School board fills vacant faculty spots in recent meeting
The School Board approved hires including Tom Randle as assistant coach and social studies teacher, Tommie Brownfield to teach sports and social studies, Richard Gibson and his wife Mrs Gibson in elementary and social studies, and Carol Cowart for elementary duties. Don Nilson was named head coach. three more teachers may be added at the next regular meeting. Local social notes cover fishing trip returns, a Saturday Bazaar, and the West Texas Trail Riders’ Balmorhea stop with a sheriff led barbecue dance. Mayor Jane Moore is reported in with ongoing happenings.
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C.T. Gray
Allen Gilbert
Tom Randle
Ft. Stockton
Tommie Brownfield
van Horn
Richard Gibson
Sierra Blanca
Gibson
Carol Cowart
Pecos
Don Nilson
West Texas Trail Riders
Balmorhea
Toyahvale
Raul Florez
Jane Moore
Mary Byrn
West Texas Utilities
Linda Masters
Wink
Mary
Jerry Bryn’s
Old Experiment Station
Balmorhea Parade Riders Camp and Coffee Stop
Frankie Kingston describes Balmorhea riders led by Mr. Tate of Andrews entering town from South Main Street with a mule team, a covered wagon, 60 riders, service trucks, and a catering truck. Frances Denman and Louise Adams, plus Rick Moon, assisted with coffee and drinks while the Young Homemakers and Community Club members watched. Little Mike Garrison of Midland was the youngest rider as the group spent the night at Hoben Spur and continued to Pecos for the parade.
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Frances Denman
Louise Adams
Rick Moon
Mr. Tate of
Andrews
Trail Riders Association
Mike Garrison
Midland
Hoben Spur
Pecos
Stock market slips as rates rise cool trading
New YORK AP reports a quiet session with the Dow off 5.79 at 866, stock losers leading gainers 6-5 on the NYSE. Fed data suggest further prime rate hikes, while Occidental Petroleum rose 1/8 to 19 percent amid a 55,000 share block trade. Cotton futures surged with rain in Texas boosting prices and mills seeking stable supply. cattle and hog futures mixed as regional markets show activity and local residents travel for weekends.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
Occidental Petroleum
Texas
New York Cotton Exchange
West Texas rains dampen holiday travel and rodeo crowds
A broad West Texas rain event paused July 4 travel and cooled desert heat with over two inches in three days spanning Barstow Pecos and Palo Duro area. Flooding occurred at Palo Duro Creek while El Paso and Van Horn Marfa saw light showers. Wheat and grain futures quoted in Chicago noted minor price moves with corn near 2.92.
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West Texas
Pecos
Barstow
Associated Press
van Horn
Marfa
West
Texas
Rangers
Palo Duro
Amarillo
Weather Service
el Paso
Mother in California appeals to rebels over hostage son
Mittie Smith taped an appeal to Marxist guerrillas holding her son Stephen Smith, a Stanford student abducted May 19 from a Lake Tanganyika research station. She pleads for his release, describing family hardship and urging the rebels to let him go.
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Garden Grove
Calif
Africa
Mittie Smith
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
Popular Revolutionary Party
Stephen Smith
Stanford University
Lake Tanganyika
Zaire
Deaths: Pablo Hernandez 61 of Pecos and others
Obituaries note Pablo Hernandez born 1913 in Mexico died Friday in Odessa. Burial at Santa Rosa Cemetery follows a 10 a.m. service. Survivors include wife Ysah and seven grandchildren. Also listed are Juan Navarette Hernandez 74, Maria Avelina, Rosa Porras, and Jesus Sosa Baeza with church services and burial details in Pecos, Memorial and Mount Carmel areas.
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Pablo Hernandez
Santa Rosa
Odessa Medical Center
Hernandez
Mexico
Pecos
Ysah
Florencio
Epifanio
Oscar
Raymond Hernandez
Estella Munoz
Paula Gonzalez
Juan N. Hernandez
Juan Navarette Hernandez
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Fairview
Memorial Hospital
Avelina
Rosa Porras
Jesus Sosa Baeza
Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Ysleta
Mount Carmel
Baeza
Maria
Gene Baeza
Manuel Baeza
el Paso
D.D. Lyles
Associated Press Copyright Notice and Postage Claim
Member of The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. v Second class postage paid at Pecos, Texas.
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Rodgers
Pecos
Nora Brijalba
Associated Press
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