Balmorhea chamber receives new brochures for town
Balmorhea Chamber of Commerce unveiled new brochures featuring Balmorhea Lake and a regional map. Copies will be placed at cafes stores parks and city hall for residents and visitors. Water supply concerns eased after weekend rains filled the T and P lake and improved city water quality. The Baptist encampment at Paisano opened with about 3 000 registrants and a new child care program. Rick Moon remodels his cafe front and the old McCalls building as town improvements continue along with fountain work in the park and smoother streets for tourists.
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Balmorhea
T. and P
Rick Moon
Ricks Cafe
McCalls
Mixed stock market gains and commodity notes
Stocks closed mixed after a brief up move, with the Dow up 3.37 to 850.13 at noon while NYSE and Amex saw slim gains and losses. Cotton futures drifted lower though some world gold quotes fell, and cattle and hog prices in Fort Worth showed varied firming trends amid light trading. A flag ceremony is planned at Guadalupe National Park on Monday July 28 with a ceremony by West Texas Chamber of Commerce, the National Park Service, and Boy Scouts support.
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New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Weyerhaueser
American Stock Exchange
New Process Co
Amex
NYSE
Guadalupe National Park
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
National Park Service
Chisolm Trail Council of
Boy Scouts
John Tower
Lloyd Bentson
Richard White
Balmorhea Blazing Trails and Observatory Plans
Troop 3 led hike begins near Butterfield Stage Lines station at Guadalupe Pass with Scoutmaster Mike Kesler and invites public. A study by Charles Jenkins and Jim Kaster explores a public planetarium at Mt Locke base for visitor education, while water safety classes begin at Balmorhea State Park with 21 registrants.
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Troop 3
Mike Kesler
Butterfield Stage Lines
Guadalupe Pass
McDonald Observatory
Charles Jenkins
Jim Kaster
Mt Locke
Ih Observatory
Davis Mountains
Balmorhea State Park
Gene Hildstruh
Lubbock
Jim Welch
Joe Baez
Ft. Worth
Astronauts reflect on spaceflight and future gender roles
Brand notes weightless housekeeping challenges while predicting women will join space programs. Stafford defends Apollo Soyuz value and cost, citing cross national cooperation and docking advances. Slayton jokes about health. Proxmire critics questioned risks. Meanwhile, youth workers prepare facilities and painting for fall school opening August 18.
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Brand
Stafford
United States
Pearl Blakemore
Eastland Trio Visits Barstow on Thursday
Gregg Sedillo of Eastland visited Barstow with friends Tommy and Duane and his father-in-law Mr and Mrs Emilio Lopez and daughters Melinda and Belinda. They were en route to Van Horn. Lucia Veltron and children Harvey Larry Joe of Odessa and Ida Oresco with son Michael also visited in the Matta home. Veltron and Oresco are daughters of Maria.
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Tommy
Duane
Eastland
Inlaw
Emilio Lopez
Melinda
Belinda
Gregg
van Horn
Lucia Veltron
Harvey
Larry
Joe
Odessa
Ida Oresco
Michael Also
Vicente Matta
Veltron
Oresco
Angelito Inojos
Alfredo Hinojos
Ricardo Hinojos
A Odessa
Selestino Matta
Michael
Vincente
Necol
Tina
California
Vincente Matta
Sofia Pruss
Ruben
Freddy
Henry Gutierrez
Nellie Pruss
Evely
Cathy
Tammie Ray
Colorado Springs
Colo
Barstow Social News Roundup of Weekend Visits
Barstow resident Irene Garcia reports a flurry of weekend visits as families from Breckenridge Kermit Odessa Abilene and California travel to Barstow. Fred Webb and son Robert return with relatives Mona Susan Lynn. Danny Salinas Manuel Salinas Juan Salinas and families visit. Other gatherings include Vic Juarez families in Alpine Ojinaga trip and Matta Pruss and Gamboa relatives from Colorado Springs with local kin.
Utilities watchdog unchained in Texas
A new group named Texas Utility Monitoring Project will form as a nonprofit watchdog to prevent utility monopolies from capturing the upcoming Texas Public Service Commission. John Hannah of Common Cause warned that regulatory capture harms the public with high prices and poor services. He is joined by Texas Consumers Association and other groups in backing TUMP.
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Common Cause
Texas Utility Monitoring Project
TUMP
Hannah
Texas Public Service Commission
Texas
Texas Consumers Association
Texas Afl-Cio
American Association of Retired People
Texas Senior Citizens Associationpany
Texas Public Interest Research Group
Striking farm workers press talks with growers in Texas
Deputies reported about 250 workers joining a melon field strike near Verhalen as lawmen moved in on demonstrators not on private property. Orendain said organizers spent cold, wet hours gathering reactions from workers and truckers to present a farm worker package to Texas growers. He emphasized the goal is dialogue with growers, not wage demands.
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Orendain
Verhalen
Texas
Community club and service group calendar items
Friday Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. upstairs 125 S Oak St includes multiple phone numbers. Sunday Pecos Business and Professional Women hold a planning meeting 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Holiday Inn under Nita Stovall direction. Monday Evening Lions Club gathers 7:30 p.m. at American Motor Inn. Tuesday TOPS Club on E 10th St at 6 p.m. with Social Security rep 11 a.m.–12 noon at 902 E 10th St. Thursday Morning Optimists meet 6:30 a.m. at Ramada Inn and Rotary Club at Holiday Inn at 12 noon.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
Pecos
Holiday Inn
Nita Stovall
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
E. 10Th St
Senior Citizen's Center
Community Action Office
Ramada Inn
Rotary Club
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