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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1976
Page
2
The Chamber of Commerce failed to meet Saturday as president and vice president were absent. Six members and secretary Farrington discussed several items but took no action. Local residents and families are mentioned in routine community notices and travel plans.
Mrs Payne complimented Balmorhea as cool and green near Thompson Canyon flood. Sheree Rawlings and children visited Don. the family returns to Angelo this weekend. The city pool draws many daily. children swim and play as locals arrive on ponies and bicycles. West Texas theatregoers see Preston Jones Broadway preview in August via Midland Community Theatre with The Oldest Living Graduate, Aug 13 14 20 21, tickets 4. Roslyn Carter wears campaign buttons.
Protesters planned action against a ban but rain washed out events as parties and candidates maneuvered toward the Republican National Convention. Kissinger pressed Bhutto on safeguards for reprocessed nuclear fuel amid possible aid cuts. In Belfast, security forces mobilized 1,400 reserves as sectarian clashes flare. A U S assessment says India used American-supplied chemical to make plutonium. A hurricane near Cape Hatteras threatens the Outer Banks with 110 mph winds and projected path toward Long Island and New England.
Mrs Laverna Majors Cantrell 56 of Phoenix died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital. She leaves husband Don Cantrell two daughters two sisters and two grandchildren. Services pending until Wednesday. Secundino Ortega Lara 60 died Saturday in Reeves Memorial Hospital. Services Tuesday at Santa Rosa Church with burial at Petrol Cemetery. He was born May 21 1916 in Pecos and survived by wife Margarita six sons Arturo Ruben Secundino Jr Reyes Abel all of Pecos and Odessa six daughters and 12 grandchildren. He was a retired mechanic and Catholic. Surviving siblings and other relatives listed. Mary Walker Clerical Trainer.
Paleontologists report a million-year-old fossil grape vine in Tuscany that they believe could be an ancestor of Vitis vinifera grown in the region today. The find offers clues about the wine grape’s deep history and cultivation in Italy.
AP reports cattle calves 2300 head with cows and calves mixed price shifts. Hog prices up 1 dollar, sows 34 to 35, lambs 38. Cotton futures lower amid liquidation. spot price down to 72.46 cents. Large tornado described with extreme wind speeds up to 300 mph.
A digest of weekly club meetings in Pecos including Lions Club at American Motors Inn and Lions Den at 7 30 p m on Monday. Pecos Optimists at Chaparral Village Steak House 7 p m. Tuesday schedules include Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon at 8 p m 125 S Oak St. TOPS and community council office meetings, Reeves County gas users event at 1 30 p m Holiday Inn. Government employment and spending facts from The Conference Board.
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