Pecos Residents Face Higher Vacation Costs This Summer
Reeves County travelers expect a surge to Bicentennial sites with AAA forecasts showing a two week trip at a minimum of 966 dollars for a modest couple. Daily spending of 69 dollars covers lodging meals gas and extras, while annual car ownership costs total 1831 dollars with depreciation leading the bill. Reeves County has about 6,190 cars costing residents roughly 11.33 million dollars yearly to own and operate.
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AAA
Sunken tugboat Elizabeth S to be raised in New Orleans
The 85 foot tug Elizabeth S. lying in about 50 feet of water off Poydras Street Wharf will be raised today after sinking for the third time in New Orleans. Four crewmen survived. Coast Guard investigates cause as the tubboat, built in 1944, previously sank in 1937 and last July near Destrehan with one death.
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New Orleans
Elizabeth S
Mississippi River
Poydras Street
Odessa
Coast Guard
Bisso Towboat Co
Destrehan
Candia Improves After One Vehicle Pecos Crash
Pecos High School senior Jose Candia nineteen has shown marked improvement after a Thursday night one vehicle accident that totaled his car. Hospital officials say Candia's condition has stabilized and he has regained consciousness but he remains on the critical list.
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Pecos High School
Jose Candia
Candia
Noon market report shows Dow gains fade in early session
The noon Dow Jones average rises to 984.0 with a 3.54 gain after easing from a 4.8 high. NYSE advancers lead decliners 2 to 1, Coca Cola Bottling traded 1,000 shares, volume 7.65 million, and the AMEX index up 0.17. Cotton futures rise near daily limit on planting hopes. Gold prices list New York values with minor declines.
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NEW York
Dow
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Coca Cola Bottling
New York Cotton Exchange
London
Paris
Frankfurt
Zurich
Handy & Harman
Engelhard
Rubber workers enter final talks before strike deadline
Peter Bommarito of the United Rubber Workers says a final round with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. opens today in Cleveland as unions push for new contracts covering 60 000 workers. Wages and a cost of living clause are key sticking points before the 12 01 a.m. Wednesday deadline.
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Cleveland
Peter Bommarito
United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Bommarito
UAW
URW
Bie
Firestone
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Cincinnati
Uniroyal Inc
New York
B.F. Goodrich Co
Columbus
Oak Street vandalism hits Pecos shops and locals
Vandals struck three Pecos businesses on Oak Street with windows shot out at Fonville Jewelry and Farnum Jewelry and Brownlee Hardware. Brownlee estimates $250 damage.
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Pecos
Fonville Jewelery Store
S. Oak St
Farnum Jewelry Store
Brownlee Hardware Store
Brownlee
Swine flu vaccines to start for FDA workers and Texas inmates
Scientists say the swine flu vaccine uses a dead virus, easing safety concerns for federal employees and Texas inmates to be inoculated this week. The FDA reports 24 000 vials in three dosages, with 135 million dollars allocated to immunize the U S population.
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Atlanta
Center For Disease Control
Texas
United States
Ft. Dix
N.J
Michael Gregg
Gregg
Food and Drug Administration
Washington
Ford
FBI agents kill gunman holding plane hostage
A gunman who seized two hostages on a private plane for seven hours was shot and killed by FBI agents as he prepared to board a jet he thought would fly him to Mexico. The incident began in Grand Island Nebraska and included two Colorado flights aboard a commandeered Piper Navaho.
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Denver
FBI
Mexico
Ted Rosack
Roger Lyle Lentz
Grand Island
Neb
Colorado
Robert Blair
Harlan Hiller
Rosack
Ports of Call Travel Club
United Airlines
Roasce
Lentz
Navaho
Balir
Hiller
Stapleton International Airport
Blair
Casper
Wyo
Greeley
Colo
Stapleton
Nebraska
Deaths Services for Jane Adellia Rushton Jones
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Grand Crane Cemetery in Shreveport La for Jane Adellia Rushton Jones 72 who died Friday night at home. Born April 11 1904 in Montgomery La she had lived in Pecos since 1928 and was a Christian Church member. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Lee Green of Pecos two brothers Ben Roshton Houston Odell Roshton Montgomery two sisters Mrs Jap Foster Kent and Mrs E W Goetz Shreveport and two grandchildren.
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Jane Adellia Rushton Jones
Grand Crane Cemetery
Shreveport
Jones
Montgomery
Pecos
The
Christian Church
Lee Green
Ben Roshton
Houston
Odell Roshton
Jap Foster
Kent
E.W. Goetz
Shreveport, la
Cut cable cuts Pecos telephone service outage
Pecos telephone service was disrupted for about 19 hours after contractors cut three cables totaling 850 pairs. One cable tied 445 and 447 exchanges, isolating the 447 exchange. Telephone workers Rey Flores James Pearrow Jesse Gonzales and Jerry Stapp restored service by 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Pecos
Rey Flores
James Pearrow
Jesse Gonzales
Jerry Stapp
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American Automobile Association
American Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Alcoa
At&t
T) Rich
Beth
Elec A Gen Foods
Tire
Goodrich
A&p
Gulf Oil
Hous LP
IBM
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marathon
Marcor
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penney
Phill Pet
RCA
Sears
Sony
Standard
Sun Oil
Texaco
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolworth
Als
Xerox
Goliad
Victoria
U.S. 59
Intercontinental Airport
J.A. Fiarfield
OAK ST. Vandals
Willie Guebara
W. Seventh St
Fred Keen
N. Alamo St
State Theatre
Third
Pecan Streets
James Lemaster
E. Fifth St
Eva Garza
S. Cypress St
del Rio
Fourth Street
Harold Gustafson
S. Johnson St
Borden's Milk
Jerry Thomason
Eighth St
Borden
Thomason
South Alamo St
Rolando Ortiz Reyes
N. Willow
S. Locust St
Red Bluff Dam
Balmorhea Lake
Country Club Dr
Fourth
Cedar Streets
Massey and
Moore Streets
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
Morning Tops Club
Federation Parlor
Tops TX
St. Community
Trans-Pecos
Balmorhea Community Center
Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
SMT WI
FDA
National Institutes of Health
Robert Couch
Baylor College of Medi
Cine’s Influenza Research Center
Ramsey
Texas Department of Corrections
Angleton
Jane Jones
Pecos Enterprise
Cedar St
Tex
P.O
Peggy McCracken
Lynn Wekb
Nova Gutierrez
Diane Osborn
Marky Shute
Ruben Rack
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Carner
Reeves, Ward
Loving Culberson
Jeff Davis
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