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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1976
Page
2
Ward County 4-H Stock Show March 1 5 will include a novel goat division with 25 members showing Spanish and cross bred animals TAMU will send film crew and judges to model future 4 H events according to Extension Agent E J Harrison.
The Dow rose 5.12 to 948.60 as First National City Bank kept its prime rate at 6 percent despite investor hopes for a cut. NYSE and AMEX advance broad. cotton futures slip with mixed midmorning quotes and March to July prices listed.
Moon Moon buys the Chicken House Cafe from Dick Hoefs and Sue Florez and plans to convert it into a bar recreation room with pool tables and enlarge the dining area for larger crowds. Last week an out of town ball team was turned away due to lack of table space.
The Balmorhea District crew uses a backhoe to clear weeds and debris around the pit in preparation for Saturday’s barbecue hosted by the FFA and teacher Bob Bagley. Livestock show participants will shelter animals in the district barn and display sheep, hogs, and calves.
The Paris cemetery bears the Jesuit site founded in 1626 and enlarged under King Louis IV's confessor Pere Lachaise. After the Revolution the grounds were prepared as a cemetery and first opened in 1804.
Rescue teams located a fourth body early today after an explosion at a 225 foot grain storage elevator in Zilwaukee Saginaw County left 10 injured and another man missing. Officials suspect the missing man is dead beneath collapsed reinforced concrete walls. The blast at the Farm Bureau Services complex may have been fueled by grain dust and hurled concrete pieces up to a quarter mile.
Pecos Texas earns its first monthly sales tax payment for 1975 76 as 7 287 from State Comptroller Bob Bullock arrives joining 493 cities and towns. The city expects about 210 000 for the year and had 124 403 96 by quarter end.
Members of Pecos TOPS clubs join a Walk-a-thon from Pecos to Barstow on Monday with a morning gathering at Laura Lodge. Police escort and DPS checks will guide the group east to the Pecos city limit. Morning group returns on foot and an open house with a TOPS program and door prize follows Tuesday.
Monahans hosts the Almost Anything Goes TV contest on March 7 with a $25 prize for the best banner supporting the Pecos Eagles. Chamber Manager Terry Burns urged locals to craft prize-winning slogans and banners for their team.
No injuries and minor damage reported in a rear end collision investigated by city police Thursday. A late model pickup driven by L W McNeil of 2102 Nebraska collided with an auto driven by Lila Parsons of 2321 Country Club Dr in the 1500 block of S Eddy St.
The Conference Board reports a dramatic shift from about 30 percent of wives working in the mid-1950s to surpassing 99 percent in the present era, highlighting a sweeping change in family labor roles.
Calendar notes events in Pecos including Alcoholics Anonymous at 125 S Oak St with multiple phone numbers, Foster home care talk by Judge Darrell Glover at Vivian Exum home, Evening Lions at American Motor Inn, Amistad Lions at Lions Den, Al-Anon at 125 S Oak St, TOPS groups at Federation Parlor and 10th St office, Business and Professional Women's club at Federation Parlor, Morning Optimists at Ramada Inn, Rotary at Holiday Inn, and a cancer society bridge benefit at First Christian Church with two sessions.
Rates listed for delivery by carrier and mail in various counties and states with monthly and yearly charges including taxes. Mentions service time for complaints and special rates for servicemen and students. AP is credited for news dispatches and local news content.
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