UTPB Sets Aug 30 31 Registration For Fall Classes
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin will offer over 330 fall classes with on campus registration Aug 30 31 from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the students lounge. Enrollment is by time assignment and transcripts should be sent to the admissions office. Encore program offers no grade option with NG designation and a separate registration form. Classes begin Sept 1 with late enrollment through Sept 19.
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Ed Community College
UTPB
Warmann
West Texas prison site decision waits on 1979 session
Texas politics stalled a bill to fund a prison site more than 75 miles from Huntsville by tagging it for 48 hour notice. Sen. Lloyd Doggett argued against new construction and urged a community based plan. Gov Briscoe listed it as a session item. sponsor Bill Moore did not seek a suspension.
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Austin
Texas
Lloyd Doggett
Senate
Blue Ridge
Fort Bend
Huntsville
Doggett
Pri
Bill Moore
D-Bryan
Dolph Briscoe
Moore
Texas Board of Corrections
Hidalgo County
John Hill
Hidalgo
Corrections Board
Hill
Market climbs broadly as Dow tops 897 on heavy volume
New York markets rose broadly with the Dow Jones industrials up 8.23 to 897.44 at noon. NYSE volume neared 22.17 million in two hours as advancers outpaced decliners, with Ramada Inns leading active issues and IBM up 3 while RCA and Delta edged higher. The dollar fell to new lows against the mark and franc amid mixed analyst notes on the economy.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Advest Co
J. Henry Schroder Bank & Trust Co
Ramada Inns
NYSE
Boeing
McDonnell Douglas
Norton Simon
RCA
IBM
Airlines
UAL
Delta
American Stock Exchange
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
Indus
Trans
Pecos Fire Department Responds To House Fire Call
The Pecos Volunteer Fire Department answered a call about a house fire at the southwest corner of Fourth and oe streets at 1 53 a.m. on August 5. An ambulance request followed at 3 16 p.m. for transfer to Midland General Hospital for a patient.
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Pecos
Fourth
Dominguez
Midland General Hospital
Calendar of Pecos Community Meetings and Events
Listing of weekly group meetings and events across Pecos for Monday through Sunday. Lions Club meetings, Amistad Lions Club, Future Farmers of America, Pecos AA and Alanon, TOPS 259, Reeves County council sessions, Lions and Rotary gatherings, Senior Citizens Center activities, Baptist evangelist event, Alcoholics Anonymous, Tech Ex-Students gathering, and a shooting match at Pecos Rifle Range with times and contact notes.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Future Farmers of America
Pecos High School
Pecos AA
Alnon
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Reeves Community Council
10Th St
Holiday Inn
Rotary Club
Pecos
Senior Citizens Center
Community Council of
Reeves County Board of Directors
Cayanosa
Texas Tech
Pecos Valley
Briscoe Grants 24,189 for Permian Basin Police Training
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced a 24,189 criminal justice grant to the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission for police training. The sum was part of 106 LEAA funded awards statewide under the Crime Control Act of 1976.
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Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Briscoe
Pecos Soldier Assigned as Radio Operator in Germany
Pvt. Bruce S. Harrison, son of Mrs. Beth Grant of Pecos, was assigned as a radio operator with the 26th Signal Battalion in Heilbronn, Germany. He entered the Army last March. his father Don Harrison resides in Odessa at 3654 Eisenhower.
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Heilbronn
Germany
Bruce S. Harrison
Beth Grant
Alamo
Pecos
26Th Signal Battalion
Harrison
Don Harrison
Eisenhower, Odessa
Flag Football Sign Up Opens for 1978 Youth League
An organizational meeting set divisions for six to twelve year old boys in flag football. A $50 sponsor fee and $5 player fee apply, with 12 players per team. Registration starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the Community Recreation Department and ends August 18 at 5 p.m. Opening games target September 9 on Saturdays, with an August 17 exhibition at Crockett Junior High School offering a chance to win a free football.
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Community Recreation Department
Crockett Junior High School
Tally Talamentez
Lopez leaves for Marines basic training in San Diego
Francisco Carrera Lopez 18 left Sunday August 6 for 11 weeks of basic training in San Diego California with the United States Marine Corps. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lopez of 1512 Cowan and a 1978 Pecos High School graduate where he played softball for two years.
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Francisco Carrera Lopez
San Diego
United States Marines Corp
Lopez
1512
Cowan
Pecos High School
Willie May Morrison Obituary in Pecos Funeral Home Chapel
Private services for 77 year old Willie May Billie Morrison will be held at Pecos Funeral Home with burial at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery. Born December 4 1900 she died yesterday at Odessa Medical Center Hospital after 51 years in Pecos. Survived by husband Jimmy daughter Aurilla Brown Odessa son J B Beams Odessa three grandchildren and three great grandchildren plus two sisters Myrtle Gardenhire Wenfield Kansas and Louise Rye Lawton Oklahoma and several nieces and nephews.
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Willie May
Billie’’ Morrison
Pecos Funeral Home
Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
Odessa Medical Center
Morrison
Pecos
Whiteright
Christian Church
Jimmy
Serviceman Martinez graduates from Fort Bliss academy
Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Martinez completed the Sergeant Major Academy at Fort Bliss in El Paso on July 21. After a six month course he earned an associate degree in Business Management. He has 21 years of U S Army service and is the son of Miguel Martinez of 417 North Elm and Juana Martinez of 601 South Locust.
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Maj
Daniel Martinez
Fort Bliss
el Paso
United States Army
Miguel Martinez
N. Elm
Juana Martinez
S. Locust
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Odessa
West Texas
Cocktail
Betsy Flanagan
Halls Corners
Elmsford
N.Y
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Reeves County
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Diane Osborn
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
Justice Grant
W. Germany
Francisco Lopez
Pecos Enterprise
Area News
Martinez
Anthony CO
Anthony
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