Pecos Housing Demand Grows Amid New Interest Rates
Pecos experiences rising housing demand as seven families move in from McLean Trucking and Duval Corp hires staff. After a May vote, a new rate set Aug 27 at 11 percent under a treasury bill plus two percent aims to balance consumer needs with lender profits. Local banks plan to resume lending, hoping higher mortgage money will boost new and used home sales despite a nationwide recession.
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Pecos
McLean Trucking Co
McLean
ONC Freight Co
Pecos Inn
Duval Corp
Cartwright
San Antonio
Treasury
Joel Daniel
Pecos Savings and Loan
Bob Miller
First National Bank
Miller
F.W. Dodge
McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co
David Hinz
Noel Construction Co
Hinz
Daniel
Alton Hughes
Daneil
Stocks Mixed as Oil and Gas Firms Rise in Preholiday Trade
New York stocks edged higher with the Dow up to 885.67 at midday as oil and gas issues led advances. Tenneco gained to 39 after a delayed opening while Mattel slid on news of a Mattel-McMillan acquisition. Cotton futures and grain quotes also moved, with mixed results across sectors.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Tenneco
McMillan
Mattel
CASH
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
Indus
Ditch Crash Leads to Speed Charge in Pecos
Report lists Gerald Dee Gough of P0 Box 12 driving a 1973 yellow Chevrolet Impala into a ditch at the 800 block of Stafford. He was cited for failure to control speed to avoid an accident after striking a cable guard. Burglary report notes $50 radar detector stolen from Connie Jo Thomas’s pickup at Pecos High School lot. An arrest on two traffic warrants yields driving without a license and fictitious plates for David Lara Paredez. Ana Maria Blalock and Pecos Ambulance transported Amy La Balanch after foot injury.
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Gerald Dee Gough
P.O. Box
Stafford
Connie Jo Thomas
Pecos High School
David Lara Paredez
S. Ash
Ana Maria Blalock
Pecos
Amy la Balanch
S. Park
Notice to bidders for Reeves County facility computer bid
Reeves County Commissioner's Court Pecos Texas will receive sealed bids on September 10 1979 at 10 00 A M for an internal memory computer and printer read out for Reeves County Correctional Facility. Specifications may be obtained from the County Judge Reeves County Courthouse Pecos Texas 79772. The court may reject any or all bids for the counties best interest final decision rests with the court.
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Commissioner's Court of
Reeves County
Pecos
Texas
Commissioner’s Court
Allies seize Ribbentrop in Hamburg on June 15 1945
Allied forces announced the capture of German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Hamburg on June 15 1945, a significant development in the closing phase of World War II.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hamburg
Pecos College Offers Fall Pecos Class Schedule Odds
Odessa College schedules Pecos Fall courses including EMT 1301.630P Patrol Administration English 1311 2310 Government 2301 Psychology 1301 Real Estate Appraisal RE 1302 and Automobile Servicing 2604 with evening times at Pecos High School rooms and Reeves County facility. Additional Art Appreciation Typing and Tennis may be added. contact Ben Jenkins at 447-2888 after 5 pm before Sept 3. Classes begin Sept 4 with textbook sale that day.
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Odessa College
Pecos
Reeves County Correctional Facility
Ben Jenkins
Breakfast and lunch menus for September 3 to 7
The weekly menu lists daily items from Monday September 3 Labor Day through Friday September 7. Breakfast includes pancakes, cereal, eggs, oatmeal, and fruit with milk. lunches feature baked cheese sandwich, beef tacos, Sloppy Joe, fried fish with sides, and desserts. All items served with milk where noted and subject to change.
Obituary: Thomas B. Baygent, 85, long-time Alpine driver
Eden died at Kerrville Veterans Hospital. Graveside rites were held in Eden Cemetery. Born January 16, 1894 in Brown County, he married Mabel Duckworth in 1918 in Menard. A World War I veteran and Baptist, he retired as a bus driver who once plied Pecos to Alpine. Survivors: sisters Bina Chumbley San Angelo and Pearl Payne Pecos, granddaughter Lauris Ann Hawkins Alpine.
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Thomas B. Baygent
Eden
Alpine
Fredericksburg
Veterans Administration Hospital
Kerrville
Eden Cemetery
Day-Loveless Funeral Home
Mr. Baggent
Brown County
Mabel Duckworth
Menard
Pecos
Bina Chumbley
San Angelo
Pearl Payne
Lauris Ann Hawkins
Jewel Duncan Honored Again at Hereford Cowgirl Hall
Mrs. Jewel Duncan of Toyah attended the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Rodeo held in Hereford on Aug 17 and 18. Duncan, a past honoree for calf roping feats in the 1930s, called the weekend a nice step for recognizing women cowgirls in Texas. She still ranches near Toyah.
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Jewel Duncan
Toyah
Hereford
Texas
Calendar of Pecos Area Coming Events August 1979
Calendar of weekly activities in Pecos and surrounding towns listing club meetings and functions for August 1979. Notable groups include Lions Clubs Amistad Pecos Evening Optimist TOPS Barstow Rotary Jaycees and Senior Citizens Center events with venues and times.
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Pecos
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CB Club
CPS Reddy
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff and Puff
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Downtown Lions Club
Holiday Inn
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Ambulance Runs Reported in Pecos and Reeves County
Pecos Ambulance Service received a call Wednesday at 5 41 p m from Antonio Sangovio of 500 S Ash for a woman having an attack but no transport was made. On Thursday at 9 58 a m Reeves County Hospital requested transport for Louie Brown to Odessa Medical Center.
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Pecos
Antonio Sangovio
Reeves County Hospital
Louie Brown
Odessa Medical Center
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Tommy Kilcrease
Ken Winkles
Oasis Putting Course
Santa Rosa Hall
Kmom-Tv
Jerry Lewis
W.O. Bill Pigman
Pecos Enterprise
Reverend Eddie Salazar
Denver City
Sixth and
Walnut
Pizza Hut
S. Oak
Ladies & Childrens Shoes
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