The Day Christ Died excerpt recounts the Passover eve
The article summarizes Jim Bishop’s The Day Christ Died with a focus on Jesus washing the disciples feet and the Last Supper setting. It lists the Twelve Apostles with brief backgrounds, notes Pontius Pilate and the Roman context, and ends with a teaser that Judas plots with Caiphas. The piece reproduces a portion from the book with credit and copyright details.
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Peter
Jesus
Christ
Jim Bishop
Harper & Brothers
King Features Syndicate
Judas
Caiphas
Legal Alien From New Mexico Fined and Placed on Probation
Ricardo Cardona-Provenicio, 35, an oilfield worker formerly of Portales now listing Jal as his address, pled guilty to aiding and abetting an illegal alien to evade inspection. U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston of Pecos sentenced him to six months imprisonment suspended for one year of unsupervised probation and a $300 fine due by May 1.
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New Mexico
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Ricardo Cardona-Provencio
Portales
Jal
Preston
Deadline set for transfer for 1979 80 school year
Parents of children in one school district may transfer to another district. deadline is April 30. In Pecos, transfer forms are available from Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD Special Services Office. Balmorhea forms available from the Superintendent of Schools Office.
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Pecos
Pecos - Barstow - Toyah
Balmorhea News and local notices highlight town events
Balmorhea church group met in Balmorhea hall with Milly Sillaway presiding. Balmorhea High School Debate team won first in district UIL at Sul Ross Alpine, Fr Davis second. Catholic Youth Center helps clean town streets. Fire department fought a grass fire at K.C. Ranch with little damage. Reeves County Hospital patient undergoes tonsil removal. Cystic Fibrosis Bike A Thon set for April 21 from Balmorhea State Park a 12 hour ride. Elections for Balmorhea alderman and school board on April 7.
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Balmorhead High School
Sul Ross University
Alpine
Amy McIntire
Fr. Davis
Balmorhea State Park
Becky Lofton
Balmorhea
Future Farmers at Sul Ross Invitational Judging Contest
The Pecos Future Farmers teams competed in the Sul Ross Invitational Judging Contest on March 31. The Grass and Range team of Brent Shaw, Rusty Hamm, and Tom Davee placed third in district. Wool team Tom Davee, Jerry Hardwick, Danny Moody placed second. Livestock team Dewayne Dandy, Les Phillips, Sam Davee placed third. Sam Davee was tenth overall and fourth in sheep. Dewayne Dandy was fifth, one point behind Dave. The teams advance to the Area Contest at Texas Tech University in Lubbock on April 21.
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Sul Ross
Tom Davee
Danny Moody
Dewayne Dandy
Rusty Hamm
Sam Davee
Les Phillips
Brent Shaw
Jerry Hardwick
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Robert Hinojos
Pecos Future Farmers
Dave
Market indexes rise as trading extends gains
New York and Chicago reports show broad stock advances with the Dow Jones industrial average up to 872.66 by noon, following a 13.08 point jump yesterday. Wheat and corn futures rise while cotton futures trade higher, with midmorning and midday price movements published by AP.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Pecos artist Margie Williamson exhibitis in Monahans
Pecos artist Margie Williamson shows watercolor paintings at the Texas Savings and Loan Downtown Gallery in Monahans through mid April. A noted award winner in Western District art shows since 1977, she also works in oils and acrylics and has paintings in collections across Mississippi, Washington, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, and England.
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Margie Williamson
Pecos
Texas Savings and Loan
Monahans
San Patricio
New Mexico Hondo Valley
Pecos Savings and Loan
Ralls Library
Mississippi
Washington
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
England
Community club calendar for Pecos and nearby towns
April 1979 calendar items list weekly meetings across Pecos Balmorhea Barstow and nearby towns. Lions clubs Rotary Jaycees Optimist TOPS senior center activities crafts exercise classes and games scheduled at various venues including Pecos Inn Holiday Inn CPS Reddy Room and Alpine Lodge Restaurant with biweekly and weekly sessions noted.
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Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cataloupe City
CPS Reddy Room
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
Eddy St
Downtown Lions Club
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Pecos Rabies Clinic Set Friday At First Baptist Church
Annual Pecos Rabies drive scheduled for Friday afternoon April 6 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the north parking lot of First Baptist Church Fourth and Hickory. Health officials urge vaccinating dogs and cats over three months as cases rise in Texas and Odessa Midland area. Public Health and WHO stress immunization to curb potential epidemic. vaccination fee reduced amid outbreak.
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Pecos
First Baptist Church
Fourth and
Hickory
Texas
Odessa-Midland
Texas Department of Public Health
World Health Organization
Laredo
Ambulance Transfer From Reeves County Hospital
The Report Pecos Ambulance Service transferred a patient at 1 15 p m Tuesday from Reeves County Hospital to Odessa Medical Center Hospital. Pecos Police cited a 15 year old driver for no license and failure to yield after a 6 40 p m collision in the 1200 block of South Eddy. The 1972 pickup collided with a 1972 passenger car driven by Elizabeth Ann Phillips 18 of Barstow. Thefts and fence destruction cases are under police inquiry. The mower valued at 50 dollars was stolen from No 13 Trapark between March 15 and April 1, reported April 2. A 35 foot section of a three foot high picket fence was ripped out by an automobile during the night of April 2, damage about 75 dollars.
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Jesus
Andrew
Capharnaum
Peter
Galilee
Bartholomew
Cana
Nathanael
Philip
Persia
Bethsaida
Marianne
James of Alphaeus
John
James the Lesser
James the Just
Alphaeus
James of
James
Messiah
Jude
Arabia
Mesopotamia
Syria
Simon Zelotes
Simon
Cananaean
Egypt
Ane
Pecos
Reeves County Hospital
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
South Eddy
West Adams
Elizabeth Ann Phillips
Mackey
Barstow
No. 13
Trapark
R.M. Montgomery
S. Peach
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Kerioth
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Salome
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Stone
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Fort Davis-Balmorhea
Millie Sillaway
Ft. Davis
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Roberta Williams
Vita Carleton
Helen Jose
Mmes
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Louise Adams
Irene Hunter
Cassie Farrington
Don Hollaway
Catholic Youth Center
K.C. Ranch
Deke Jones
Jag Jones
Jason
Anna
Sara
Darrell Baxter
Helen Ford
Mary Martha Hernandez
Victor Hernandez
C.T. Gray
Gary Lofton
Raul Machuca
Jack Hoffman
Clemente Alvarez
Norman Trada
Pecos Cook
Billie Lozano
Linda Bryan
Future Farmers
Chicago
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
SMT
S. Cedar, Huff and Puff
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves
Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis
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