Bond Issue Would Not Increase County Taxes
Two Pecos cantaloupe sheds harvest the crop with 20 000 crates processed at Pecos Cantaloupe Company and 7 000 crates at Curtis W Cargill shed. Cargill expects full capacity in seven days. Emerson and Crabb and Thiel farms near Fort Stockton also yield 60 000 to 70 000 crates. Hail last week partially destroyed about 300 acres near Saragosa and Verhalen.
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Pecos
Curtis W. Cargill
Old
National Guard
B. J. Emerson
R. C. Crabb
Cayanosa
Thiel
Fort Stockton
Cargill
Paul Tapp
Saragosa
Verhalen
Pecos Man Charged With Beating Baby Daughter
Remigio Gonzales of Pecos was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault on a minor after a two and a half year old girl Melinda showed extensive injuries including bruises, a forehead knot, a split lip and multiple cuts. The mother is Melinda Gonzales, 23. three other Gonzales children live nearby. The couple had two other children who died, including a baby girl who reportedly fell from a sink during a bath in September 1964.
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Remigio Gonzales
Verhalen
Martin
Melinda Gonzales
Gonzales
Tommy Mayfield
Ray Lee
Nancy
Billy
Optimist Club Banquet and Dance Event Tonight
The Evening Optimist Club hosts its annual banquet tonight at the Community Center Banquet Room with new officers installed by Y. L. Dominguez. Tickets are 1.50 each and the public is invited. The club also held a successful Saturday dance at Santa Rosa Hall featuring Rudy and the Reno-Bops from San Antonio.
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Community Center
Y. L. Dominguez
Santa Rosa Hall
Rudy
Reno-Bops
San Antonio
Safety Lights For Interstate
City to install safety lighting at three I 20 intersections within city limits. J J Maxey reports that 49 poles will be installed with state expense maintenance. The State Highway Department and Bureau of Roads approve the plan and an agreement is signed. Planning is underway.
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J. J. Maxey
State Highway Department
Bureau of Roads
Highway Department
Ford Love Named Advertising Manager at Pecos Enterprise
Officials of the Pecos Enterprise announced Monday that Ford Love has been appointed advertising manager. Love has worked for papers in Pecos for eleven years, and prior to Pecos he served as classified manager of the Delta Democrat Times in Greenville Mississippi.
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Pecos Enterprise
Ford Love
Love
Pecos
Delta Democrat Times
Greenville
Mississippi
Reeves Residents Buy Cars At Record Pace
Reeves County shows a booming auto market with 104 cars per 100 families at the start of the year. National data note six million scrapped last year while local spending at service stations reached 3.326 million dollars, driven by road expansion and more two car families.
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Reeves County
Standard Rate and Data Service
United States
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Local 4-H Boys Named To Attend Range Meet
Two area 4-H and FFA boys were picked for the fourteenth annual Youth Range Camp in Junction, Texas. Clay Lee of Pecos and Jim Clayton of Mentone earned spots for their work in range management interests. Sponsored by the Texas Section of the American Society of Range Management, the camp offers training in range management, leadership, and recreation with expenses covered by local banks, clubs, districts, and individuals.
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FFA Boys
Texas
Junction
Clay Lee
Pecos
Jim Clayton
Mentone
American Society of Range Management
Pecos Banks
The
Security State Bank
Lee
Clayton
Loving County
Agen
Paul Tapp
Reeves County Free of Screwworm for Fourth Year
Reeves County has not reported a screwworm case in four years as 171 cases were logged nationwide this week and 29 at Mission Screwworm Laboratory. The Texas total for the year is 1,058 with national counts near 1,300. county agent Paul Tapp urges livestock producers to inspect animals and report signs promptly.
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Reeves County
Mission Screwworm Laboratory
Texas
Paul Tapp
Perez Trial Due Monday
Raul Perez of Pecos is set for trial in Monahans on July 29 on two murder charges. He shot Hubert Hernandez Rodriguez in Pecos on July 19, 1967. Held on $25,000 bond after the State Court of Criminal Appeals ordered bond, the trial proceeds on a change of venue to Monahans.
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Raul Perez
Pecos
Monahans
Perez
Hubert Hernandez Rodriguez
State Court of Criminal Appeals
High Court
Reeves County oil rolls lift valuation by eighteen million
County Judge F. H. Ryan told the Enterprise that Reeves County will not raise the tax rate to fund a $750 000 bond issue. He cited a large rise in oil property valuations totaling $18 million boosting values across residences businesses farms and other property.
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Reeves County
F.H. Ryan
Local Mail Service Curtailed At Pecos Post Office
Postmaster Paul Morrison announced that effective July 27 Saturday window service at the Pecos Post Office will be suspended due to manpower cuts from the tax bill. Saturday collection will align with Sunday service, while carriers will still pick up mail on routes. Elimination of Saturday delivery on city residential routes will be set by the Department later. The act requires reducing employment to June 30 1966 levels, with 83 238 job losses and only three of four vacancies to be filled.
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Paul Morrison
Pecos
Post Office Department
Pecos Firemen Attend School and County Tax Debate
Four Pecos Volunteer Department firemen travel to College Station Texas A&M University for a week long fire school. The study includes fire marshal and pumper training with salvage and overhauls. Reeves County sees a tax base jump from 39 to 57 million dollars boosting revenue by about 170 thousand while maintaining the 95 cent rate. The commissioners will authorize the August 20 election on a bond issue to fund improved roads for remoter areas.
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Pecos
College Station
Texas A&m University
J. T. Prewit
A. C. Bishop
Dicky Wadley
Jimmy Smith
Weldon Brookshire
Wadley
Commissioners Court
Ryan
Reeves County
West Texas
Memorial Hospital
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