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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1977
Page
2
Barstow school logged 119 student registrations on the first day with more expected this week. Students received handbooks outlining policies including attendance procedures and tardy makeup. Staff reps for the Student Council are Mrs Williams and Mr Bannister. officers named last spring include Phillip Flores president Reyes Abila Jr vice president and Sylvia Gutierrez secretary treasurer.
New York markets fell under fears of economic slowdown. The noon Dow fell to 856.81 as losses outpaced gains on NYSE listings. Commerce data showed declining indicators, and Fed rate moves plus wage policy concerns weighed on sentiment. Pacific Gas & Electric led declines. NYSE composite slipped to 52.65. Volume was light at 7.48 million shares at midday.
Red and Margie Knowles traveled to Athens for Red's mother’s 92nd birthday celebration with 37 Texas relatives. Eddie Barr flew from Odessa to Dallas Fort Worth, then to Athens to join the family. Grandmother Knowles left for Bowling Green, Kent, to visit her son. Eddie Jean Webb and Arcadia Flores visited Odessa, while Arcadia’s visit included shopping with her son Angel Flores. Robbie Abila and John Diaz had a motorcycle crash. Abila injured, Diaz hospitalized. Becky Garcia elected church clerk at First Baptist, replacing the late Mildred Jenson. September birthdays listed for multiple Abila, Gonzales, and Croft family members.
Hartford officials released details of the 34th season featuring Itzhak Perlman as a guest soloist for two concerts including the opening of the Glastonbury Series. Other guests include Andre Watts and Lorin Hollander. The Pops series continues with Gershwin tribute and Bacharach Bernstein and The Beatles program.
Parks and Wildlife commissioners debated a plan to close a large far West Texas area to all duck hunting to protect the Mexican duck. The ban would run south of I 10 from El Paso to Fort Stockton and west of US 385 to Big Bend. Officials favored limits, while noting the species status and potential opposition. In Odessa, hospital ER staff were urged to improve service after a delay in care, per County Commissioner Joe Johnson. In Andrews, Les Emfinger and Jim Bintz advanced to a second runoff for the city council seat after a 4 3 vote, with Darrell Jackson and the earlier election results noted.
Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas Way announced a common Army basic training program for men and women beginning in September at Fort McClellan Alabama and Fort Jackson South Carolina with initial rollout from Amarillo to El Paso. The BIET testing at Fort Jackson showed little difference in performance by gender except in physical readiness training which will be adjusted without lowering male standards.
About 1300 families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children in the Midland Odessa area will get a one time 30 dollar per child social services grant this fall. Legislative funds totaling 89505 dollars will enable nearly 3000 children to buy back to school supplies and cover related expenses. Eligible families can expect payments soon.
Vicente Natividad reported a van left Texaco without paying ten dollars for gas on IH20 U S 285. Police arrested Maria Elena Baeza for public intoxication after a disturbance call at 420 S Mulberry. Felip M Ornelas 17 B Airbase charged with simple assault for injuring his wife. Florence C Huckabee and Dora Rochen in a car collision. Huckabee charged with improper backing.
The Gulf of Aden separates Yemen and Somalia. The Newfoundland province produced 6,740,000 dozen eggs in 1975. Honolulu, capital of Hawaii, is on the island of Oahu.
Gene Milton Baker 48 of Edroy and formerly Pecos died of a heart attack at home. Services set for Thursday at 4 p.m. with burial at Faulkenberry Cemetery in Grosbeck. Survivors include widow Lou and children Linda Baker Debbie Baker Douglas Baker Sherry Ann Gragg Brock Gragg, mother Mrs Baker of Waco, and a Fort Worth sister.
The State Department of Public Welfare has a new name effective Monday Aug 29. The Legislature altered the agency to the Texas Department of Human Resources, delivering the same services to needy aged, disabled and dependent children. Old publications will be replaced only after current stock runs out.
Calendar items list weekly gatherings in Pecos with times and venues for Girl Scout leaders Lions Club Optimists TOPS Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon meetings and other local clubs. Also notes Paramount Pictures awarding Robert Evans best producer of Marathon Man at Taormina Sicily and its 1976 Italy gross.
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