Duval Nevada mine wins safety award
Duval Corporation mining unit at Battle Mountain Property Nevada earned the 1978 Sentinels of Safety Award for a year with 322000 plus employee hours without a last time injury. The U.S. Department of Labor and American Mining Congress honored the open pit operation as best in its category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Pennzoil Company
Duval Corporation
Duval
Battle Mountain
Nevada
United States
George Atwood
Carlsbad
N.M
J. Allen Overton, Jr
American Mining Congress
D.K. Fields
Duval Corp
Balmorhea Families Share Christmas Across Texas
A parade of relatives from Bettendorf Iowa to Odessa and Pecos joined Balmorhea families for Christmas. Don Humphries and family visited his parents in Balmorhea before heading to Fort Worth. Many relatives from Hobbs New Mexico to Austin and Lubbock gathered in Odessa Pecos and Monahans for holiday celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Humphries
Brett and
Jay
Bettendorf
Iowa
Race Humphries
Fort Worth
Mrs. Sellers
Cate
Hillary
Austin
Molly Cate
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
al Cate
Barnett
Grain and Cotton Futures and Dow Jones Averages
Chicago wheat prices No 2 hard red winter at 4.28 and No 2 soft red winter at 4.78. Corn No 2 yellow 2.72, hopper 2.64 and box 2.64. Oats No 2 heavy 1.75. Soybeans No 1 yellow 6.26 and No 2 yellow. Cotton futures in New York lower. strict low middling 11-16 in spot at 67.97 cents lb. Mar 73.65, May 75.18, July 76.17. Dow Jones at 11 a.m.: Industrials 839.33, -0.77. Transports 253.31, +0.34. Utilities 107.41, -0.20. Stocks 299.14, -0.13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones
NEW York (Ap
Indus
Trans
Utilities
Pecos Area News Roundup Fire and Theft Reports
A sulfur truck caught fire 27 miles north on Duval Road at 7 24 a m. Pecos Ambulance handed a patient to Odessa at 2 53 p m Thursday. Tito Levario Gavaldon 119 N Alamo lost control 1300 block West Third turning onto Hackberry the truck flipped. Pam Sue Crowe 120 W Thirteenth reported a seven week German Shepherd missing. Leticia Rodriguez Box 922 reported a $40 billfold missing from her vehicle at Pecos High School. Thomas Smith 2130 Wyoming reported hunting gear valued at 354 50 missing from his Ford pickup.
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Duval Road
Pecos
Odessa
Tito Levario Gavaldon
N. Alamo
West Third
Hackberry
Pam Sue Crowe
Thirteenth
Leticia Rodriguez
S. Park
Thomas Smith
Wyoming
Sheriff's Report On Vandalism And Drug Arrests In Reeves County
Joe Smith of Barstow reported three Mobile Oil Exploration trucks damaged at the Holiday Inn while parked. HCW Construction vehicles were damaged while abandoned on Christmas Day. Teodor Cabral filed the report. Charles Ray Walker and Delorise Walker, both of 51 C. Airbase, were arrested for possession of marijuana over four ounces and jailed on $10,000 bond. Richard Hardy, 19, of Florida, held for possession of marijuana under two ounces, fined $207. Lupe Jasco reported a burglary at Alamo Farms with items missing including a TV, a clock, and two guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Smith
Barstow
Sheriff’s Office
Holiday Inn
HCW
Sheriff's Office
Teodor Cabral
Charles Ray Walker
Delorise Walker
Reeves County
Richard Hardy
Florida
Lupe Jasco
Alamo Farms
Adult education classes to reopen in Odessa area
ODESSA Adult basic education classes reopen January 7 at the Odessa College Adult Learning Center and at multiple city locations. The program offers reading writing and math basics plus GED prep and various support courses. Classes run mornings and evenings with no charge for instruction or materials and are available at campus and neighborhood centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Odessa College
Baskin Hall
Clarice Claiborne
Deaderick Hall
Blackshear Junior High School
St. Joseph's Church
Rusk
Burleson
Goliad
Hays
Gardendale
Alpine
Andrews
Fort Davis
Fort Stockton
Grandfalls
Kermit
Marfa
Monahans
Pecos
Presidio
van Horn
Claiborne
Our Misunderstood Bible by Augustin Fuentes
A brief meditation on the Bible as the world’s most influential book. The author argues many misunderstand its source purpose and indestructibility, noting it guides toward good works and cannot be truly destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustin Fuentes
Balmorhea Migrant Students Stage Christmas Nativity
The Balmorhea migrant student group presented a Christmas program featuring a Nativity scene with students from grades five through eight. Directed by Irene Hunter Fidela Jasso Elo dia Martinez and Betty Sparks, the cast included Flora Sotelo Jose Baeza Lucena Lujan Abel Lopez Bobbie Rodriguez Hector Muniz Juan Sotelo and others. The poetry reading The Meaning of Christmas was by Maria Sotelo and Leticia Rodriguez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmorhea School
Irene Hunter
Fidela Jasso
Elodia Martinez
Betty Sparks
Balmorhea
Flora Sotelo
Mary
Jose Baeza
Joseph
Lucena Lujan
Carmine Juriquez
Delma Jurado
Elsa Burciaga
Elodia Muniz
Angels
Jose Muniz
Thomas Altamiano
Israel Mondragon
Abel Lopez
Herod
Bobbie Rodriguez
Hector Muniz
Juan Sotelo
Ruby Contreras
Martha Jasso
Maria Sotelo
Leticia Rodriguez
Community club schedules for Pecos area December 1979
Local listings show weekly meetings for Lions, Optimist, AA, TOPS and other groups across Pecos Balmorhea Barstow and Barstow area venues. Highlights include Lions Club at American Inn and Lions Den, Optimist at Saragosa Hall, Rotary at Holiday Inn, Jaycees at Alpine Lodge, and senior center quilting events plus welfare group gatherings throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CPS Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff and Puff
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
S. Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Hickory Housing Center
Rio Pecos Extension Club
Pecos Jayceeettes
la Leche League
Holiday Inn
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Texas Farm Bureau Delegates Plan for 61st AFBF Meeting
More than 100 Texas Farm Bureau members will attend the 61st annual American Farm Bureau Federation meeting January 6 through 10 in Phoenix Arizona. Texas will send 18 voting delegates the largest number in state history to help shape national Farm Bureau policies for 1980.
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Waco
Texas Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Phoenix
Ariz
National Farm Bureau
TFB
McAllen
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Allan Grant
AFBF
Nicholas Henderson
U.S
Reubin O.D. Askew
Murry L. Weidenbaum
Center of the Study of American Business
Bob Hope
Carrol Chaloupka
Texas
Chaloupka
Jack Osborne
Pampa
S.M. True Jr
Plainview
Marvin Phemister
Weinert
T.L. Roberts
Wills Point
Doyle Congra
Talpa
Milton Harborth
Seguin
Henry Burton
Lufkin
Bill Reid
Lamesa
Obituary for Jessie M Murphy 82 in Reeves County Hospital
Jessie M Murphy age 82 died at Reeves County Hospital at 10 05 p m Thursday Services set for 10 a m Wednesday Jan 2 1980 at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel Interment at 10 30 a m Thursday Jan 3 Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Born May 27 1897 in Kansas she lived in Pecos ten years coming from Kerrville Worked as a clerk for J C Penney Co Member of the Methodist faith Survived by two stepsons Stanley Murphy Westville Kansas Joseph Murphy Leavenworth Kansas one sister Goldie Kelton Pecos and many nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie M. Murphy
Reeves County Hospital
Pecos Funeral Home
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
San Antonio
J.C. Penney Co
Stanley Murphy
Westville
Kan
Joseph Murphy
Leavenworth
Goldie Kelton
Pecos
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amy McIntire
Tudie Patrick
Louise Acosta
Casey Farrington
San Angelo
Dan Brijalba
Saul
Barbara Candelas
Eli Borden
Hobbs, N.M
Jay Cates
Mrs
Mike Cate
Colorado
Bruce
Juan Carrasco
Jimmie Carrasco
Jimmie Carrasco Jr
Dick Compton
Wayne Tollett
Daymon Compton
Gary Compton
Pecos Enterprise
Area News
Sheriff's Report
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Linda Daniel Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Ruth Wells
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Arizona
Farm Bureau Plans
National Rain Board
OSHA
EPA
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