Pecos Deluge Trimknits Cedar St Reopens as Rain Lingers
Rainfall in Pecos nears eight inches since late last week with minor street damage and isolated outages. Cedar Street reopened while cross traffic on Eighth is limited. City officials caution drivers to slow for flooded intersections as offices repair leaks and staff report water intrusion in Pecos Enterprise facilities. Unofficial total at 8:30 a.m. reaches 7.44 inches.
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Pecos
Bill Burnett
Texas Highways Department
Cedar St
Eighth St
J.J. Maxey
Pecos Enterprise
Rail strike snarls traffic as clerks walk out nationwide
A clerks union strike against a Virginia based railroad shuts 43 rail lines and halts traffic nationwide. Thousands of commuters are stranded as the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks launches picket lines across major routes.
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Washington
Rio Grande Flood Swamps Bridge Area and Rail Pickets
Heavy rains push the Rio Grande over the International Bridge near Presidio Texas with flood warnings from the National Weather Service. River depths reach 22 feet, crest expected at 24 feet while a levee 27 feet tall is cited as protection. Widespread lowland flooding forecast from Presidio to Lajitas and into Northern Mexico as up to three inches more rain falls. Concurrently rail unions strike, shutting down major routes across the Northeast and West Coast, with Amtrak waterline service normal on the Boston Washington corridor and Conrail unaffected. The clerks union escalates picketing against Norfolk and Western Railway impacting commuter lines in Chicago and other rail operators seeking injunctions.
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Presidio, Texas
Texas
Rio Grande
International Bridge
National Weather Service
Big Bend
Bill Wall
Presidio
Lajitas
Mexico
Guadalupe Mountains
McKitterick Canyon
The
Association of American Railroads
Amtrak
National Rail
Boston
Washington
West Coast
Clerks Union
Norfolk & Western Railway
N&w
Fred J. Kroll
Evacuation Under Way Near Pecos Amid Flood Fears
Heavy rains in Pecos and higher western hills triggered an emergency as officials monitored flood risks. Unofficial reports say Mentone was evacuated, with U S 285 north of Pecos closed, and bridges on State Highway 302 and Farm Market Road 652 over the Pecos River shut. West of Pecos, Interstate 20 near FM 869 had water over the north frontage road forcing traffic to use the passing lane.
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Pecos
Mentone
Department of Public Safety
U.S. 285
Orla
Mayor Bickley calls Pecos election for November 4
Marilea Parsons Pecos city secretary announced Mayor W R Bob Bickley has called a municipal election for Saturday Nov 4 to fill the vacancy from former Councilman Bill Moss who moved to Monahans. Filing deadline Oct 4 and voter registration deadline Oct 4 at Reeves County Courthouse. Judge Maxine Oglesby assisted by David Dutchover. Voting at community center. Mike Harrison first candidate to file for the post, a rancher involved in Pecos business ventures.
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Marilea Parsons
Pecos
W.R
Bob’’ Bickley
Bill Moss
Monahans
Jimmie Preslar
Reeves County
Maxine Oglesby
David Dutchover
Mike Harrison
Harrison
Three plead guilty to immigration charges in Pecos court
A United States citizen from Fort Stockton and two Mexican nationals pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos to misdemeanor violations of immigration law. Melendez-Madrid, 43, fined 100 dollars and placed on a year of unsupervised probation after six months imprisonment was suspended. Aguirre-Valenzuela, 22, sentenced to 858 days in prison, 179 days on each of two counts. Batrez-Gonzales, 28, sentenced to 179 days for illegal entry. Cedillo Ortiz, 26, had complaint dismissed to begin deportation proceedings.
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United States
Fort Stockton
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Matias Melendez-Madrid
U.S. Border Patrol
Vidal Aguirre - Valenzuela
Vidal Aguirre-Sandoval
Juan Batrez-Gonzales
Ing
el Paso
Mexico
Saturnino Cedillo Ortiz
August price surge stays low as food gains lag demand
The Labor Department reports consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in August driven by housing and medical costs, while food prices barely rose 0.2 percent with restaurant gains and lower produce. Workers saw a 0.2 percent pay rise but purchasing power fell 0.6 percent as weekly hours shortened. Inflation could hit 7.2 percent annually if August pace persisted. analysts expect 8 percent for the year.
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Michael Doan
Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Carter
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Robert Hinojos
Conrail
Dan Lang
Railroad Association
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Chicago
Railroad
Ronnie Vernon
Willie Gonzalez
Bickley
Panhandle
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