margaret Medders pleaded guilty to defrauding three Memphis women. Prosecutors seek a three year sentence. sentencing postponed for a suspended sentence review with a Dec. 18 hearing. Medders, 60, remains jailed on $5,000 bond and faces up to 10 years on one count.
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Memphis, Tenn
Texas
Margaret Medders
Memphis
James Beasley
Mrs. Medders
Shelby County
Five Travelers Held on Marijuana Charge in Reeves County
Five highway travelers stopped in Pecos early Monday to buy gas and a car tire. They used an unauthorized credit card tied to a vehicle whose ownership was unsettled. All five, Michele A. Kramer, Randall D. Skeels, Thomas H. Hoazem, William J. Oxter, and Fred George Bailey, are jailed in Reeves County in lieu of $10,000 bonds each. Kramer, the sole woman, faces an additional charge of stolen credit card use.
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Pecos
Reeves County Correctional Facility
Justice of the Peace
Michele A. Kramer
Vincetown
N.J
Randall D. Skeels
Evansville
Ind
Thomas H. Hoazem
Chatham, la
William J. Oxter
Follansbee
W. Va
Fred George Bailey
Shepherdsville, Ky
Blood drive ends at 6 pm sponsored by Pecos Lions Club
The Pecos Evening Lions Club hosts a noon to 6 pm blood drive at the Community Center on Oak Street. Otis Mawhiney, chair man, says hospitals have high demand and that donations greatly exceed current needs. Donors may request blood go to Methodist Hospital in Houston.
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Pecos
Oak Street
Mawhiney
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Halla Bryan
Wage price guidelines stir labor stance in inflation fight
The Carter administration seeks labor backing for voluntary wage and price guidelines despite AFL-CIO head George Meany urging mandatory controls. Meany accuses the plan of injustice and predicts recession. he calls for a special congressional session to enact controls.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Aflcio
George Meany
Meany
Afl-Cio
Congress
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
Douglas Castle
Environmental Protection Agency
Dow Jones Indus
Davis case juror pool grows as selection continues
Two more persons were qualified today as prospective jurors in the Cullen Davis murder-for-hire case, bringing the potential pool to 13 with 32 more to go. The Fort Worth industrialist faces a jury in a high profile Texas criminal saga over an alleged hiring of a gunman to kill Judge Joe Eidson amid his four year divorce dispute.
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Joe Eidson
Davis
Richard
Haynes
Pecos merchants award first Turkey prize to Linhart Macha
Mrs Linhart Macha of Trapark No 19 in Pecos has won the first turkey in a holiday contest by Pecos merchants and the Enterprise. The weekly drawing continues each Friday through Christmas with coupons from each issue deposited at participating stores.
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Linhart Macha
Trapark No. 19
Pecos
Turkey
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Alpine Lodge
Sprouse Reitz
Bob's Thriftway
Hill’s Thriftway
Pizza Hut
Briscoe urges no new Texas taxes in taped plea
Amarillo Texas AP lame duck Gov Dolph Briscoe opened the final televised debate between gubernatorial candidates Bill Clements and John Hill with a taped plea for no new taxes. Hill pledged to veto new levies and reduce property taxes while criticizing Clements for favoring a new gas tax. Clements accused Hill of a liberal streak and cited increases in the attorney general office’s staff and budget since 1973.
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Amarillo
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Clements
John Hill
Hill
Briscoe
Clements
GOP
Seaboard
Austin
Weather and politics mix in Pecos report
Overnight rain left Pecos with .06 inches by 8 am. The day’s low was 55 after a 68 high. West Texas stays partly cloudy to Thursday with scattered showers and mild skies. Highs 60s to 70s, lows 40s to 50s. Political remarks cover language, energy policy, and parole reform with candidates optimistic.
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Pecos
Texas
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Blood Clinic
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Richard C. White
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