Southwest Airlines flights extended red as Harlingen eyes growth
Testimony in Austin shows barbers and shoe shine boys among new Southwest fliers as Harlingen pushes for expanded intrastate routes to Austin Corpus Christi El Paso Lubbock and Midland Odessa. Mayors and officials cite boosted traffic from 30 000 to 200 000 annual riders and a new terminal while Braniff and Texas International oppose.
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Austin
Southwest’ Airlines
Harlingen
Robert Youker
Youker
Southwest
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Lubbock
Midland-Odessa
Braniff Airline
Texas International Airlines
Turkeys Differ in Flight Power Between Breeds
The dark meat of domesticated turkeys is rich in blood vessels while white breast meat shows weaker flight muscles. Wild turkeys, by contrast, can fly up to a mile at speeds around 45 miles per hour, highlighting differences between breed performance.
County feedlots fatten 87 000 head in first year total
County feedlot owners rank in the state top ten by cattle on feed with 87 000 head fattened as of year start. Texas total on feed reaches 1 882 000 head, maintaining the state’s lead as the nation’s top cattle feeder. July 1 totals show 1 570 000 cattle and calves fed, 24 percent above last year’s 1 264 000, with steers 62 percent, heifers 38 percent. Operators anticipate marketing 950 000 fed cattle from July through September, 61 percent of July 1 on feed and up 29 percent from 1975’s period.
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Austin
Reeves County
John C. White
Texas
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Noon market report mixed on dull volume in New York
The Dow traded down to 982.69 at noon after an early gain faded. Gainers barely led losers 7 to 6 among NYSE issues as banks cut prime rates, but the Dow still slipped from Friday highs. Cotton futures fell to limit and livestock prices showed modest shifts in Fort Worth.
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New York
First National Bank of Chicago
R.R. Donnelly
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Fort Stockton School Board runoff result in tie vote
Pete Terrazas defeated Ronnie McClain 1664 to 1096 in a court ordered runoff for School Board Trustee Place 6 after a disputed election and recount. District Judge George Thurmond ordered the runoff. turnout was heavy with 1669 votes cast and 1132 absentee ballots noted.
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Fort Stockton
Pete Terrazas
Ronnie McClain
George Thurmond
del Rio
Harris defense charges judge guilty of misconduct
The Harris trial team accuses Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler of failing to disclose potential juror bias. A hearing on the dispute resumes today as jurors seated in a hotel remain sequestered. Prosecutors consider pausing deliberations until the judge’s conduct issue is resolved, while both sides warn a mistrial remains possible.
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Harris
Judge
Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
William and
Emily Harris Trail
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Harrises
Atty
Stephen Trott
Brandler
Patricia Hearst
Trott
Jeannie Barton
Corinne Hansen
Deaths and services in Pecos area families
Deaths noted for Amalia Morales Bejaran 39 of Lindsay Addition pending Pecos Funeral Home. She died on arrival at Reeves Memorial Hospital at 1 35 am born July 1 1937 in Mexico a Pecos resident eight years Catholic survivors include widower Gonzalo one son Gonzalo Jr five daughters seven brothers two sisters and a granddaughter. Herbert Carter 72 died at home of heart attack and services were held at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Eastside Cemetery born May 22 1904 in Pauls Valley Oklahoma lived in Pecos 39 years Baptist survivors include wife Virginia two sons Roosevelt and Herbert Lee three daughters Jetty Pendelton Daisy Pirtle Rose Ann Townsend Cora Ann Ephriam Barbara Carter one brother Melvin Carter three sisters Roberta Gardner Dorothy Houston Pearl Atkins and 12 grandchildren.
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Pecos
Amalia Morales Bejaran
Lindsay Addition
Herber Carter
Herbert Carter
Eastside
Carter
Pauls Valley
Okla
Virginia Carter
Roosevelt Carter
Bakersfield
Calif
Herbert Lee Carter Jr
U.S. Army
San Francisco
Jetty Jean Pendelton
Daisy Mae Pirtle
Rose Ann Townsend
Cora Ann Ephriam
Barbara Sue Carter
Melvin Carter
el Paso
Roberta Gardner
Muskogee
Dorothy Houston
Wichita
Kan
Pearl Atkins
Kansas City
Twelve Legion Members Die After Philadelphia Convention
Twelve people who attended an American Legion convention in Philadelphia July 21 24 have died with similar symptoms. State adjutant Edward T Hoak said the illness is widespread across Pennsylvania with 10 000 attendees reported. Hospitals report cases in William sport and Wilkes Barre with chest pain and high fevers up to 107 degrees. A state health official said an investigation is under way and causes are not yet known.
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Paul Carpenter
Associated Press
Harrisburg, Pa
American Legion
Philadelphia
Legion
Edward T. Hoak
Hoak
Williamsport
Wilkes- Barre
Bentsen urges passage of social security bill
Senator Lloyd Bentsen urged the House Ways and Means Subcommittee to approve his bill to stabilize Social Security and cut the long term deficit by half. The measure, backed by the Federal Council on the Aging, would fix the earnings to benefits ratio and preserve cost of living increases while strengthening trust funds.
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Washington, D.C
Lloyd Bentsen
Social Security
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bentsen
Federal Council On
White House
Window Break Near City Cleaners and Thefts
The Record notes a window broken at City Cleaners 501 S Oak St by a long stick causing about $50 damage. Mrs Dan Daniels reported her beige purse stolen from Dan's Record Shop 312 S Cedar St at 10 39 p m Saturday. items found discarded in an alley. Ambulance calls logged across Friday to Saturday. Pecos police handled two minor Friday accidents and two Saturday incidents including a 1969 Chevrolet vs 1968 Opel DWI and a tree impact, plus a Saturday parking lot crash at Minit Mart.
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City Cleaners
S. Oak St
Dan Daniels
Dan
S. Cedar St
Dan’s
Pecos
South Elm
Elm
Charles Ray Wright
S. Elm St
Daniel Kerr
Wright
West Seventh Street
Jane Huffman
Sandia Road
S. Palm
Minit Mart
Russell Grizzard
S. Eddy St
Manuel Garcia
Martinez
Evarist Ontiveros
S. Sycamore St
East Seventh
Walnut Streets
Calendar of Coming Events in Pecos Area
Calendar list of weekly meetings and activities in Pecos. Monday events include Evening Lions Club at Amistad Inn and Evening Lions at Lions Den. Tuesday schedules feature Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, TOPS clubs, Evening Optimists at Saragosa Hall, and football players physicals at the field house.
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Pecos
Lions Club
American Motors Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX 259
St. Community
Darwin Cyclone 1974 Destruction and Rebuilding Code
The 1974 Darwin cyclone reached speeds up to 160 mph on Christmas Day, killing 50 people and destroying about 90 percent of the city. An airlift evacuated half of the 45 000 residents. The rebuilding code now requires structures that withstand cyclone winds. Covering Reeves County, the paper is an evening edition published weekdays with newsstand and subscription prices listed.
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Darwin
Australia
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