City Council halts move to end Pecos phone franchise
City leaders tentatively tabled a resolution seeking unilateral termination of Continental Telephone Company of Texas’s Pecos franchise after an hour of talks with company officials. The meeting aimed to address persistent local service problems with executives pledging action, while councilman Bob Bickley criticized broken promises and urged decisive remedies.
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Lynn Webb
Continental Telephone Company of Texas
Pecos
Bob Bickley
Continental Telephone
Continental
Texas
Jim Miles
Ron Ethridge
Maxey
Pecos Rest
Fort Clark Springs and the Alamo echoed in Bracketville
In Bracketville near Del Rio, Fort Clark Springs is revived by private investment after World War II use as a German POW camp. The piece contrasts private funding saving the fort with State inaction, noting Fort Clark may become a private resort with 8000 homes and a Six Flags style revival.
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Bracketville
del Rio
Fort Clark Springs
Fort Clark
San Antonio-Chihuahua Trail
Texas
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
George §. Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Jonathan Wainwright
Lee
America
Foreign Legion
Brown and Root Construction Company
Brown and Root
North American Towns Inc
Fort
Los Moras Springs
Mobil
Six Flags
State of Texas
Austin
Alamo
Re Independence
Henry earns conservation service pin and certificate
Henry Denson Henry was named recipient of a certificate of service and a 20 year service pin by Pecos Soil Conservation Service officials. The award was presented during a Pecos Area SCS meeting in Van Horn by Audrey Baker. Henry, a Mississippi native, has served SCS offices in San Angelo Stephenville Bryan Temple Crockett and Mount Pleasant and now serves as secretary treasurer of the West Texas chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America. He and wife Carolyn and daughters Gage Deanna and Leah live at 1410 Plum Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denson Henry
Pecos
Soil Conservation Society of American
Carolyn
Gage, Deanna
Leah
Plum St
Pecos City OKs Water Sewer and Sanitation Rate Hikes
Pecos city council approved an ordinance raising water sewer and garbage charges effective Sept 25 pending three readings. Monthly sewer and garbage will rise 50 cents for residents and water rates increase about 15 cents per 1000 gallons. Also approved bids for a new fire truck a stop sign at Fourth and Mulberry and space use for a drug advisory group.
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Pecos
Fourth
Mulberry
Chamber of Commerce
Betty Ivy
Lucy Lopez
Mary Jane Villanueva
Security Bank Art Show Set for Three Day Display
Security State Bank will host a three day art show featuring more than 200 paintings by leading Southwest artists. The display runs Thursday September 4 through Saturday September 6 in the bank lobby with viewing hours 9 am to 3 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm, sponsored by Bob Crutchfield Galleries of Austin.
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Security State Bank
Southwest
Archie Scott
Security State Board
Bob Crutchfield
Austin
Federal judge orders grain vessels loaded
U S District Judge Owen Cox issued a temporary injunction ordering ILA longshoremen from Lake Charles to Brownsville not to block loading of grain destined for the Soviet Union. The ruling allows picketing the White House but bars interference with shipments. The hearing on a permanent injunction is set for Sept. 30.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Lake Charles
Brownsville
White House
United States
Soviet Union
U.S. District Court
Owen Cox
Texas District of the International Longshoremen Association
ILA
Cox
Galveston
AARP Meet Set Tuesday in Pecos Civic Center
Members of Pecos AARP will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Senior Citizen center 401 W Second St Officials urge all members to attend the meeting and the program that follows
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Pecos Aarp
Senior Citizen Center
Second St
Texas economy at lowest ebb in 30 years says UT report
A semiannual University of Texas report says Texas faces the bottom of the worst recession in 30 years with oil and a growing population helping blunt the impact. It predicts national vitality will drive improvement, with jobs rising in El Paso and Sherman-Denison but weaker growth in Laredo Brownsville McAllen. Population growth is forecast in Houston Galveston City Tyler Texarkana Beaumont Waco and Bryan College Station, while the Rio Grande Valley and Texas Plains cities face no growth or declines.
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Austin
Texas
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas Graduate School of Business
el Paso
Sherman-Denison
Laredo
Brownsville
McAllen
Houston
Bryan College Station
Galveston
Texas City
Tyler
Texarkana
Beaumont
Waco
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Plains
Abilene
Lubbock
Amarillo
Midland
Odessa
Wichita Falls
Free cooking school slated for gourmets in Pecos area
Pat Pittman a roving gourmet cook for Progressive Farmer will conduct a free cooking school on Oct 2 at Pecos High School Auditorium under Pecos Enterprise auspices. She will demonstrate appetizers salads main dishes and desserts while sharing time saving tips. Door prizes include groceries a cook book and a crock cooker with sponsors Hellmans Mayo Karo Spam Campbell s Soup Viva Nescafe Reynolds Warp 3 Minute Oats Wear Ever and more.
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Pat Pittman
Progressive Farmer Magazine
Pecos
Pecos Enterprise
East Texas State
Dallas
Pat
National Foods Company
Pecos High School
Hellman
Viva
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City Council
Wrings
Ager
Jack Holmes
Andrews
Billy Cox
Vince Walsh
Bickley
Bill Pigman
Bakersfield
Calif
Miles
Holmes
For
Audrey Baker
SCS
van Horn
Henry
É Que
Paso
By John Pitts
Fort Davis
Henry Earns Conservation
Security Bank
Permain Basin
Las Vegas
Wiltshire
Gulf Maritime Association
Afl-Cio
U.S
Diane Osborn
Kathy Leeson
Southern
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