Pecos City council awards bid for 3 million gallon water tank
The Pecos City Council awarded Tank Builders Inc of Euless Texas the bid of 359 852 for a three million gallon steel reservoir 128 feet in diameter and 32 feet high to be built in the city yard with two 100 percent performance bonds. Eight bidders competed including Chicago Bridge and Iron Co Houston Sapulpa Web Co Cooper Scott Inc Lubbock and Universal Tank and Iron Works Dallas. Green Park Hill Smith and Cooper Inc of Lubbock recommended the award expecting completion in late spring or early summer 1979. Total project cost around 375 700 including engineering fees, far below the previous 432 000 estimate.
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Pecos
Tank Builders, Inc
Euless
Texas
Sapulpa
Okla
Chicago Bridge and Iron Co
Houston
Web Co
Cooper Scott, Inc
Lubbock
Universal Tank and_ Iron Works
Dallas
Chester A. Green
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc
Green
Ers, Inc
J.J. Maxey
Pecos City
Maxey
Guadalupe Mountains
Probe to continue in worst U S air tragedy
Investigators pursue answers in the San Diego crash that killed at least 150 people. NTSB head Hogue says questions outnumber answers as PSA 727 and two small planes are examined. Witnesses, pilot warnings, and garbled responses complicate causation in the nation s deadliest air disaster.
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U.S
Associated Press
SAN Diego
Phillip Hogue
National Transportation Safety Board
PSA
Hogue
James McKeron
Red Cross Opens Aid Center For Flood Victims
The Red Cross Disaster Service said it will open an Assistance Center at the Home Decorating Center, 219 S. Cedar St., Pecos, tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to aid flood victims with food clothing and basic housing needs.
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Red Cross Disaster Service
Pecos Enterprise
Red Cross
Home Decorating Center
S. Cedar St
National rail strike sparks emergency planning in Carter era
Washington AP reporting, Carter administration readies emergency options under the National Railway Labor Act or emergency legislation as a noon deadline looms. Negotiators for the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks and Norfolk & Western seek a settlement with federal mediator James Reynolds amid widespread transportation disruption and factory shutdowns nationwide.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Brotherhood of Railway
Norfolk & Western Railway
James J. Reynolds
Labor
Ray Marshall
Reynolds
Labor Department
Donald Smyth
Marshall
Union
Association of American Railroads
BRAC
N&w
Amtrak
Boston
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Canada
American Association of Railroads
Michigan
William Milliken
Transportation
Brock Adams
Aid Offered for Migrant Worker Here
Officials from Motivation Education and Training Inc were in Pecos yesterday evaluating flooding conditions. They search for emergency assistance for workers unable to do agricultural jobs. For immediate help contact Manuel Orona at 445-2610.
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Motivation, Education, and Training, Inc
Pecos
Manuel Orona
Pecos Area Weather Forecast Averages Warmer Into Weekend
The high in Pecos yesterday reached 66 degrees with a 55 degree low this morning. The Associated Press forecast calls for mostly fair weather in West Texas through Friday with partly cloudy conditions in the southeast. Expect warmer afternoons with highs in the 70s to 80s, and cooler mountains in the 60s. Lows range from the low 50s to near 60 in the extreme south. Friday highs projected from 80 to 88, near 70 in the mountains.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West
Texas
Compean backs GOP bid to swing Texas governor race
Mario Compean, Raza Unida gubernatorial hopeful, says a Clements victory would benefit Mexican Americans though he aims for 10 percent of the vote. He criticizes Hill over civil rights stance and farmworker bargaining rights as Raza Unida expands beyond South Texas into West Texas.
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San Antonio
Bill Clements
la Raza Unida
Mario Compean
Clements
John Hill
Texas
Compean
Cratic
Hill
Ramsey Muniz
Raza Unida
Lubbock and
Pecos
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Roper
Robert Hinojos
New City Reservoir
Texas Highway Department
Odessa
Alpine
Reeves County
W.R
Bob’’ Bickley
Bickley
Connie Gomez
Philip Tyree
Tyree
Cessna
Lindbergh’s Field
Aids
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