Reeves County added to Texas emergency cotton area
Agriculture Commissioner Reagan V. Brown announced Reeves County is now part of the emergency area in Texas. The EPA has granted a limited exemption for four new insecticides Bolster 6 Ambush Pounce and Pytrin to combat boll worm and tobacco budworm in cotton fields. The authorization expires Sept 30 1977. Farmers should consult entomologists before purchase and use due to potential fish toxicity and county by county criteria.
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Austin
Reeves County
Texas
Reagan V. Brown
County Extension
Brown
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Thunderstorms batter coasts with hail and a tornado
Storms with high winds heavy rains and hail swept from the east to the Gulf coasts and inland areas. A tornado was reported near Lacrosse Kansas and large hail fell at Dighton while South Carolina saw heavy rains and flash floods in Columbia. Overnight lows dipped into the 40s in the northern Great Lakes and Rockies, with warm Gulf Coast readings and highs mostly in the 90s in the southwest.
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Atlantic Coast
Central
Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Cali
Fornia
Oregon
Lacrosse
Kans
Dighton
South Carolina
Columbia
Great Lakes
Rockies
Gulf
Pacific Coast
Plateau
Needles
Calif
Hibbing
Minn
National Weather Service
Louisiana
Florida
Atlantic
Virginia
Maine
Elizabeth Abila runs for U M A C queen in Barstow
Elizabeth Abila daughter of Mr and Mrs Reyes Abila is the sole Barstow candidate for U M A C queen with her princess Sharon Butillos of Pecos. Fundraising events include car wash enchilada sale and ticket sales. A record hop August 12, presentation dance August 20 and coronation September 10 are planned along with additional August fundraising.
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Elizabeth Abila
Reyes Abila
U.M.A.C
Sharon Butillos
Pecos
Elizabeth
Barstow
Eight Pecos students attend Angelo State yearbook workshop
Eight Pecos High School students and two advisors joined about 250 yearbook staff members at Angelo State University for the eighth annual Yearbook Workshop on the San Angelo campus July 24 to 29. The ASU journalism department and Newsfote Yearbook Co. sponsored the five day program with sessions on yearbook production plus social activities. Pecos attendees included Irene Turk and Tres sa Armstread as advisors and Kirby Rankin Mark Stephens Karen Kelly and Rachel Billieter as students, along with Darlene Whitehurst Kim Dingler Beta Quezada and Elizabeth Wilson.
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San Angelo
Pecos High School
Angelo State University
ASU Journalism Department
Newsfote Yearbook Co
Pecos
Irene Turk
Tressa Armstread
Kirby Rankin
Mark Stephens
Karen Kelly
Rachel Billieter
Three Arrested in Dr Briere Burglary Case
Charges filed Monday night name Jackie Arnold Thompson Roy Cumbee and Van Tura Smith for the burglary of Dr Briere s office Thursday night. An Midland teletype requested warrants for the suspects and all were arrested in Midland.
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Jackie Arnold Thompson
Roy Cumbee
van Tura Smith
Dr. Briere
Bowen
Midland
Noon market slide as Fed tightening tightened credit
The noon Dow fell 2.52 to 889.29 as analysts cite recent Fed credit tightening and higher short term rates. Gainers lagged, Bethlehem Steel fell 1 1/8 to 22 5/8 amid a 200,000 share block. NYSE composite slipped to 54.04 and AMEX index to 120.24 with light 7.82 million shares traded.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
Bethlehem Steel
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Calendar of local club meetings and events
Monday Lions Club at American Motor Inn 7 30 p.m Amistad Lions Club at Lions Den 7 30 p.m Pecos Optimists at Chapar Village Steak House 7 p.m Tuesday Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon 8 p.m 125 St Oak St phones listed Morning TOPS Club 9 30 a.m Federation Parish w Morning TOPS TX 259 at St Community Council office 6 p.m Evening Optimist Club at Saragosa Hall 8 p.m Thursday Game Day Senior Center 119 S Cedar 2 5 p.m Friday Arts and Crafts Senior Center 119 S Cedar salad luncheon 10 a.m 5 p.m
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American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chapar_. Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
St. Oak St
Federation Parlor
Tops TX 259
St. Community
S. Cedar
Deaths Esther L Olds 70 in Odessa nursing home
Mrs Esther L Jackie Olds aged 70 died at 3 p.m. Monday in an Odessa nursing home. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Born July 21 1907 in St Louis Missouri she is survived by sister Dora Hart of Odessa.
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Esther L. ‘Jackie’ Olds
Odessa
Pecos Funeral Home Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
St. Louis
Missouri
Dora Hart
Pecos Band Camp Set For August Camp Meeting
Pecos High School Band members, about two hundred students, meet at Band Hall at 2 00 p m Monday August 7 to travel to Camp Musquiz for their annual band camp. Rehearsals run through Friday noon with return to Pecos around 3 p m August 12. Students should bring bedroll sheets blankets and personal articles. A 28 fee covers meals housing insurance and essentials. paid before departure. Band Director Bill Carrico invites transfer students to contact him promptly.
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Pecos
Camp Musquiz
Eagle Band
Bill Carrico
Five die in headon crash near Gonzales Texas
Five persons died in a headon collision on U S 183 seven miles north of Gonzales. Victims include three Karnau sisters Kathy Denise ten Karen Diane and Sharon Lynn ages 15 daughters of Jerri Karnau Gonzales High School band director. Other deceased are Clarence Kopeky 55 and Carrie Neuse 24. Tommy Sullivan driver of the other car is in critical condition at Victoria hospital. Funeral services set for the Karnau family tomorrow at First Lutheran Church and Shiner City Cemetery. other services listed for Neuse and Kopecky.
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Canutillo
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Bo Dudley
Gonzales, Tex
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Karen Diane
Sharon Lynn Karnau
Gonzales
Jerri Karnau
Clarence Joseph Kopeky
Carrie M. Nkeuse
Jim Fitzpatrick
Tommy Sullivan
Pasadena
Tex
U.S. 183
Here
Sullivan
Victoria Hospital
Sandra Beth
First Lutheran Church
Shiner City Cemetery
Shiner
Neuse
St. James Catholic Church
Gonzales City
Kopecky
Clifford Jacks
Corpus Christi
Resignation ends Odessa city manager clash in quiet farewell
In Odessa, city manager Ron Neighbors resigned after a long, volatile dispute with Mayor Dan Hemphill. The council announced the move after an 85 minute executive session while the mayor was away at a Taos summer camp.
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Dan Hemphill
Ron Neighbors
Neighbor
Taos
N.M
Neighbors
UTPB appoints three faculty in management and finance
Dr. Alan Carey, dean of the College of Management at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, announced the fall semester hires. W. Jean Ramsey and Neil W. Jacobs join management, while Jerome L. Duncan, Jr. joins finance.
Beal and Lyons named to Walker Art Center posts
Graham W. J. Beal is appointed curator and Lisa Lyons assistant curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Beal formerly directed the art gallery of Washington University in St. Louis, while Lyons is noted as a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow before her appointment.
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Minn
Graham W. J. Beal
Lisa Lyons
Walker Art Center
Beal
Art Gallery of Washington University
St. Louis
Miss Lyons
Rockefeller Foundation
Honolulu's Growth Tied to State Population Share
Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, began as a small village when first visited by Westerners. By 1786 the city was reached by two British ships, eight years after Captain James Cook's discovery of the islands. Today the Honolulu metropolitan area houses over 700,000 people, accounting for about 82 percent of Hawaii's total population.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
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