Mortician Bill Calloway Emphasizes Open Honesty in Pecos Funeral Home
In Pecos Texas Bill Calloway, director of Pecos Funeral Home, discusses the mortician’s life and its challenges. He rejects glossed titles, stresses compassion, candid pricing, and the emotional impact of serving bereaved families in a small town.
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Bill Calloway
Pecos
Funeral Home
Pecos Funeral Home
Pecos Funeral Company
Bill
Lubbock
Mike Harri
Chester Jackson
Frank Rodriguez
Ladies to reactivate local hospital auxiliary
Memorial Hospital plans to reactivate its hospital auxiliary after a year’s inactivity with a 7:30 p.m. meeting in the hospital dining room on Monday. Former members and new volunteers are urged to attend as the group prepares to assist with meals, linens, and other tasks to free nurses for patient care.
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Memorial Hospital
Lucille Mauldin
H.D. Glover
Glover
Elvin Reynolds
Paul Williams
Jobless rate rise highest in 33 years
Washington AP reports the U S unemployment rate jumped to 8 2 percent in January the highest in 33 years with 7 5 million Americans jobless. The increase from December 7 2 percent is the largest monthly rise since 1953. Heavy layoffs hit blue and white collar workers teens women and men as the recession deepens. The administration warned the peak could reach 8 5 percent this year or higher.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford Administration
Pecos High seniors measured for graduation caps and gowns
Pecos High School seniors were measured for graduation caps and gowns this week. Dean of students David Dutchover said the measurements took place Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Pecos High School
David Dutchover
Dutchover
Sugar beet planting and harvest data released
Final research on planting and harvesting cycles of the sugar beet is under way at the Keith Jackson farm north of Pecos in collaboration with the Texas Agricultural Experimental Station, led by Dr. Jim Hefner.
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Keith Jackson
Pecos
Texas Agricultural Experimental Station
Jim Hefner
Jackson Farm and Experiment Station
Great Western Sugar Co
Colorado
Kolly Sugar Co
North
Texas
Hefner
Trans-Pecos
Jackson Farm
Tower bill seeks trial in Spanish
Senator John Tower and Senator John Tunney proposed a bipartisan bill to permit federal court proceedings in English or Spanish to assure equal justice for Spanish speakers. Tower stressed the need to prevent due process being denied in English-speaking courts. A separate report notes ongoing sugar beet research in the Trans-Pecos region assessing growing seasons, disease incidence, and insect presence with seed donations and multiple plantings planned.
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Washington
John Tower
Texas
Tower
John Tunney
D.calif
Trans-Pecos
Hefner
Ginning slows as weekly bale total dips noticeably
Gins reported only 561 bales processed during the past week as the season winds down. Total bales to date are 49,210, below last year’s 55,357. Area pima accounts for 5,042 bales with Reeves County Upland at 37,982, Pecos County Upland 5,106, and Presidio County Upland 1,080.
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Reeves County Upland
Pecos County
Presidio County
Bone chilling weather hits Texas with Arctic cold
Texas bundled under an Arctic cold front as dawn temperatures plunged to near freezing or below across the state. Pecos reported 25 degrees while the Panhandle hovered around 15 above the previous day’s low and Perryton saw 21 degrees, with the Lower Rio Grande spared from freezes due to partial cloud cover. Light snow was reported in scattered areas and gas service disruptions prompted noon closures in parts of eastern Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Rio Grande
Texas Panhandle
Perryton
Checotah
Fufaula
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Natural Gas Co
Weather and travel advisories across multiple states
A cold front in the Pacific Northwest brings rain and snow while travel advisories persist from Kentucky to West Virginia. Oregon faces advisories. Idaho and Montana in winter storm watches. Yakima reports two inches of snow, Spokane one inch. A tornado hit Mayo Florida causing injuries and property damage. Key West sees over an inch of rain as thunderstorms roll through.
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Ala
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N.Y
Kentucky
Virginia
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Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Idaho
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Wash
Spokane
Florida
Mayo
Key West
Fla
Book sale supports Barstow Elementary greenhouse project
Barstow Elementary special education classes will host a Monday book sale at the school. Textbooks encyclopedias and old annuals will be offered along with recordings all priced at five cents. Proceeds fund a greenhouse garden project by the students.
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Barstow
Roger Brantley
Brantley
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