Balmorhea City Council Delays Meeting Budget Reading
Balmorhea council failed to meet last week due to insufficient members, delaying the budget reading. a new date will be set. Mayor Humphries attends a tax school in El Paso. Balmorhea Fire Department responded to a Rick's Barbecue Stand fire caused by grease overflow, burning interior pits and offices, with no injuries. Both trucks fought the blaze for hours. nearby buildings were undamaged. Senior Citizens enjoyed Paisano Campground day trips and plan to attend Bloys camp meeting after Aug. 7. residents visited campgrounds, cleaned cabins, and prepared pies and snacks. Mrs Nora Boyd visits El Paso for medical checkups. Mrs Louisa Acosta of Austin visited Tudie Patrick of Pecos. Louisa served as Andy Beach’s bridesmaid at Andrea Vana and Carl Coverton’s Alpine wedding. Louisa’s husband Mario Acosta returned to Austin. Mr and Mrs Leonard Lethco hosted a supper for family at Woulster Ranch. attendees included Moore and Lethco families and friends fromSan Angelo and Fort Stockton. Pecos Cook enjoyed a week at Hubbard Lake with family. New teachers arrived and extra teacherages will be used. trailers moved in while housing is sought.
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Balmorhea
Rick
Paisano
Bloys
Louisa Acosta
Austin
Tudie Patrick
Pecos
Andrea Vana
Sam Beach
Carl Coverton
Alpine
Louisa
Andy
Frankie Kingston
Tudie
Mario Acosta
Stocks Mixed After Trade Deficit Rises in Q2
U S stock prices were mixed as the Commerce Department reported the second quarter trade deficit widening to 7.64 billion from 6.1 billion, blamed largely on higher oil and fuel-saving car imports. The Dow slipped 0.60 to 849.74 in early trading, while NYSE advancers led gainers 7 to 5. Ramada Inn, awaiting Atlantic City casino approval, rose 3/8 to 12 3/8 and Resorts International fell 4 to 46 3/8 on the AMEX. Chrysler dropped 1/8 to 8 amid reports of seeking government aid after large losses. Volume reached 16.38 million on the NYSE.
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New York
United States
New York Stock Exchange
Commerce Department
Ramada Inn
New Jersey Casino Control Commission
Atlantic City
NYSE
Resorts International A
American Stock Exchange
Resorts
Chrysler
Pecos Students Place at State Track Meet
Pecos students who qualified for the State Track Meet in Waco last Friday and Saturday earned placements. Inez Fuentez finished 5th in the long jump among 24. Lili Ann Talamantez was 6th in the 880 among 21. Fili Talamantez placed 11th in the boys 880 among 19.
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Pecos
Waco
Inez Fuentez
Lili Ann Talamantez
Fili Talamantez
UT Austin Observa tory gets Visitor Information Center approval
UT System Board of Regents approved multiple UT Austin facility projects on July 26. A $167,500 contract was awarded to R R Construction Company for a Visitors Information Center at McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains. The center, costing $263,000 in total, is scheduled for spring 1980 completion, following a 65th Legislature directive in 1978.
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San Antonio
University of Texas At Austin
UT System Board of Regents
R.R. Construction Company
Fort Davis
UT Austin
McDonald Observatory
Davis Mountains
West Texas
Pecos agent attends Texas extension conference
Susan W. Bolen, Reeves-Loving Assistant County Extension agent, attends the 36th Annual Meeting of the Texas Association of Extension Home Economists in Temple August 1-3. The program, Dimensions in Creativity, centers on improving educational programs in home economics and related areas for Texas 254 counties with speakers from Texas A&M and Texas Agri cultural Extension Service.
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Susan W. Bolen
Pecos
Reeves-Loving
Texas Association of Extension Home Economists
Temple
Texas
Jennie C. Kitching
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Association On
Denzil Clegg
Rodney Hill
Texas A&m University
Daniel C. Pfannstiel
TSTA hires interim executive secretary
James T Butler of Burlingame California is named interim executive secretary treasurer of the Texas State Teachers Association effective July 19. He fills the post after Callie W Smith resigns July 14 and will not be considered for permanent succession.
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TSTA
Austin
James T. Butler
Burlingame
California
National Education Associaton
Texas State Teachers Association
Cecile Russell
Butler
Callie W. Smith
Russell
Collision, citations in Pecos involving underage driver
The Report Pecos Police Department issued citations to the owner of a 1970 sedan and an underage driver after a collision at 7 p.m. in the 2400 block of Teague near Meadowbrook. Laura Macisa Natividad, 25, of 2411 Teague, operated the other vehicle. Able Gomez Chavez, 630 Airbase, was cited for allowing an unlicensed minor to drive, and the 15-year-old received a license deficiency citation. Burglary investigators probe a burglary at 621 S Alamo with $550 value of property taken including a .22 rifle, 46 8-track tapes worth $322, a 17-inch portable TV valued at $90, and $70 in quarters. An ambulance run at 10 a.m. to Reeves County Hospital transported a cancer patient from 501 N Hickory.
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Pecos
Teague
Meadowbrook
Laura Macisa Natividad
Able Gomez Chavez
S. Alamo
501
Hickory
Reeves County Hospital
Caverns reactivates electronic system at Carlsbad Caverns
National Park Service officials say the electronic audio interpretive system at Carlsbad Caverns, shut down April 27 due to the contractor’s problems, will be reactivated by August 6. The NPS will lease and operate the system, using federal staff, with an option to purchase.
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Carlsbad Caverns
National Park Service
Mussey Receives Honors for Lifelong Insurance Work
Betty Mussey, local life insurance agent, earned a Qualifying and Life Membership in the Women's Leaders Round table of New York Life Insurance Company. She is a member of the 1979 Star Club, consistently qualifying, with seven years writing health insurance and Aug. 1 marking her twelfth year in life and health insurance.
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Betty Mussey
New York Life Insurance Company
Ms. Mussey
Weather Outlook Across West Texas This Weekend
West Texas faces chances of thunderstorms mainly in the panhandle and mountains over the weekend. Otherwise expect partly cloudy days and fair nights with highs mostly in the 90s, near 104 in the Big Bend lowlands. Lows range from the 60s and low 70s, with 50s in the mountains.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Community club meetings and hours listed for Pecos area
August 1979 calendar notes several club gatherings including Lions clubs in Amistad and Barstow, Pecos Evening Optimist and Rotery, TOPS groups, Jaycees, and senior activities at the Cedar Street center. Events run Monday through Friday with locations such as Lions Den, CPS Reddy Room, Alpine Lodge, Holiday Inn, and Senior Citizens Center.
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Lions Club
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CB Club
CPS Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff and Puff
Pecos
Optimist Club
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second Hickory
Eddy St
Barstow
Three Pecos residents released on bond in marijuana case
Three arrested in Monahans weekend drug case include Jose Hernandez Nunez 35 and Roberto H Nunez 32 of Pecos and Maria Anchondo 23 of Pecos. They face felony possession of marijuana and transporting a weapon charges with marijuana found at a Reeves County apartment and in the Monahans vehicle.
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Pecos
Monahans
Jose Hernandez Nunez
Roberto H. Nunez
Maria Anchondo
Jim Vaughn
Reeves County
Ward County
Jose Nunez
Martha A Morgan obituary in Abilene Texas
Martha Ann Morgan 75 of Abilene Texas died August 1 after an extended illness. Services set for Friday at Elliott-Hamil Chapel of Memories with burial in Clyde cemetery. Born February 14 1904 in Franklin County Arkansas she lived in Abilene since 1921. Survived by husband Raymond, son James Nixon Pecos, stepchildren, grandchildren, and step-grandchildren.
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Martha A. Morgan
Martha Ann Morgan
Peach
Abilene
Texas
Hendrick Medical Center
Elliott-Hamil Chapel of Memories
E.R. Harper
Church of Christ
Clyde Cemetery
Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home
Franklin County
Ark
Morris Nixon
Oklahoma
Raymond Morgan
North Fifth and
Grape Street Church of Christ
James Nixon
Pecos
Joyce Edwards
Stanley Morgan
Harold Morgan
Houston
West Texas AA Roundup dates set
Alcoholics Anonymous of Odessa sets the fifth annual West Texas AA Roundup for August 4 5 6 at the Holiday Inn Holidome East Highway 80. More than 500 attendees are expected with speakers from across the country. Activities include a Saturday pool party noon to 4 pm a banquet 6 to 8 pm and a dance 10 pm to 1 am a doughnut breakfast at 9 am Sunday opens at 8 pm Friday with a speaker from South Laguna Beach California. An Al-Anon meeting is planned for 10 am Saturday. The conference focuses on those with 20 or more years of sobriety themed If Not For You Who Walked Before and costs 15 for meetings and activities plus 5 for the banquet.
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Alcoholics Anonymous of
Odessa
West Texas
Laguna Beach
California
Al-Anons
Immigrant Pleads Guilty and Is Jailed in Pecos
Mexican national Jesus Turin Morales, 25, pleaded guilty to unlawfully violating immigration law and was sentenced to 179 days in prison by U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston. Carlos Lorez-Polanco, 23, was held on an appearance bond of 7500 and remanded to Reeves County facility after weighing options for trial.
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U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Jesus Turin- Morales
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Carlos Lorez-Polanco
Mexico
Reeves County
Texas State Pageant Invites Little Miss U S A Participants
Entries invited for Little Miss U S A to be held November 23 at the Marriott Hotel in Dallas LBJ Freeway. Texas girls ages 18 months through 12 years may enter with state finalists trophies and prizes for five age groups. Call 1-800-241-7131 Ext 400 for entry details.
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Texas
U.S.A
Marriott
Lbj Freeway
Dallas
State of Texas
Volunteer Corner Needs Help For Aged And Ill In Pecos
The Enterprise repeats Volunteer Corner highlighting cases from the Department of Human Resources in Pecos. Readers may assist with time or advice, calling 445-5487. Needs include fans for bedridden seniors, a faulty kitchen faucet fix, a backyard leak raising water bills, a plumber willing to assess, and a portable TV for a cancer patient.
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Department of Human Resources
Pecos
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el Paso
Nora Boyd
Charles Boyd
Leonard Lethco
Wilbourn Carrico
Lisa
Woulster Ranch
Moore and Lethco
Bob
Marty Lethco) Barton
San Angelo
Bob Hayter
Fort Stockton
Pecos Cook
Hubbard Lake
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Pecos Enterprise
Dora Scott
Virginia Stacey
Brain Glover
Baytown
Linda Lewis
DeSoto
Dorothy Adkins
Denton
Edward Rodriguez
Eagle Pass
NEA
Washington, D.C
Reno
Nevada
Nevada State Education Association
Las Vegas
Nevada State Association
DuShane Fund
Mussey
Sheriff's Department
Jose Hernandez Muniz
Mondo Marin
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