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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1978
Page
1
Senate passed a 29.3 billion tax cut for 1979 moves to conference with House figures. The measure, 86 to 4, targets individuals, capital gains relief, and business relief. Carter warns of veto risk while aides estimate family tax cuts under both bills.
Reserved seats for the Pecos Snyder football game in Snyder go on sale at the School Administration Office 1802 S Park. Adult tickets are $3, student tickets $1, gate price $1.50 for students. Sale continues through noon Friday.
Six Mexican citizens and a Odessa resident faced federal sentences after pleading guilty to illegally entering the United States. Luis Arturo Ramos-Guerra 20 received 179 days, Jesus Villapando Rodriguez 28 179 days, Victor Quintana-Sainz 35 179 days, Felix Lopez-Ortega 21 60 days, Carlos McBride-Juarez 21 90 days, Reyes Favila de Molinar 36 placed on probation for one year with a $150 fine, and Efren Pere-Favila 26 received 120 days. The Odessa woman was fined and probationed for aiding illegal entry. All defendants acknowledged their rights in court.
District Judge Arthur Lesher was to rule today on Mobil Oil Corp. v Superior Oil Co. over alleged employee poaching and trade secret theft. The 11 day trial heard final arguments with Mobil seeking injunctions to stop use of confidential information and to halt further raiding of Mobil staff.
Bonifacio Garcia, 32, a Mexican citizen, died at the Davidson Feed Pens south and west of Pecos after falling into a food hopper and being crushed. Reeves County Sheriff's Department reports Garcia was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Cliff Preslar. The body rests at Pecos Funeral Home with arrangements pending next of kin notification. Pecos Ambulance Service responded at 4:54 p.m. Tuesday.
Dallas AP report confirms convict Billie Sol Estes, 52, was denied a presidential pardon for his 1963 fraud conviction connected to a multi million dollar fertilizer tank scam. Estes, paroled in 1971 after 15 year sentence, sought clemency aided by Morris Lindsey with supporting endorsements from Abilene officials.
State District Judge Wallace Moore chided defense attorney Richard Racehorse Haynes for lengthy questions to FBI agent Joseph Gray while McCrory's taping device and FBI handling of the case came under scrutiny. Prosecutors said McCrory was not an agent. Eidson removed himself from the divorce trial. Davis previously faced a capital murder acquittal in his stepdaughter's death.
The Pecos region sees a warm spell with temperatures reaching 88 in the afternoon under mostly fair skies. Morning low was 59, and fair weather is forecast through Thursday with highs ranging from 78 to 92 and lows from 47 to 66 across western Texas.
Reeves County Young Homemakers sponsor the Mother Goose Parade starting at 4 30 p m with judging at 4 p m in the Railroad Department. Route runs down Oak Street to end at First National Bank. Parental pickup at the bank. Bands from Zavala and Crockett Junior High lead the procession.
Washington AP conferees backed a $117.5 billion defense bill for fiscal 1978, restricting abortion funding and allowing travel allowances for junior enlisted overseas. The measure, about $1.5 billion under Carter’s request, aims to fund aircraft and ships while skipping a nuclear carrier due to presidential veto.
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