Gas station attendant implicated in Hughes will forgery case
Attorney for Howard Hughes estate says Melvin Dummar forged the Mormon will naming him as heir. FBI fingerprints on the envelope reportedly match Dummar, though his lawyers deny involvement and suggest possible transfer. Hearings seek depositions ahead of January Las Vegas probate trial.
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Hughes
Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Melvin Dummar
James Dilworth
Superior Court
Neil A. Lake
FBI
Dummar
Dilworth
Roger Dutson
Ogden
Utah
Desert
Texas
Dutson
Salt Lake City
Carter names Blumenthal and Adams to cabinet posts
President elect Carter selects W Michael Blumenthal Bendix Corp for treasury secretary and Rep Brock Adams for transportation secretary. Announcement comes as he aims to complete his cabinet by Christmas with talks on a commerce secretary candidate Jane Cahill Pfeiffer and a potential return by John Dunlop for labor secretary.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Atlanta
Jimmy Carter
W. Michael Blumenthal
Bendix Corp
Treasury
Rep
Brock Adams
Carter
Commerce
Blumenthal
Adams
Washington
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Curtis
Ers
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Seattle Post-Intellingencer
Magnuson
Dunlop
Georgia
Market declines amid profit taking and oil-price watch
NYSE stock averages eased at noon with the Dow down 3.74 to 970.50 and the NYSE composite at 56.17 as traders absorb profit taking after last week's gains. Pillsbury led noon volume while AMEX stocks edged lower as oil price talks loom. Livestock and grain prices in Dallas Fort Worth and Chicago markets also listed with mixed moves and futures quotes.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Pillsbury Co
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
CASH
Chicago
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Verhalen Road Public Meeting On FM 3334 Plan
The State Department of Highways and Public Transportation will hold a public meeting on January 11 at 2 p.m. in the Verhalen Community Center to discuss the proposed extension of FM 3334 from 5.1 miles west of State Highway 17 to connect with FM 2903. Reeves County officials requested the project. citizens may attend or submit written statements to the Pecos Resident Engineer.
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State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Verhalen
Highway Department Public Affairs
Bill W. Jones
Reeves County
Jones
Pecos
Texas
Juvenile paint sniffing and multiple burglaries reported
Police report Monday evening two dozen juveniles were found on a tree north of the community center near the police department. Burglary at Pecos Independent School District workshop on West Fourth Street with tools stolen. entry by padlock removal. A 1974 pickup at the municipal airport was burglarized. CB radio and window damage noted. Juarez arrested for burglary at Minit Mart Market on Eddy and Stafford after resisting officers. Separate injuries in a parking lot crash at American Motor Inn and a Cedar Lincoln intersection collision involving a 1964 auto and 1976 car with citations issued.
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Jerry Capers
John Lewis
Pecos Independent School District
Fourth St
Joe Mollinary
George Keely
John R. Dorr
Winding Way
Jim Wilson
Minit Mart
Carlos D. Gilchriest
Eddy and
Stafford
Ector Juarez
Juarez
City
American Motor Inn
Danny Sharp
S. Alamo
Sharp
Cedar
Lincoln
Gerald Bradford
Odessa
Dennis Boyles
Jefferson
Boyles
Odessa County To End Contract With Women and Children Hospital
ODESSA-Ector County commissioners voted to terminate the 90 day contract with Women and Children's Hospital over indigent maternity care after obstetrics were dropped from planned renovations at Medical Center Hospital. CARLSBAD Cavemen Band invited to march in Carter inaugural parade in Washington DC on January 20 1977 representing New Mexico. KERMIT Hospital Board weighs full time pharmacist to improve drug control under HEW rules. ODESSA Grand jury indicted 13 narcotics suspects and 17 other defendants in a district drug roundup.
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Odessa
Ector County
Women and Children’s Hospital
Medical Center Hospital
Carlsbad
Cavemen
Washington, D.C
Jimmy Carter
United States
Pat Henry
New Mexico
Kermit — Memorial Hospital Board of Control
Ralph Lennon
George Jessie Galindo
Marc Webb Vinson
Terri Denise Colley
Adam R. Bubalcado Jr
Ricardo Roselio Bernal
George Gonzales Heredia
Fossil Forests in Yellowstone Canyon Report
The Yellowstone River canyon walls in Wyoming contain 15 fossil forests stacked sequentially. Estimates show the number of workers over 45 rising from 22 million in 1950 to more than 31 million in 1975, per The Conference Board findings.
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Yellowstone River
Wyoming
Conference Board
Tower predicts economic Civil War between Frost Belt and Sunbelt
Dallas speech by Senator John Tower argues a regional economic war will form between the Frost Belt in the North and the Sunbelt in the South. He cites oil price deregulation, right to work laws, picketing, offshore drilling, and Eastern lawmakers as key fault lines, saying party lines will blur as issues divide regions.
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Dallas
USS
John Tower
R-Tex
Dallas Assembly
Tower
Towers
Deaths Fay E Ellis DeLois Ellis Dies In Crash
Services for DeLois Ellis 26 will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Eastside Cemetery. She died in a car train crash Saturday night. Born August 9, 1950 in Jacksonville she had lived in Pecos since 1952. Survivors include widower Michael Ellis three sons Kesey Lynn Travis LaVel and Michael Jarion two daughters LaVonda and LaShanta her mother Una Fay Collins two brothers Anda Bradford and Willie Collins one sister Rosa Lee Collins and her grandparents Eddie B Walker and wife all of Pecos.
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DeLois Ellis
Pecos Funeral Home
Eastside
Jacksonville
Pecos
Michael Ellis
Kesey Lynn
Travis LaVel
Michael Jarion
LaVonda
LaShanta
Una Fay Collins
Anda Bradford
Willie Collins
Rosa Lee Collins
Eddie B. Walker
Cotton market activity rises in week to December 10
Agricultural Marketing Service reports light cotton buying with mostly Light Spotted grades and better selling around 34 cents above 1976 loan rates. Spotted grades average 30 cents over, seed bring 107 dollars per ton, and 800 samples classed bringing season total to 5000.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Mack Bennett
Carlsbad
Pressley
Widening near complete on U S 285 from Walthall to IH 20
The Texas highway project on U S 285 from Walthall to IH 20 is nearly finished. Jack Ferguson of the state highway department says a metal beam guard rail will soon be installed and a curb pouring machine will shape non slumping concrete. A second asphalt layer awaits warm weather and spring.
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U.S. 285
Walthall
Jack Ferguson
The
State Highway Department
Price Construction
Cost of producing gas remains hard factual issue
John Aikin for Plains Irrigation Gas Users Association told the Enterprise that the Federal Power Commission has the power to secure an accurate interview of all natural gas reserves but has not used it and Congress has not mandated an inventory. He warns oil and gas companies will not voluntarily provide precise production costs. The association, organized to press Texas irrigation farmers' needs, has sought cost data from multiple groups with little response. the FPC has not replied, and the PUC referred the matter to the Railroad Commission.
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Federal Power Commission
FPC
John Aikin
Plains Irrigation Gas Users Association
Aikin
Congress
The
Texas
Atkins
Hereford
Public Utilities Commission
Railroad Commission
Community events and club notices for Pecos week
Community Action Office SS rep session at 902 E 10th 11 to noon. Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon 125 S Oak St 8 p.m. TOPS groups meet mornings and evenings. Pecos education assoc executive meet at Lamar Elementary 4 p.m. Christmas party Pecos Art Association 7 30 p.m. Modern Study Club party 2 30 p.m. Senior citizens Christmas party 3 5 p.m. Christmas concert Pecos high school 7 30 p.m. Lions clubs and Optimists meet weekly at local venues.
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Social Security
Community Action Office
E. 10Th
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Federation Parlor
Tops TX 259
St. Community
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Education Association
Lamar
Pecos Art Association
Road project bids invited for McKittrick Canyon area
A pre invitation notice from Guadalupe Mountains National Park announces bids for an entrance road and parking area at McKittrick Canyon mouth. The project, set aside for small businesses, includes four cattle underpasses, stone headwalls, fencing and cattle guards with estimates from 900000 to 1250000 dollars and 200 calendar days. Invitations for Bid expected about December 27 with bid opening about 30 days later. Interested contractors should contact the Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains office at 3225 National Parks Highway Carlsbad or call (505) 885 8884.
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McKittrick Canyon
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Carlsbad
Don Dayton
Carlsbad Caverns
Guadalupe Mountains National Parks
National Parks Highway
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Ao Z Eastman
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IBM
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Litton
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Penney
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RCA
Safeway Sears
Sony
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Sun Co
Texaco
Time Inc
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
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County Halts Hospital Pact
Faye Ellis
James Cook
Pacific
Ferguson
Wally Moseley
Greg Billiter
Miami
Fla
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Sim
Tiwi
Modern Study Club
Alfred Cate
Senior Citizens
Senior Citizen Center
High School
Lions Club
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
James Watt
Enterprise News Alliance Newspaper
Cedar St
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Gene Douglas
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
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