Weather shapes Texas turnout in sparse election day
Voters across Texas cast ballots in light to moderate numbers as clear western weather contrasted with overcast eastern regions. Turnout hovered around one third of registered voters, with Dallas San Antonio Abilene and Harris County reporting varied activity while key statewide races for governor and U S senator drew attention alongside nine proposed constitutional amendments.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Abilene
Populous
Harris Coun
Houston
Marlin
Reeves County
U.S
Robert Hinojos
Davis release sought in Davis murder for hire trial
In a Houston case, Cullen Davis faces a jury trial with a defense team and prosecutors sparring over extortion and conspiracy claims. An FBI agent confirms an extortion attempt while defense contends Priscilla Davis tried to hire someone to kill her estranged husband. The judge recesses until 1 pm to allow jurors to vote on bond and for further motions in Austin.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Houston
Fort Worth
Cullen Davis
Austin
FBI
Davis
Priscilla
Richard
Haynes
Ron Jannings
Priscilla Lee Davis
David Binyon
Tony Wilson
Wallace Moore
Phil Burleson
Priscilla Davis
Cullen
Texas ends fiscal 1978 with 2.7 billion cash surplus
Texas Comptroller Bob Bullock reports an ending cash balance of 2.7 billion for fiscal 1978, with most of the surplus likely to be absorbed by spending in the current year. He notes the surplus is provisional until the 1979 biennium closes and cites prior estimates and tax relief spending while contrasting Texas income growth with national gains.
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Austin
Texas
Bob Bullock
Bullock
U.S
Gains Seen in Farm Aid as FmHA Loans Soar
The Farmers Home Administration reported last fiscal year loans and grants totaling a record 11.0 billion dollars, up from 7.2 billion. Emergency drought disaster loans rose to 3.6 billion, while housing and business loans also climbed amid 12.3 billion in 1978-79 appropriations.
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Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Agency of Agriculture Department
Stan Weston
FIHA
Alex P. Mercure
USDA
Defendants hear charges in Pecos federal court ruling
Ten defendants appeared before U S District Judge William S Sessions on felony and misdemeanor counts in Pecos. Five pleaded guilty to marijuana possession, two were found guilty of felony marijuana possession, one admitted illegal re entry, and one sentenced under the Youth Corrections Act. multiple sentencing dates set for January 1979 in Pecos El Paso and other cities.
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Federal District Court
Pecos
U.S
William S. Sessions
United States
Roger Northern Ashley
Hobbs
N.M
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Federal
Daniel Ray Wood
Marcia Ann Moody
Odessa
U.S. Dist
el Paso
Michigan
Kevin Patrick Doran
Sean Michael Doran
Leroy Edgar Brooks
Walled Lake
Mich
Odessa Brothers
James Howard Haney Jr
Jimmy Hal Haney
Richard Dewey Brown
Fort Stockton
Troup
Texas
Brown
Weather outlook for Pecos shifts from cool to warm
Pecos experienced overcast skies and cool temperatures on Monday with a high near 58 and a low around 42. By today the weather cleared to fair and warmer, with highs from 58 to 72 across regions, and lows from 34 to the upper 40s. Through Wednesday highs rise to the mid 60s to upper 60s, with Panhandle and southern areas reaching the mid 70s in places.
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Pecos
Panhandle
Sugar harvest raises worries over prices in Rio Grande Valley
In Santa Rosa Texas AP Rio Grande Valley sugar growers begin harvest as officials project 100000 tons of raw sugar for this crop, with last year at 87534 tons. The current price remains 14.7 cents per pound after a defeat in Washington of a proposed 15 cent market price objective and a small federal payment. Harvest delays persist to allow cane to ripen, with about 35000 acres planned for cultivation and the harvest expected to finish by April 1.
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Santa Rosa
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Jack Nelson
Nelson
Estes could serve remainder of 15 year term
Fort Worth Texas AP a U S Parole Commission spokesman said the board may require Billie Sol Estes to serve the balance of his 15 year prison sentence dating from his 1971 parole if parole revocation is retroactive A hearing on retroactive revocation may be called.
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Fort Worth, Texas
U.S
Commission
Internal Revenue Service
Midland woman jailed in interstate check theft case
Midland resident Sherry Ruth Jones Sander in her early 20s was sentenced after pleading to interstate transportation of a stolen check. She received six months with the first 30 days in jail and the remainder suspended for two years of supervised probation. The federal indictment originated in El Paso and was transferred to Pecos Division before judgment under a Midland plea bargain.
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Midland
Sherry Ruth Jones Sander
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
el Paso
Midland-Odessa
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