Balmorhea Park to Offer Red Cross Water Safety Course
A Red Cross water safety class will be conducted at Balmorhea State Park from July 21 to 26 with instructors from Fort Worth, including Joseph Raze and Mrs. Welch. The lessons are free, books provided, and reservations are sought via phone 375 2370 or by writing to Toyahvale State Park.
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Red Cross
Balmorhea State Park
Fort Worth
Joseph Raze
Welch
State Park
Toyahvale
Cotton futures rise as market firmed in light trade
Cotton No 2 futures gained up to 1.75 a bale as scattered buying steadied a thin market. Spot prices for strict low middling 11-16 inch cotton eased 1 point to 44.89 cents. London and Paris gold fixes and European prices listed amid a broad metals and agricultural market summary.
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NEW York
New York Cotton Exchange
Balmorhea Social Roundup and Camp News
Balmorhea residents prep for summer camps and changes as Little Miss Mary Wein acht plans a Sacramento trip. Teachers head to vacations and a workshop before Aug 11. Local families relocate and visit across Texas and California, while Reeves County crews repave streets in Balmorhea.
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Mary Weinacht
Alpine
Sacramento
N.M
Four minor accidents reported by city police
Four minor accidents occurred over a Friday to Sunday period with no injuries. At 10:58 a.m. Friday a pickup driven by John Stickels hit Olivia R. Rodriguez’s auto at Eighth and Hackberry. At 9:35 p.m. Friday Richard Heard’s auto rear ended Arturo Adame’s on Cedar Street. Sunday saw Thomas R. Biggs swipe a parked car belonging to Lucille Hopkins on Adams Street. A 5:15 p.m. collision on Third Street involved Robert S. Beck and Alfonso Gonzales scraping bumpers in the 100 block.
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John Stickels
Eddy St
Olivia R. Rodriguez
Elm St
Eighth
Hackberry Streets
Richard Heard
Cowan
Arturo Adame
Sage St
Cedar St
Adams Auto
Thomas R. Biggs
Adams St
Lucille Hopkins
Biggs
Robert S. Beck
Pecos
Alfonso Gonzales
Fort Davis
Third St
W. Third
Savings bonds sales lagging in Reeves County
Reeves County reports May sales of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds totaling 11 515 led by County Bond Chairman Archie Scott. Five month sales reach 66 485 or 35 percent of the 1975 goal of 190 000 while Texas month sales total 19 223 287 and year to date 101 591 941 at 43 percent of the 234 3 million goal. Mud and splattering car windshield blind you for the rest of your way. Mrs. Cora Moody and her grandchildren of Pecos visit Balmorhea for a week as they fish and tour the Draper home.
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United States Savings
Reeves County
Archie Scott
Texas
Cora Moody
Pecos
Balmorhea
Cora
Draper
Residence Destroyed by Fire in Lindsay Addition
The home of a Pecos family at 2215 Sandia Rd Lindsay Addition suffered extensive damage from a Tuesday blaze. Firemen spent about 30 minutes battling the fire which left the front portion including the living room and kitchen nearly destroyed and heavy smoke damage in bedrooms. Fire Chief J T Prewit cited an electrical short as probable cause though the family was too excited to provide a clear description.
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Pecos
Sandia Rd
Lindsay
J.T. Prewit
Sul Ross State names new dean and registrar
Sul Ross State University announces Dr. Bob D. Pannell as Dean of the Graduate School and director of off campus study programs replacing Dr. James G. Houston who becomes full time chemistry professor and chair. Dorothy M. Leavitt is appointed registrar, joining Sul Ross faculty since 1968 after teaching in the Business Administration department.
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Sul Ross State University
Bob D. Pannell
Pannell
James G. Houston
Houston
Sul Ross
Loyd D. Rowe, Jr
College Station
Rowe
Texas A&m University
Abel G. Acosta
Acosta
Lubbock Independent School District
Lubbock Public Schools
Klbk-Tv
Lubbock
Supplemental pay increase awaited for SSI recipients
Supplemental security income payments will rise starting in July to offset living costs, per Odessa social security district manager Erven L. Fisher Jr. The SSI program aids adults 65 and over or the blind and disabled with limited resources. Payments depend on other income, with single beneficiaries previously at 146 dollars monthly and couples at 219 dollars. No action is required by recipients to receive the increase, which will be added to checks automatically.
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Erven L. Fisher, Jr
Odessa
Community Club and Service Meetings Schedule
Thursday morning Optimists meet at 6 30 a.m. at Ramada Inn Rotary Club gathers at Holiday Inn at 12 noon Friday Alcoholics Anonymous sessions at 125 S Oak St upstairs Sunday Pecos Business and Professional Women planing meeting at Holiday Inn under Nita Stovall District 8 director Monday Lions Club meets at American Motor Inn 7 30 p.m Amistad Lions Club at Lions Den 7 30 p.m Tuesday TOPS Club at E 10th St senior center 6 00 Social Security representative at Community Action office 902 E 10th St 11 a.m.-12 noon.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
P.m
S. Oak St
Pecos Business and
Holiday Inn
Nita Stovall
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
E. 10Th St
Senior Citizen's Center
Community Action Office
Ramsey plant safety marked eight years without accident
Continental Oil Company's Ramsey gas processing plant eight miles northwest of Orla completed eight years with no lost-time accident. The plant with a four-man staff logged 80,920 manhours safely since June 24, 1967. Superintendent B W Beauregard said a safety dinner for plant employees and their wives will be held in Pecos in September.
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Continental Oil Company
Ramsey
Orla
B.W. Beauregard
Pecos
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Los Angeles Times
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