Soviet buyers to import large U.S. grain shipment
The Soviet Union agreed to purchase over 600 million dollars of corn and barley from Continental Grain Co, with shipments starting this fall. Australia also announced a sale of 750,000 tons of wheat to the USSR for 100 million Australian dollars, shipping from the harvest between September and May.
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New York
Soviet Union
Continental Grain Co
U.S
Australia
Wheat Board
Jack Cass
Melbourne
Continental Grain
Congress
Earl L. Butz
Capitol Hill
Butz
Kansas City
Agriculture Department
U.S. Agriculture Department
All-star playoffs set for Pecos Pony League
Pecos All-Star baseball group heads to Lubbock Wednesday at 6 p.m. to face Hereford in the opening game of a four-day double elimination sectional. The four-team race includes El Paso and Lubbock Southwestern. Final four crown advances to Fort Worth regionals, with games at Southwestern Pony League Park on 27th and Nashville.
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Pecos Pony League
Lubbock
Pecos Diamond Nine
Hereford
Fort Worth
el Paso
Southwestern
Christina Onassis to Wed Alexander Andreadis Today
Christina Onassis plans to marry Alexander Andreadis in a 7:30 p.m. ceremony at a tiny Glyfada chapel near Athens. The event will unite two of Greece’s largest fortunes with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and others likely in attendance.
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Athens
Greece
Christina Onassis
Alexander Andreadis
Andreadis
Glyfada
Christina
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Onassis
TV ads from the sixties seven or more
John Pitts critiques TV commercials with a sharp, biting, humorous tone. He lampoons ads for diarrhea remedies deodorants and margarine and riffs on celebrity parodies and outrageous campaign lines. The piece mocks consumer culture and the era’s broadcast humor.
Anderson kin injured in accident
A sister of nationally known columnist Jack Anderson visited Pecos over the weekend after a motor home wreck Friday afternoon. Hospital administrator Jerry Taylor said one of eight injured, Mrs. Raymond Horspool, is Anderson's sister. The two families were treated and released to continue their vacation.
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Pecos
Jack Anderson
Jerry Taylor
Raymond Horspool
Anderson
Firemen to attend week long fire school
Four Pecos Volunteer Fire Department members will travel to College Station for a week of fire fighting training. Leo Elliott Lynn Owens Vaughn Snadell and Melvin Adickes depart Sunday to enroll in the courses aimed at enhancing department capabilities.
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Pecos
Former Pecos Resident Pens New Column
Rod Ger McKeown, a former Pecos resident now with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in El Paso, will launch a weekly Sports page column in the Enterprise. A Pecos High School graduate and former Balmorhea coach, he writes for Texas and New Mexico publications and covers a 25 county West Texas area including the Trans-Pecos and Edwards Plateau districts. Readers may send comments to TPW Information and Education Office El Paso.
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Pecos
Rodger McKeown
The
Enterprise
O’ferrall Pauly
McKeown
el Paso
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Pecos High School
Balmorhea
Publiations
Texas
New Mexico
TPW
West Texas
Trans-Pecos
Edwards Plateau
TPW Information and Education
Gateway West
Suite
Tex
House Set Energy Talks Amid Oil Price Fight
Washington House leaders plan to meet with President Ford on energy legislation, likely after a vote to reject his plan to phase out oil price controls over 30 months. No override attempt on Ford vetoed measures appears likely, as talks focus on price caps and timeline.
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Washington
Ford
House
Ter
Carl Albert
White House
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Wright
Democratic
Albert
Administration Energy
Showers Bring Mixed Rain Totals Across Pecos County
Cool conditions linger as scattered showers dot the Pecos area late Monday with rainfall as low as .04 inch and up to .11 inch in different city sectors. Balmorhea reports showers from 4 p.m. to after 9 p.m. with minimal gauges. The broader weather picture shows ongoing storms across the Plains and Gulf Coast, flash flood warnings in New Mexico expired, Trenton begins to clear after a flood surge, and Riverside area forecasts return to normal summer readings by midweek.
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Pecos
Balmorhea
Rockies
North Atlantic
Trenton
New Mexico
Military beef probe finds possible substandard meat
Senate investigators under Sen. Lawton Chiles examine nationwide Defense Department meat purchases and inspections to determine if servicemen were served substandard beef. The review aims to uncover any broad violations in federal food procurement and compliance programs.
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Washington
Senate
Pentagon
Lawton Chiles
City Receives 6206.31 Tax Refund From State Comptroller
The city posted a 6206.31 sales tax rebate as part of an $11.4 million Texaswide monthly payout. Pecos and Monahans received payments, while Balmorhea and Toyah await another month. Seminole will receive 1192.51.
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Bob Bullock
Bullock
Austin
Texas
Pecos
Monahans
Malpractice rate freeze blocked by Texas judge
A Texas judge blocked the state Insurance Board from enforcing a 90 day rate freeze on malpractice insurance renewals set at the June 3 level. Argonaut Insurance Co. sought the injunction, saying the rule was retroactive and would raise costs for doctors and hospitals this summer. The board plans no appeal, noting the issue may be moot before any higher court ruling.
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Austin, Tex
State Insurance Board
Wesley Dice
Argonaut Insurance Co
Dice
Joe Christie
Argonaut
Council to hear zone change plea before public hearing
City council scheduled to hear a zone change request from Joe Smith representing A L Young. The proposal seeks to move property from R-1 to R-4. Planning and Zoning denied it. A public hearing set for 9 a.m. Thursday, plus a report on a portable radar unit for the police department.
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Joe Smith
A.L. Young
Planning and Zoning Board
Four year old gets own real fire truck in Batavia
August Gering turned four when his parents bought a real 1946 Dodge fire truck for 511 dollars. The 19 foot vehicle with a 500 gallon tank sits in the Batavia driveway. Police note private siren use is illegal, but August loves rides and hopes to drive to high school someday.
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Batavia, Ill
Gering
Batavia
Chicago
Mary Sue Bowman
August
Katherine
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