Stocks Rise On Gold Silver Surge Amid Afghan Iran Fears
Gold and silver mining stocks soar as broader market falls on Afghanistan and Iran concerns. Gold tops new highs around $560 an ounce, while Dow Jones sinks to 833.19 by midday. NYSE composites slip 0.35 to 61.60 as traders note more losers than gainers. Key names include Asarco Dome Mines Homestake and Eastman Kodak with mixed shifts. Cotton futures edge higher with midday quotes. wheat corn and soybeans listed with prices and shifts.
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New York
Afghanistan
Iran
London
New York Stock Exchange
Asarco
ASA
Dome
Homestake
NYSE
Yellowknife
American Stock Exchange
Eastman Kodak
Polaroid
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
Balmorhea News Briefs Winter visits and school plans noted
Balmorhea hosts several visitors from Arizona and Texas including Mary Weinacht Lou Ella Drammer and others. Balmorhea school reopens and third six weeks tests start Jan 10. Junior High basketball vs Presidio Jan 19 at 4 pm. Bears travel to Fort Davis Jan 8 and Grand Falls tournament Jan 3 4 5. Senior Citizens Center open Jan 3 for day activities. Chamber of Commerce meets Jan 7 at 7 30 pm. Public invited.
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Balmorhea
Presidio
Bears
Fort Davis
Grandfalls
Chamber of Commerce
Brand New Opree Opens January 5 Season Debuts
The Odessa Brand New Opree launches its 1980 season January 5 at the Globe of the Great Southwest with Rona Reeves Tami Jo Whitmire Lee Bingham and Jimmy Faulks. Still Water leads January with Joe Thompson emceeing. Curtain 7 30 p.m. Tickets via 333 6093.
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Odessa
Opree
Globe of the Great Southwest
Rona Reeves
Tami Jo Whitmire
Lee Bingham
Jimmy Faulks
Still Water
Heaven Bound
Joe Thompson
Police blotter details January incidents in Pecos
The Pecos Police logged a theft report from Carl Burkholder II about a 250 Kawasaki dirt bike stolen from his home on January 1. The bike was recovered in an alley between Orange and Mulberry Streets at 11:35 a.m. A separate incident saw Andrew Calderon Rodriguez collide with Orlando Orono in two Monte Carlos. Rodriguez received a failure to yield citation. Arrests included Glen Harrison for public intoxication at 4:40 a.m. and Jamie Flores later for public intoxication, evading arrest, and assault-related charges after a high speed chase.
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Pecos
Carl Eugene Burkholder II
Fourteenth Street
Orange
Mulberry Streets
Andrew Calderon Rodriguez
S. Cherry
Orlando Orono
S. Peach
Rodriguez
Jamie Flores
Funeral held for Anne Burnett Tandy at Fort Worth church
Anne Burnett Tandy 74 widow of Tandy Corp founder Charles David Tandy died after a long illness. She managed the 6666 Ranch near Guthrie in King County and two Triangle Ranches in Wichita County and the Panhandle. She was a Fort Worth bank director and held multiple museum and horsepower association roles. Survived by daughter Ann Burnett Windfohr Phillips and a granddaughter.
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Fort Worth
Samuel Burk Burnett Estates
Thomas L. Burnett Cattle Co
Tandy Corp
Radio Shack
Ann Burnett Windfohr Phillips
Frisco
January 1980 community calendar highlights
A dated community calendar lists recurring Monday through Friday meetings and events across Pecos Balmorhea Barstow and surrounding areas. Lions Clubs, Rotary, Jaycees, TOPS, AA and Al-Anon, and other groups meet at specific venues such as the Amistad Lions Den, CPS Reddy Room, Hickory Housing Center, and Holiday Inn.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City CB Club
CPS Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff and Puff
Pecos
Optimist Club
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
Downtown
Holiday Inn
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Hackberry
Sandhills District Scout Meeting Announced for January 14
The Sandhills district committee of the Boy Scouts of America will meet January 14 at 7 30 p.m. at the West Texas Children's Home in Pyote. The ad sale kickoff for the Scout Exposition on April 19 will occur then. New district chairman Halley Brookshire presides for the first time. cubmasters, committeemen, and den leaders are asked to attend.
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Sandhills
Boy Scouts of America
West Texas
Pyote
Halley Brookshire
Metropolitan Opera auditions open in San Antonio region
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Southwest Regional Auditions will be held February 7 to 9 in McAllister Auditorium at San Antonio College. Sponsored by the Junior League of San Antonio and El Paso with San Antonio College, applicants must apply by January 21. Age brackets range Sopranos 20-30 Mezzo-Soprano 20-30 Contralto 20-30 Tenor 20-30 Baritone 20-32 Bass 20-33.
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Metropolitan Opera National Council
McAllister Auditorium
San Antonio College
Junior League of
San Antonio and
el Paso
San Antonio
Augusta
Texas
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Fredrick and Ursula and Co
State Theater
Charlie Brown
Ismael Mendoza
Carl Weinacht
Mary Weinacht
Lou Ella Drammer
Tuscon, Ariz
Raydell Jobe
Big Spring
J.E. Scott
Joy Stroade
Cassie Farrington
Dick Birnie
Miami
Fla
Davis
Diana Craig
Curtis Ray
Muchiel Ray
Three Rivers
Butch Fellebaum
Ashdown
Ark
Eddy Fellebaum
Gary Harrison
Sandy Huelster
Billy Curry
Lillian Stapelton
Amarillo
Precos
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Linda Daniel
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Ruth Wells
Reeves County
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Glen N. Harrison
Nebraska
Tandy
First National Bank of Fort Worth
National Cowboys Hall of Fame
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art
American Quarterhorse Association
Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Association
Norma Jean
S. Eddy
Metropolitan Opera
Jim
TALL
North Grant
Hop
Decorating Center
Chris
Asupper Fx
Ladies Shoes
Laiies Shoes
Orfords
S Jarman & Evans
Carltons Shoe Store
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