Balmorhea School Hires Two Teachers and Opens Trophy Showcases
Balmorhea school board met Tuesday selecting Butch Weinacht to fill W. Elliott’s term and hiring Norma Vasquez and Deloris Hill to teach PE and junior high English. Low bids on desks, chairs, and typewriters awarded to local vendors. Grand opening planned for The Balmorhea Kent Convenient Stop with free gifts and cakes. Chamber of Commerce to hold 8 p.m. meeting in community club rooms.
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Balmorhea
C.T. Gray
Butch Weinacht
W.D. Elliott
Norma Vasquez
Eagle Pass
Sul Ross University
Ant
Deloris Hill
Pecos
Jay Chancellor
Fort Stockton
Hubbs Office Supply
Kent
West Texas
Victor Hernandez
Chamber of Commerce
Market slide hits Dow as rates worry spurs losses
The AP market report shows the Dow Jones dipping 1.91 to 875.52 at noon, after a 19 month low hit Thursday, with losers outpacing gainers on NYSE. GM fell to 65 while Ford slipped, the NYSE composite ease to 53.69 and AMEX down to 120.48 as volume slowed to 8.06 million. Grain and cotton futures also moved lower with soft red winter wheat at 2.18 and cotton at about 53.33 cents per pound.
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New York
General Motors
Ford Motor
New York Cotton Exchange
School board approves resignations and new appointments
The board accepted resignations from Charles Clark, Tony Huey, Annette Howard, and James Tollett and approved new hires including Jacquelyn Bowers, Sharon Bradford, Janice Buchanan, Jean Burkholder, Angela Ellis, Daniel Ford, Lynda Patterson, Sam Robertson, Alberta Scull, Janet Stone, and Martha Taylor. A TASA convention in San Antonio on Sept 25-26 was noted along with a month tax report and prior minutes.
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C.W. Wright
Charles Clark
Tony Huey
Bessie Haynes
Annette Howard
James Tollett
Zavala
Janice Dawn Buchanan
Barstow
Jean Burkholder
Austin
Angela Tracy Ellis
Daniel LeRoy Ford
Lamar
Zavala Junior High
Lynda Patterson
Pecos
Sam L. Robertson
Pecos High School
Alberta Scull
Janet Ruth Stone
Martha Irene Taylor
Lamar and
Crude oil tanks explode near Midland
Two 500 barrel crude oil tanks and about 1,000 gallons of oil were destroyed in a fire and explosion at a tank battery off U.S. 80 east of Midland. Workmen from K Flex Corp used a cutting torch to modify a door when a spark ignited oil, injuring a fire captain with heat exhaustion. Five workers escaped uninjured. smoke rose hundreds of feet and fire crews extinguished the blaze with light water after about 1 hour 20 minutes.
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Midland
U.S. 80
K. Flex Corporation
Basin Petroleum Corporation of Midland
Fire Department
Homer Lowe
Midland Hospital plans Sept 17 election on district, bond
Midland County voters will choose Sept 17 whether to form a Midland Hospital district and approve a $10 million bond for renovation and additions to the hospital. Groundbreaking set for Sanderson Canyon Watershed Project at 11 a.m. today Site No. 8 six miles north of Sanderson on Highway 285. Allen Construction Co. of Coleman to build the first earthen dam.
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Mickey Cappadonna
Midland Hospital
Midland County
Sanderson
Sanderson Canyon
Highway 285
Ford-Allen Construction Co
Coleman
Odessa to restore Director of Public Utilities post
Odessa City Council votes to reinstate the Director of Public Utilities position in the 1978 budget after removing it previously under former city manager Ron Neighbors. The new appointee will have an engineering background with Bob Schnatterly having resigned two weeks earlier.
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Odessa
Ron Neighbors
Bob Schnatterly
Burglary at The Record Saddle Shop in Pecos
Police report a burglary at Pecos Saddle Shop 123 S Oak occurred between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday. Three saddles valued at 1 500, plus a .22 pistol and three bullwhips were taken. Owner Gary Oden arrived at 8 a.m. Wednesday to find a roof hole and bolt cutters used to access the front door. Police noted tire tracks and shoe prints.
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S. Oak
Gary Oden
Bill Malone
Bill
S. Hackberry
Malone
Deaths of Mrs J J Gregg and Crecencio Flores
Mrs J J Gregg 91 of Santa Anna died after a brief illness in Cole man hospital. Services set for Saturday at First Baptist Santa Anna with burial in Santa Anna Cemetery. She was born April 11 1886 in Franklin County and married to J J Gregg in Pecos. Survived by four daughters, three sons, two sisters, 12 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Crecencio Flores 88 of Balmorhea died in Alpine. Funeral services held at Church of Christ the King Balmorhea. He was born April 8 1890 and was a lifelong Balmorhea resident. Survived by brother Ignacio Flores.
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Clara E.) Gregg
Santa Anna
Overall-Morris Memorial Hospital
Coleman
Olie Card
Pecos
First Baptist Church
Henderson Funeral Home
Franklin County
J.J. Gregg
Queenie Simmons
Riverside
Calif
Eris Jones
Bishop
Frances Lee
Mary Jo Schulle
Watonga
Okla
Joseph J. Gregg Jr
Austin
John C. Gregg
Burton Gregg
Llano County
Velma Baker
Eunice
N.M
Jim Bob Gregg
C. Flores Crecencio Flores
Balmorhea
Alpine
Church of Christ the King In
Mr. Flores
Ignacio Flores
Calendar highlights for Pecos week and events
Village calendar lists City Council and School Board meetings this Thursday at City Hall and 1302 S. Park St. Evening Lions Club events and Lions Den gathering appear, plus Pecos Optimists at Chaparral Village Steak House. Saturday hosts Country Music Association Jamboree and a Sunday Muzzle Loaders shoot near I 20 US 285 interchange.
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Country Music Association
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Pecos Valley
I-20
U.S. 285
Making Money Washington AP Counterfeiting Process
The article explains the arduous work behind currency production. Designers carve steel plates, engravers specialize, and paper infused with red and blue threads moves through triple printing to form back, front, and serials. Sheets of 32 bills emerge at 222,720 per hour, then inspectors verify cuts before stacking into 100s for Federal Reserve distribution.
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Washington
National Geographic
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