Trail Riders Endure Heat On Long Texas Ride
The West Trail Riders completed their second night in Balmorhea after starting from Kent on Monday. About 300 riders camped along the route with meals from an Odessa caterer and a barbecue at Rick Moon’s Moon Barn. They rode the Old Spanish Trail toward Pecos, paraded in Pecos Friday, and a fire at the old Coffee building sparked arson concerns.
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West Trail
Balmorhea
Rick Moon
Moon Barn
Kent
Pecos
Odessa
Helen Humphries
Mr. Gaither
el Paso
Balmorhea Social Roundup Ties Local Families to California Visits
Balmorhea residents host out of town relatives from Santa Ana San Diego and Los Angeles during short vacations. Bertha Natividad Patsy Sylvia and Stella Gomez visit from California while Mr and Mrs Gomez extend two weeks vacation. Lopez family from San Diego visit with local relatives as Lopez departs for Marines. Sammy Dominguez returns from Los Angeles for two weeks with plans to attend a class reunion.
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Juan Gomez
Bertha Natividad
Patsy
Sylvia
Stella
Santa Anna
Calif
George
Sammy Dominguez
Isidro Dominguez
Los Angeles
Butch Dominguez
Balmorhea
Butch
Sammy
Disneyland
DPS head warns of 51 July 4th traffic fatalities in Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety predicts 51 people will die in traffic from 6 p.m. July 1 to midnight July 4. Colonel Wilson E. Speir cites speeding and drinking as major factors and urges defensive driving. DPS to deploy full enforcement with local agencies and media. last year 55 died, split between city streets and rural highways.
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Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Wilson E. Speir
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Ambulance requests and minor traffic incidents reported
The Record notes an ambulance request at interchange of I 20 and I 10 at 7 18 p m Thursday and another to the county jail at 9 31 p m. A seizure occurred in a prisoner. A minor auto crash on S Cherry at 3 19 p m involved Rosa Natividad and Larry Hamilton with a citation for failure to yield. A second minor crash on E 6th at 3 01 p m involved Joy Youngblood and Norma Merworth with a citation for speeding. La Favorita Liquor Store reported front door broken and bottles removed. investigation ongoing.
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Department of Public Safety
Sheriff's Office
S. Cherry
Rosa Zaragosa
E. 6Th
Joy Ellen Youngblood
Nebraska
Norma Zellua Merworth
Scott Street
Youngblood
Sabas Lara Gutierrez
S. Walnut
la Favorita
Tornado Funnel Damages Coyanosa Texas
A tornado funnel struck Coyanosa in Pecos County causing a damaged mobile home and a portion of a store roof to fail. Power and phone service were knocked out with no injuries reported. Heavy storms continued in the region including Alpine Fort Davis Marathon and Wichita Falls.
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Texas
Coyanosa
Big Bend
Texas Panhandle
Cayanosa
Pecos County
Fort Stockton
Pecos
Alpine
Fort Davis
Marathon
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Panhandle Plains
Gulf of Mexico
Lubbock
el Paso
Presidio
Medina boosts cotton yields and profits in multi-year trials
Trials at Texas A&M Blackland Research Station and other sites show Medina increasing cotton lint yields. Reported gains range from single to over 150 pounds per acre depending on application, with fertilizer programs enhancing results. Field data from university researchers and farmers indicate meaningful profit improvements amid a downturn in cotton production.
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Medina
Elton Cook
Texas A&m Blackland Research Station
Temple
Texas
Cook
Lubbock Christian College
Lubbock
Jim Roth
University of Missouri, Portageville
Southern Region Cooperative Series
D.E. Longnecker
Texas A&m
el Paso
Medinn Company
Billy Tucker
Oklahoma State University
Noon market report shows down turn led by blue chips
The Dow Jones average fell 5.34 to 910.96 at noon as blue chip weakness pulled the market lower. NYSE composite slipped .22 to 54.88 and the American Market value index eased .01 to 120.31 while volume reached 9.20 million shares. Futures gained two cents a pound with July 1977 contracts up 32 cents. Cotton prices rose with the most active July to December routes trading higher.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Ment
New York Cotton Exchange
A.m
Indus
Pest control Workshop scheduled at Fort Stockton
County Entomologist announces a two day workshop July 6 and 7 at Fort Stockton for commercial and noncommercial applicators across field crop fruit nut vegetable and weed control categories. Preregistration by mail to Charles Neeb TREX Box 1298 Fort Stockton 79735.
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David Foster
Ft. Stockton
Charles Neeb
Trex
Fort Stockton
SRSU appoints Parker assistant director of Student Center
Pecos report says May graduate Frank Parker of Sul Ross State University is named assistant director of the SRSU Student Center by Bob Posey. Parker will assist the SC director daily and oversee the Program Council sponsoring student activities.
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Alpine
Frank Parker
Sul Ross State University
SRSU
Bob Posey
Universi Affairs
Parker
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Midland
Helen
Alexa Gallego
Nancy Jane Randle
Peggy McCracken
Manuel Lopez
San Diego
Gregorio Lozano
Felipe Lopez
Saragosa
Lopez
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At&t
Armco
Ad Rich
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Borden
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Contel
Peppr
duPont
Fastman
Exxon
Fairchild Cam
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Elec
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Gen Tel
Gen Tire
Goodrich
Great
A&p
Gulf Oil
GlfSt
IBM
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marat Oil
Texaco
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolworth
Xerox Co
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves
Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Counties
Pecos Enterprise
G.I. Forum
Inn of the Golden West
Oscar Juarez
Cisneros
Ignacio Cisneros
Marfa
City Commission
City Hall
White
U.S
Richard C. White
Thunderbird
U.S. Security and Exchange Commission
Odessa-Midland Area
SEC
Fort Worth
Federal District Court
William T. Speller
Seeller
Tyler
W. Sam Glenney
Medical Center
Hospital Board of Managers
Bill Patterson
Patterson
Medical Center Hospital
Glenney
Pecos Savings & Loan
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