Pecos issues 15 permits in July total 222222 dollars
Public and private construction dominates July with 15 permits totaling 222,222 dollars. The Department of Public Safety building at 1001 Pinehurst St leads the public works at 146,240 dollars, while Revco Drug Store at 2024 S Eddy St ranks commercial at 61,050 dollars. Residential adds fill the rest, including Ray Helberg’s 4,000 dollar addition at 801 Jackson St and a 5,126 dollar West Wind Pools pool at 2 Winding Way.
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Pecos
Department of Public Safety
Pinehurst St
Spurling Properties
Carlsbad
N.M
Revco Drug Store
S. Eddy St
Ray Helberg
Jackson St
O.J. Green
W. Third St
Jessie Vasquez
Life through a pink fog of Colonial America facts
A column by Gene Do presents little known Colonial era details. It notes high per capita income before the Revolution and profiteering among politicians, smallpox tactics before campaigns, and social norms about marriage, religion, and education. It ends with a critical recounting of the Mayflower Compact and Separatist leadership aboard the ship.
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Gene
America
New England
Provisional Government
Washington
Delaware
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Senate
Burr
Aaron Burr
West
U.S
Alexander Hamilton
the Treasury
Hamilton
England
New York Area Cleans Up After Major Hurricane
The New York metropolitan region began cleanup after its first major hurricane in more than a decade. The storm brought substantial damage and prompted emergency responses across five boroughs and surrounding counties. Local officials urged residents to stay indoors, assess utilities, and await further advisories as crews cleared debris and began restoration efforts.
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New York
New York Metropolitan Area
West Texas city managers meet in Pecos for Region II gathering
In Pecos on Friday Region II Texas City Managers held a quarterly meeting with 25 officials from area towns. Discussions focused on city parks planning, building and maintenance with keynote talks by Jerry Tschauner and Larry Cobb. Attendees toured West of the Pecos and Municipal parks, then attended lunch and a reception at the J J Maxey home.
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West Texas
Pecos
Texas
Jerry Tschauner
Permian Basin
Spanish Inn
J.J. Maxey
Missouri St
Belle's floods leave warnings as storm weakens
Forecasters warned the worst was over by noon but heavy rains lingered with flash flood watches in Connecticut Massachusetts and northern New England. Five to eight inches of rain were predicted for Connecticut and up to six inches for Vermont. The storm center neared Springfield Massachusetts at dawn and forecasters said it would weaken rapidly while still dumping rain. One fatality was linked to the storm a 19 year old Long Island woman struck by a falling tree while viewing the storm.
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New England
Belle
Vermont
Earl Osgood
Civil Defense
Long Island
Atlantic
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Osgood
Shrewsbury
Rutland
National Weather Service
Springfield
Mass
Tony Gregory
Weather Service
Boston
New York
Donna
Harrises Convicted in Hearst Kidnapping Trial Continues
William and Emily Harris, once allied with Patricia Hearst, are convicted of kidnapping and robbery in a trial that remains ongoing. They were acquitted on assault counts, and the jury seeks to determine if biases tainted the verdict while jurors stay sequestered at a guarded hotel.
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Los Angeles
William
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Harrises
Leonard Weinglass
Weinglass
Sam Mayerson
Youth held in crash at Corpus Christi
A 16 year old was detained by juvenile authorities in Corpus Christi after a fatal auto crash near a Boy's Club dance left four teenagers dead and 14 injured. Witnesses recalled a crowd rushing to the scene around 1 am Monday before a second car sped through the gathering. Victims identified include Robert L. Valdez 16 Gilbert Altman 15 Lucy Martinez 14 and Liza Martinez 13. Several injured remained in satisfactory condition.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Wally Rodriguez
Robert L. Valdez
Gilbert Altman
Lucy Martinez
Liza
Hospital policy on English usage may top board agenda
A new Memorial hospital rule requiring all staff to speak English in hallways and patient areas could be a main item when the board meets at 7 pm today in the Pecos Savings and Loan building. Administrator Vance Kelly backed the policy amid opposition, while President Joel Daniel and other board members could not confirm the agenda.
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Memorial Hospital
Pecos Savings and Loan
Fifth
Cypress Streets
Vance Kelly
Hospital Board
Joel Daniel
Producers must agree to refund to raise gas prices
A federal appeals court allowed a new price ceiling for natural gas to take effect but imposed a condition: producers who raise prices to the ceiling must refund any excess if the Federal Power Commission later rules the increase too high. The hike could lift residential bills by several dollars annually and total about 1.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Power Commission
Florida
Ohio
Bugging screwworms: radar for tracking pests planned
The Agriculture Department funds North Dakota State University with 58480 dollars for a 27 month project to design and test radar systems to monitor screwworm movements. A microwave system will be mounted on a four wheel drive vehicle to receive signals from a stationary transmitter via diode chips on sterile screwworms released by USDA.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
North Dakota State University
Fargo
USDA
Record of Distressed Gatherers Becomes Captain
A biblical verse notes that all in distress debt and discontent gathered to him and he led about four hundred men. The passage emphasizes leadership rising from disparate followers and the scale of the assembly. It reflects on cohesion and authority among gathered individuals in a hostile environment.
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S. Hickory St
Jose Ramirez
Walnut St
Pete Rodriguez
S. Pecan St
Tomas Mata
Delia Vasquez
S. Locust St
Chon Gomez
Alamo St
West Wind Pools
Midland
Bill Hubbs
Winding Way
N.Y
God
Ella Grasso
Ened
Eagle Band
Camp
Musquiz
Davis Mountains
Lynn Webb
Tastee Burgers
Big
Aden
Parfait
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