Balmorhea School Reopens After Holiday Break
School resumes after a five day holiday with two week break to Christmas. Students will receive report cards this week and no holidays until Christmas. Bears attend Wink tournament January 3 4 and junior team tours Fort Stockton December 6. New officers to be installed in January at Community Club meeting.
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Balmorhea
Bears
van Horn
Fort Stockton
Ethel Jacobsen
Balmorhea Business School
Nancy Davis
Merce
Balmorhea Pipes Break Under Cold Winter Strain
Frigid conditions caused numerous water pipes to burst around Balmorhea. The aged network, dating back to early wells, will require repairs after the ground thaws and dries enough to access the lines. Community crews prepare for widespread restoration.
Migration Shift Draws People From Mega to Mid Regions
The Conference Board reports more people leaving the largest cities for mid sized areas. While moves from cities over two million are common, return to small towns remains limited as migration concentrates in regions with 500000 to two million residents.
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Conference Board
Market Inch Up as Carter Economic Plan Hesitation Grows
Noon market report shows the Dow at 951.21 up 1.83 as investors wait for clarity on President-elect Carter's economic strategy. NYSE advances lead declines 7 to 4 while volume reaches 11.45 million shares. cotton futures mixed and grain prices largely steady.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Associated Press
U.S
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Dense fog delays near perfect Texas day and bitter Buffalo snow
Dense fog and light rain marred a nearly ideal Texas day from the Lower Rio Grande Valley to the gulf coast with a statewide warming trend. In contrast heavy lake-effect snow hit western New York with a 12 inch storm amid a declared state of emergency and travel restrictions as Buffalo and surrounding areas faced near blizzard conditions.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Houston
Victoria
Marfa
Brownsville
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Tyler
Waco
San Antonio
Alice
del Rio
el Paso
Lubbock
Junction
Great Lakes
New York
Buffalo
N.Y
National Weather Service
High energy talk on experimental farm and water farming
After a meeting Gary Owens emphasized contacting ranchers while noting the bleak farm landscape. He said many farmers were lost last year and water production could enable farming efforts again.
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Gary
Owens
Ambulance Called for Comatose Mother After 811 S Plum Incident
An ambulance was requested at 6 56 p m Wednesday to 811 South Plum by Juanita Willey. A mother is believed to be in a coma. Nine minor accidents occurred Wednesday afternoon at Third and Oleander with a 1973 car driven by Albert Contreras and a 1965 car driven by Frank Blakeney of Pecos colliding head on. Blakeney cited for failure to yield right of way. An accident also occurred Wednesday morning at 11th and Cedar involving a 1971 car driven by Steve Mc
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Juanita Willey
Third
Oleander
Albert Contreras
S. Sycamore
Frank Blakeney
Pecos
Blakeney
Contreras
Llth and
Cedar
Steve Mc
Midland
Midland San Jacinto Junior High School
Colder Than Normal Winter Forecast Across Much of Nation
The Weather Service updates its six to nine month outlook predicting the eastern half of the United States will face the coldest winter in years. Northern arctic air will reach into the Southwest Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic, while the Dakotas and Wyoming and the Pacific coast toward Mexico will see above normal temperatures.
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West Seneca
South Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Northern Plains
Washington
U.S. Weather Service
Great Plains
New Mexico
Middle Atlantic
New York
Dakotas
Wyoming
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Ford may seek ban on sex discrimination in federal programs
President Ford may propose a law to bar sex discrimination by any recipient of federal funds in employment and operations. The plan, backed by Jeanne Holm and J Stanley Pottinger, would extend civil rights protections to women across about 400 programs spending roughly 50 billion dollars annually.
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Margaret Gentry
Associated Press
Washington
Ford
Congress
White House
Justice Department
Jeanne Holm
Atty. Gen. J. Stanley Pottinger
Department
Pecos community clubs hold meetings and dinners
Monday events include Pecos Teachers Association at Pecos Elementary Library 7 30 p m Lions Club at American Motor Inn and Amistad Lions at Lions Den Pecos Optimists at Chaparral Village Steak House Tuesday lists Alcoholics Anonymous Al Anon Morning TOPS Club Federation Parlor TOPS TX 259 St Community Council Office Evening Optimists at Saragosa Hall and AARP Christmas dinner and officer installation at First Methodist Church 6 30 p m
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Pecos Classroom Teachers Association
Pecos
Evening Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX 259
St. Community
AARP
First Methodist Church
Powell man struck backing from parked car in Pecos incident
Curdy 33 of Powell Tenn backed from a parked vehicle into a 1971 auto driven by Garmen Mon toya 23 of Oak Street no injuries reported police said. Two suspects Kenneth Wilhem and Marty Howard were later charged with theft over 20 and under 200 and booked at city hall.
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Joe Lara
Marcos Martinez
Reeves County
Kenneth Wilhem
Marty Howard
City Hall
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Gene Douglas
Jay Dycus
Program Building Committee
County Extension Service
Tom Ryan
Bo'’ Worsham
Robert Worsham
Billy Hudson
Lon Bailey
Nora Brijalba
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Bob Bickley
West Texas Cooperative Oil Mill
Stanley Makowski
Erie County
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George Reich
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Jan. N.M
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McMurry College
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Doc Young
Caboose
Odessa College
Carlsbad
Guadalupe Medical Center
Grandfalls
Grandfalls Baptist Church
Kermit City
Dennis Woodard
Woodard
West Texas State
Canyon
Odessa
Jack Rodgers
Maurice Alfred
Disneyworld
Florida
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
the World Almanac
Owapaper
Cedar St. Pecos
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Diane Oshorn
Doris Welch
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