Community leaders elected to Pecos Chamber board
Community leaders Clark Ford Oma Feallis Joey McMahon Bob Miller and Bob Moss were elected to the Pecos Chamber of Commerce board of directors for three year terms starting April 1 Ford a First Christian Church pastor and Rotary president elect has worked with the chamber through the Ministerial Alliance bicentennial and as last year’s banquet MC Mrs Fallis returns to the board after serving as a one year appointee and heading up a committee
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Clark Ford
Oma Feallis
Joey McMahon
Bob Miller
Bob Moss
Pecos Chamber of Commerce Board of
Ford
First Christian Church
Chamber
Ministerial Alliance
Pecos
Reeves-Loving County
McMahon
J&j
Miller
First National Bank
Ginning lags behind 1974 in Pecos Valley area
Cotton ginning in the Pecos Valley trails last year with 49 541 bales to date versus 56 747 in 1974. Reeves County Upland balings total 38 256 and area Pima balings reach 5 099. Weekly gain brings year total closer to last year with Pecos County Upland 5 106 and Presidio County Upland 1 080.
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Pecos Valley
Reeves County
Pecos County
Presidio County
Oil unitization bill fails committee vote
In Austin Texas the Senate Natural Resources Committee rejected moving a compulsory oil unitization bill to the floor with a 4-4 vote while chairman Sen Max Sherman did not vote A subcommittee referral passed 5-4 as Sen Bill Patman arrived late The measure faced four hours of testimony and involves injecting water or gas to boost production and state regulation of unitization
Que Paso Menudo Contest Entries Grow In West Texas
John Pitts reports the Que Paso Menudo Contest in Pecos with 17 entrants including Manny Benevides and Eva Garza. Winners receive 15 10 and 5 dollars and a Fonville Jewelers plaque. judging focuses on tripe feet seasoning tenderness and taste. The event is at Ben's Spanish Inn at 7 p.m. March 1 with paper bowls provided for judges.
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Basilio Mora
Carlos Nichols Sr
Alfonso Villela
Virginia Abila
Ismael Dominguez
Millie Villalobos
Diane Fowler
Bear Stroud
Fidela Sanchez
Olga Castillo
Lee Juarez
Eva Garza
Manny Benevides
Fort Davis
Manny
Prude Ranch
Blue Top Inn
CPS
Pizza Hut
UMAC
Louis Matta
Ben's
Spanish Inn
West Texas
PECOS
John Charles Fonville
Fonville Jewelers
John Charles
San Antonio
Hitler
Jose Tercero
Joe Orona
Fernando Fernandez
Sebero Jaquez
Temperatures Swing Between Spring and Winter in Texas
The region shows two-season days with 73 degree highs and 30 degree lows. Gusty winds loom in Northwest Texas as a Pacific front promises variable weather through the week. Snow and storms sweep the East, while California faces heavy rain and the West endures wind and water from a broad storm system.
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Texas
Associated Press
South
City grants lone bid to lease Pecos airport land
City council approves leasing one section of Pecos airport land at 50 per acre with 3 sixteenth royalty to oil developer John Dorr Jr. yielding about 29150. A related easement to Oasis Pipeline Co for a four and six inch line is approved for six per rod. Bonds pledged and two new hires, Juan Castro and Federico Jaquez, are authorized after probation.
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Pecos
John Dorr Jr
Dorr
Carl McGee
Oasis Pipeline Company
Ward County
Juan Castro
Federico Jaquez
City Council Declares War on Sign Destruction
City council condemns sign vandalism after four way stop signs at Iowa and Elizabeth streets were torn down six times. Mayor Maxey says a jeep or similar vehicle is used to pull them down, raising costs. Police urged swift arrests and harsher penalties, while bids on new signs were opened but tabled. A hangar demolition bid from Elmer Bechtel of Dallas for Joe Smallwood was accepted at 1500 dollars.
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Iowa and
Elizabeth Streets
J.J. Maxey
Maxey
Gene Martin
Joe Smallwood
Dallas
IH 20
Dickie Wadley
Elmer Bechtel
Smallwood
Bechtel
Council
Pecos Voters to Choose Three City Councilmen
Voters in Pecos will go to the polls at the community center from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 5 to select three city councilmen for two year terms. Incumbents whose terms expire in April are Bob Bickley Clem Crowley and Manuel Trujillo. A referendum on closing an alley serving the downtown park area near the museum is also on the ballot.
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Pecos
Bob Bickley
Clem Crowley
Manuel Trujillo
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Bill Moss
J&j Feed Pens
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Alpine
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Presidents Club
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
Ray Farabee
Wichita Falls
Grant Jones
Abilene
Glenn Rothmann
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Tyler
Kent Hance
Lubbock
Walter Mengden
Houston
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Mea
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College Station
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Kennedy Airport
West
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Austin
Texas Electric Light and Power Waterworks
Sa-So
Grand Prairie
Traffic Supply
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King Chemical Company
Judge Roy Bean
Washington’s
William’s Department Store
South Oak
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