Telephone Company Lays New Cable Across I 20
West Texas Telephone Co. crews crossed Interstate 20 near the Tra-Park area with a 300 pair cable. The upgrade will improve service and support future growth in southwest area. Crossing I 20 proved the most difficult part of the job. The company thanks Pecos Police Dept. and Texas Dept. of Public Safety for traffic control assistance.
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West Texas Telephone Co
Tra-Park
Pecos
Texas Dept. of Public Safety
West Texas Telephone Company
Moore Street
City Police Dept
Dept. of Public Safety
Equalization School Tax Gets Approval
A six member legislative committee approved an equalization school tax plan that taxes true market value for real estate and phases out bond service tax credits. The proposal redefines the economic index affecting state aid and local funds with a 72 percent weight from non property factors and a four year cap on changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
James Slider
Naples
Car Collisions Reported in Local Area
Around 3 a.m. Monday Nero Qurag Tarin of 109 E reports a hit and run damaged his 1966 Chevrolet parked at home with a damaged right front fender and broken double headlights. Lt. Jim Wilson investigated. Earlier Sunday about 10:45 p.m. a car struck a fence at Jim Sexton’s home at 1523 Morris, causing extensive damage. the occupants were away. A description of the vehicle was supplied to officer Robert Diaz. investigation continues.
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Nero Qurag Tarin
Jim Wilson
Jim Sexton
Morris
Sexton
Robert Diaz
Bar B Q menu from December nine
A compact menu listing items such as barbecued weiners creamed potatoes buttered spinach stuffed celery lemon pudding cuck wagon bread butter and milk.
Kincaid Hearing Set in Fort Stockton Slayings
A pre trial hearing is set for December 21 in San Antonio for John Russell Kincaid a former Texas Christian University student from Fort Stockton charged with the January shooting deaths of his mother Ann Russell Kincaid 38 and stepfather Bert Kincaid Jr. 51. The trial was delayed due to his lawyer illness and moved to this venue in May.
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San Antonio
Fort Stockton
Ann Russell Kincaid
Bert Kincaid Jr
John Russell Kincaid
Texas Christian University
Kincaid
Cravey On Band Tour At McMurry College
Ronald Therman Cravey of Pecos, a McMurry College freshman majoring in Chemistry, joins the college band during a West Texas tour from December 2 to 6. The trip honors Dr. Raymond Bynum, marking his 25th year as band director who organized Texas’s first all student high school band and is nationally known.
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Ronald Therman Cravey
Pecos
McMurry College
West Texas
Ronald
Edgar T. Cravey
Texas
Raymond Bynum
McMurry Band
Bynum
Texas Considers Exempting Industrial Machinery From Sales Tax
A Texas state tax study panel weighs exempting industrial machinery and equipment from sales tax by Sept. 1, 1973. The Texas Research League proposed options to freeze rates or cut the state levy, while a third proposal called for full repeal. The commission notes the fiscal strain and potential need for a broader tax bill with $400 million to $800 million in new revenue.
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LEE Jones Associated Press
Austin
Commission On
Texas Research League
Texas House
Senate
League
Texas
The
Commission
Jim McGrew
Football Banquet Tickets On Sale
Tickets are available for the Pecos Booster Club banquet honoring the 1970 Eagle football team. Priced at $3 per person the event features James Street former Texas quarterback as principal speaker. Banquet at Bessie Haynes Elementary School Cafeteria with Charlie Wein and booster members selling tickets.
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Pecos
Eagle
James Street
Texas University Longhorns
Bessie Haynes
Charlie Wein
Booster Club
Burkholder Named To Scholastic Honor
Cadet Duncan Burkholder of Pecos Texas is among ten New Mexico Military Institute cadets nominated to The Society of Outstanding American High School Students by the NMMI Awards Committee. Nominees gain eligibility for 240000 in society scholarships and are joined by peers from Arizona California New Mexico and Mexico in the annual honor volume. The program promotes high academic achievement and civic responsibility with a nationwide distribution.
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Duncan Mark Burkholder
Ben R. Burkholder
New Mexico Military Institute
NMMI
Adrian Martinez
Duncan Burkholder
Pecos
Texas
William Caid
Tucson
Arizona
Fred Delaney
Atherton
California
Jack Hardgrave, Jr
University Park
New Mexico
Stephen Helbing
Roswell
Kurt Huff
Farmington
Antonio Hurtado
Cuidad Juarez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Robert Kite
Phoenix
Kenneth Spykes
John Wicker
Littlefield
Funeral for R. W. Carpenter Attended by Winterrowds
Mr and Mrs Ralph Winterrowd were in Fort Worth last week to attend funeral services for R W Carpenter a brother in law of Mrs Winterrowd. Services were held Thursday with both military and Masonic ceremonies. Carpenter died December 1 after a heart attack. The Winterroads traveled to Fort Worth Wednesday morning and returned Sunday night.
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Ralph Winterrowd
Fort Worth
R.W. Carpenter
Winterroads
West Texas Chamber of Commerce Pre Legislative Conference
Legislative questions will highlight the WTCC Pre Legislative Conference in Odessa December 17 and 18. Taxation, appropriations and redistricting top the agenda as West Texas legislators meet area business leaders to discuss policy.
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West Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Odessa
F.W. Wallace
WTCC
Texas
Inn of the Golden West
Ross Rites Correction and Texas Legislature Panel Details
The correction notes W J Ross as survivor of Jas F Ross who died December 4. The article outlines Texas Legislature panel leaders including W S Heatly, Richard Slack, J P Ward, Hermes Miller, Robert E Johnson, Tommy Shannon, Tom Creighton, and others. It covers taxation redistricting and appropriations aims with Senterfitt presiding and Mutscher speaking on the Committee of 100.
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W.S. Heatly
Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
Richard C. Slack
Pecos
J.P. Ward
Meridian
Hermes Miller
Legislative Budget Board
Robert E. Johnson
Texas Legislative Council
Tommy Shannon
Fort Worth
Tom Creighton
House
G.F
Gus) Mutscher
Committee of 100
Reuben Senterfitt
WTCC
State Affairs
Ben Atwell
Forrest A. Harding
San Angelo
James E. Nugent
Kerrville
W.E
Football Player Shot At TSU Dorm
AP reports Melvin C. Baker a 19 year old Texas Southern University football player was wounded by two shotgun blasts fired into the dormitory as he slept on the second floor. Police say the blasts came from the street below and Baker was listed in fair condition. Dr Graville Sawyer president of the university described a campus fight earlier in the week as horseplay and suggested tension between players and other students may be involved.
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Telephone Company
Kincaid Hearing
Cravey
Burkholder
Ross Rites Correction
Jas. F. Ross
W. J. Ross
Mr. Ross
Carlsbad
N. M
Pete) Snelson
Midland
Thomas M. Keel
Senterfitt
Wallace
East
South
West Texas Group
Front Row
Tor
Chuck Hubbs
Scott Lewis
Jimmy White
Norman Tinkler
Mike Prewit
Don Cameron
Tommy Richmond
Charles
Pattillo
Kim Anderson
Coy Davis
Billy Wooten
Victory Ashley
George Edmondson
Larry Terry
Howard's
TSU
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