Amistad Lions Club Installs New Officers
New officers named this month for the Amistad Lions Club include Felipe Arrendondo as president with Elias Payan as vice president Bonifacio Natividad as secretary Richard San Roman as treasurer Manuel Corrales as Tail Twister and Macio Dominguez as Lion Tamer Gloria Arreguy is the club Sweetheart Members now meet Monday nights at the Community Center replacing the former Wednesday schedule
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Amistad Lions Club
Felipe Arrendondo
Elias Payan
Bonifacio
Ward County to vote on wet or dry precinct
An election will be held Saturday in Ward County Precinct 1 to decide if it becomes a wet or dry precinct. Polling sites include the Community Center Barstow Wickett and the Department of Public Safety Building Monahans. The election followed a petition with 138 signatures presented by Bob Crouch.
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Ward County
Barstow
Wickett
Department of Public Safety
Monahans
Ward County Commissioners Court
Bob Crouch
Pecos
Texas papers honored for tornado relief efforts
Three Texas newspapers were honored in Lubbock for raising more than 125000 for May 11 tornado victims. Citations to Pat Taggart Tom Simmons and Jack Butler honored the editors praised Lubbock’s aid spirit as Waco Dallas Fort Worth and Lubbock contributed a combined relief total exceeding 336000 with Waco’s 24000 check added to its 32800 total and Fort Worth and Dallas gifts pushing the combined sum higher. The Lubbock disaster struck May 11 leaving 26 dead and 500 injured with damage around 153 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Tex
Texas
Benton Rigsby
Kiwanis Club
Pat Taggart
Waco News- Tribune & Times - Herald
Tom Simmons
Dallas Morning News
Jack Butler
Fort Worth
Taggart
Waco
Waco Chamber of Commerce
Jack Jeffries
Dallas
Public Invited To Breakfast By Progressive Lions Club
A fund raising breakfast will be held at the Community Council building 1100 South Locust this Sunday from 7 30 a m to noon by the Progressive Lions Club Tickets are $1 25 per plate and may be bought from members Plates can be to go for takeaway Everyone is invited to attend and eat a good breakfast
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Community Council
South Locust
Progressive Lions Club
City Leases Mower For Ponds and Ditches Work
Pecos City Council at a special session approved leasing a Ford tractor with hydraulic mower from Dozier Implement Co for six months at 1250 dollars monthly with a buy option of one dollar. The budget and treasurer’s report were reviewed. The council also granted annexation of 0.34 acre from Mid-States Homes Inc to the city in an R-1 zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Dozier Implement Co
Mid-States Homes, Inc
Planning and Zoning Board
Firemen to Attend 41st Annual Training School
Five local firemen Dicky Wadley Obie Maddux David Thomas Jim Edwards and James McCain will attend the 41st annual fire-fighting school at Texas A&M starting Monday. The event will host about 2725 firemen from 41 states and nearly 20 foreign countries with 1750 in municipal training 800 industrial and 175 Spanish speaking sessions over the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dicky Wadley
Obie Maddux
David Thomas
Jim Edwards
James McCain
Texas A&m
Henry Smith
Texas Engineering Extension Service
All-Stars Hit Pecos for July 21 Little League Game
The Little League All-Stars will play in Pecos against Crane on Tuesday July 21 at 8 00 p m. The change from Crane to Pecos was announced earlier and Pecos residents are invited to support the team.
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Pecos
Crane
Mitchells Hearing Postponed In My Lai Case
A court martial for Sgt. David Mitchell in the My Lai case is delayed from July 21 to August 11. Judge Col. George R. Robinson refused to cite factors behind the postponement. Meanwhile U S District Judge Jack Roberts weighs Mitchells bid to block the court martial as Atlanta rulings loom.
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Ft, Hood
Mitchell
Atlanta
My Lai
Torres Due In Brownsville
Army Sgt. Esquiel Torres accused in the My Lai case will arrive quietly in Brownsville at 9 46 am Monday with his Atlanta lawyer Charles Weltner. Officials plan a defense funds visit in the lower Rio Grande Valley. A welcome party was dropped and Torres will hold a news conference and attend a Lions Club luncheon.
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Brownsville
Tex
Army
Esquiel Torres
American Legion Post
Torres
My Lai
Charles Weltner
Atlanta
Rio Grande Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Steve Bosio
Lions Club
Sewing Nook Mirrors Reputations More Than Hemstitching
A neighborhood sewing scene builds reputations through craft and conversation, with social bonds stitched tighter than fabric as families mend and share skills. The piece highlights community ties, local sewers, and the quiet pride of handmade garments.
Funeral Services Set For Mr Wells
Funeral services for Ivy Randel Wells Sr. will be held Monday July 20 at 10 00 am at Coffman Funeral Home Clinton Arkansas. Burial follows at Fosters Cemetery. Wells 79 died Thursday in Memorial Hospital Pecos after illness while visiting relatives. He was a real estate dealer and cotton and oil leasing worker in Reeves County. Survived by wife, two sons, four daughters, 17 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren, plus four brothers and one sister.
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Ivy Randel Wells Sr
Coffman Funeral Home
Clinton
Arkansas
Foster’s
Wells
Pecos
Memorial Hospital
Cliff Preslar
Joe Bob Kelton
George Wells
Abbott County
Mr. Wells
Reeves County
Ivy Randel Wells Jr
Bill Wells
Fort Worth
Estelle Johnson
Houston
Celia Thompson
Pilot Point
Preslar
Kelton
Odessa Go Go Dancer Murder Shocks Texas City
Odessa police probe the death of Eula Mae Rogers Miller 26 a go go dancer found nude and stabbed in her apartment. Nearby Midland reports Vicki Bennethy 20 similarly killed with a suspect jailed. Police weigh if the cases are connected as they search for motive and witnesses.
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Odessa
Tex
Eula Mae Rogers Miller
Midland
Vicki Bennethy
Miss Miller
Tempo Club
Kay Miller
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Purifoy
Texas Voting Laws Said Most Restrictive in Nation
A University of Texas report argues Texas voter registration rules are the most restrictive for convenience among states. It cites annual registration and early cutoffs for general and primary elections, noting no literacy tests recently but ongoing concerns about voter access and potential reforms toward a permanent system.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Janice C. May
University
Institute of Public Affairs
May
U. S
U. S. Comemission On
Farmers Barbecue Promotes National Farmers Organization
A public barbecue on Monday July 20 at 8 p m at the Woodrow Clem Barn Balmorhea Highway invites Reeves County agri business interests and farmers and their wives to attend. Speakers Don Kimbell Amarillo president of the Texas unit NFO and Murray Wallace Gideon Missouri cotton specialist will discuss the future of agricultural efforts with support from local firms.
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Woodrow Clem
Balmorhea Highway
National Farmers Organization
Don Kimbell
Amarillo
Murray Wallace
Gideon
Missouri
Kimbell
Texas
NFO
Wallace
Reeves County
Clem Crowley
H. R. Hudson Jr
Severe Thunderstorms Threaten Texan Panhandle Regions
The Associated Press reports vicious thunderstorms and scattered showers across the northeast Texas Panhandle and Central to Southeast Texas. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Lipscomb and Ochiltree Counties after a funnel cloud near Forgan Oklahoma. Hail battered rural areas as rainfall totals reached up to .71 inch in Laredo and other Texas cities. By dawn, skies cleared west of San Angelo with highs hitting up to 100 degrees in Wichita Falls and 81 in McAllen.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Lipscomb
Ochiltree
Panhandle
Forgan
Oklahoma
Laredo
McAllen
Brownsville
Alice
San Antonio
San Angelo
Fez Paso
Wichita Falls
Krazy Days Planned for July 31 By Local Merchants
Planning Committee of the Retail Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce met to finalize plans for the Merchants Krazy Days promotion on Friday July 31. Prizes of 25 and 15 dollars, goofy costumes, sidewalk sales, a kiddies cartoon show at the State Theatre, and sidewalk tables are invited. Window displays urged with the theme Wild and Crazy. Amateurs musicians and organizations urged to participate. A skin cancer warning note appears unrelated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Missed Paper Delivery Guaran teed Circulation Call
Notice to readers: if the newspaper is not received by 5 30 p m by 6 45 p m call the Circulation Dept at 445 5475 for delivery guarantee.
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Santa Rosa Hall
Amistad Club
Oscar Wells
Battleboro
Massachusetts
John Wells
Canon City
Colorado
Mack Wells
Daingerfield
Margaret Claver
Phoenix
Arizona
Hilltop Apartments
Merchants Committee
Alvaro Alvarez
Terry Sherrill
Stacy
John Black
State Health Department
Balmorhea-Saragosa
Balmorhea
Saragosa
Jthalaaann
Your Electric Light & Power Company
Johnnie Holub
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