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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1976
Page
2
Hamilton and Blackwell explain the resource conservation and development program at a meeting held Tuesday night at the Balmorhea Community Center. The Reeves County Water District and the Soil Conservation Service sponsored the event.
Delbert Moon ey opens the Balmorhea Conservation Service meeting with Wynn Hamilton and Ray Blackwell of Pecos present. Blackwell presents slides on pastureland irrigation needs and erosion, showing rainfall and temperature trends and land preparation ideas for better growth and water. Hamilton outlines his Washington trip meeting Senators Tower and Bentsen and Representative White, plus Joe Shepard of Interior.
Reeves County and nearby area seniors will attend five VIM program sessions in Pecos. The schedule runs April 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 and May 23 at 3 p.m. at Hickory Street Center with topics including home safety health and Medicare.
The noon Dow Jones average fell 4.72 to 995.99 as traders weigh possible Fed credit tightening. NYSE losers outpaced gainers 2 to 1 amid expectations higher rates could push stock prices lower. Tiger International remained active at 15 1 2 for a 172000-share block. Cotton futures gained with May contracts rising, and spot cotton up 22 points to 57.79 cents.
Arvil Talamantez, 1209 S. Ash St., was arrested by city officers and DPS trooper Rusty Hill in a car parked near a Pecos store at 11:41 p.m. Sunday. Police report marijuana found in the vehicle. Investigations included a stolen 1976 green pickup and two weekend thefts of a television and a stereo.
A local oil painting of President Ford by Clyde Heron will be presented to the Presidential Museum at 10 a.m. in Odessa. The event follows Ford's Washington visit with six Odessans and a gift of a leather-bound museum history and honorary membership from the Odessa delegation.
The Enterprise prints the continuation of Austin Elementary School’s honor roll with 4th 5th and 6th grade students. Names include Su san Biggs Sharon Cassidy Jose Castillo Elizabeth Cordova Hoyt Foster Prentice Hayes Lisa Jonietz Joni Lindsay Jack Mc Kinney and many others across honors and highest honors.
An accident occurred on Sunday in the 300 block of Third Street as auto drivers Hal Pace of Pecos and John Stickels of 2102 S. Eddy St. traveled west. Pace reportedly turned in front of the Stickels vehicle, causing the collision.
Services for Rosa line Champaign 63 were held in El Paso Sunday after a stroke at Pecos Memorial Hospital. Born March 5 1913 in Manhattan New York she had lived in Balmorhea five years. Survived by widow Leonard Balmorhea two stepsons Lloyd El Paso and Leonard Big Spring one brother Erwine Fernbach New York and one sister Mrs Lillian Masters Virginia. Services for Cora L Smith 62 were at Pecos Funeral Chapel at 2 pm with burial in East Side Cemetery. She died 12 15 am Friday and lived in Pecos 22 years.
FECQS ENTERPRISE ad lists subscription prices by region and mail, rates for servicemen and students, and AP news usage. Community calendar covers Lions Club Optimists Rotary Club TOPS and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, with locations and times. A closing car maintenance tip urges engine check if misfiring or rough running.
Calendar of upcoming events in the Pecos area lists activities and gatherings. Local organizations, clubs, and venues schedule meetings, fairs, performances, and community programs across the month. Event details include dates, times, and locations as announced by organizers.
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