Texas voter apathy cited ahead of November election
Secretary of State Steven Oaks calls the low expected turnout an absolute disgrace as only about a third of Texas seven million registered voters are likely to cast ballots on November 7. He predicts 2.3 million voters, though 1.6 million is more realistic for nine proposed constitutional amendments, while candidates push messages to those who do vote.
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Associated Press
Texas
Steven Oaks
Oaks
Pecos man charged with attempted murder over Pecos stabbing
Pete Prieto, 34, of 1019 S Martinez, was charged with attempted murder after a Saturday altercation at the Spanish Inn Club in Pecos left Ramiro Rodriguez, 26, with a stab wound to the right side. Prieto received emergency treatment and was hospitalized, later moved to Odessa Medical Center Hospital. Rodriguez remained in Reeves County Memorial Hospital in stable condition.
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Pete Prieto
S. Martinez
Reeves County
Walter Holcombe
Pecos
Don Carlile
Spanish Inn Club
Ramiro
Rodriguez
Prieto
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Odessa Medical Center
RCMH
Court rules speedy trial applies to pending cases in Texas
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that the 1977 Speedy Trial Act covers cases pending on July 1, 1978, while time before that date does not count toward the 120 day deadline. The ruling, in an Austin drunken driving case involving Linzy Wade, clarifies applicability to preJuly 1 pending indictments.
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Austin, Texas
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
High
Austin
Linzy Wade
Wade
Federal officials tour Pecos FmHA program impact visit
A Pecos tour by US state and national agriculture officials reviewed Farmers Home Administration support in Texas. Officials highlighted a sharp rise in FmHA funding with 1977 to 1978 increases in farm loans, natural disaster aid, housing funds, and community programs, plus new streamlined processing aimed at faster service.
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Pecos
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Farmers Home Administration
Texas
Washington
Henrietta McArthur
James E. Thornton
Tom Marshall
Fmha
William H. Pieratt
Thornton
Robert Hinojos
Pecos man arrested for burglary at sporting goods store
Pecos Police Chief Don Carlile announced the arrest of Roy Lee Wilson, 32, of Pecos on burglary charges after police found a broken southwest window pane at Pecos Sporting Goods on 818 W. Third during an alarm call Tuesday night. Lloyd Smith, owner of the firm, accompanied officers. cash was reportedly removed from a cash register before Wilson was arrested at 11:15 p.m.
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Pecos
Don Carlile
Roy Lee Wilson
Pecos Sporting Goods
Lloyd Smith
Barstow
Wilson
East Highway 80
Pecos Area Forecast Signals Fall Weather Arrival
Weather outlook shows continued fair but cooler conditions for Pecos and surrounding areas. Tuesday highs around 81 with Wednesday morning near 50 suggest fall weather. west Texas mostly partly cloudy today, fair through Thursday. Cooler conditions today, with highs in the 70s to near 90 in Big Bend and lows in the 40s and 50s. Thursday highs 70s to 80s.
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Pecos
Texas
Big Bend
Pecos District Reports Hispanic Majority Enrollment
A survey by Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District administrators shows Hispanics comprise 69.27 percent of all students. White 27.26, Black 3.16, Asian 0.24, American Indian 0.07. Total district enrollment is 4146 with Zavala Junior High at 92.95 percent Hispanic and Bessie Haynes Elementary at 89.16.
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Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Zavala Junior High
Bessie Haynes
Lamar Elementary
Crockett Junior High
Austin
Prison tensions ease as Coffield Unit clash reported
Texas corrections chief said the prison system mood has cooled after a dayroom uprising at Coffield Unit near Angleton. Inmates armed with improvised weapons injured 34 inmates and several guards. Meanwhile 470 Ellis Unit inmates refuse to work, confined to cells. Case linked to civil rights suit heard in federal court before Judge William Wayne Justice.
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Estelle
Ellis Unit
U.S
William Wayne Justice
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