City votes on Fifth street closure for jail site
City leaders set a special election for Feb 16 to decide closing Fifth street between Oak and Cedar for a 54 man county jail. Plan cites federal grants funding about 800000 and drainage challenges. DPS building plans and office relocations linked to the project.
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Oak
Cedar Streets
H.D. Glover
Fred Armstrong
Bob Bickley
Glover
Judge Roy Bean
Criminal Justice Council
Sheriff's Office
A Justice
Peace Office
Armstrong
Fourth Street
Bickley
Austin
Dwyane Dobbs
Garland Matthews
Fred Leigh
Clem Crowley
J.J. Maxey
Stalf
Pecos Beat Notes Stir With Local Quirks and Gazebo Plans
On the beat columnist Lynne Webb notes a Sunday school teacher leaving the force for a Big Spring college job and observes many officers retain belt buckles. She raises light use debates, a dispatcher’s signal-light tip, and an odd ski mishap. J J Maxey seeks gazebo designs at city hall for a city park project.
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Maxey
Reymundo Orona
Leonard Saint
Saint
Howard County Junior College
Big Spring
Federal Revenue Sharing
Presidio Independent School District
First National Bank
Lynn Webb
Wilma Turner
Pecos
Cedar
Third Streets
Pecos River
J.J. Maxey
City Hall
Mild Winter Ice and Snow Sweep Texas Plains
Mild winter days persist as ice and snow cover wide areas from the Panhandle to the Big Bend. Freezing drizzle and showers bring hazardous travel, with icing reported in Amarillo and Wichita Falls regions while far south highs reach 70s. Forecasters expect little change Friday as cold fronts move southward across Texas.
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Pecos
Texas
Associated Press
Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Houston
Corpus Christi
Big Bend
Texas Panhandle
Dalhart
Panhandle
Childress
Lubbock
Dallas-Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Waco
Alice
Brownsville
Plains
Great Lakes
New England
Mid-Continent
Kansas
Michigan
Reeves County Clerk hopeful Catherine Ashley announces bid
Catherine Ashley announces her candidacy for Reeves County Clerk in the spring Democratic primary. Appointed May 1, 1973 to fill the unexpired term of Estelle Clinton, Ashley has served since May and emphasizes safeguarding public records and accessible files for Reeves County residents.
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Reeves County
Catherine Ashley
Ashley
Estelle Clinton
Clinton
John F. Tomlin
Midland
Odessa
Pecos
Toyah
Toyah High School
Victor
Baylor University
Kimberly
Pecos High School
West Sixth St
Seminar on OSHA rules at community center draws crowd
A seminar on the Occupational Safety and Health Act rules was held today at the community center. Local residents attended with questions about how the rules apply to them and how to comply. The event was sponsored by the Texas Safety Association and the Pecos Chamber of Commerce.
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OSHA
Texas Safety Association
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Property recovery high in December
Police recovered 62 percent of reported property in December. Lost $9,020, recovered $5,587. Police handled 365 calls, 33 for vehicle accidents, 41 for offenses against property including 17 thefts over $50. Citations 147, 9 offenses pending. Monies collected by police $3,566. jail fines $1,071, animal control $275.
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Gene Ma ‘Tin
W.O. Pigman
Eat and Grow Younger feature begins Monday
The Pecos Enterprise launches a Monday start feature serialization of Lelord Kordel's best seller Eat and Grow Younger. Kordel argues premature old age is a deficiency disease and can be postponed by proper eating. The daily segments present his arguments findings and a complete Grow Younger eating program.
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Pecos Enterprise
Lelord Kordel
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