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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1977
Page
1
A state district court jury in San Antonio ordered Southwestern Bell Telephone Company to pay a total of 3 million dollars for damages to a fired Bell executive and the wife of another executive who committed suicide. Plaintiffs had sought 29 million in damages from the telephone firm.
Pilot Doug Royal, 63, of Lukins Flying Service, died at the scene nine miles southwest of Cayonasa when his Piper Pawnee duster crashed during first spray pass on a pepper field. Witness Willard Moore described the turn and loud noise before the crash. Royal died of severe head and internal injuries. body taken to Fort Stockton then Pecos Funeral Home with services pending.
The jury awarded $3 million to a fired executive including $1 million compensatory and $500,000 exemplary damages. Mrs Dixon also received $1 million compensatory and $500,000 exemplary. The 10 to 2 verdict followed two days of deliberation in the sixth trial week after four weeks of testimony from nearly 100 witnesses and almost 200 exhibits. Ashley called the ruling a rebirth of faith in justice while Bell official C L Todd condemned it as a miscarriage of justice and prejudice over fair trial chances in San Antonio.
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Kenneth Granviel's scheduled execution in Texas was stayed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals while it reviews habeas corpus proceedings. The high court will consider whether the death by injection statute is constitutional and if the exact substances used should be specified, with Estelle’s selection of sodium thiopental under scrutiny.
Reeves County Commissioners voted unanimously to absorb the increased Blue Cross and Blue Shield rates for 51 county employees effective Oct 1, adding $357 monthly. Blue Cross representative Alan Neff cited $18.40 more per month per employee if the county covers full costs.
Brownwood Texas faces severe water shortages as a 16 inch rubber hose is used to keep some flow into the city after a canal supplying the treatment plant collapsed. About 30 workers fuse 36 inch plastic pipe to bridge a 200 foot gap created when hillside gave way. Officials urge residents to use water for essential needs only and laundromats and car washes are closed. Schools in nearby Bangs and Brookesmith cancel classes due to the shortage.
The Energy and Natural Resources Committee deadlocked 9 to 9, sustaining President Carter's energy proposal with a $1.75 per thousand cubic feet ceiling for gas. Supporters argued deregulation would spur new reserves, while opponents warned of shortages like last winter.
Balmorhea requests two grants at the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission meeting. The city seeks 80,000 in Farmers Home Administration loan funds for a sewerage system serving 650 residents, to be matched with local funds. A 270 day project includes a collection system and a non effluent treatment facility with irrigation reuse. The city also seeks 75,000 from the agency split 50 50 loan and grant for a water supply line in Big Agaja Canyon benefiting 1,000 residents. The reservoir serving Balmorhea is silting up and a Pecos River Basin project to remove salt cedars will be discussed. The Pecos Agricultural Corporation seeks 90 percent Farmers Home Administration loan guarantee to finance a manure beggin operation on a 1 866 million loan. Other items include wastewater grants for Big Spring, a Howard College retirement program, Midland Odessa study redesignation, criminal justice funding, alcoholism authority funding, and appointments to the alcohol and drug abuse council.
Ken Dulaney named Lewis Barrett as managing editor. Barrett, born in England and naturalized in 1950, has a long journalism background including civic affairs reporting. He held editor roles in California and New Mexico and served in the Royal Air Force during 1941 1946. Barrett will relocate to Pecos with his wife Jean joining soon.
Westinghouse Electric defends cancelling long term uranium supply agreements with utilities serving 33 million customers in a federal suit that could raise rates. Utilities seek 2.5 billion dollars and order to sell uranium at 8 to 13 dollars per pound, arguing contracts were signed before price spikes from the oil embargo. Westinghouse cites an international cartel and price shocks as justification for the cancellations affecting 80 million pounds of uranium.
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