Resident aliens fined for aiding illegal entrants in Pecos
Six defendants faced U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos for misdemeanor violations of immigration law. Ignacio Martinez-Guerra and Fernando Montanez-Castaneda, both resident aliens, drew two years unsupervised probation after six months imprisonment was suspended plus $500 fines. Four Mexican nationals received 179 days each for illegally entering the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. Border Patrol
Ignacio Martinez-Guerra
Bellaire
Kermit
Fernando Montanez-Castaneda
W. Ada
Odessa
Severiano Hinojos- Favela
Juan Reyes- Amalia
Armando Ramos-Calderon
Ramon Garcia-Levario
Mexico
Market rises as Dow recovers from Monday dip
New York investors clung to gains as the market steadied from Monday’s pause. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed to 829.78 at midday, with gainers outpacing losers by more than two to one on NYSE listed issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
A.m. Stockaveres
Indus
New Childbirth Classes Planned in Reeves County Hospital
The Prepared Childbirth program announces a six week session starting Thursday January 11. Weekly meetings occur in Reeves County Hospital’s classroom. Instruction covers breathing techniques husband coach training and labor room tours with a class film shown in one session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County Hospital
Teresa Childress
Officials Meet for Youth Basketball Assignments
Pecos Community Recreation director Jim Edwards announces a Tuesday meeting at 7 PM in the Community Center Banquet Room for all youth basketball officials to draw up officiating schedules. A separate Thursday meeting for coaches, both boys and girls, is planned with a team representative required to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Edwards
Pecos
Community Center
Edwards
Extended Weather Forecast for North Central and West Texas
North Texas sees partly cloudy skies with a warmup from near 50 Thursday to lower 60s Saturday. Lows range from around 20 in the northwest to near 40 southeast. Saturday lows stay mainly in the 30s. South Texas stays mostly cloudy with rain ending Thursday, highs 50s to 60s, clearing and warming Friday and Saturday into the 60s and 70s, with 40s to 50s overnight. West Texas has cloudy skies with scattered freezing drizzle or snow north, colder in most areas Thursday, then slow warming Friday through Saturday. lows from teens north to 20s and 30s south, highs 30s to 60s depending on area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
North
Texas
South Texas
Zavala Junior High Earns Runner-Up at Monahans Tourney
The Zavala Junior High School basketball team captured second place at the Monahans tournament last weekend. First-row players include B. Rayos H. Rubio R. Dominguez M. Trujillo M. Palomino and E. Fuentez with a second-row lineup of G. Morales R. Chaverria H. Lara S. Roquemore M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zavala
Monahans
B. Rayos
H. Rubio
R. Dominguez
M. Trujillo
M. Palomino
E. Fuentez
G. Morales
R. Chaverria
H. Lara
S. Roquemore
Motorcycle trip reflections from Pecos reader in Mexico
Letter to the Editor from Jim Blanchard of Pecos recalls riding toward a Baja town at dusk and observing exceptionally clean streets. He contrasts this with his wish for similar cleanliness at home and expresses pride in leaving no litter behind after smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mexico
Baja
Pecos
Balmorhea News Roundup Of Local Seniors And Church News
Balmorhea notes include a senior bus trip to Pecos on Jan 11 at 9 am with contact Cassie Farrington or Nora Brijalba for transport. A Social Security rep comes Jan 18 at 1 pm. luncheon Jan 11 at the Senior Citizens Center. Two Leavitts move to Valley near Brownsville. Leavitt led weekly Bible study. Rev Don Holladay begins pastorate serving Ft Davis and Balmorhea. Married life updates, hospital stays, new city secretary, basketball wins at Grandfalls, and graveside service for Adolfa Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmorhea
Pecos
Senior Citizens Center
Cassie Farrington
Nora Brijalba
Thomas
Florence Leavitt
Vallen
Brownsville
Emma Shepherd Honored at El Paso FTA Convention
District XIX honors Emma Shepherd a Pecos teacher and Future Teachers of America advisor at Riverside High School. She receives a resolution and an engraved plaque as the Emma Shepherd Day is designated for January 6, 1979. Cynthia Gonzales wins Miss FTA first place with a $1000 scholarship chance. Melodee Naylor elected district historian. others display yearbooks with 13 state trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma L. Shepherd
Future
Teacher's of America
el Paso
FTA
Emma Shepherd
Cynthia Gonzales
Melodee Naylor
Sherma McLain
Karen Hill
Connie Shoemaker
Weatherman blamed for Texas gas curtailments in ice storm
A railroad commission report links gas curtailments during Texas ice storm to a cold front rapid spread and flawed forecasting. It cites five major transmission systems imposing substantial curtailments, with La Vaca and Lone Star affected most. About 1000 households lost gas for 10 hours amid mechanical faults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
Commission
Gas Utilities
Joseph Piotrowski
Mack Wallace
Piotrowski
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Amarillo
Lone Star Gas Co
Dallas
La-Vaca Gathering Co
Arkla Gas Transmission Co
United Gas Pipeline Co
la Vaca
Lone Star
Jasper
Rusk
Weimer
Pflugerville
NASA Clear Lake
Posse Names New Officers
The Reeves County Sheriff Posse elected officers for 1979. They are Tommy Vines lieutenant, Gerald Bennett secretary treasurer, Sam Smith captain, Clyde Ward corral boss, Julius Gassett trustee, Claude Capps trustee, James Brown entertainment, and Leman Barmore sergeant. The group plans the Junior rodeo, July 4th rodeo, barbeque, parades and dances, Fall Fair, World Championship barbecue beef cook off, oil appreciation day, and other programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County Sheriff Posse
Tommy Vines
Gerald Bennett
Sam Smith
Clyde Ward
Corral
Julius Gassett
Claude Capps
James Brown
Leman Barmore
January 1979 Calendar Page Brief
A scanned calendar page from January 1979 highlights dates and daily markings. The fragment shows month numbers and clock-like annotations, indicating a typical month layout without additional context or events.
Community Club Schedule for Pecos Area Mon to Fri
Weekly listings show Lions Club and Optimist gatherings at Pecos venues including Pecos Inn San Saragosa Hall and Balmorhea contacts. Meetings cover social, fellowship, sobriety, and senior activities with phone numbers 445 4611 447 3655 375 2508 and addresses at S Oak Cedar Second Hickory and 425 W Third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Reeves Community Council
10Th St
Barstow
Downton Lions Club
Holiday Inn
Franklin's
Third St
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff and Huff
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
Emergency Pecos Ambulance transfers and fires in Pecos
At 2:21 p.m. Monday and 8:36 a.m. today Pecos Ambulance Service transferred patients from Reeves County Hospital to an Odessa hospital. Pecos Volunteer Fire Department responded to a stove fire at 1017 E Second, a dumpster fire in the 700 block of Peach, and a brush fire behind the Lindsay Addition. Citations: Geronimo Mendoza Hignosos, 32, released on $100 bond after citations for no license and leaving the scene. Police investigate two thefts in Pecos, wallets valued at 99 and 85 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Reeves County Hospital
Odessa
Lindsay
Geronimo Mendoza Hignosos
Lindsay Road
Fort Worth Indoor Rodeo to Feature New Production Concept
The 1979 World's Original Indoor Rodeo opens January 24 at Will Rogers Coliseum as part of the Southwestern Exposition. Fort Worth will host 22 performances through February 4 with a seven-stock-contractor alliance and a top lineup including Lippin Velvet, the bareback horse of the year, and Angel Sings Saddle Horse. Production chief Neal Gay and Mesquite Rodeo Corp. lead a national stock group to ensure premier stock and competition, with Don, Pete, and Jim Gay among the competing riders and Kay Gay serving as timekeeper and flag bearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.R. Watt Jr
Neal Gay
Mesquite
Texas
Fort Worth
Watt
Gay
Lippin Velvet
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Bennis Johnson
B Bar J Rodeo Co
Angel Sings
Harry Wold
Fowler
Colo
Jim Shoulders
Henryetta
Okla
Wayne Wold
DeWinton
Alberta
Canada
Dell Hall
Rafters Rodeo Co
Tallequah
Flying Five Rodeo Co
Romeroy
Wash
Bradford Ivey
Fairfield
Mesquite Rodeo Corp
Dallas
PRCA
Ira Akers
Harry Tomkins
D.J. Gaudin
Don Gay
Neal
Don
Pete
Jim
Kay
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Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Srands
Reeves
Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis
Jim Blanchard
St. Pecos
Don Holladay
Peggy Moore
Raymond Carrasco
Carrasco
Valentine
Adolfa Nelson
Ft. Stockton
al Miller
Weatherman
Posse
Huff and Puff
Solomon Islands
Pacific Ocean
Peru
Britain
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