Pecos City to bid 3 million gallon water tank project
Pecos City Council voted to advertise for bids on a 3,000,000 gallon steel water storage tank to serve the water department in the city yard. Project estimated at $432,000 with bids due at 2 p.m. Sept 27 and completion targeted for August 1979.
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Pecos
W.R
Bob'’ Bickley
Jesus Muniz
J.J. “Maxey
Chester Green
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper
Lubbock
Green
Anita Baeza
Baeza
Bickley
Federal judge voids Texas tuition for illegal alien children
U S District Judge William Wayne Justice barred the 1975 Texas law allowing districts to charge tuition for children of illegal aliens and ordered free schooling in Tyler Independent School District and across Texas. The ruling cites the 14th Amendment equal protection claim aided by MALDEF and follows prior state court upholding and federal brief in 1980.
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Tyler
Texas
U.S
William Wayne Justice
Tyler Independent
State of Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Houston
Justice Department
Healy Faces Decision on Postal Workers Settlement
James J. Healy, a Harvard Business School professor, is in seclusion ready to decide by Saturday on a binding contract for 516,000 postal workers. He says he feels no personal or administration pressure as unions weigh the wage package that led to earlier rejection, though officials note APWU members may accept it now.
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Washington
James J. Healy
Harvard Business School
Healy
Postal Service
American Postal Workers Union
Weather Watch West Texas Sees Hot Conditions with Thunderstorms
Yesterday reached 102 degrees and mornings low was 67. The Associated Press forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies in West Texas today turning partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Isolated thunderstorms are expected in mountains today and tonight with widely scattered storms southwest Friday. Highs will be in the upper 80s to mid 90s, near 100 in Big Bend valleys.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Big Bend
November sentencing set for Lubbock woman
Diane Charisse Higgins a 20 year old Lubbock resident was found guilty after a non jury trial before U S District Judge William S Sessions of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute marijuana Higgins faces sentencing in November in Pecos on felony violations of the drug abuse prevention and control act The third count against her was dismissed by the judge
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Lubbock
Pecos
U.S
William S. Sessions
Diane Charisse Higgins
Miss Higgins
Donald Thomas Lockwood
Big Bend National Park
Lockwood
Arson Probe Ties Houston Fires to Possible Organized Crime
Houston authorities and the FBI investigate possible organized crime links in a dozen arsons on the citys west side. The case involves complex indictments, stolen and insured properties, and suspects including Donald Thomas Lockwood, with related charges and bonds pending sentencing.
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Houston
Second day of questioning Oswald's widow continued
Marina Oswald Porter faces cross examination before the House Assassinations Committee for a second day as she explains changes in her testimony since the Kennedy murder. She cites fright and confusion, recalls her emotional state, and notes lapses in memory while recounting Oswald's Mexico City visa plans and her protection of husband and child.
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Margaret Gentry
Associated Press
Washington
House
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Marina Oswald Porter
FBI
Secret Service
Kennedy
Jack Ruby
Oswald
Mexico City
Cuba
Postal Service to add four digits to ZIP codes
The Postal Service plans a nine digit ZIP code to speed sorting and cut costs. It will take five years to install machines and twenty years to extend to all areas. Eight clerks may sort as much mail as twenty now. Officials say savings will be substantial and justify the change despite public resistance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Postal Service
E.V. Dorsey
William F. Bolger
Dorsey
Mayor to call Nov 4 election after governor grants permission
Preparations are underway for a municipal election on November 4 to fill the vacancy from Bill Moss resignation. Governor Dolph Briscoe authorized scheduling on an even year, with Mayor Bickley asking City Manager Maxey to assemble canvassing board members and issue the call later today. The council postponed selecting a new municipal judge until Sept 28 while five or six candidates show interest. Nancy Moore was named secretary to the chief of police and also serves as municipal court clerk.
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Cil
Phillip Tyree
Bickley
Bill Moss
Monahans
Adan Matta
6Th Street
Orange
Matta
Reeves County
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Maxey
Pecos
Don Carlile
Bill Hopper
Connie Gomez
W.R
Bob’’ Bickley
Dolph Briscoe
J.J. Maxey
Nancy Moore
Heavy Texas rains flood East Texas area
Torrential storms drenched East Texas with up to 15 inches around Center and seven inches in southern Panola County. Rains extended from Upper Toledo Bend Lake toward Nacogdoches and Mount Enterprise as floods rose and streams swelled. National Weather Service warned the rain would ease by afternoon while rivers remained high, prompting a 15 county flash flood watch.
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East Texas
Center Area
Panola County
Toledo Bend Lake
Nacogdoches
Mount Enterprise
National Weather Service
Texas
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