City Council studies water drainage needs in Pecos
The Pecos City Council met at City Hall led by Mayor Jane Moore with members Wes Elliott Odes ORear Alfred Pax and Arlton Bottoms. They canvased April 5 election returns sworn in ORear Pax and new Pecos Cook as 98 votes were cast. A drainage survey was tabled due to surface water and tail waters from upper fields causing street and yard flooding. A ditch dredge was proposed to carry off excess water.
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City Hall
Jane Moore
Wes Elliott
Odes O’rear
Alfred Pax
Arlton Bottoms
Pecos Cook
Surace
Balmorhea Visit From Frankie Kingston and Friends
George McKinney and companions from Las Cruces New Mexico spent several days in Balmorhea last week visiting old friends and surveying the homestead south of Toyah Creek where he lived in youth.
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George McKinney
Las Cruces
N.M
Balmorhea
Toyah Creek
Texas Auditors Seek Out-of-State Tax Accounts
Texas Comptroller requests funding for 50 auditors to pursue sales tax from out-of-state businesses. The piece cites California auditors in Texas, compares revenue gains from audits in Virginia Michigan Indiana and Washington Monthly figures, and argues audits recover money owed to the public rather than harming business profits.
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Austin
California
Houston
Dallas
Texas
Hills
Virginia
Michigan
Indiana
Washington Monthly
Hytech Energy reports Devonian gas discoveries in Texas fields
Hytech Energy Corp reports a Devonian gas discovery by No. 1 Frank Rashap Jr. in Terrell County flowing 500,000 cu ft daily at a 10/64 choke from 10,336 to 10,427 ft after acidizing, with early March completion at 950,000 cu ft daily in the Ellenburger zone. Other Texas wells include Blackstone Slaughter No. 1 near Sheffield producing 10 bbl per hour for four hours from the Strawn interval and a 1.15 million cu ft daily Ellenburger gas flow.
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Hytech Energy Corp
Frank Rashap Jr
Terrell County
Allison
Pennsylvania
Sheffield
Texas Oil & Gas Corp
Blackstone
Strawn
Ellenburger
TCRR
Texas O&g
Pecos County
Gulf Oil Corp
Auction sale of Ramstead property in Pecos hotel building
In Reeves County Texas Sheriff A B Nail executes a judgment on Charles Ramstead authorizing public auction of the Matador Hotel Wes-Tex Hotel building with all improvements and personal property listed. The sale occurs at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday of May 1975 between 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The case Gann vs Ramstead No 9459 was heard in the 143rd District Court of Reeves County.
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District Court
Reeves County
Texas
Reeves
State of
Charles Ramstead
Pecos City
Matador Hotel
Pecos
Stock market inches up as rally cools in quiet trade
The New York stock market finished with a small gain after a three day rally as the Dow rose 1.80 to 783.09 at noon. The NYSE composite inched up 0.05 to 44.41 while the AMEX index gained 0.30 to 81.02. Bond weakness and profit taking dampened enthusiasm as IBM slid 3 1/8 to 205 after reporting Q1 earnings of 2.95 a share. Cotton futures declined with No. 2 middling at 39.39 cents, May at 42.42, July 43.40, and Oct 45.10. Gold prices fell across London and European fixings with New York quotes down 0.60 to 171.90 for Handy & Harman and 172.40 for Engelhard.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Paris
Frankfurt
Handy & Harman
Engelhard
New York Cotton Exchange
Missing Conn strobotuner reported from Zavala Junior High
Police report notes a Conn Strobotuner valued at 280 dollars taken from Zavala Junior High School with no signs of forced entry. Band director Doug Gar man reported the incident at 10 15 a m Thursday.
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Zavala Junior High
Butler Smith
Doug Garman
Marriage Licenses April List Includes Multiple Couples
April marriage licenses record several couples with addresses at Airbase Fort Stockton 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 Bravo Lorina Anaya Baltazar Deanda Margarita Carrasco Weldon Armstrong Regina Bates. A stray line cites smoking as a topic for an upcoming editorial.
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Lorenzo Antonio Ybarra
Santos Lopez
Ferrell Ross Flin
Lena
Diane Stalnaker
Adams
Armando Lujan
S. Walnut
Dolores Ontiveros Flores
Fort Stockton
Ernesto Sabia Garcia Jr
S. Willow
Graciela Escovedo Gomez
S. Mulberry
Harlan Kent Brown
E. 5Th St
Ruby Lee White
E. Sycamore St
Ray Rodriguez Bravo
Lorina Anaya
Baltazar E. Deanda
Sycamore
Margarita Carrasco
S. Sycamore
Community club events and meetings listed for Saturday
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p m upstairs at 125 S Oak St. with multiple phone numbers. A country music jamboree runs at fair barn 8 p m. Evening Lions Club at American Motor Inn 7 30 p m followed by Amistad Lions at Lions Den 7 30 p m. TOPS Club gathers at E 10th St senior center 6 p m. Social Security rep at Community Action 902 E 10th St 11 a m to 12 noon. Cancer dressings work at First Christian Church 2 p m. Barstow Senior Citizens center noon. Downtown Lions meet at noon at Holiday Inn. Morning Optimists at 6 30 a m American Motor Inn. Rotary Club at Holiday Inn 12 noon.
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Fair Barn
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Tops Club
E. 10Th St
Senior Citizen's Center
Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
Community Action Office
10Th St
First Christian Church
Barstow
Lions
Holiday Inn
Rotary Club
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Manuel Orosco
Sammy
Lubbock
Pam Tuerck
Wink
Johnny Baeza
Tracy Moore
Marfa
Balmorhea Cemetery
Butch Weinacht
Butch
Buck Towler
W.S. Steven
By Frankie Kingston
Onega
Girvin
H&gn Survey
Kokomo Oil Co
Odessa
ARCO
H&GN_ survey
Joe H. Warren Jr
Williams State
Imperial
H&tc Survey
C.F. Lawrence & Associates Inc
Midland
WARCO
H&gn
HNG Oil Co
Augustine
Wildcat
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State OF Texas
County OF
A.B Nail
John T. Prewit
Buchner News Alliance
John Pitts
Lynn
Fnday
Reeves Ward
Loving
Associated Press
Awny News
Pecos Texas
Stock Market Report
IBM
NYSE
London
At&t
Ad Rich
Borden
Brit. Pet
Chrysler
Cities Soc
Coca Cola
Cont Oil
Dow Chem
duPont
Eastman
el Paso NG
Exxon
Fairchild
Erec
Gen Foods
Mtrs
Tel
Gen Tire
Goodrich
Great
A&p
Penn Cent
Penney
Phill Pet
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Sony
Texaco
UN Carbide
US Steel
Uniroyal
Woolworth
Xerox
Gordo
Gus Arriola
Trini
Phil Pastoret
Weldon Scott Armstrong Jr
W. 4Th St
Regina Anne Bates
Missouri St
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