Balmorhea Chamber Plans Annual Fall Festival
Balmorhea Chamber of Commerce met to approve minutes and treasurer’s report. A Welcome Banner for September Festival was approved and booth entries discussed. A special session set dates for events to be announced, Alpine AARP invited Balmorhea to August 19 picnic at Kokernot Grove. Dove season opens September 1 to 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmorhea Chamber of Commerce
Jag Jones
Main Street
Tony Parker
Alpine
AARP
Kokernot Grove
Severe thunderstorm and heavy rain hit Lubbock area
Night storms across Northwest Texas dumped about 1.50 inches in Lubbock with winds up to 58 mph. Amarillo reported .50 inch. Other towns saw showers before dawn. Balmorhea Valley Ropers held calf roping with about 60 participants. Community notices list family visits, births, travel, and a two hour blackout in The Town after a tree damaged a power line near the Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas
Amarillo
Balmorhea Valley
Rick Arena
Pecos high school receives Ford agricultural power train grant
Pecos Barstow To Yah Independent School District is selected to receive a Ford Motor Company Fund funded agricultural power train. The 40 hp power train forms the base for Ford model 335 industrial tractor and includes engine transmission rear axle manuals and catalogs. Dozier Tractor coordinated the donation which totals 2400 engines and power trains since 1961 totaling over 9.6 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent
Ford Motor Company Fund
U.S
Ford
Pecos High School
Dozier Tractor and Implement Co
Ford Tractor
Ford Motor Company
Ford Foundation
Reeves gets road improvement funds
The 1978 Special Rehabilitation and State Highway Safety and Betterment and Farm-to-Market Road Improvement Program, funded by the 65th Texas Legislature, includes Reeves and Loving Counties. It targets 6,900 miles of highways at about 222.56 million dollars with 68 percent on State and U.S. Highways, 30 percent on Farm-to-Market roads, and 2 percent for future work. District Engineer August H. Pearson Jr. outlines specific projects in Reeves County along U.S. 285 and Farm-to-Mato routes and in Loving County on F.M. 652.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves and Loving
State Highway and Public Transportation Commission
Texas
August H. Pearson, Jr
Odessa
Reeves County
Pecos County
S.H. 17
Pecos
Stafford Blvd
8Th Street
Loving County
Pecos River
New Mexico State Line
U.S
Pearson
Thunderstorms Ripple Across East Midwest Regionwide
Storms covered parts of the East and Midwest with scattered activity expected to continue nationwide. A flash flood watch stayed in effect in west-central Indiana as ground remained soaked. A tornado sighting occurred near Fergus Falls Minnesota with no damage reported. Thunderstorms also hit Lubbock Texas with strong winds and heavy rain. Temperatures at 3 a.m. EDT ranged from 43 in Cut Bank Montana to 95 in Needles California.
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East
Midwest
National Weather Service
Gulf Coast
Arolinas
Middle Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes Region
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Indiana
Plains
Minnesota
Dakotas
Fergus Falls
Lubbock
Tex
Cut Bank
Mont
Needles
Calif
Vandalism incidents span multiple locations in town
Police logged several vandalism cases Monday including a pay phone receiver found off the hook by Minit Mart, windshields damaged on a vehicle, and a truck with slit front seat and wire cut. Break ins reported at Toone's Grocery and State Finance, with items missing and damages. An arrest followed for Felix Ortiz in the Toone's burglary. Minor accidents and ambulance calls also noted.
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Minit Mart
Eddy and
Stafford
Robert Lara
South Ash
William Charles Heath
S. Elm
Ecco
Heath
Joe Lujan
Alfonso Bafidis
S. Cherry
TOONE
Felix Ortiz
W. U.S. 80
South Eddy
Florence Weaver
Ivey
Alyce Vegas
Trapark
Kathy Cravey
Hilda Henry
Morris
13Th
S. Cypress
Cravey
Death of U S Army Pvt Javier Tercero in Germany
Javier Tercero died August 9 while stationed in Germany with the U S Army. Services are pending arrival of the body. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Ruben Tercero three brothers Abel Ismael and Ruben Jr and grandfather Manuel Garcia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Javier Tercero
Germany
U.S
Ruben Tercero
Abel
Ismael
Ruben Jr
Manuel Garcia
Market report shows little change in slow trading
New York stock market opened slow as investors awaited federal money supply figures. Dow at noon rose to 879.85, closing flat. NYSE list saw 8-7 gainers over losers. Cotton futures slipped while cattle and hog prices varied. Dow, Trans and Utilities averages barely budged in early trading.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Consolidated Foods
Coachmen Industries
New York Cotton Exchange
Barbs By Phil Pastoret Commentary on money and prejudice
When you were 20 money wasn t everything and after 40 it seems to shrink in importance. One man's strong beliefs become another's prejudices. The piece notes that people with drive are scarce at freeloading cocktail parties.
Calendar notes list weekly club and meeting events
Tuesday Bible study at Senior Center 119 S Cedar 3 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon meet at 125 S Oak St with phones. Morning TOPS Club 9 30 a.m. Federation Parlor. TOPS TX 259 meets at St Community Office 6 p.m. Evening Optimist Club at Saragosa Hall 8 p.m. Wednesday Covered dish luncheon Noon Senior Center 119 S Cedar. Thursday City Council 7 30 a.m. School board 5 30 p.m. Senior Center Game Day 2 5 p.m. Senior Center board 7 30 p.m. Monday Evening Lions Club Motor Inn 7 30 Pecos Optimists Chaparral Village Steak House 7 p.m. Saturday Country Music Association Jamboree 8 p.m. West of the Pecos Park concrete slab. Sunday Pecos Valley Muzzle Loaders shoot 2 p.m. range near I 20 U S 285 interchange.
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S. Cedar
Pecos
Federation Parlor
Tops TX
St. Community
S. Park St
Lions Club
Motor Inn
Lions den
Chaparral Village
Country Music Association
Pecos Park
Hospital board approves project management agreement
Ward Memorial Hospital board of trustees received approval from the commissioners court Monday to enter into a project management agreement and hospital management with a professional firm. Acting chairman Steve Cullum presented the resolution as part of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Ward Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Commissioners Court
Steve Cullum
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Pecos Enterprise
Martha Moore
Peggy
San Angelo
Mark Walker
Lockhart
Mark
Balmorhea
Louise Adams
McCamey
Patsy McIntire
Bill McIntire
Tom Carter
Fort Stockton
Karen Hijar
Ruben Carrasco
San Diego
California
Don Payne
Jack Payne
Ben Burner
Sheree Rawling
Davis Mountains
Ford Train
H.J. Head
Ford Tractor and Implement Operations North America
Mr. Head
Reeves
Ninfa Velasquez
E. 10Th
the Market Report
Fort Worth, Tx
Dow Jones
Indus
Phil Pastoret
City Hall
Pak
Pecos Valley
I-20
U.S. 285
Ecos
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Peggy McCracken
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Ward
Loving
Culberson
Jeff Cuuies
Andres — Andrews
Paul Saurer
Saurer
Houston
van Horn
Culberson County
Texas and Pacific Land Trust
Ralph Rival
Red Sox
Richard Koehn
Midland
Midland Independent School District
Oddesa — Medical Center
Sam Glenny
Hospital Board of Managers
MCH
Glenney
Alex J. Fuller, Jr
Texas Health Facilities Commission
Carlsbad
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
National Park
National Park Service
Don Dayton
Alan M. Voorhees and
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