Liquid Mud Division Brings Drilling Supplies to Pecos
Odessa businessman Gill Industries opened a Pecos facility in May 1975, purchasing an industrial site near the airport. The plant, named Liquid Mud Division, employs eight people and features a 12 000 barrel storage capacity, offices, a lab, and a truck service area for hauling drilling mud to local sites.
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Gill
Gill Indus Mediately
Odessa
Pecos
Liquid Mud Division
Gill Industries
Permian Basin
Ozona-Sonora
Buddy Gill
Lynn Webb
Pecos Airport facing May 13 council decision
City council sets May 13 to decide on immediate runway cleanup and seal coating in Pecos. A pilot group and Parkhill Scott and Cooper officials pressed for action while FAA and TEA funds could shape a 500000 to 1000000 project with 75 percent FAA and 25 percent Texas funds.
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Council
PSC
Federal Aviation Administration
Albuquerque
N.M
FAA
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Pecos
Bill Ramsey
Glenn Ellis
Pecos Bands Score I and III Ratings in UIL Regionals
Pecos High School bands earned division I and III honors at UIL regional contests in Midland at Lee High School. The concert band directed by Carle Rountree won first division sightreading and third in concert, while the symphonic band under Bill Carrico received the same ratings on Wednesday and Tuesday respectively.
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Pecos High School
Carle Rountree
Bill Carrico
Midland
Lee High School
Deserve and desire in a changing economy
The essay reflects on the idea of what people deserve amid inflation and changing wages. It contrasts personal rewards with real income, noting how aspirations and conspicuous consumption shape demand. It cites workers from a railroad brakeman to an Indian farmer to illustrate the gap between deserved rewards and actual living conditions.
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Gene Douglas
McDonald's
Acapulco
India
Misquote Correction From Pecos Rally
The Pecos Enterprise corrects a misprint from a Wednesday forum in Pecos where Sheriff A B Nail statement should have read anybody but was typeset as nobody. The paper apologizes for the error and any confusion caused.
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A.B. Nail
Pecos
Enterprise publishes largest regular issue
The Enterprise announces its unusually large edition, billed as the largest regular issue yet with substantial content and features for readers.
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Enterprise
Pine Car Derby at Pyote Gym
Cub and Webelo scouts meet in Pyote Saturday for the annual pine car derby with a lad and dad race. Registration begins 12 noon at Pyote gym races start 1 p.m. Entry fee 25 cents. All district scouts invited to participate.
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Pyote
Storms Roll Across Texas as Ford Spends Night in Houston
Thunderstorms roamed southern Texas from Del Rio to Houston as heavy rains and strong winds moved east. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Harris County after funnel-cloud–like winds were seen in Northwest Houston. Flooding risk rose along small streams and flood-prone areas while Pecos posted a high of 94 and a chilly 56 at dawn.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
Houston
Gerald Ford
Texas
del Rio
Harris County
San Antonio
Pecos
Central
City toSell Extra Land At Auction In Special Council Session
The city will auction a 281308 square foot tract in the West Airport Addition with a minimum bid of 15 cents per square foot after council action to advertise bids. The land lies along the north IH 20 service road near a Ben Meek tract and the site of a new 60 bed Reeves County hospital. In other action, W C Renshaw Charles Mitchell Bob Trammell and Isabel Florez were appointed to two year terms on the Zoning Board of Adjustment. A separate report notes Nolan creek water nearly reached the bridge after midnight and light rain fell in multiple areas with foggy dawn across the Big Country. Temperatures at 5 am ranged 46 to 76 degrees across the region.
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West Airport
Ben Meek
Reeves County
W.C. Renshaw
Charles Mitchell
Bob Trammell
Isabel Florez
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Nolan Creek
Killeen
Bryan
Big Country
Abilene
Panhandle
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Palestine
Elementary Track Meet Set at Pecos High and Austin Elementary
Elementary schools will hold a track meet Friday for 10 1 and 12 year olds. Field events start at 1 29 p m at Pecos High School and running events at 3 p m at Austin Elementary School.
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Pecos High School
Austin Elementary School
Epigraph Fellowship Motto From I Peter Passages
A biblical verse urges living as free men without using freedom as pretext for evil. It calls believers to serve God, honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, and honor the emperor, emphasizing moral restraint and respectful conduct.
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God
Emperor
Peter
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Pyote Gym
Pecos Enterprise
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West Texas
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Congress
McAlion
Vibert der Treasuce
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