Balmorhea hires City Secretary at meeting
Balmorhea City Council met with Mayor Humphries and council members to approve minutes and review an 84890 budget in detail. The plan includes General Fund Waterworks Service Fire Medical capital and salaries and will be adopted July 13 after a hearing on a tax levy. Hallie Oates returns from Austin after a two week visit with relatives and the equalization board of Balmorhea school plans a meeting today.
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Balmorhea
Humphries
Sprinkle
Brijalba
Mary Barfield
Jag Jones
Equalization Board of the
Balmorhea School
Balmorhea Notes Darnell Baxter Trip and Local Fire
Jag took BALMORHEA resident to El Paso for a three week trip. Mr and Mrs Allen Gilbert plan Odessa visits for EMP training then Levelland to visit his father. Mr and Mrs Bill McIntire left for San Angelo and Ft Worth for a McIntire union at Lake Grandberry. Balmorhea Volunteer Fire Department responded Friday night to a blaze at Balmorhea Lake burning dry weeds and debris. fire promptly extinguished.
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Darnell Baxter
Jag
el Paso
Allen Gilbert
Odessa
Odessa Medical Center
Levelland
Bill McIntire
San Angelo
Ft. Worth
McIntire Union
Lake Grandberry
Balmorhea
Balmorhea Lake
Independence Day Weekend Toll Tops 500
The Independence Day weekend ends with a death toll of 531 on streets and highways since 6 p.m. Friday. The National Safety Council had warned 500 to 600 fatalities this year. Last year 497 died on U.S. highways during the three day Fourth of July period. The record remains 756 in 1972 during a four day celebration.
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National Safety Council
U.S
Texas Fourth of July traffic toll tops thirty
The DPS reports 31 traffic deaths on Texas roads over the holiday weekend, with 48 total violent deaths including drownings and shootings. A fatal crash near Alpine and another near Wilmer contributed to the toll, and three people were killed in Sweetwater in a domestic dispute related shooting spree. Police officer Edyth Brothers was wounded during the incident as Garcia shot at her.
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Alpine
Wilmer
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
DPS
Sweetwater
Danny Garcia
Tony Gonzalez
Gargia
Linda
Edyth Brothers
Garcia
Market report highlights slow postholiday trading
The noon Dow rose 3.06 to 915.71 as gainers edged advancers 5 to 4 on NYSE. Hilton Hotels led active issues after a 3/8 drop to 19 5/8 amid a 284400 share block, while the composite NYSE index edged up 0.08 to 55.0 and the AMEX market value index fell 0.35 to 120.24. Grain and livestock quotes follow with noontime prices and cattle and hog values listed for Fort Worth and New York futures.
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Hilton Hotels
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
New York Cotton Exchange
NEW York (Ap
Dow Jones
Deaths L C Meek and Teofilo Segovia Died In New Mexico Texas Homes
L C Meek 67 of Pecos died Sunday at Odessa Medical Center Hospital after an illness. Services at Pecos Funeral Home with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Born June 9 1910 in Collin County he lived 40 years in Pecos. Survived by wife Marcella and sister Mrs W D Martin of Melissa. Teofilo Segovia 66 of Portales died Thursday at Roosevelt General Hospital after a long illness. Rosary Friday at Wheeler Starlight Chapel and funeral Mass at St Helen's Church burial in Portales Cemetery. Born November 3 1910 in Pecos he lived in Portales 13 years. He was a farm laborer and member of St Helen's Catholic Church. Survived by wife Maria three sons Jimmy of Hobbs Ramon and Jesse of Portales three daughters Carmela Segovia and Frances Segovia and Mrs Conce Montano, seven grandchildren, two brothers Tomas and John, and sister Tina Segovia of Odessa.
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Odessa Medical Center
Pecos Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
Mr. Meek
Collin County
Pecos
Pecos Furniture Co
Marcella Meek
W.D. Martin
Melissa
Teofilo Segovia
Portales
Roosevelt General Hospital
Wheeler Starlight
St. Helen's Catholic Church
Segovia
Texas
Maria
Jimmy
Hobbs
Ramon
Jesse
Carmela Segovia
Burglary at Second Street Club Leads to Juvenile Arrests
A burglary Sunday at 9:39 p.m. at the Second Street Club on Second and Ash saw $50 to $75 in change and cigarette packs taken. Two juveniles and Steven Turner were arrested. Turner bonded at $5,000 and held at Reeves County Jail. The juveniles were released on juvenile probation officer advice.
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Second Street
Second and
Ash
Steven Turner
Turner
J.P. Cliff Preslar
Reeves County Jail
John Lewis
Head of bilingual school joins UNICEF U S board
Augustin Rivera of Universidad Boricua joins the U S Committee for UNICEF board, praised for work with Spanish speaking youth. Helenka Pantaleoni notes UNICEF’s goals in Spanish speaking communities and expanded programs in Central and South America. Rivera's career includes executive roles in Skill Advancement Inc and NY Human Resources Administration.
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Unicef
U.S. Board
Augustin Rivera
Universidad Bolicua
United States
U.S
Helenka Pantaleoni
Voluntary American Committee
Pantaleoni
United Nations Children’s Fund
Central
South America
Skill Advancement, Inc
New York City
Human Resources Administration
New York
Brazil
Guatemala
Haiti
Pecos Motors Wins Ford Distinguished Achievement Award
Pecos Motors Inc. of Pecos is chosen as a top Ford dealership and will receive Ford Motor Company's Distinguished Achievement Award for progressive management modern sale and service facilities and superior customer service. Roy Pearce has managed the dealership since August 1957, located at 120 South Cedar.
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Pecos Motors Inc
Pecos
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Roy Pearce
South Cedar
Four die in Alpine head on crash near U.S. 90
DPS reports identify the deceased as Ricardo Olivas sixteen Elizabeth Land twenty four Edna Land fifty four and Lowell Farris fourteen all from Alpine Alamo Pharr. One child John Earl Farris six of Alamo is in critical condition with head injuries and a possible pelvis fracture at Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso.
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Ricardo Olivas
Alpine
Elizabeth N. Land
Alamo
Edna Earl Land
Pharr
Lowell Farris
John Earl Farris
Providence Memorial Hospital
el Paso
DPS
Olivas
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S. Walnut
Gilbert Gonzales
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U.S. 285
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Universidad Boricua
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Lamesa Highway
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