Western watchmaker turned sculptor gains gallery notice
Pecos craftsman Bill Cooksey, a Fonville Jewelers watch maker, has become a recognized bronze sculptor with pieces shown in Santa Fe and Fort Worth galleries. He creates 20 pound bronzes via wax models, sent to Shidoni Foundry for casting, selling limited editions to elevate value.
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Pecos
Bill Cooksey
Fonville Jewelers
Southwest
Bill
Cooksey
Shidoni
Santa Fe
N.M
Chisholm Trail
Fort Worth
West Virginia
Pecos Day Care Center to Reopen in Early 1975
City council approved transferring revenue sharing funds to the Pecos Day Care Center to resume operations and fund repairs at the East Side Civic Center. The center, housing children of working mothers, has been closed due to United Way funding delays. Arm strong says funds are on line with United Way deposits not available until end of 1975.
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Pecos
United Way
Ed ‘‘Honey
Pecos Housing Authority
HUD
Cold air grips Texas with 20s across Panhandle likely to linger
Overnight a mass of cold air drove temperatures into the 20s in the Panhandle and far West Texas, with 30s on the South Plains and in Central and Northeast Texas. Pecos recorded 27 degrees at dawn after a 60 degree high yesterday, while dawn readings reached the 40s along the Coastal Plains and 50s in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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Associated Press
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Rio Grande Valley
Kansas
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Michigan
Louisiana
California
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Seaboard
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Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Rockies
Utah
Civil jury cancelled by Judge Starley next week
Judge J H Starley cancelled the civil petit jury to report at 9 a m on December 16. The 125 jurors summoned are dismissed until further notice.
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J.H. Starley
Starley
Que Paso reflection and holiday tale by John Pitts
A personal column blends love letters, a humorous prank, holiday scenes at Prude Ranch, and a somber note on family loss. The writer recalls a 21 year old Ohio reader, a lunch with Jolly Schram, and a Christmas tree outing. The piece ends praising Pecos Funeral Home for its care after a brother’s infant daughter’s burial.
Council eyes traffic survey proposal stalls action
City council defers hiring an engineering firm to conduct a traffic survey after hearing a proposal from Nolan of Transportation Engineering Associates. The study would cover all streets and intersections, target high accident areas, and cost about 6000 with the Governor’s Office of Traffic Safety paying for signs on a matching basis. City would provide in kind services for labor and materials.
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Jim Nolan
Transportation Engineering Associates
Nolan
Governor's Office of Traffic Safety
Reeves County Bond Sales Lagging in October Report
Reeves County Savings Bond sales for October totaled 9345, part of a ten month total of 132792, reaching 63 percent of the 1974 county goal. Texas statewide October sales were 21154479, up from 81634914 in 1973, a 27 percent rise. January-October 1974 sales reached 195016443, or 82 percent of the 236.8 million annual goal.
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United States Savings
Reeves County
Archie B. Scott
Texas
City council approves fire wagon bid and sewer grant
City accepted a 4987 dollar bid from Pecos Motors for a Ford emergency wagon after two sealed bids were opened. Robinson Chevrolet offered a 4558 dollar net price plus 150 for a 454 engine. Council also moves toward a sewer treatment plant grant, commends Pecos Garment for payroll impact, hires Linda Alain Newell as full time Civil Defense secretary at 390 dollars monthly, terminates James Eggleston from police, approves 34320 dollars in bills, and sets next meeting for 9 a.m. December 20.
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Pecos Motors
Ford
Chevrolet
J.T. Prewit
Robinson Chevrolet
Robinson
Bel Air
Pecos Garment Company
Haywood Pecos
Linda Alain Newell
James Eggleston
Rules committee kills a multimillion tax bill
Washington AP report says the House Rules Committee voted 9 to 4 to refuse to consider a multibillion-dollar tax bill. The bill would have ended the petroleum depletion allowance, raised oil industry taxes, cut taxes for many Americans, boosted utility investment credits, closed major loopholes, taxed foreign income, and altered rules affecting investors, political organizations, and capital losses.
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House Rules Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
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O' Ferrall
Prude
Davis Mountain Resort
Pecos Funeral Home
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