Gulf gas stations turn travel hubs with road logs
Johnny Newell, a West Texas Gulf jobber, has converted Gulf stations from fuel stops into travel hubs by supplying mile by mile road logs. Inter state Gulf official Ruben Florez reports high tourist response and about 4,000 logs handed out yearly, with 750,000 distributed to Gulf stations and tourist centers. The idea began in 1966 in Del Rio, inspired by a traveler from Indiana. Newell has created 22 road logs detailing landmarks, construction sites, radio tips, and restroom locations. In 1969 Governor Preston Smith honored Newell with cuff links reading For Lighting The Path of Visitors.
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Gulf Stations
Pecos
Johnny Newell
Newell
West Texas Gulf Stations
Ruben Florez
Interstate Gulf
Florez
Fl Paso
Roy Bean
Langtry
del Rio Civic Center
Alpine
West Texas
Gulf
West
Texas
Preston Smith
Local talent to perform for Pecos city meet
Local entertainers will perform at the Texas Municipal League meeting in Pecos on Friday. A 15 person cast will present a Laugh In style historical skit written by Mary Ann Weinacht and co directed with Ellen Weinacht. Cast includes Rev. Clark Ford Mayor Bill Pigman and others plus drum and fife corps students. The group plans subsequent civic club showings at the Pecos country club next week.
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Texas Municipal League
Pecos
Jay Dycus
Dycus
Country Club
Mary Ann Weinacht
Ellen Weinacht
Clark Ford
Bill Pigman
Charlotte Slack
Pat Hubbs
Bob Miller
Harold Elder
David Northcutt
Rueben Gillespie
April Armstrong
Bryn Tapp
Jimmy Jones
Cathy Hopper
TML
Reeves sales short of goal in county bond drive
Reeves county reports $10,618 in Series E and H United States Savings Bonds sold as of today. County Bond Chairman Archie B. Scott notes eleven month totals reach $143,410, 68 percent of the 1974 goal of $210,000. Texas November sales total $17,763,713 with year to date $212,780,156 and 90 percent of the yearly goal of $236.8 million.
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United States Savings
Reeves County
Archie B. Scott
Texas
94th Congress convenes amid economic crises
The 94th Congress, the most Democratic in a decade, convened in Washington with the House reelecting Speaker Carl Albert and Mike Mansfield remaining Senate Democratic leader. Freshmen and veteran members took oath as the nation faced 7.1 percent unemployment and rising inflation amid post-Watergate turmoil.
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Washington
House
Senate
Carl Albert
Mike Mansfield
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald K. Ford
Congress
Texas legislature opens with $1 billion surplus
Gavels rapped in Austin as the 140 day session began amid inflation and recession concerns. Senators elected Glenn Kothmann of San Antonio as assistant presiding officer by rotating seniority, a move tied to succession considerations if Gov Dolph Briscoe and Lt Gov Bill Hobby were unavailable.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Glenn Koth
Pecos Traffic Survey Highlights Fourth and Oak Safety
A Pecos traffic survey finds Fourth and Oak the safest intersection in town due to cautious drivers, while Third and Eddy and Seventh and Eddy provoke chatter as the most dangerous spots. The piece also notes a split county commission vote over holiday bonuses and includes a thought for today about belief and effort.
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Pecos
Third
Eddy
Fourth
Oak Streets
Oak
Children injured in 1 of 3 wrecks
Three vehicle crashes kept Pecos police busy Monday afternoon. Four year old Mona Ortiz and three year old Ramon Ortiz were treated and released at Memorial Hospital after their car collided with another at Third and Cedar about 4 14 p m. Ramon Ortiz 1016 E Second St and Santiago Garcia 611 Pine St drove their vehicles west on Third and north on Cedar respectively. A second crash on Cedar Street near Seventh and Cedar left no injuries with Ramon Guerrero 905 N Elm St and Frances Wood 1609 Johnson St colliding and Guerrero leaving the scene then being cited. A third accident on Cedar Street in the 1100 block around 5 40 p m involved Vernon G Hudson Airbase Apts and Jesus Sanchez 2036 Alamo St both northbound on Cedar.
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Pecos
Memorial Hospital
Mona Ortiz
Ramon
Third and
Cedar Streets
Ramon Ortiz
Second St
Santiago Garcia
Pine St
Ortiz Auto
Third Street
Garcia
Cedar Street
Ramon Guerrero
N. Elm St
Frances Wood
Johnson St
Seventh
Seventh Street
Guerrero
Vernon G. Hudson
Apts
Jesus Sanchez
Alamo St
Cedar St
Glen Vandiver
Third
Ten Pecos band members join All Region concert
Ten Pecos High School bandsmen joined 100 area students at the All Region band concert. William Rhoads of UNM directed. high school music director Bill Carrico chaired. Rankin earned first chair trombone as Pecos standout. Audiences gave a standing ovation after the performance. The group practiced six hours total on Saturday after December tryouts in Monahans.
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Pecos
William Rhoads
University of New Mexico At
Albuquerque
Bill Carrico
Kim Allen
April Armstrong
Laura Boswell
Valerie Hamar
Cathy Hopper
Kristi Kesey
Cecile Montgomery
Cookie Painter
Richard Rankin
Randy Reynolds
Rankin
Monahans
Dan Gibbs
Briscoe appoints regents to UT System Board
Gov. Dolph Briscoe announced the nominations to the University of Texas System Board of Regents. Dan Williams, 61, a Dallas lawyer, was reappointed. New appointees are Tom Law, 55, Fort Worth lawyer and past chamber of commerce president, and Walter Sterlin, 73, president of multiple firms and director at Citizens National Bank and Trust of Baytown.
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Austin, Tex
University of Texas System Board of Regents
Dolph Briscoe
Senate
Dan Williams
Southland Life Ins. Co
Dallas
Tom Law
Fort Worth
County employes pay hike approved in 1975 budget
County commissioners approved pay raises for county employees district court reporters probation officers and an assistant county auditor as included in the 1974 budget. A separate action raised salaries for three peace justices and directed sheriff Nail to record hours worked to comply with federal wage laws. The court may hire an attorney for Nail and deputy in the Horton estate lawsuit. A $5370 bid from Pecos Motors Inc. for a new pickup for County Agent Paul Tapp was approved with the old vehicle going to the hospital.
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J.H. Starley
Starley
Precinct 3
A.B. Nail
Nail
Wendell Taylor
Andrew Horton
Horton
Ward
Gary Ingram
Pecos Motors Inc
Paul Tapp
Pecos Motors
Tapp
Sul Ross extension classes announced for evening sessions
Sul Ross University will offer extension classes at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the high school library. Millsapps will teach Art 2301 Oils on Monday Ed 4306 and 5312, exceptional children, and Lamb will teach Ed 6306 theories of administration. Jesus said to him Fox es have holes and birds of the air have nests but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head. Matthew 8 20.
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Sul Ross University
Millsapps
J. Adkisson
Lamb
Jesus
Matthew
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