Oil-booming Mentone Lacks People and Water
Mentone in Loving County hosts a drilling boom with four dozen rigs within five miles, yet faces a severe water shortage. Most residents haul water from Pecos or groundwater, limiting growth despite oil wealth and rising county tax rolls. County Judge Don Creager notes plans to pipe in fresh water and improve roads and courthouse salaries as tax revenue climbs from 4 to 16 million dollars in recent years. Continued on Page 2.
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Mentone
West Texas
Exxon
Pecos
Don Creager
Loving County
United States
Oliver Loving
Creager
Community efforts aid needy families this Christmas
Citizens and organizations rally to collect food and toys for local families in need. Harold Harris and Al Lopez join drives at Pecos Cab Company and Foodway, with support from the Babb family LULAC and Merchant's Fast Freight wives. Jaycees Toys for Tots also supplies gifts. A nine-child family, an elderly grandmother caring for three orphans, and a struggling father with seven dependents are among those needing help. The Enterprise solicits donor calls at 445-5475 and notes a Reeves County Council effort to provide Christmas meals to shut-in seniors, with fruit baskets for nonordinary diets and a call-in by December 22. A lighthearted Tex-Mex Christmas piece and thanks to Mrs Perez's class close the note.
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Harold Harris
Pecos Cab Company
al Lopez
Foodway
Babb
Lulac
Lulac and the Merchant’s
Fast Freight Wives
Jaycee’s
Enterprise
Community Council of
Reeves County Board of Directors
Hickory Senior Citizen’s Office
Pecos bands and choirs plan Christmas program
Pecos high and junior high bands and choirs present an evening of Christmas music Monday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Tickets cost adults 1 and children 50 cents. Performers include Zavala Junior High choir, Crockett Junior High choir and band, Eagle concert band, and Pecos High School Eagle symphonic band, with soloists Cecile Montgomery and performers Hiram Reyes and Hector Rodriguez.
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Pecos
Bill Carrico
Zavala Junior High School
Doug Garman
Hunnicut
Gloria
Gloria,’’ Rogers’ ‘‘Sing We Neel
Marks
Eagle Choir
Lutkin
Lord
Cacavas
Pecos High School
Eagle Symphonic Band
Anderson
Lowden
Mills
Balmorhea Hosts First Christmas Parade
Balmorhea held its first Christmas parade at 4 p.m. with a lineup at Carrasco's Mercantile and a route to Parker's One Stop on the west side. Participants included the Balmorhea High School Band horseback riders and Pecos Santa in a sleigh led by the Pecos Chamber of Commerce van. Santa distributed candy along the route.
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Balmorhea
Carrasco’s Mercantile
Parker’s
Balmorhea High School
Pecos
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Southwest Microfilm contact for Yandel in El Paso
A terse entry lists Southwest Microfilm at 2601 EE Yandel, Box 1005, in El Paso Texas 79991. The fragment notes a mailing or street address without additional context or dates.
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Southwest Microfilm
Paso
Texas
Proposal May Stop Income Tax Boost
Washington AP report says the Senate Finance Committee, backed by strong Republican support, moves to block or derail a proposed income tax increase. Details on committee actions and potential fiscal impacts were not fully disclosed.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Ford
Congress
William V. Roth
R-Del
Toy drive seeks more donations for Pecos children
The Pecos Jaycees need more toy donations as Christmas nears. Toys will be collected Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Judge Roy Bean replica in West of the Pecos Park and at the Enterprise office, 324 S. Cedar St. Reconditioned toys will be delivered to needy families in time for the holiday.
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Pecos
Pecos Jaycees
Jaycee Toys For Toys
Billy Joe Wilson
Wilson
Jaycee
Roy Bean
Pecos Park
Enterprise
S. Cedar St
No bullet holes found in Kennedy pantry inspection
Criminal experts inspected two door jams at the Ambassador Hotel pantry where Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and found no bullet holes. Deputy D A T stephen Trott said the search would continue to catalog wall markings for reference. A door divider jam showed a small indentation, but not from a bullet. Twenty seven people were present including Sirhan Sirhan’s lawyers and CBS, with Dist Atty John Van de Kamp leading the warrant led search.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Stephen Trott
Ambassador Hotel
Trott
Assasin Sirhan Sirhan
Columbia Broadcasting System
Paul Schrade
CBS
Atty
John van de Kamp
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John Paul Pitts
Saint Nicolas
Chico Y Chica
Santa Esta
Aure
Roy Bean Park
Carlos Nichols
John Pitts
White House
Roth
House
Russell B. Long
D-La
William V.,roth Jr
House Democrats
Wien
Collector’s Banks
Security State Bank
Josie Brownlee
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