Space sought for Toyah post office lease
U S Postal Service invites offers to lease ground level space in Toyah for a main post office. Bid packages due July 24 to Ken W Woods in Dallas. Preferred site south of rail lines near I 20 and State Road 2903 with 610 sq ft interior space, 32 sq ft loading area, 1200 sq ft parking, five year base term and 12 year renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Postal Service
Toyah
Yolanda Nunez
Postal Service
Ken W. Woods
Field Real Estate
P.O
Dallas
Additional station added to Pecos cable service
Warner Cable of Pecos will add WTCG-TV Atlanta to its basic lineup starting July 5, expanding subscribers access to nine stations. WTCG is an all day independent channel with up to 40 movies weekly, family oriented programming, and live telecasts of Atlanta sports teams including Braves Hawks Flames Chiefs and Falcons pre season NFL. Turner Communications Corp owns WTCG led by president Ted Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Beckwith
Warner Cable
Pecos
Wtcg-Tv
Atlanta, Ga
WTCG
Beckwith
America
Atlanta
Atlanta Braves
Flames
National Basketball Association Hawks
Chiefs
Roundup and local emergencies in Pecos and sports ties
The roundup covers defense of the America’s Cup by a 1977 challenger and Turner Communications holdings, plus a signal transmission chain via Satellite Systems to RCA Satcom I. Emergency runs report a gunshot victim Gregory Acosta and a rodeo night injury Ricky Bolin, with hospital transfers. Citations list multiple drivers cited for collisions and speed. Thefts note Fourth of July decor missing from a local store, valued at 30 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Zodiac Bar
East Fourth
South Ash
Reeves County Hospital
Gregory Acosta
N. Pecan
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
Rodeo Grounds
Ricky Bolin
Ridgeview Plaza
Mesquite
Texas
Leonides Rodriguez Avaro
Walnut
Jessie L. Pratt
S. Mesquite
Shirley Ann Coleman
W. Second
PPD
Toyah News highlights and travel in West Texas
Local notes report family visits to Toyah and Pecos, a Mentone 4-H Dress Revue attended by Mrs. Virginia Gibson and Charlotte Waight with granddaughters, and a July 2 I-20 accident near mile marker 14% in which two people were taken to Reeves County Hospital by Toyah Ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Gibson
Charlotte Waight
Waight
Mentone
Toyah
Reeves County Hospital
Mark Chaddick
H.S. Haile
Stock Market Mixed As Energy Outlook Weighs On Dow
New York markets showed a mixed tone at noon with the Dow slipping 1.62 to 833.96 amid ongoing energy outlook concerns. Gainer versus loser balance stood 6 to 5 on NYSE issues as investors watched commodity and index movements. Cotton futures firmed late day as prices rose for the day, while grain and corn quotes hovered with small shifts. Dow Jones midmorning figures also noted slight declines across the industrials, transports, and utilities sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CASH
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Trans
Utilities
Fine set in Pecos for aiding illegal alien smuggling
U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos heard guilty pleas from Jose Vasquez Jr. and Frederico Carrasco-Armendariz in a case involving illegal entry and aiding an illegal alien. Vasquez Jr. received 300 dollars in a fine and two years unsupervised probation after six months imprisonment. Carrasco-Armendariz got 120 days in prison for illegal entry and a false claim to U.S. citizenship.
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United States
U.S
Pecos
Frederico Carrasco-Armendariz
Mexico
Notice to bidders for a 1979 passenger car purchase
Sealed bids are invited by the Community Recreation Committee of Pecos City and the Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School Districts in Reeves County. Bids must be received by 10 00 a m July 16 1979. Specifications available from the Pecos Community Recreation Office. The committee may reject any bid waive technicalities or select the best proposal. Ray Whitley chairman. Publication dates July 5 and July 12 1979.
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Pecos City
Reeves County
Pecos
Barstow
Toyah Independent
Community Recreation
Texas
Ray Whitley
Community Recreation Committee
Pecos Enterprise
Volunteer Corner aids Pecos seniors with tangible needs
The Enterprise runs Volunteer Corner each Thursday, listing cases from the Pecos Department of Human Resources. Call 445-5487 to help with radio gear, CB radio, visits, fresh produce, yard work, fans for arthritis, and air conditioners for the elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Human Resources
Pecos
Toyah Briefs Jamaica? J.T. Marshs nephew visits Toyah
Toyah Briefs J.T. Marsh's nephew, Lester Plant, wife, two daughters and Tracy Martindale of Texarkansas spent a week visiting in Toyah. Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Haile of San Angelo were weekend guests of their son H.S. Haile and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Waight
David
Donna
Letitia Waight
Pecos
Larry Meadors
Sierra Blanca
el Paso
A.L. Gibson
Randy
San Antonio
Matt
Austin
Richard Gibson
Grady
Elba Gibson
Jack Gibson
Albuquerque
J.T. Marsh
Lester Plant
Tracy Martindale
Texarkansas
Toyah
M.A. Haile
San Angelo
H.S. Haile
Calendar of Pecos Area Community Events
Weekly calendar lists clubs and activities in Pecos Barstow Balmorhea and surrounding towns. Meetings cover Lions Rotary Jaycees Optimist TOPS AA Al Anon and senior center programs with times from Monday through Friday and locations including Holly Inn Crescent Park and the CPS Reddy Room.
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Lions Club
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City CB Club
CPS
Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Pecos
Optimist Club
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
al- Non
N. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Downtown Lions Club
Holiday Inn
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Balmorhea Summer Notes Highlight Local Youths and Events
LETICIA BRIJALBA, daughter of Angelina and Jim Baldwin of Conroe, Texas, spends the summer with her grandmother, Mrs. Nora Brijalba. Jessie Brijalba, son of Mrs. Nora Brijalba, assists with Band Camp at Sul Ross State University and teaches in Presidio, Texas. Debbie Poe, Balmorhea librarian, starts summer reading for 12 children and hosts a Wednesday Story Hour for ages 3-8 at 10:30 a.m. The library fee is $1 per family. Buck Towler returns after visiting his mother in Alice, Texas who has been ill. Hubert Honaker is home from surgery in a Houston hospital. his daughter Martha Russell of Hatch, New Mexico, is staying with him.
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Leticia Brijalba
Angelina
Jim Baldwin
Conroe, Texas
Nora Brijalba
Jessie Brijalba
Sul Ross State University
Presidio
Texas
Buck Towler
Jake Morton
Alice, Texas
Hubert Honaker
Houston
Martha Russell
Hatch, N.M
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RCA
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Joe Chavez
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Fred Cedillo
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N. Pena
Aresisa
Calif
Melodee Naylor
Bobbie McNeil
Pam Weinacht
Gretchen Hess
Connie Shoemaker
Sondra Stumberg
Karen Rogers
Garlene Adkins
Helen Hagar
Robert Hinojos
Robbie McNeil
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davie
Debbie Poe
News Department
Enterprise
Spring Crest
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