Balmorhea School Tax Office Reopens Tuesday
Balmorhea school tax office will close today and reopen Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for tax payments. The school closes for Christmas holidays and will reopen Jan. 6. Tests this week mean no worry about returning to remember tasks. Craig Huelster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Collins, hunted a deer while home for the weekend and will be at Fort Bliss for Christmas.
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Balmorhea
Craig Huelster
Mrs. Collins
Craig
Fort Bliss
Stock Market Slips On Inflation News As Dow Dips
New York stocks fell as inflation fears rose after the Labor Department reported a 10.8 percent annual rise in the Consumer Price Index for November. The Dow Jones average dropped 3.68 to 600.75, with losers leading gainers 2 to 1 on the NYSE, and the American Stock Exchange index down 0.46 to 59.52. Cotton and grains also moved lower amid thinner gains elsewhere.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Labor Department
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Chicago
BALMORHEA By Frankie Kingston
The Well Kept Community Club assembled a Christmas box for Pyote children’s home as part of its yearly project. College students are returning home for the holidays, with a long break to Jan 14. Deer season ended last Sunday, some hunters departed with deer, others left empty handed. President Woodrow Wilson enjoyed golf in the snow with red painted balls.
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Pyote
Woodrow Wilson
Pecos Texas Classified Rates and Contact Detail
The notice lists office staff and contact lines for JOAN PITTS to PROGY McCRACKEN and others, with pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions: $148 per month by carrier within Reeves Ward and Love counties, $195 per month by mail within Reeves Ward and Love counties. $2440 per year by mail for other counties and states, and $225 per month $2700 per year.
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Joan Pitts
Progy McCracken
Belstor Lynn
Hacky Rivera
Diane Osborn
Mary Shute
Kuen Haga
Emily Galindo
Taklos Nichols
Joyce Miller
Reeves Ward
Love
Pilots petition to keep Pecos FAA system active
Pecos residents urged to join a petition asking FAA officials not to deactivate a local air navigation system. Hobbs New Mexico and Hyman Texas fields were also eyed for deactivation as an economy move, but Hobbs obtained retention after a local petition. Jerkey beef term traced to Chilean charqui meaning sun-dried meat.
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FAA
Pecos
Warner
Hobbs
N.M
Hyman
Tex
High Speed Chase Ends With Arrest On Eddy Street
A chase reaching up to 70 mph on Eddy Street led to the arrest of Prudencio Quezada, 1208 S. Oak St., at 1:30 am on traffic charges. Police found a loaded pistol and two large kitchen knives in the car and prepared additional weapons counts. A separate window damage incident at 916 N Hickory St caused about 25 dollars in damage with no entry gained. Ambulances responded to 412 Alberta St and another El Paso facility for transfers during a day of light activity.
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Eddy Street
Jimmy Roundtree
Prudencio Quezada
S. Oak St
Roundtree
Auto
Quezada
Frank Reyes
Hickory St
el Paso
Alberta St
Memorial Hospital
Deaths and services for Pecos and area residents
Deaths are reported for Jack Williams of Pecos and Theodore H Laurence, former Pecos resident. Laurence, 78, died in an El Paso hospital and plans are for a 2 p.m. Saturday service at Pecos Funeral Home with burial at Evergreen Cemetery. Laurence moved from Pecos to Van Horn in later years. born September 17, 1896 in Williamson County, Texas. Survivors include his wife Bessie, two sons Robert Lee Laurence of Van Horn and Lem Laurence of Albuquerque, NM, three daughters Nadine Anderson of Irving and Yvonne Talley and Clovis May Gunnels, both of Van Horn, plus 14 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
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Pecos Funeral Home
Jack Williams
Cactus St
Odessa
Pecos
Theodore H. Laurence
Pecos Funeral Home Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
Laurence
el Paso
van Horn
Williamson County
Texas
Bessie
Robert Lee Laurence
Lem Laurence
Albuquerque
N.M
Nadine Anderson
Irving
Yvonne Talley
Clovis May Gunnels
Community club meetings and a rhubarb origin note
A listing of Monday through Wednesday gatherings including Weight Watchers at the Community Center Banquet Room at 7 p.m., Arts and Crafts at the Senior Citizen Center from 9 to 12, Evening Lions at American Motor Inn 7:30, Amistad Lions at Lions Den 7:30, Al-Anon at 212 S Oak 8:30, TOPS at East 10th Street senior center 6, Downtown Lions at Holiday Inn at noon. The note explains rhubarb as a theatrical crowd-chant used to mimic argument.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Al-Anon
S. Oak
Tops Club
E. 10Th St
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Stock Market Report
Associated Press
ATA
Borden
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Dow
Gen Foods
Gen Lire
Goodrich
Great
A&p
Paper
John Joh
By Frankie Kingston
Pecos Enterprise
Cedar St
Buckner News Alliance
Reeves County
GioCar
Fort Stockton Pioneer
T.H. Laurence
SMT
WTF
Sielderes
Dorothy
South Eddy Furniture
S. Eddy St
W. Wacker
Doll House
Apen
Lorrie Walker
Bonnie Beautique
Mamases
Wen Bill Fold
WEA
Solid State A.M. Radio
Fire King
Lady Vanity
Munsey
Willie
Faberge Brut
For All
Christmas
Poinsetta
Wiert
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