Barstow holiday visitors gather for Christmas fare
Page 2-A notes Barstow residents and relatives from Loving New Mexico, Albuquerque Odessa and Pecos visit during Christmas. Families travel to Austin Kermit Lubbock and other Texas towns for funerals and gatherings. People include Armendariz Bustillos Cummings Avary Walkers Garcia Garza Salinas Abila Melendez Goode and Walker families with multiple siblings and in-law ties.
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Frank Abila
Arnulfo Gomez
Odessa
Frank Melendez
Austin
Alpine reports $21,729 sales tax gain in 1974 quarter
Alpine city officials cite tourism as the driver of a $21,729.62 sales tax receipt for the quarter ending Sept 30 1974 a $2,931.21 rise from the prior year The total is the highest since records began in 1968 City Manager Bob Stevens notes strong summer tourism amid an energy crisis Twenty three candidates seek 15 drafting seats for a Home Rule City Charter in a Jan 18 special election with results to determine charter writers and future voter approval The election is slated for Jan 1 1975
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Bob Stevens
Stevens
Commission
Market Upbeat As Ford Hints At Broad Economic Steps
New York stocks climbed with the Dow up 7.98 to 606.38 at noon as investors awaited possible broad steps from President Ford next month. Cotton futures eased while cattle and grain markets showed modest moves amid post‑holiday trading.
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Ford
American Stock Exchange
Big Board
New York Cotton Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
Pecos Enterprise Address and Contact Details
Pecos Enterprise lists office at 4245 Cedar St Pecos Texas 79772 P O Box 2057 with phone 915 445 5475 for newsroom and subscription inquiries.
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Cedar St. Pecos
Texas
California highway deaths drop linked to liquor prices
The World Almanac reports 1974 highway fatalities in California fell not due to gasoline costs but as liquor prices rose. State Highway Patrol Commissioner notes drivers shift from taverns to home drinking, drinking own bottles as a cheaper safer option.
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California
State Highway Patrol
World Almanac
Ehrlichman portrayed as White House square
Washington AP reports John D. Ehrlichman was framed as the White House square who urged full Watergate disclosure. Defense lawyer William S. Frates told jurors Nixon supposedly held back, saying Ehrlichman was an honest square wanting truth. Frates pressed that Ehrlichman was misled by Nixon as deliberations pause for lunch amid trial uncertainty.
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John D. Ehrlichman
White House
William S. Frates
United States
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Ehrlichman
Nixon
CIA
FBI
John Ehrlichman
Haldeman
James F. Neal
U.S
John J. Sirica
Darwin Cyclone Tracy Relief Efforts Escalate Across Australia
Flooded and damaged Darwin faces a complex relief effort as Australia and allies mobilize airlift, ships, and medical aid. New Zealand, the United States, and Britain pledge assistance including a U S Air Force C 130 and a British submarine power source. Police report looting while disease control begins amid water shortages.
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New Zealand
United States
Britain
U.S. Air Force
Darwin
Tracy
Timor Sea
Gulf of Carpentaria
Sydney
Alice Springs
Outback
Melbourne
Pecos Fire Extinguished After 11 Minute Call
A car fire across from the Town and Country Motel was reported at 7 44 p m Tuesday and put out in 11 minutes. One Christmas day accident in Pecos was blamed on icy roads. Manuel Sanchez Gomez was cited for ignoring a stop sign at 6 p m Wednesday while driving a 1957 Studebaker pickup and colliding with a 1974 Ford driven by Pablo Briones. A stolen check report involved Ramon Garcia and a check for about 500 dollars. Baker Pump Co reported an attempted break in with a glass break and entry through an unlocked shop door.
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Pecos
Manuel Sanchez Gomez
Pecan
Studebaker
Gomez
Pablo Briones
Walnut
Cedar
Santos Carrasco
Santa Rosa Hall
Ramon Garcia
GSI
Baker Pump Co
Deaths and services for Pete L. Shook and Brandon Hardy
Graveside services for Pete Leroy Shook age 56 were held at Balmorhea Cemetery after dying at 3 30 p.m. Monday in Alpine. Born February 22 1918 in Gravity Louisiana he lived in Balmorhea area. Survivors include son Carl Shook of Houston daughter Patricia Shook of Balmorhea three brothers four sisters and other relatives. Brandon Hardy 69 died at 7 30 a.m. Tuesday in San Angelo. Survived by his sister Mrs Cornelia Edwards of Pecos and wife five brothers. Services set Friday at Johnsons Funeral Home with burial in Fairfield Cemetery. Born October 13 1904 in Abilene he married Mary Roach July 12 1941 in Las Vegas Nevada.
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Pete Leroy Shook
Balmorhea
Big Bend Memorial Hospital
Alpine
Gravity
Carl Shook
Houston
Patricia Shook
Chester
Dale
Carroll
San Antonio
Hazel Humphries
Betty Gardner
Lubbock
Mary Brinegar
Helen Vance
Petaloma
Calif
San
Garden City
Tom Hardy
San Angelo
Dave Hardy
Torrance
Experts map 50 year path to cleaner future
Dr Vaclav Smil, University of Manitoba, used the Delphi method with 40 energy and environmental experts to forecast major breakthroughs through 2020 and beyond. The list includes energy pricing, pollution costs shared by consumers, waste heat use, oil spill controls, advanced mass transit, global standards, and post 2020 shifts away from fossil fuels.
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Vaclav Smil
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Smil
Dr. Smil
Notice to bidders Reeves County vehicle purchase
Reeves County Commissioners Court Pecos Texas will receive sealed bids until 9:30 am January 13 1975 for one 1975 %-ton pickup long wheel base wide bed club cab with optional gas tank automatic transmission 300 cu in or larger engine power steering radio factory air heavy duty cooling tinted glass and low bay mirrors The court may reject any bid and its decision is final Marguerite M Kent Reeves County Auditor Published Pecos Enterprise December 19 and 26 1974
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Reeves County
Pecos
Texas
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Bell and Howell College
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Joe M. Garcia
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