Balmorhea Area News Highlights Local Improvements and Events
Foundations pour for Balmorhea State Park office and maintenance buildings as 18 cabins are stripped for repair and eight new camping shelters near completion. Santa visits planned at the community club building next week. local school events include junior high basketball tours and choir at Abilene Christian College.
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Balmorhea State Park
Kermit
Buiding
Abilene Christian College
Fire Department Siren Sounds Echo in Pecos Driveway
Pecos Volunteer Fire Department officers and members wish everyone a Merry Christmas as jingle bells echo from a fire engine in the driveway. The seasonal gesture brings community cheer and a note of local service.
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Pecos Volunteer Fire Department
Dick Wadley
Wadley
Underwriters’ Laboratories
Market Slump Hits Dow In Heavy Trading
New York stocks tumbled as energy crisis fears spread, with the Dow Jones industrial average slipping about 17 points and the broad market showing more decliners than gainers. Avon and Hycel led losses on the Big Board and cotton futures fell amid ample selling, while Fort Worth cattle, hogs, and sheep markets showed varied results as Christmas safety warnings urged fire-prevention measures.
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New York
American Stock Exchange
Amex
Hycel, Inc
Narcotic chase crosses state lines to end in crash
Amarillo police and state agents pursued nine narcotics suspects Tuesday night across two states. Six were arrested. one fled, driving a car rammed by a Texas trooper near Adrian four miles west of the town. Barry D. Bogue, 22, of Amarillo, was later captured.
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Amarillo
Tex
New Mexico
Texas
Interstate 40
Adrian
Barry D. Bogue
Methadone more harmful to newborns than heroin
Boston AP report cites New York Medical College researchers noting newborns of methadone maintaining mothers show more severe withdrawal than heroin exposed infants. Study of 46 methadone and 45 heroin cases (1971 72) found higher withdrawal rates and convulsions among methadone babies, urging cautious use during pregnancy.
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Boston
New York Medical College
Carl Zelson
Look Ja Lee
Marie Cassino
New England Journal of Medicine
Nelson
Two Injured In Two-Car Crash At Fourth And Orange
Two young girls were treated and released from Memorial hospital after a two car collision at Fourth and Orange. Injured were 14-year-old Floria Martinez and 12-year-old Anna Marie Ortega. Police say they were driven to the hospital by private car after their vehicle struck another driven by Rayel J. Carillo of Van Horn. The girls rode in a car listed as Martina L. Ortega of 811 E Fourth St.
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Memorial Hospital
Fourth
Orange Streets
Floria Martinez
Anna Marie. Ortega
Rayel J. Carillo
van Horn
Martina L. Ortega
Fourth St
Calendar of Pecos area events and meetings
Calendar of coming events lists City Council Rotary Club Orla M entone Home Demonstration Club Christmas party School board Evening Lions Amistad Lions American Legion meeting Amistad Lions bingo Evening Optimist and more at various venues including city hall Red Bluff Lodge Lions Den Saragosa Hall and American Motor Inn. A closing quip notes the cheapest office worker tips only his hat.
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City Council
City Hall
Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Orla-Mentone Home
Red Bluff Lodge
S. Park
Amistad Lions
Lions den
S. Pecan
Saragosa Hall
Peach
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Silas Merritt
el Paso
Pecos
Kenneth Garlitz
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Joe Prew
AAA
Fox Studio
San Antonio
Women of the
Louise Patrick
Reeves County
Saragosa
Reba Wilborn
W.l
Brogada
Marfa
Alpine
Marathon
Presidio
Rankin
Crane
Balmorhea School
Freddie Talbort
Cutbank, Mont
L.A. O'Rear
Odes O'Rear
Hobbs
N.M
Uvalde
Stock Market Report
Avon Products
Fort Worth
U.S
Associated Press
At&t
Borden
Brit Pet
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Dow Chem
Exxon
Fairchild
Dar Ask Ford
Elec
Gen Foods
Mtrs
Gen Tel
Gen Tire
Goodrich
Great A&p
Gulf Oil
IBM
John Joh
Litton
Marcor
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penn Cent
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Sony
Standand
Sun Oil
Texaco
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolwich
Xerox
Narcotic Chase
Ron Fowler
Pecos Enterprise
Buckner News Alliance
JAS
Cedar St. Pecos
Peggy McCracken
Laura Teal
Gary Singleton
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Joyce Miller
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Evening Lions
American Motor Inn
American Legion Meeting
American Legion Room
Elliott Printing
Cedar Street
Turkey
Jesus Anaya
R&s Electronics
Goodyear Service Center
Anthony’s
Clay’s Tire & Appliance
Phillip’s Tire Co
Popular Thriftway
White
Hill’s Thriftway
Fuentes Furn. Co
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