Phillips executives charged in federal tax case in Tulsa
An indictment charges Phillips Petroleum Co and former chairmen William F. Martin W W Keeler and Stanley Learned with conspiracy to defraud the government. The case alleges about 3 million in secret transactions concealed in Swiss deposits and cash at Bartlesville HQ, with 1963 to 1971 income unreported. Martin disputes the charges as unfounded.
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Tulsa, Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Oklo
William F. Martin
Phillips Board
W.W. Keeler
Stanley Learned
Martin
Keeler
Learned
Dean charged in hit and run death
City police filed a complaint of involuntary manslaughter against Robert Camp Dean, 36, in the hit and run slaying of Roy Moore. Police Chief Charles Smith said charges were filed after Dean’s lawyer produced the accused on Thursday. Dean, 523 Hackberry, refused to speak.
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Robert Camp Dean
Roy Moore
Charles Smith
Smith
Dean
Richard Naylor
Hackberry
Robert Dean
Gene Douglas
Labor Day office closures and a Pecos death report
Federal state county and city offices banks and many Pecos businesses close Monday for Labor Day with law enforcement agencies exempted due to holiday traffic. A man named Moore died after being found bleeding along highway 285 near Reeves county hospital area. An indictment details a conspiracy involving Phillips and Martin related to tax evasion for eight years with $581,000 unreported income and multiple false tax return counts.
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Pecos
Justice of the Peace
Phyllis Salyer
Moore
S. Cedar
Reeves County Hospital
Odessa
Kickin around on side of law by Gene Douglas
George McAlmon joked that all lawyers are hated but not all lawyers fit Perry Mason. The writer shares paying a lawyer to beat a $17.50 traffic ticket for $95 and reflects on the dull work of lawyers, courtroom tactics, divorces, and charges by finance firms. He notes TV heroes and laments the gap between legal myth and reality.
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Gene Douglas
George McAlmon
Pecos
Perry Mason
Joe Friday
Ben Casey
Standard Oil
United States Steel
Grand jury array set for new term
Reeves County grand jurors have been summoned for the August term running until Oct. 18. Members listed include Fred Pearce Felipe Arredondo Weldon Brookshire Bill Allen Marcos Contreras Jacquelyn McGowen Tommy Mayfield Enrique Rubio Gregoria Morales Ellen Weinacht and others.
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Reeves County
Fred Pearce
Jackson
Felipe G. Arredondo
S. Elm
Weldon Brookshire
S. Plum
Bill Allen
S. Eddy
Marcos Contreras
N. Elm
Jacquelyn W. McGowen
Jefferson
Tommy Mayfield
Enrique C. Rubio
N. Cypress
Gregoria Morales
Ellen Weinacht
Wil
GED Registration Tuesday at Zavala Junior High
Pecos area residents may register for the high school equivalency diploma and basic English literacy classes at Zavala Junior High School. Registration is at 7 p.m. Tuesday with appointments for GED testing scheduled by Antonio Portillo of the Pecos Public School System.
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Pecos Eagles
Balmorhea Bears
Lynn Webb
Zavala
Pecos Area
Zavala Junior High
Antonio Portillo
Pecos
Warm Labor Day Outlook Across Texas With Thunderstorms
Texans can expect clear to partly cloudy skies and warm conditions through Labor Day weekend with scattered thunderstorms, mainly in the south. Pecos reached 89, Amarillo 57, Cotulla 96, and some tornadoes touched down near Godley and Richmond but caused no damage. Most damp weather should dry up by Sunday as rain shifts, with cooler readings in New England and the eastern Great Lakes.
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Pecos
West Texas
Godley
Fort Worth
Richmond
Houston
Brownsville
Palacios
Amarillo
Dalhart
Panhandle
Cotulla
Texas
Cinas
Vic
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Bentsen pushes aquaculture bill to grow U S seafood
United States Senator Lloyd Bentsen and eight colleagues back a bill to promote aquaculture. He notes the U S lags global peers and cites shrimp ponds near Pecos Texas and ocean ranching trials in Corpus Christi. The plan would create a national aquaculture program with federal guidance and support.
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Lloyd Bentsen
United States
Washington, D.C
Bentsen
Senate
Renal
Pecos
Texas
Corpus Christi
Gulf Coast
Free World
Drinking and speeding to raise Texas holiday deaths
A Texas DPS forecast links drinking and speeding to higher fatalities during Labor Day weekend. Col Wilson Speir warns 78 hours from 6 p.m. to midnight Monday will see many one vehicle crashes, with about 36 deaths anticipated. Last Labor Day 27 died in traffic. 51 were killed over the entire period. The 1976 total was the lowest since 1966 at 23 deaths.
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Cies
Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Wilson Speir
DPS
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Agen
Highway 285
Walthall
Holiday Inn
Enterprise
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Sheriff's Posse
South Cedar
Grand Jury
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Sam Robert Bickley
Adams
Saul B. Roquemore
S. Mesquite
Eddie L. Walker
S. Walnut
Alice Lasater
S. Park
C.H. Crenshaw
Cruz Acosta
E 4Th
Arthur J. Jackson
S Park
Earl McElroy
Wyoming
Joey McMahon
Verhalen
Alton Haynes
S. Locust
Tex
Vincent Sutherland
Sutherland
Patrick Doyle
Doyle
Texas Panhandle Plains
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