Reeves County taxpayers seek property tax relief at valuation hearing
Droves of Reeves County residents filled the County Courthouse to challenge 34 percent tax increases tied to a hospital bond election. Farmers, landowners, and mineral owners pressed for adjustments, citing land values, inflation taxes, and road funding. Local officials and Prichard Abbott appraisers prepared to review disputed valuations with the Board of Equalization.
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Reeves County
Prichard Abbott
Vic Springer
Automotive Proving Grounds
Wynn Hamilton
Don Hubbard
Gulf
Winston Prichard
EO Que Paso by John Pitts and Rowdy Claims
A column by John Pitts contains political snap critique of Senator Frank Church and U.S. policy on assassination versus war, plus local chatter about a prize draw at Yucca Sales for Benny Babb’s 10 millionth can. It includes candid corrections on bathing suit opinions and a quiz teaser about Texas Republic presidents.
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Benny Babb
Texas
Lions
Pecos Twirling School Revue Set Friday Afternoon
The Pecos Twirling School presents a Friday program at 2:30 in Pecos High School auditorium featuring all summer participants and teaching staff solos. Frances Whitley led seven instructors during the week long event with no admission charge.
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Pecos
Pecos High School
Frances Whitley
Local Musicians Head to West Texas Camp from Pecos
Local musicians who previously enrolled for the West Texas Music Camp in Canyon Texas will depart Pecos High School Band hall at 6:00 A.M. on Sunday July 13.
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West Texas
Canyon
Texas
Pecos High School
Occupancy tax debts trigger legal steps against Ramada Inn
City council moves to enforce the occupancy tax on Ramada Inn for the first quarter of this year after four of six reports were late. Tax collector Frances Powell and City Attorney Fred Leigh report continued delinquency and consider mandating legal action, potentially filing misdemeanor charges with a $200 fine plus a 5 percent late payment penalty.
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Ramada Inn
Frances Powell
Fred Leigh
Leigh
Powell
Dallas
Kissinger in France and Geneva on energy talks
Secretary of State Kissinger meets French officials in Paris to revive dialogue with Arab oil producers and industrial nations. He will then fly to Geneva to confer with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko on the Middle East and nuclear weapons. Officials say a new energy conference could start within two months with commissions on energy raw materials and developing nations by year end.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Geneva
Middle East
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Kissinger
United States
Algeria
Court officials list petit jury possible
Petit jurors selected to serve as possible jury candidates for criminal jury week in 148th District Court next week have been chosen by court officials. Report for jury duty at 9 a m Tuesday were numerous named individuals including Gary Ingram Pablo Avila Tommy Passmore and many others.
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Petit
148Rd District Court
Gary Ingram
Pablo Avila
Tommy Passmore
Bessie M. Langham
Harold F. Fox
Edgar T. Cravey
Manuela Orona
James Clifford Moore
Victor F. Springer
Billy J. Jennings
Gloria Dominguez
Donald Rippes
Ruben Zaragoza
Mary L. Justis
Ellen Dominguez
Felicita V. Alvarez
Angel Rayos
Courtney Holiday
Oscar Reavis
Lily Bersosa
R. A. Elliott
Tomosa E. Orona
Jack McElroy
Mary Miller
Manuel A. Gomez
Grace Smith
Toribio Hinojos
John A. Tollette
Juan Moran
Benjamin Na
Bills and services spark council mood over rising city power costs
City council members grimly review monthly utility bills and a June charge of 9 484 as they note electricity costs climbed from about 36 000 in 1962 to 74 472 in 1974. Councilman Carl Mc Gee calls for reviewing Community Public Service bills amid an estimated near 25 percent rise in the past year. Local telephone service remains a recurring complaint as debates continue with no clear remedy.
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Carl McGee
Community Public Service Company
McGee
Capital Visitors Entertained by Strolling Troubadours
Washington officials launched a $38,000 program featuring five young artist musicians called the Strolling Troubadours to perform four shows daily at national monuments. The tour, backed by the National Endowment for the Arts and National Capital Parks, aims to entertain tourists waiting to enter sites. The act blends mime storytelling and audience participation. If successful, the program may continue through the bicentennial year of 1976.
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Washington
National Endowment For the Arts
National Capital Parks
Nancy Hanks
Jack Fish
Tueday
Ellipse
White House
Miss Hanks
National Council On the Arts
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Frank Church
Fidel Castro
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CIA
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Epifanio C. Hernandez
R. J. Harris
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James E. Adams
Lydia C. Pagan
Charlie Gatewood
Betty Horton
Elizer Garcia Flores
Jovita R. Ortega
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J. F. Fonville
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Vernon R. Leverette, Jr
Jerry V. Millsapps
Ismael Mata
Jesse O. Nunez
B. A. Vaughn
Billy Joe Calloway
Margie Ramirez
D. L. Kizzar
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James R. Midkiff
Clyde L. Daughteree
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Leland H. Casey
Feliz Prieto Matta
F. M. Bounds
Henry Leon Morris
J. George Ross
Sarah Dominguez
Mike Contreras
Roberto Lujan
Lenard Lethco
Roger Neilson
Harvey L. Gray
Mary Rose Trujillo
Bernardino Galindo
Ricardo C. Ontiveros
Marion T. Johnson
Casimiro P. Valeriano
Jose B. Morales
B.C. Elseick
Elida Mendoza
T. J. Cargill
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S.S. Skidmore
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William G. Svoboda
Frances L. Millan
Billy James Powers
Clarence Brown
Epifanio P. Hernandez
Barbara Acosta Ornelas
Terry W. Burns, Salvador Ortega, Jr., and
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