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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1976
Page
2
USDA data show higher prices awaited by growers while market activity was slow in the week to December 23. Cottonseed sold for 107 per ton. classing total reached 850 samples, part of a season total of 6,700.
The sale of Gandy's Dairies Inc to Dean Foods Co was completed in Franklin Park after FTC approval. Attending the closing were John Gandy and Lou Gandy. Howard Dean stated no changes to operations or management, and Gandy's will continue to use the Gandy name. Gandy's serves 62 West Texas counties and expects 1976 sales near 24 million. Dean Foods, a diversified producer with 300 million in 1976 sales, is publicly traded OTC.
Austin and other Lo-Vaca Gathering Co. customers will meet behind closed doors with company attorneys this week before a Railroad Commission hearing on a 1.6 billion out of court settlement. City utility attorney Don Butler said multiple meetings are planned before Thursday's session. Attempts to settle have continued for over two years with two proposed plans rejected by San Antonio and Coastal States.
Noon market report from New York notes the Dow Jones industrial average briefly reaching 1,000 for the 14th time this year, trading at 998.25 by noon, up 2.16. NYSE volume strong at 11.38 million shares in two hours with gains led by blue chips and the composite index up 0.21. Also reports cash grain prices in Chicago for wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans with latest quotes and prior day levels.
Contractors are invited to bid on a project at Guadalupe Mountains National Park Culberson County to construct an entrance road parking area four cattle underpasses stone headwalls fencing and cattle guards. The project set aside for small business concerns has an estimated cost between 900000 and 1250000 with 200 calendar days for completion bids due by 2 p.m. January 26.
Obituary notes Alma Hughes of Athens died at 101 with services in Center and burial at Fairview Cemetery. Separate Cincinnati Zoo report: Megera the gorilla birth of a male infant Christmas morning, weighing 3 pounds 6 ounces, cared for in the nursery.
Mrs Flores requested an ambulance at 6 40 a m Monday to 607 S Elm. Mrs Brown asked for an ambulance at 10 11 a m to 1607 S Eddy. A grass fire at the country club area reported by Officer Robert Turner was extinguished in 15 minutes by Pecos Volunteer Fire Department. The scene scorched five feet by twenty yards. cause undetermined. A minor accident at Cherry and 11th between a 1973 car driven by David Wright and a 1968 car driven by Maria Ames resulted in a citation for failure to yield to the vehicle on the right. Burglary at R S Electronics 716 W Third saw two Quasar TVs stolen. value 560. A 1963 Ford unattended near 225 S Ash was picked up for obstruction of a fire hydrant after 24 hours. A blue laundry bag reported missing by Helen Dionne at a Shell station on I 20 and Highway 285 contained two pants and a blouse. A damaged 20 foot section of white fence at Sonic Drive In was caused by a backing vehicle with no information left.
Tuesday listings include Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon at 125 S Oak St with several phone numbers. Morning TOPS Club at Federation Parlor and TOPS TX 259 at St Community Council office. Evening Optimists at Saragosa Hall and Social Security rep at Community Action Office 902 E 10th. Monday events include Lions clubs at two locations and Pecos Optimists at Chaparral Village Steak House.
State of Texas lists cases including Ismael Bustamante charged with criminal mischief over twenty but under two hundred dollars. Phillip Coleman and Tyrone Fisher face marijuana possession over two ounces but under four. Jose Moreno Fuentez charged with driving while intoxicated. Jessie Willard Alford and Mike Hernandez cited for driving and criminal mischief respectively. Rox ann Lucille Gervais, James Bradley Lauderdale, Randell Rex Taylor appeal or speeding. Albert Licon and Glenn Ford Cameron faces non support and unlawful weapon carrying. Gardner Robert Parks, Ernest Wright theft over twenty under two hundred.
A brief note states that Enterprise prints AP dispatched news in full or summary form whether credited or not, and includes local news published in the paper. The policy underscores exclusive reuse rights for republication.
Fort Stockton man Florentino Garcia, 64, is jailed on a $15,000 bond for the Sunday night killing of Luis Granado Baiza, 48, at Joe's Place. Police say Garcia shot Baiza once in the head with a .38 caliber pistol at about 8:45 p.m. The suspect was taken into Pecos County custody after the incident.
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