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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1977
Page
2
Brijalba Sr is near completion of a new Gulf Products filling station east of Balmorhea at Yinto Pecos to serve truck stops and trade. he also runs the Chevron station in Balmorhea.
Odessa College Board of Regents voted to build a 734481 addition to the Student Union Building to house administrative offices. The entrance would shift to the north. Peters and Fields named project architects to prepare drawings for bids from construction firms. plan expected to take two to three months. Financing comes from surplus bond funds approved in May 1976 by Ector County voters. Regants chairman Art Green noted funds must be spent on construction.
Frankie Kingston reports band boosters sell tamales for delivery on February 5 to raise money for instrument balances bought last year. The band practices solos for the UIL district meet in Odessa in March. Sept Gilbert travels to Marfa Thursday to meet district directors for UIL Literary event listings in Alpine in April. Mrs Amy McIntire heads to Alpine Thursday to pick judges for plays and assign contest locations for April events. Mrs Sally Byrd sells rental property near Balmorhea to Mr and Mrs Chuck Markham of San Angelo, with one child and her as a schoolteacher husband aiming to enter business.
Odessa College will host an Emergency Medical Technology 221 course during the Compact Semester from March 7 to May 14. Dolly Byars will teach each Monday and Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. for two semester hours of credit. Registration in Baskin Hall room 108 March 2-4 and March 7-8.
The noon Dow Jones average fell 5.15 to 960.77 with losers ahead of gainers 7 to 6 on the NYSE. Analysts cited pressure on glamor stocks and softer fourth quarter earnings outlook as contributing factors. Cotton futures eased after profit taking while cattle and hogs markets showed limited activity in Fort Worth.
Getty Oil to John L May et al and Pennzoil to National Diversified Inc among others. Leases reference sections in blocks C-5, C-4, C-12 and 73 PSL with no land descriptions shown in some entries. Names include Warren Becken, George S Pemberton, Florence M Anthony, Lillian Winkler, Cora Standley, Bettye Summers, Guy Caldwell. PECOS ENTERPRISE reports.
Jaime Guerra Valenzuela 20 Sergio Payen Padilla 28 were sentenced to 179 days by Federal Magistrate J M Preston for illegal entry. Martin Carrillo Rodriguez 26 Armando Gomez Zubia 20 received 120 days. Juan Bribes Marquez 38 got 90 days and likely will be detained in Reeves County jail, per the U S Marshal's office. All arrests occurred in Marfa. A rock hit a Pecos worker's car window causing about $40 damage. A residence on 1108 S Elm was broken into and items removed. Mrs Harrell reported her car hit in Gibson's lot causing $100 damage.
A fragmentary question set asks about a western hemisphere nation named by European discoverers for Venice Italy and whether the US national anthem was written by a lawyer. It includes a damaged line about bovine terms and a garbled string of text.
The Calender lists local government and community activities in Pecos for January 1977. Items include City Council zoning hearing near I-20 and Country Club Drive at 7 30 a.m. and a Reeves County Council on Mental Disabilities meeting in the high school library at 7 30 p.m. Also scheduled are a range of senior center meals and community group meetings at various venues including the Pecos Optimists Lions Club and the Senior Center with times and locations noted.
Washington report notes men like Spiro Agnew and Rosey Grier take up needlepoint once seen as female craft. It helps unwind after work, curb smoking, and pass time. Grier even wrote a book on the hobby. The stitch has ancient roots in Egyptian tombs and Victorian era lessons.
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