Eight indicted in Pecos grand jury cases
U S grand jury in Pecos unsealed eight indictments naming Jose Navarette-Rodriguez of Odessa and three Michigan residents among the defendants. Others include James Haney and brother, Raymond Jaquez-Arenivas of Mexico, and Samuel Castillo of Samesa, with charges ranging from conspiring to import peyote to possession of marijuana and aiding illegal entry.
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Odessa
Michigan
Pecos
U.S
J.M. Preston
Jose Navarette-Rodriguez
Wilson
United States
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. Border Patrol
Navar
Leroy Edgar Brooks
Kevin Patrick
Sean Michael Doran
Walled Lake
Big Ben National Park
Texas
James Howard Haney Jr
E. 16Th
Jimmy Hal Haney
W. Hillmont
Samuel Cuellar Castillo
Samesa
Raymond Jaques-Arenivas
Mexico
State judge disqualifies himself from Davis trial
Fort Worth Texas AP State District Judge Tom Cave today disqualified himself from presiding over a change of venue hearing for millionaire industrialist Cullen Davis saying discretion is the better part of valor Retired Judge Arthur Tipps of Wichita Falls was appointed to hear the venue case and began the hearing Prosecutors say Cave is among 15 on an alleged hit list and would be inappropriate to rule on venue under the circumstances
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Fort Worth, Texas
Tom Cave
Cullen Davis
Arthur Tipps
Wichita Falls
Cave
Senate panel weighs middle class tax cut proposal
The Senate Finance Committee considers a plan to boost middle income tax relief beyond the House version. A couple with two children earning 10,000 could gain about 211 more dollars yearly. at 25,000 income the extra would be 53. The package aims to offset Social Security tax increases for low earners and offset inflation for those under 20,000, while offering little help for higher earners.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Russell Long
Finance Committee
Roth Kemp
William V. Roth
R-Del
GOP
Congress
Roth-Kemp
Mittee
State auditor calls blind commission's books a disaster
State Auditor George McNiel labeled the State Commission for the Blind's 1975 76 books a disaster, citing $8 million annual funding from federal grants and $73 725 spent beyond income over two years. He noted persistent errors, missing documentation, late reconciliations, and variances from GAAP, despite a new accountant hired in 1977.
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Austin
Texas
George McNiel
State Commission For the Blind
McNiel
Commission
GSA chief outlines 19 reforms amid fraud scandal
General Services Administration head Jay Solomon told a Senate panel that fraud and mismanagement may be the iceberg tip. He described 19 major changes, including a new office of acquisition policy and a central budget office, to restore accountability and centralized purchasing. Vincent Alto warned no GSA administrator since 1940s has fully run the agency, blaming the lack of a central procurement office. The subcommittee planned to review numerous alleged fraud cases across divisions and regions.
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Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press
Washington
General Services
Jay Solomon
Solomon
Senate
GSA
Office of Acquisition Policy
Vincent Alto
Solomon, Alto
Lawton Chiles
Dfla
Pecos Temp Reaches 102 As West Texas Sees Rain Showers
The high in Pecos yesterday was 102 degrees with a 59 degree low this morning. The Associated Press forecast calls for considerable cloudiness in West Texas with partly cloudy conditions in the center and south tonight and Wednesday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon, tonight, and Wednesday, with locally heavy storms in the Big Bend tonight and in the Panhandle tonight and Wednesday. Much cooler air is forecast for the Panhandle on Wednesday, with overnight lows in the 60s and lower 70s, and upper 50s in the extreme northwest.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Big Bend
Panhandle
Indictments Form as Reeves County Grand Jury Names Three
The Reeves County Grand Jury in Pecos returned three indictments naming Ramon Calderon Garcia 28 for carrying a prohibited weapon on licensed premises with a handgun, Charles Edward Smith 27 for forgery by passing a $50 check, and Freddie Joe Jaquez 29 for possessing heroin as a habitual offender. Garcia is free on 5000 dollars bond, Smith is jailed awaiting further steps, Jaquez is free on 25000 dollars bond.
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Reeves County Grand Jury
Pecos
143Rd Judicial District Court
Ramon Calderon Garcia
Highway 80
Charles Edward Smith
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Freddie Joe Jaquez
Officials weigh bank offers on Houston bonds sale
Houston officials study offers from local banks to buy 40 million dollars in city improvement bonds after Citibank of New York rejected the issue. City Controller Kathy Whitworth notes six banks showed interest and a final decision will await further study and planning amid a January tax referendum potential impact on revenues.
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Houston
Citibank of
New York
New York Banking Syndicate
Kathy Whitworth
Begin defies Camp David limits on West Bank sovereignty
Prime Minister Begin told Congress Israel will not abandon sovereignty or the right to station troops in the West Bank and Gaza. He pressed that Camp David does not require Arab sovereignty restoration. Sadat and Begin briefed lawmakers as Vance plans further visits to explain the accords.
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Menachem Begin
Congress
Isreal
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Begin
House
Camp David
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Cyrus R. Vance
Hafez Assad
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Sadat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rabat
Morocco
Hassan
Cairo
Hussein
Frank Church
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Egypt
United States
Middle East
Jordan River
Judea
Samaria
Gaza
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Tipps
Funds For
Hoover Commission
Jess Larson
Truman
Alto
County Grand Jury
Citibank
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