Pecos City Council okays bids for municipal airport renovation
The Pecos City Council approved bidding for the Municipal Airport renovation, with engineer Bill Waller outlining plans and a base bid of 624000. Federal and state funds totaling 544000 were authorized, plus city contribution. work could start next March and last about three months.
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Pecos
Bill Waller
Waller
Pecos City
Mike Burkholder
Federal Aviation Agency
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Southern Union Gas Company
Charles Precit
JR Nicholson
SAG
Nicholson
City of
Texas Railroad Commission
W.R
Bob’’ Bickley
Railroad Commission
Bickley
Pecos man joins Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame
Tehran hostage crisis commentary leads to a Pecos connection as Sid Mac Kyle, a Texas A&M honoree, is inducted into the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Kyle, a three year letterman in baseball and basketball, praised for sportsmanship and integrity, was honored Nov. 3 alongside four fellow Aggie alums.
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Sid Mac Kyle
Tanglewood
Texas A&m University Athletic Hall of Fame
University
Kyle
Kyle Field
Robert Hinojos
Ken Dulaney
Tehran
Iran
Pecos
Texas
U.S
Ayatollah Khomeini
Texas A&m
Edwin J. Kyle
Texas A&m Athletic Hall of Fame
Enen
Loving County
Mexico
Baja
Calif
Canada
A&m Athletic Hall of Fame
Governor discounts January legislature in Texas
Governor Bill Clements ruled out a January special legislative session and weighs a 30 day session in March or September to influence the 1980 elections. He noted primaries’ importance and said the session would cover initiative and referendum, wiretap legislation, and tax relief. He marked one year since his 1978 election.
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Eleuterio M. Garcia
Katy
Richard Naylor
Pecos
Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
Clements
House
Senate
School Bus Crash Kills 2 Children In South Carolina
A tractor-trailer struck a school bus carrying students to class in Moncks Corner Berkeley County. Two children died and 38 were injured, Deputy Coroner James Preacher said. Names were not released immediately.
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Moncks Corner
S. C
Berkeley County
James Preacher
Weather Update for Pecos and West Texas Area
Partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of moisture for Pecos and vicinity. Yesterday highs reached 67 and a 39 degree low was recorded this morning. North region may see occasional rain while the south experiences isolated showers and thunderstorms. Friday will bring cooler temperatures with highs from the mid 50s north to the upper 60s south and some 70s in the Big Bend area.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Fed keeps tight money stance as rates head to hold inflation
The Federal Reserve Board signals it will not ease policy despite political criticism. Vice chairman Frederick Schultz says rate cuts depend on breaking inflationary expectations, while Chase Manhattan raises its prime rate to 15 percent and lawmakers urge immediate relief to curb a costly inflation and recession fears.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Frederick Schultz
Schultz
National Association of Home Builders
Chase Manhattan
House
James Wright
Wright
Carter
Homebuilders’ Association
Henry Reuss
Dwis
House Banking Committee
Congress
Damaged tanker spill heads toward Texas shoreline
A heavy concentration of oil from a burning tanker near Galveston shifts toward the coast driven by southeast winds. Coast Guard and private crews deploy booms and pollution control as more oil threatens beaches along Galveston Island and nearby shores.
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Michael O’connor
Associated Press
Galveston, Texas
Texas
Coast Guard
Gabe Kinney
Kinney
Gulf of Mexico
mid-Galveston Island
Richard Griggs
Burmah Agate
Galveston Island
San Luis Pass
Colorado River
Port Aransas
Ixtoc I
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Ted Painter
Pritchard and Abbott
Maxey
Camara de Commercio
Chicano Chamber of Commerce
Garcia
Texas A&m Hall of Fame
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Aggie
Roy Bucke
Schulenburg
Bobby Ragsdale
Junction
Dennis Goehring
Bryan
Curtis Mills
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