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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1976
Page
2
The Dow declined 1.10 to 956.71 at noon as brokers noted profit taking and catch up buying after a period of gains. Aetma Life & Casualty led volume with a 259,000 share trade while the NYSE composite slipped 0.06 to 52.49 and the AMEX market value index fell 0.17 to 94.78.
Notice advises readers to call the Circulation Dept at 445-5475 if the newspaper has not arrived by 5 55 p m and 6 00 p m delivery will be guaranteed.
Earl James Hyman 65 died at 12 50 p m Tuesday of natural causes. Funeral services 2 p m Thursday Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Butler Smith officiating. Interment Fairview Cemetery. Born April 9 1910 in Center he came from Texarkana ten years ago. Survived by brother Luther Hyman Lubbock and three sisters Wilma Turner Pecos Anna Langston Pecos Pearl York Roswell N M and Alma Vance Wichita Falls.
Two Fort Davis youths aged 14 and 15 stole a late model El Camino at Alpine and led DPS patrolman Hugh Lilly on a chase reaching 120 mph eight miles east of Balmorhea. They rammed an Exxon station, struck by a clerk, and were turned over to Pecos juvenile authorities. A bank bag containing about $75 was stolen from an Exxon in Balmorhea, while a resident reported a missing suitcase and wall mirror after a break in at 622 S Sycamore.
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce and partners sponsor a Friday seminar in Lubbock from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the South Park Inn on Population, Food and Water. Registration is 12.50 dollars. Bob Scott of Fort Worth will moderate the morning session discussing agri business, food supply and growth challenges in West Texas.
Balmorhea Future Farmers will take 30 members and 52 lambs to the Pecos livestock show this Friday and Saturday. Unsold stock will head to the San Antonio sale on Feb 11.
Balmorhea Methodists launch a revival on February 15 at the Methodist church with Rev. St. John and Rev. Bill Sprinkle from the Baptist church. Special singing and speakers include Martha and Bailey Russell of Hatch New Mexico and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Honaker of Fort Stockton visiting their father Hubert Honaker.
Miami officer Raymond Southerland faces a brain tumor as his family endures multiple cancers. His son Stephen, 15, befriended Ted Kennedy Jr after leg amputations, while 4-year-old Jeffrey died of leukemia and Michael, 10, had spinal nerve cancer surgery. Doctors study the family at NIH and NCI.
In Century City the Munici Corp of California was robbed by two men in business suits who seized two bags of negotiable bonds from a messenger in about 10 to 15 minutes. An accomplice waited in a 1962 van as they fled. authorities consider it a well planned operation and one of the largest bond robberies.
The Senate confirmed Anne Armstrong, former Nixon and Ford consumer affairs adviser, as the United States' first female ambassador to Great Britain by voice vote. The nominations also included Joseph Greenwald for assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs, Robert Anderson as ambassador to Morocco, and Deane Hinto as U.S. representative to the European Common Market.
Pecos Enterprise announces subscription rates by mail to other counties and states 1704 per year with tax. service by mail 1404 per year plus 1 cent per year. carrier and delivery terms in Reeves Ward Loving Culberson Jol Dievis counties. The Associated Press news dispatches are credited as published. Postage paid at Pecos Texas.
A fragment notes that Rush Today documents are suitable for packing and become shredded if left untouched for a couple of weeks. The point emphasizes practical reuse of papers as packing material rather than waste.
A list of weekly gatherings includes Thursday morning Optimists at Ramada Inn and Rotary Club at Holiday Inn. Also planned are a bridge benefit for cancer society at First Christian Church, RCACLD Austin Elementary meeting, and a public informational meeting at First United Methodist Church. Friday Alcoholics Anonymous at 125 S Oak, Monday Lions Club and Amistad Lions Club, Tuesday Al-Anon and TOPS meetings at Federation Parlor and 10th St Community Council office.
Rising living costs have eroded the purchasing power of the dollar in Reeves County over five years. A 1970 income of 6500 requires about 9100 today, 8500 needs 11900, 10000 needs 14000, and 15000 needs 21000. Average household income rose to 10250 by 1975 from 8500 in 1970, offsetting inflation for many, while wage earners, fixed pensioners, and welfare recipients face the biggest hit from higher taxes and Social Security increases.
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