Texas Almanac 1978 79 updates Pecos Reeves data and features
The Trans Pecos section highlights Pecos and Reeves County updates plus retail sales wages bank deposits tax values and annual income. Frank X Tolbert calls the region unique large in area yet sparsely populated. Other features cover The Big Bend Guadalupe Mountains Davis Mountains and Texas Blackland Prairies with color photography and travel guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Reeves County
A.H. Belo Corp
Dallas Morning News
Frank X. Tolbert
Dallas News
Trans-Pecos
Texas
Florida
el Paso
Big Bend
Lee G. Bennett
Guadalupe Mountains
Davis Mountains
Barton H. Warnock
Biology
Sul Ross State University
Alpine
Robert L. Johnson
Bureau
Oil and Gas Taxation Course Debuts December 16
Permian Basin Graduate Center offers an advanced oil and gas taxation course Friday December 16 from 1 30 to 4 30 p m in the PBGC classroom basement of the Metro Building 119 N Colorado Midland. Fee is 30 dollars and topics cover Tax Reform Acts 1975 1976 1977 Depletion investment credits at risk limitation and other items with instructor Donald S Johnson CPA. For information contact the Graduate Center Office 104 Gulf Building or call 563 2311 or 683 2832.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin Graduate Center
PBGC
Metro
N. Colorado
Midland
Donald S. Johnson
C.P.A
Permian Basin
Texas Society of Cpa's
Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Graduate Center
Gulf Building
Market mixed as Dow dips slightly at noon
The New York market showed mixed moves with the Dow Jones industrial average at 815.06, down 0.17, and the NYSE composite edging up 0.05 to 51.77. AMEX indices rose 0.22 to 124.36 as trading stayed sluggish at 8.07 million shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Cash Grain Chicago
New Ranger Appointed at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Park officials announce Richard Wilt of Badlands National Monument South Dakota will fill a new interpretive ranger post at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Wilt has prior NPS service at Wuptaki Tonto Organ Pipe and Pipe Springs monuments and authored Birds of Organ Pipe Cactus guidebook. He and his wife Linda and daughters Heather and Roseanna will reside at the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Dayton
Richard Wilt
Badlands National Monument
South Dakota
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Wilt
National Park Service
Wupatki National Monument
Arizona
Tonto National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Pipe Springs National Monument
Badlands
Pecos Couple Awarded S H Green Stamps Citation
Warner Aviation of Pecos received a special citation from S H Promotional Services Sperry and Hutchinson Company for offering S H Green Stamps to customers for over five years. The award was presented by Don Wright who noted the stamps issued since 1972 along with other S H divisions such as Motivation Travel Continuities and Financial Promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Aviation
Pecos
S&h
Sperry and Hutchison Company
Don Wright
John Warner
S&h Promotional Services
Sperry and Hutchinson Company
S&h Green Stamps
S&h Motivation and Travel
S&h Continuities
S&h Financial Promotions
S&h Sperry’s
Slow Cotton Harvest in Far West Texas for Week Ended Dec 2
Harvesting and ginning declined in parts of Far West Texas as growers sold very little. El Paso spot price for grade 41 staple 36 was 49.75 cents per pound FOB. March NY Futures No 2 closed at 51.52, down 30 points week over week. J A McAfee reports 7,100 upland samples classed this week, season total 32,600. Grade 41 leads at 38 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Agricultural Marketing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
el Paso
New York
J.A. McAfee
Texas safety director predicts 71 deaths during holidays
Colonel Wilson E. Speir, head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, estimated that Christmas and New Year travel would cost 71 lives due to traffic accidents. He urged careful driving and participation in the state's Light the Way for a Safe program to reduce fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Speir
DPS
Obituaries and holiday traffic safety note from the Texas DPS
Obituaries for Hugh Anderson Watts 67 and Irene A Daniel 76 note funeral details and survivors. A DPS holiday safety program forecasts 41 expected Christmas and 30 New Year traffic fatalities, urging daytime low beam use across Texas to reduce deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Anderson Watts
Pecos Funeral Home Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
Odessa Medical Center
Montague County
Pecos
Vida
Doug Watts
New York
N.Y
Luetta Richards
Lubbock
Sondra Bolinger
Dayton
Ohio
Balmorhea High sets stage for A Thousand Clowns
Balmorhea High School selects cast for the comedy A Thousand Clowns set in New York City. Cast includes Thomas Parker, Richard Brijalba, Socorro Rodriguez, Dolores Carrasco, Peter Matta, and Johnnie Baeza with crew Danny Carrillo, Anna Jasso, Dale Bryan, and Betty Lozano. District contest scheduled in Alpine in April. The story notes 55 mile speed limit violations and safety messages during Light the Way for a Safe Holiday urging slower speeds and sober driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priss McNutt
Balmorhea
New York City
Thomas Parker
Murry Burns
Richard Brijalba
Nick Burns
Socorro Rodriguez
Albert Amundson
Dolores Carrasco
Sandra Markourtz
Peter Matta
Arnold Burns
Johnnie Baeza
Leo Herman
Danny Carrillo
Anna Jasso
Dale Bryan
Betty Lozano
Alpine
Multiple petty crimes and disturbances reported in local area
Saturday reports included a dog shooting claim by Jerry Bass, two arrests for disturbance and intoxication at Tio's Drive-In, a window vandalism at Security State Bank, and a drunken driving related arrest of Dale Wade Weaver. Also noted were vandalism at Sonic Drive In and La Despidida Cafe, fence damage, and tire slashing incidents with various suspects and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Bass
Missouri St
Domingo Garcia
Elfida Ortega
Fort Stockton
Tio
Jimmy Herod
Security State Bank
Dale Wade Weaver
Weaver
Manuel Pena
N. Elm Sr
Bobby
Don Wagner
Sonic Drive In
Sonic
Adan Salcido
Julia Marques
S. Mulberry Sr
Salcido
la Despidida
Paul Oden
S. Plum St
Pecos Area Event Calendar Highlights Seasonal Activities
Pecos area calendar lists Pecos Elementary Christmas play at 7 p.m. plus Lions Club and Optimist meetings at local venues. Includes Delta Kappa Gamma party at Julia Ross home, Christmas parade lineup and start times, Blood pressure clinic, Alcoholics Anonymous, AlAnon, TOPS Club, Bible study, Rotary and Lions Club meetings, Young Homemakers events, and an Opti-Cadettes fashion show with venues and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Lions Club
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Chaparral Village
Gamma Mu
Delta Kappa Gamma
Julia Ross
S. Plum
South Eddy
S. Cedar
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Pecos Art Association
John Moore
Jackson Boulevard
Modern Study Club
John Sullivan
Cowan St
Holiday Inn
Rotary Club
Young Homemakers
Pecos Nursing Home
Pecos High School
Tire loss noted in pump motor removal incident
A cleaner from the pump motor was removed and police report notes the tires valued at about $50.
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Texas Almanac
County
Texas Gulf Coast
Texas Blackland Prairies
S.H. Whitehurst
Texas A&m Research and Extension Center
Dallas
Texas-Oklahoma
San Antonio
Texas Election Bureau
Cotton Futures
New York Cotton Exchange
Fort Worth
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Pecos Texas
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Marin Reeves
Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Counties
Carlsbad
Jimmie Wright
Lucens Gassett
J.E
Mac) McCormick
Carl Holm
Robert Hinojos
Mike
Pressley
USDA
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Las Cruces
H.A. Watts
Irene Daniel
Irene A. Daniel
Baylor Hospital
Monahans
Edward A. Daniel
Joan Daniel Hodges
Theo Casey
Felix Frankfurter
Federal Parlor
Saragosa Hall
St. Catherine Hall
Ralph Roach
Country Club
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