Judge overrules defense in Davis murder-for-hire tape case
FBI video and audio tapes shown to jurors depict Cullen Davis and FBI informant David McCrory at a Fort Worth restaurant scene. McCrory testifies he received $25,000 to hire a hitman and handed Davis a .22 caliber Luger with a silencer wrapped in a towel.
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Associated Press
Houston
Cullen Davis
FBI
Fort Worth
Davis
David McCrory
Joe Eidson
Priscilla
Eidson
McCrory
Richard Haynes
Haynes
John Allison
Allison
Wallace Moore
Pecos Bands Enter Uil Marching Contest in Andrews
Three Pecos bands from Zavala Junior High Crockett Junior High and Pecos High School will compete in the University Interscholastic League marching contest at Mustang Stadium in Andrews on Saturday. Marching times are 8 27 a.m. 8 45 a.m. and 4 10 p.m. A twirling solo and ensemble contest along with majorettes from the Pecos schools accompany the event. Judges are Pat Henry Norvil Howell and James Mallow. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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Pecos High School
Andrews
Crockett and Zavala Junior High
West Texas
Robert Hinojis
Pecos
Mustang Stadium
Zavala
Out West Texas
Pat Henry
Carlsbad
N.M
Norvil Howell
Clovis
James Mallow
Brady
Texas
United Way Pet Show Rescheduled for Saturday at Prairie Dog Park
The United Way Pet Show, canceled last Sunday due to bad weather, will be held tomorrow at Prairie Dog Park. Barbara Peer, United Way chairwoman, says registration starts at 2 p.m. with the show at 3 p.m. The fee is $2 per animal plus $1 for each additional animal.
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United Way
Prairie Dog Park
Barbara Peer
Tractor and truck collide with train at Pecos crossing
A tractor trailer collided with a 24 car freight train at the U S 80 and State Highway 17 crossing west of Pecos at 4 03 p m Thursday blocking the highway for over an hour. Driver Glen Dale Beall 54 of Mesquite Texas was treated for lacerations and released and was cited for failing to stop for the signals. No fatalities occurred and the train crew was unharmed.
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Pecos Valley
Glen Dale Beall
Mesquite
Texas
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Addi
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Pecos Police Department
Highway Department
Beall
Cprssing
Pecos
R.D. Johnson
Pecos Valley Southern
W. Third St
John Clark
October personal income up 1.2 percent with 325000 jobs
The Commerce Department said total personal income for Americans rose 1.2 percent in October as 325,000 people found new jobs. The $21.3 billion gain, annualized, followed $12.9 billion in September and $11.3 billion in August, signaling steady growth.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Hill seeks recount in Harris County governor race
Attorney General John Hill will sue the Harris County Commissioners Court if it does not reconsider denying a recount of the general election vote in the governor race. Officials say the statewide recount shows few changes, with minor vote shifts in Krueger Tower and Hill Clements races.
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Odam
Hill
U.S
Bob Krueger
Bill Clements
John Tower
Harris
Commissioners Court
Austin
Secretary of State
Bob Lemens
Lemens
Webb County
Krueger
Senate
Tower
Clements
Weather warms across Pecos with fair spell ahead
The forecast shows warmer conditions across West Texas with continued fair weather through Saturday. Morning low around 33 degrees after a high of 54 on Thursday, with highs in the 50s to lower 70s and nights in the 30s to 40s, peaking Saturday in the 60s and 70s.
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Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
Pecos Receives 12,885.27 City Sales Tax Rebate
Texas Comptroller Bob Bullock announced Pecos City will get 12,885.27 as its share of the optional one percent sales tax for the period through Oct. 26, with the state noting a 13 percent year over year increase in 1978 payments to date totaling 268,994.57.
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Bob Bullock
Pecos City
Bullock
Texas
Pecos Firm Wins Reclamation Tractor Contract
The Office of Congressman Richard C. White reports Pecos based Dozier Tractor and Implement Corp has secured a Bureau of Reclamation contract worth 46 328 25 for three general purpose industrial tractors to be delivered to Dexter New Mexico.
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Richard C. White
Pecos
Bureau of Reclamation
Department of the Interior
Dozier Tractor and Implement Corp
W. Third
Dexter, N.M
Renewal stickers drive ends November 30 in Texas
More than 23,000 renewal applications for November motor vehicle registration validation stickers were returned to the Texas highway department after being mailed October 10. Reasons include incorrect addresses or disposal of the vehicle. The deadline to obtain new November stickers is November 30.
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Austin, Texas
State Highway Department
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Michael Dona
Sion
Septeber
Dallas
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Comptroller’s Office
Alton Hughes
John Rediger
Judy McKinney
First National Bank
Hughes
Financial Institution
Robert Hinojos
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