Tony Ryan wins first in 4-H sauerkraut salad show
Barstow 4-H Club members attend Ward County 4-H Food Show at Wickett center. Tony Ryan, only senior contestant, takes first in sauerkraut salad while earning second place. Tammie Gordon tops junior division with seven up cake. other juniors Virginia Franco and Becky Koenning win firsts in stuffed peppers and similar entries.
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Barstow
Wickett Community Center
Tony Ryan
Ronnie Ryan
Tammie Gordon
Tammie
Monroe Gordon
Virginia Franco
Ramon Franco
Becky Koenning
Barstow volunteers and farmers confront cotton crisis
Barstow residents and farm wives meet to discuss soaring costs and FHA loan delays. They push for faster processing, debt relief, and a unified plan to aid cotton farmers facing higher production costs, lower prices, and inflation. The group cites Secretary Butz and Congress as targets for action.
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H.R. Hudson
Pecos
Hudson
Earl Butz
Richard C. White
Stock market rises on hopes of tax cuts in Congress
The noon Dow Jones industrial average stood at 654.72, up 2.11, with advancers ahead of decliners about 2 to 1 on the NYSE. American Airlines led activity with a 100,000 share block trade, while Monroe Auto Equipment fell on weak quarterly earnings and AMIC Corp. cut its dividend. Cotton futures climbed before profit taking, after USDA planted area data showed 9.5 million acres, down 32 percent from last year.
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New York
Congress
New York Stock Exchange
American Airlines
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Monroe Auto Equipment
Amic Corp
Amex
New York Cotton Exchange
Fingerprint Class Offered By Regional Training Program
The Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy begins a 40 hour in service course on fingerprint techniques hosted by Fort Stockton Police Department. The training is funded by a Criminal Justice Training Grant from the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission and is open to all regional law enforcement officers.
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Permian Basin
Fort Stockton
Telephone firm works on Pecos system fixes and upgrades
Continental Telephone personnel have been in Pecos for two months routining the local plant. They are cleaning and replacing equipment, isolating long distance cut-offs, and adding direct dialing gear. Some problems may be tied to Bell supplying circuits with lead cables rather than micro wave, but engineers aim to pinpoint the cutoffs and resolve the issues.
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Cox
Continental
Pecos
Bell Telephone Company
Holmes
City awards honor long serving city employees
City council honors employees for extended tenure presenting 22 service pins ranging from three to twenty years. W A Bill Cunningham received the 20 year pin and a retirement looming. Various department personnel and students in Pecos Bastow Toyah system noted for bicentennial skit contributions.
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Tommie Rodriguez
Bill Pigman
Rodriguez
W.A
Bill’ Cunningham
Bob Bickley
Cunningham
Water and Sewer Department
Marilea Parsons
Margy Ryan
Billy Joe Wilson
Alfred Gomez
Guadalupe Anaya
Jose Ramirez
Atanasio Ramos
Jesus Abila
Tomas Flores
Teodoro Jaquez
Ruth Bull
Estanislado Galindo
Ignacio Flores
Guadalupe Botello
Alvaro Estrella
Alvaro Estrella In the Health and Sanitation
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Home Economics
Onion Size and Nutrition Claim
A raw onion with a diameter of two and a half inches contains about 40 calories and provides notable amounts of potassium phosphorus sodium and ascorbic acid making it a modest but nutrient rich vegetable option.
Calendar of coming events in the Pecos area
A weekly calendar lists local meetings and groups in Pecos and Balmorhea. Activities include Morning Optimists at 6:30 a.m. at American Motor Inn, Reeves County Young Homemakers at 7:30 p.m., Farmers and wives meeting at 7:30 p.m., AA at 8 p.m., and various club sessions.
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Pecos
American Motor Inn
Reeves County Young Homemakers
Hickory
Lions Club
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
E. 10Th St
Senior Citizen's Center
Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak
Pecos Business & Professional Women
Federation
Selma Carrell
Lillian Holler
City to Demolish Old Airport Hangar
City fathers approve advertising bids to demolish the long condemned old hangar at the airport owned by Joe Smallwood of Dallas. The council also approves pre applying for a share of 12.6 million in community development funds to remodel the former Pecos City Bakery into a senior citizens facility.
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Airport
Joe Smallwood
Dallas
Dickie Wadley
Wadley
Pecos City Bakery
Second and
Cedar Streets
Texas
Carl Holm
Harold Meyer
Meany urges emergency plan to put nation back to work
AFL CIO President George Meany criticized Ford's program as inadequate and urged Congress to act within 60 days. He proposed tax cuts for the poor, gas rationing, broader unemployment protections, more public service jobs, and new housing. He warned the economy risks inflation under the tax rebate approach and cited a family of four earning 7500 dollars receiving only 59 dollars.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Ford
Meany
Congress
Simon asks Congress to raise debt ceiling
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon urged Congress to lift the federal debt ceiling 22 percent to 604 billion through June 30, 1976, saying the temporary 495 billion limit expires March 31 and the government will exceed it on February 8. He spoke to the House Ways and Means Committee amid energy tariff battles on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Treasury
William E. Simon
Congress
Simon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol Hill
Ford
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Pecos Enterprise
Irene Garcia
Mary J
Karen Koenning
Becky
Karen
Roy Koenning
Tammie McIntire
al McIntire
Rosa Avila
Manuel Avila
Connie Lewis
Sharon Lewis
Connie
Sharon
William Lewis
Olympic Peninsula
Good News Club
Baptist
Presbyterian
First Christian
First Baptist Church
Homer Ackers
First Presbyterian Church
Lynn Webb
Wendell Nichols
Theresa Walker
Bobbie Avary
Winnie Majors
Margie Knowles
Maude Witt
Irene
Becky Garcia
Crispin Franco
Angel Villalobos
Salvador
Ruben
Angelito Hinojos
Senobio Hinojos
Senobio
Midland
Nicky Lopez
San Ange
Emilio Lopez
Manuel Salinas
Ojinga
Mex
Elisa Herrera
Johnny Salinas
Rene, Roger
G.A. Roach
Odessa
Ruth Hallard
Louisa Phillips
Agriculture Committee
Tower
Reeves County
White
Roach
Joe M. Garcia
Fermin Garza
San Angelo
Lencho Polanco
Stock Market Report
AT&1
Ad Rich
Beth Su
Borden
Brit. Pet
Celanese
Chrysler
Sve
Coca Cola
Dow Chem
DuPont
Eastman FE
Paso NG
Exxon
Sa Fairchild
Elec
Foods
Tire
Goodrich
Great
A&p
Gulf Oil
Hart-Hk IBM
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marathon
Marcor
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penn Cent
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Sony
Stand Ind
Sun Oil
Texaco Texas
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolwich
Xerox
Bickley
Carl McGee
Manuel Trujillo
Clem Crowley
Farmers and Wives Meeting
Reddy
Order of Arrow
Pyote
Holiday Inn
Gordon
Hook
Gus Arriola
Buckner News Alliance
Cedar St . Pecos
P. Box
John Pitts
Peggy McCracken
Becky Rivera
Diane Osborn
Mary Shute
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Joyce Miller
Eorner
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Associated Press
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