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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1975
Page
2
Local notices list Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at 125 Oak Street and other groups including West Texas Women’s Volleyball Association, Lions Club chapters, TOPS Club and Social Security rep hours. School lunch menus appear with items like chili mac, fried fish, creamed turkey and desserts.
Thieves stole about $30 in change and a portable television in two Thursday police reports. Dan's Record Shop on 312 S Cedar St suffered a rear window entry, pried office door, and items missing. Reed's Fine Service at 600 E Third St lost about $15 from a cash register, discovered by a station attendant.
New York stocks eased in midmorning trading with the Dow down 2.27 to 749.92. Continental Telephone active but off 1/4. NYSE composite index fell 0.12. slim gains for bond-like sectors and gold futures sharply lower after mixed bank rate signals and awaited farm bill updates.
Clark Daley Circus arrived on the lake road in Balmorhea and set up on the town square. It drew a large turnout for afternoon and night shows, funded by the band boosters club to aid band members and instruments.
Odessans gather at American Legion Hall to celebrate the Presidential Museum’s 10th birthday and end of a Birthday 10 drive for presidential memorabilia. The Bicentennial play group from Pecos will perform with Mary Liza Carrico Jimmy Jones Bryn Tapp and Kathy Hopper. Odessa Ector County Commissioners report hospital costs under budget by 230000, with max project cost limited to 15595200. Midland County Commissioners accept renovated courthouse and authorize 140000 final payment to J W Cooper Construction, withholding over 12000 pending penalties. Texas International Airlines resumes service from Midland Regional with seven flights to Dallas Fort Worth Houston and other destinations.
In Austin the House approved a measure to shift defense costs for inmates to the state, with counties paying the first 250 dollars, and a 500 thousand dollar two year appropriation. The same session moved to rename Tyler State College to Texas Eastern University and tentatively approved a veterans land loan increase to 15000, while a merger bill for the mass transit commission advanced to the House.
The Red Bluff Water Power Control District invites bids for leases on its mineral interests to 3200 feet depth covering N half of Section 48 Block 57 Two 1 T&P RR Co Survey Reeves County Texas The April 14 1975 public hearing in Pecos will consider bids and allocation to the highest bidder with a minimum 1/8 royalty and up to five year primary term Lessor must exclude water rights and protect water quality The district will also require drilling obligations overriding royalty and payment terms to be stated in bids and a copy of the lease form is available for inspection in Pecos The notices run in The Pecos Enterprise March 21 and April 4 1975
Divorces granted in three cases: Robert Elvin Crow versus Elsie Marie Crow on February 21, Karol Gene Curcurato against Rozan Curcurato on March 13, and Neil Forrest Hanson against Miriam Hanson on March 21.
A partial OCR issue yields a local notice style item listing several names including JOHN MITTS and MARY SHITE with scattered affiliations. The fragment references publication timing, delivery compliance, and monetary figures. Names appear with unclear roles. the text lacks coherent action or outcome.
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