West Texas hospital plans revealed for 60 beds in Pecos
Architects unveiled a full color rendering of the Reeves County Memorial Hospital planned for southwest Pecos. The $2.9 million, one and a half acre complex combines ranch and Spanish design with exposed prestressed concrete beams. County officials and hospital staff praised the exterior, with bids expected mid October and groundbreaking aimed for November 1 1976, to have patients moved in by Christmas 1976.
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Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Pecos Valley County
Turner
West Texas
Texas
Darrell Glover
Sioner
Wendell Faulkner
Mike Starkey
Ed Schmidt
Corpus Christi
Turner, Rome, Cotton and Associates, Inc
Pecos Savings & Loan Association
Reeves Memorial Hospital
Stafford Boulevard
Texas Street
Reeves County Consumers Spend Largest Share On Food
A market study by Standard Rate and Data Service shows Reeves County households allocated the most to food with local supermarkets and groceries totaling $19,887,000 for take-home items, up from $9,219,000. Auto equipment purchases reached $8,740,000 while department stores and general merchandise sold $4,185,000, and apparel stores $1,697,000.
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Reeves County
Standard Rate and Data Service
Crackdown on shoplifters at Safeway store
Security officers observed five adults and a juvenile in a two day spree at Safeway 1008 Eddy Sr. thefts totaled $9.94 with fines ranging from 15.50 to 57.50. Maria Ortega 25 and Felisha Rayos 31 were fined 27.50 each for shoplifting. Anna Mendoza 38 later fined 27.50 for theft under five dollars. Maria Martinez 63 and another pair of suspects were also recorded in the crackdown.
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Safeway
Eddy Sr
John Lewis
Maria Ortega
Sycamore
Felisha Rayos
Anna Mendoza
Madera Rd
Goodyear blimp pilots explain life in the airship
Three of the world’s 20 Goodyear blimp pilots discuss life aboard the airship Columbia at Pecos Municipal Airport. They describe travel at 45 mph at 1000 feet, safety record with no injuries in 53 years, and on call schedules averaging 20 to 80 hours weekly.
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Joel Chamberlain
Corky Belanger
John Crayton
Holiday Inn
Pecos
Texas
Chamberlain
Western Airlines
Belanger
Pomona
Calif
Crayton
Torrance
Unscheduled Goodyear blimp visits Pecos overnight
The Goodyear blimp Columbia landed in Pecos late Tuesday on an unscheduled stop during a cross country flight from El Paso to San Antonio. Pilot Corky Belanger said strong winds slowed progress from 35 to about 20 mph, and the craft departed at 8 a.m. with plans to station in San Antonio for two weeks before heading to Houston.
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Lynn Webb
Columbia
Pecos
San Antonio
Fort Stockton
el Paso
Corky Belanger
Belanger
Houston
Goodyear
Joel Chamberlain
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Reeves
Mary Ella Meek
Fort Worth
Kay Daniel
Miss Daniel
United States
South Central States
Maria Martinez
Goodyear Blimp
Carlos Nichols
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