City Council tackles drainage and election results
The City Council met at City Hall with Mayor Jane Moore, preserving incumbents Odes O'Rear and Alfred Pax and welcoming Pecos Cook. They canvassed April 5 election returns with 98 votes cast, and discussed surface water drainage needing a town survey and a dredged ditch to relieve flooding.
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City Hall
Jane Moore
Wes Elliott
Odes O’rear
Alfred Pax
Arlton Bottoms
Pecos Cook
Surace
Balmorhea Visit Sparks Old-Times Recollection
Frankie Kingston recalls Balmorhea days as George McKinney and friends from Las Cruces New Mexico spend a few days visiting old homestead south of Toyah Creek where they lived in youth.
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George McKinney
Las Cruces
N.M
Balmorhea
Toyah Creek
California and Texas audit programs compared in tax effort
The Texas Comptroller urges a regular out of state audit program claiming 225000 entities collect sales tax with 71100 responsible for most revenue. Citing California and other states, the proposal notes large potential gains and justice in auditing outside Texas to recover unpaid taxes.
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Austin
State of
California
Houston
Dallas
Texas
Hills
Virginia
Michigan
Indiana
Washington Monthly’’ Magazine
Hytech Energy reports Devonian gas discovery near Allison field
Hytech Energy Corp reports a Devonian gas discovery three miles south of the Allison field in Terrell County. Gas flowed 500,000 cubic feet per day from perforations at 10,336 to 10,427 feet after 1,000 gallons of acidizing, with early March completion yielding 950,000 cubic feet daily from 11,143 to 11,212 feet. The well sits 660 feet north and 489 feet west of section 3, block 176, TMRR. A second well, Blackstone-Slaugh ter No. 1-C in Pecos County, flowed oil at 10 barrels per hour for four hours through 12-64 inch choke from 8,544 to 8,574 feet after earlier Ellenburger gas show.
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Hytech Energy Corp
Frank Rashap Jr
Terrell County
Allison
Pennsylvania
Sheffield
Texas Oil & Gas Corp
Blackstone-Slaughter
Strawn
Pecos County
Hokit
Ellenburger
TCRR
Texas O&g
Blackstone
Pecos
Gulf Oil Corp
Gomez Multipay
Costa Resources, Inc
Dallas
ARCO
Oil and gas activity expands with new wells in Pecos area
Multiple operators schedule deep wildcat tests and existing perforation work across Pecos County and surrounding fields. Gulf Oil reports a 25 000 foot Ellenburger venture near Fort Stockton while Strawn No 1 B Black Stone delivered 204 barrels daily. Several No 1 ARCO State and No 1 Williams State tests are planned near Girvin and Imperial with various depths and locations. Several dry holes also listed in Bakersfield Imperial regions.
Marriage Licenses Listed With Dates And Partners
April 1 to April 9 wedding licenses announce couples pairing from Airbase Fort Stockton Southern and local streets. Names include Lorenzo Ybarra Santos Lopez Ferrell Flin Diane Stalnaker Armando Lujan Dolores Ontiveros Flores Ernesto Garcia Graciela Escovedo Gomez Harlan Brown Ruby White Ray Rodriguez Bravo Lorina Anaya Baltazar Deanda Margarita Carrasco Weldon Armstrong Regina Bates. A stray editorial note criticizes smoking as a disgusting habit.
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Lorenzo Antonio Ybarra
Santos Lopez
Ferrell Ross Flin
Lena Sr
Diane Stalnaker
Adams
Armando Lujan
Harlan Kent Brown
E. 5Th St
Ruby Lee White
E. Sycamore St
Ray Rodriguez Bravo
S. Walnut
Lorina Anaya
Baltazar E. Deanda
Sycamore
Margarita Carrasco
S. Sycamore
Public Auction Notice of Reeves County Property
By order of sale in a Reeves County Texas court case Gann v Ramstead the Matador Hotel building and all furnishings at Pecos City are to be sold at public auction for cash. The sale at the courthouse door is scheduled for the first Tuesday in May 1975 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The sheriff is A B Nail with deputy J T Prewit. Published Pecos Enterprise April 11 18 and 25 1975.
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District Court
Reeves County
Texas
Reeves
State of
Charles Ramstead
Pecos City
Matador Hotel
Pecos
Pecos Enterprise
School menu and staff list blur in Buckner paper
The Baker Buckner News Alliance lists Friday menus with spaghetti and tacos plus a baked cheese sandwich day. It includes staff roles such as editor Diane Osborn and advertising managers, with delivery and subscription details for Reeves and Loving counties.
Stock market sideshows steady gains in quiet session
New York stocks edged higher as a three day rally slowed, Dow up 1.80 to 783.09 at noon. Gainers led losers 3 to 2 on the NYSE, and the Nasdaq-like tally rose 0.30 to 81.02 on the American Exchange amid profit taking.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Missing Conn Strobotuner At Zavala Junior High
Police reports say a Conn Strobotuner valued at 280 dollars disappeared from Zavala Junior High School. Patrolman Butler Smith noted no signs of forcible entry. Band director Doug Garman filed the report at 10 15 a.m. Thursday.
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Zavala Junior High
Butler Smith
Doug Garman
Barbs on cops language and a risky driving quip
An Old English verb note links the term cops to catching criminals. Readers ponder why some police are called cops. The item ends with a sharp caution about a single drink and drive hazard.
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Odessa
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WARCO
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El&rr Survey
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W. 4Th St
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