Farmers turn to sunflowers to ride cotton slump in Pecos
Lynn Webb reports Pecos area farmers shift from depressed cotton prices to sunflowers and safflower seed crops under SWIG contracts. Some 13,000 acres under contract, about 12,700 in Pecos area, with roughly 4,500 dedicated to sunflowers. Planting occurred mainly March to May and harvest is underway. Yield projections adjusted, now about 1,200 pounds per acre with high quality oils produced from the seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Webb
Pecos
SWIG
Bob Bickley
Bickley
Lions District 2T3 meeting hailed as success in Pecos
Pecos Lions and Leo clubs credit local business and professional leaders for a standout District 2T3 meeting. A list of supporting firms and individuals is acknowledged, with A B Foster John Swanson Mack Owens David Dutchover Bill Cowart and Bill Moss named among organizers. The Pecos Chamber calls it a model of community cooperation. Upcoming Pecos Evening Lions event features U S Congressman Richard C White as guest for a Ladies Night at American Motor Inn.
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Pecos
Lions International
Texas
Margarito
Maggie) Matta
Leos
Pecos Amistad Lions
Leo's
Pecos Evening Lions
Lions Club
Safeway
Gibson’s
Foodway
Wacker’s
White Auto Store
Sprouse Reitz
Anthony's
Williams Department Store
Woolworth
Terrazas Furniture
Pecos Drug
Penney’s
Ralph's Drug
American Motor Inn
Town & Country Motel
Western Insurance
Pecos Car Parts
Pecos Automotive
Trenor Catapillar
Elliott Printing
Star Printing
GSI
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Yucca Sales
Security State Bank
First National Bank
Pecos Tractor & Picker Store
Pecos Enterprise
KIM
A.B. Foster
John Swanson
Mack Owens
David Dutchover
Bill Cowart
Bill Moss
Chamber of Commerce
Pecos Lions
Richard C. White
Gasoline prices up for July
Regular grade gasoline averaged 58.7 cents a gallon in July, up 3.1 cents, while consumption growth slowed to 1.9 percent. The Federal Energy Administration also noted June price rises from May and diesel and premium changes. Donations to Reeves County Association for Children with Learning Disabilities garage sale announced for August at Boys Club building with donation pickup and IRS receipts.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Reeves County Association For Children With Learning Disabilities
East Hwy 80
IRS
Airlift to Lumpur as hostage deal nears swap
Five Japanese Red Army guerillas freed from Japanese prisons arrived in Kuala Lumpur by Japan Airlines DC8 to be exchanged for hostages held by terrorists in the United States Embassy. Police lined the airport, refueling and provisioning the plane for a long flight as negotiations continued and destinations for the terrorists remained unsettled.
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Hari S. Maniam
Associated Press
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
U.S
Tun Abdul Razak
Civil Aviation Department
Japan Airlines
Red Army
Japan Air Lines
Pecos teachers to be greeted at chamber reception
New and returning Pecos-Barstow-Toyah teachers will be welcomed at a chamber reception in the high school auditorium at 3 p.m. on Tuesday August 19. The event, sponsored by the Women's Division and Retail Merchants Division of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce, will include a 1 15 p.m. talk by Dr. Tom Haggai of High Point North Carolina and door prize sponsorship requests go out today.
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Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Pecos
Retail Merchants
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Tom Haggai
High Point
N.C
Haggai
State to mail mixed drink tax rebates to counties and cities
Reeves County and Pecos will receive 610.77 each as part of more than 2.5 million in mixed drink tax rebates for April-June 1975. The payments cover 30 percent of local tax collections, with 70 percent staying in the state general revenue fund. collections are administered by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
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Reeves County
Pecos
Bob Bullock
Bullock
State General Revenue Fund
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Texas
Ford resumes talks after European trip with Japan's Miki
President Ford, back from a 10 day European tour, meets Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki in Washington to discuss Korea stability, energy, trade, and East Asia. Miki’s visit marks his first overseas trip since becoming premier as Malaysia crisis unfolds and hostages in Kuala Lumpur are addressed.
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Washington
Ford
Europe
Takeo Miki
Korean
Miki
Maylasia
Kuala Lumpur
U.S
Korea
East Asia
White House
Helsinki
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Bloys session opens six day interdenominational camp
Historic Bloys Encampment in the Davis Mountains begins tonight its six day series of interdenominational services at 8. The 640 acre camp ground lies 16 miles west of Ft. Davis on State Highway 166 West. Meals are served by neighboring ranches on a voluntary pay basis starting with tonight’s supper at 6. Services run daily at 11 a.m. 3 4 and 8 p.m. with adult and youth tabernacles. Route caretaker George Knight notes many Pecos residents attend and warns only self contained vehicles and tents can be used.
Third Patton makes point quite clear at Ft Hood
Maj. Gen. George S. Patton III accepted command of the 2nd Armored Division signaling he will be his own man. He told troops he would demand maximum performance and give maximum effort, declining mentions of his famed father and any "Patton's Own" motto. The elder Patton commanded the division 33 years earlier in World War II.
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FT. Hood
Tex
George S. Patton
2Nd Armored Division
Patton
George S. Patton Jr
North Africa
Robert L. Fair
Third Army
France
Carrillo under fire in impeachment votes in Austin
The Texas House approved three articles of impeachment against Duval County District Judge O P Carrillo, with a final vote needed on all 11 articles before Senate trial. Debates continue on eight more as Republicans and Democrats clash over county graft and influence involving Carrillo and allies.
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Austin, Tex
House
Duval County
O.P. Carrillo
Senate
Carrillo
Duval
Clinton Manges
Benavides Independent
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Hague
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Fredrick Bergenstrahle
Japan
Cambodia
Nam
America
Bloys
James H. Jauncey
First Christian Church of
el Paso
Jim Stephen
Ft. Davis
W.L. Underwood
Methodist
Fort Worth
David L. Stitt
Presbyterian
Houston
Jim Cord
George Knight
Paul Moreno
Joe Salem
Corpus Christi
R. L. Vale
San Antonio
Craig Washington
Carlos Truan
Matt Garcia
Ronald Coleman
Bob Hendricks
D McKinney
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