Rick Moon to head chamber of commerce in Pecos
A Pecos-area meeting at Rick's Cafe drew local business owners and officials to discuss forming a Pecos chamber of commerce. After input from Terry Burns, attendees voted to organize, electing Rick Moon president Alton Parker vice president Jake Cameron treasurer and Catherine Farrington city secretary.
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Rick Moon
Rick's
Chamber of Commerce
Terry Burns
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Louise Adams
Valley Motel
Alton L. Parker
Parker's
One Stop Grocery
Jake Cameron
Balmorhea State Park
Jane B. Moore
Balmorhea
S.S. Carrasco
Jimmy's Grocery
June Humphries
Sue Florez
Chicken House Cafe
A.B. Lozano
Phillips 66
Rita Lozano
Victor Hernandez
Kent Service
K.A. Schloemer
West Texas Utilities
Catherine Farrington
Fol
Balmorhea Planning Committee Reviews Urgent Projects
Secretary Kington reports a planning committee of Louise Adams Jane Moore Alton Parker Kenneth Schloemer and Catherine Farrington to meet with President Moon Friday afternoon to outline urgent chamber projects and begin a brochure for Madera Valley. The next meeting is at 8 a.m. Saturday with all residents urged to attend. Sunday morning temperatures fell from 34 to 9 as sleet and snow began, ice forming and creating dangerous driving as surrounding mountains remained snow capped.
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Kington
Louise Adams
Jane Moore
Alton Parker
Kenneth Schloemer
Catherine Farrington
Chamber
Madera Valley
Moon
Associated Press
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Austin
San Antonio
Abilene
Dalhart
Upper Panhandle
Galveston
Stock market opens strong then fades on profit taking
Wall street opened with gains led by Morgan Guaranty Trust lowering its prime lending rate to 9 3/4 percent. Dow at noon up 2.27 to 661.06 after early 6-point rise. Texaco active. NYSE index up 11 to 38.68. Amex volume leader Goldfield steady. Cotton futures slide on USDA crop estimate. March 38.05, May 38.97, July 39.95. Fort Worth cattle and calves sale steady to higher. various feeder prices noted. Gold opens higher in London and Zurich with prices near 180-182 per ounce.
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New York Stock Exchange
Morgan Guaranty Trust
Texaco
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Goldfield Corp
Amex
Agriculture Department
London
Zurich
Christmas 1974 Reflected Joy and School Bond Victory
Carmelo Lopez recalls a warm Christmas season with family dinners and a snowy holiday. The Pecos community celebrated a passed school bond funding a kindergarten, band facilities, a new high school track, and a high school cafeteria at Zavala, ending the year with PIP Pride in Pecos and a first white Christmas in years. The article lists seventh grade B team members Jo Ann Vil llalobos Melba Dominguez Patricia Alavarez Janice Evans Carmen Martinez Belinda Ortega Diana Mendoza Carla Briggs and A team managers Rachel Matta Myra Garcia with B team Pat Perea Sylvia Renteria.
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Carmelo Lopez
Zavala
Pecos
Margie Martinez
Becky Villescas
Jo Ann Villaloboz
Melba Dominguez
Patricia Alavarez
Janice Evans
Carmen Martinez
Belinda
Zavala eighth grade volleyball team seeks better finish
Volleyball tryouts at Zavala in December led to a squad that begins the new year with focused practice. Eighth grade players named include Kathy Salcido Pat Sparkman Virginia Leyva Hope Mendoza Delia Arreguey Esmeralda Portillo Rachel Rayos Nancy Ingram Juanita Estorga. Old-timers say improvement is in imagination.
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Rachel Matta
Zavala
Kathy Salcido
Pat Sparkman
Virginia Leyva
Hope Mendoza
Delia Arreguey
Esmeralda Portillo
Rachel Rayos
Nancy Ingram
Juanita Estorga
Odessa TEC fills at least 100 jobs in area rush
Odessa Texas Employment Commission area manager Frank Kasko says TEC filled at least 100 jobs last week, more than usual, while about 1200 jobs remain open despite publicity from an Associated Press feature and CBS spot. Mail continues to flow in. Monahans deposits rise 2.5 percent in 1974 amid national slowdown. Carlsbad permits fall from 1973 with apartment projects accounting for much of the decline.
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Odessa
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Frank Kasko
Kasko
Associated Press
CBS News
MonAhans
MonAhans Financial Institutions
West Texas
First National Bank
First State Bank
Texas Savings and Loan
Deaths and funerals in Barstow Pecos and Girvin
Death notices for Albert Lee Rice 71 Barstow and Peggy Bradley 43 Pecos. Rice longtime Ward County employee died at home Sunday with services at Barstow Presbyterian Church burial Barstow Cemetery. Survivors include widow Hazel three stepdaughters and seven grandchildren. Peggy Bradley died Sunday in Fort Stockton after 27 years in Pecos with services at Pecos Funeral Home and burial Evergreen Cemetery. She was born March 14 1931 in San Antonio and lived in Girvin. survivors include husband three sons mother two brothers and two grandchildren.
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Albert Lee Rice
Barstow
Barstow Presbyterian Church
Rice
Ward County
Hazel
James Cranfill
Pecos
Bobby Condra
Andrews
Wylie Wilson
Midland
Bob
Peggy) Bradley
Pecos Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Bradley
Fort Stockton
San Antonio
Girvin
Frank
Bill Bradley
Jimmy Bradley
Alma Wood
Robert Wood
Sherman
Richard D. Wood
el Paso
Telephone Girls Kept Their Temper in Spy Survey
London AP reports telephone operators at Legal and General were evaluated in a paid undercover survey by a retired executive who phoned 93 offices to judge politeness speed and efficiency. The firm praised the results with little temper found. Three top-ranked operators will share a 75 pound prize.
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London
Legal and General Insurance Company
Community Club and Service Meetings Weekly Schedule
Calendar listing weekly events and meetings including Merry Home and Garden Club Al-Anon TOPS Alcoholics Anonymous and Lions clubs with times locations and contact phone numbers for Balmorhea and nearby venues across Monday to Friday entries.
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Merry Home and Garden Club
Charles Dyer
Adams
Community Center
Al-Anon Meeting
S. Oak
Tops Club
E. 10Th St
Senior Citizen's Center
Alcoholics Anonymous
Austin Elementary Pta
Commissioners shuffle board seats and replacements
Commissioners Vasquez and Mike Starkey along with hospital administrator Jerry Taylor approved board reshuffles. They renamed Pauly and Daniel to the board and selected Jim Rankin to replace Johnny Wofford who asked to be relieved of duties.
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Vasquez
Mike Starkey
Jerry Taylor
Pauly and
Daniel
Jim Rankin
Johnny Wofford
Rockefeller promises to get CIA spy facts
Washington AP Vice President Nelson A Rockefeller pledges full truth gathering as an eight member blue ribbon panel opens its probe into CIA domestic spying. Colby to testify first with Schlesinger Helms also due. Belin named staff director pending background checks.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
CIA
Rockefeller
William E. Colby
Colby
James R. Schlesinger
Richard M. Helms
Helms
Iran
Schlesinger
Secretary of Defense
The
Commission
Administration
David W. Belin
Belin
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Iowa
First Opium War Begins in 1839 Protests in Canton
The World Almanac notes that the first Opium War started in 1839 after Chinese authorities and merchants clashed over opium imports in Canton. Chinese officials destroyed opium stores, prompting British involvement and escalating tensions.
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Canton
China
Pecos Enterprise Subscriptions Rates Notice
Local paper lists pricing for newsstand, carrier, and mail subscriptions within Reeves Ward and Loving counties as 15 cents per issue, 82 50 monthly, 30 yearly, with advance rates for Reeves Ward Loving at 2 50 monthly and 30 yearly and higher rates for other counties and states at 2 75 monthly and 33 00 yearly.
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Ward
Loving
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