Pecos River Floods Through Pecos Barstow Area 1941
Narrative recounts the 1941 Pecos River disaster with floods in May and September. Details include New Mexico inflows at 45 000 second feet, spillway openings at Red Bluff, Barstow damage, railroad sandbagging, 18 deaths, 150 families homeless, and a second October flood followed by a wet winter.
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Pecos
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Roswell
Ft. Sumner
Hondo River
Red Bluff
Red Bluff Lake
T&p Long
Barstow
Lee Lumber Company
Boulder Courts
Triangle Court
U.S. 80
Pecos River
Bill Rossman
Triangle Camp
Highway Department
T&p
Pecos-Barstow
Red Cross
Sea of Pecos
The short straw in farm economy editorial
The piece argues farm workers picketing Reeves County farms threaten the local farm economy. It notes poor crop prices, rising fuel costs and taxes, and says the UFW organizing drive could worsen conditions, likening farming to a dying patient and questioning the timing of the labor push.
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Reeves County
United Farm Worker
UFW
Reeves County Sheriff urged to explain jail abuses and arrests
The Pecos Enterprise criticizes Sheriff A B Nail for denying press access during a clash between area farmers and United Farm Worker organizers. It argues open reporting could prevent misunderstandings and calls for accountability over jail hangings, escapes, beatings, and related incidents, urging him to explain or resign.
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Reeves County
A.B. Nail
United Farm Worker
Pecos
Nail
United Farm Worker Movement
Mr. Nail
Food shoppers read prices not forecasts
AP report notes consumers ignore optimistic forecasts as inflation hits 9.6 percent in June. Despite OECD and government projections, shoppers cut spending, save more, and doubt an early recovery while unemployment lingers around nine percent mid 1976.
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John Cunniff
New York
Washington
First National City Bank
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
United States
OECD
On This Date in History July 25 1975 Highlights
Today in history notes key events on July 25 including the 1963 test ban treaty between the United States the Soviet Union and Britain and other items such as Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign victory in 1799 and the Andrea Doria Stockholm collision in 1956. It also lists birthdays for Frank Church and Eric Hoffer.
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Associated Press
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Napoleon Bonaparte
Egypt
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Black Guard
Engelbert Dollfuss
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth
Stockholm
New England
Andrea Doria
National Assembly
Tunisia
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Cambodia
Richard Nixon
Los Angeles
Frank Church
Idaho
Eric Hoffer
Industry plays it safe on new tech, hampering progress
Ray Cromley argues U S industry underinvests in quantum jump production tech, citing high costs, risk, and capital shortages. He notes Japan and West Germany adopting advances, while U S agencies and courts slow or complicate tech adoption, delaying benefits and hurting competitiveness. Several sectors including shipbuilding textiles cement face higher prices due to this conservatism. The piece cites Rabinow of the Institute for Applied Technology and notes government agencies lag in adopting advanced electronics.
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Washington
NEA
Japan
West Germany
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Energy Research and Development Administration
Jacob Rabinow
Institute For Applied Technology
National Bureau of Standards
Defense Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
CIA
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Musin
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Ray Cromley
U.S
By Ray Cromley
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
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