Balmorhea Bridge Club Meets in Ranch Home
The Thursday Night Bridge Club gathered at Ona Graef’s ranch home with Mildred Stroade taking high score and Kathrine Posey low. Other players included Ellen Lethco, Martha Moore, Amy McIntire, Patty Towler, Nan Cate, Louise Adams, and Molly Moore visiting relatives in White Sands and Monahans relatives. The Exxon Corp resumed drilling the McIntire well ten miles west of Balmorhea at 4100 feet after a brief shutdown for circulation loss.
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Ona Graef
Mildred Stroade
Katherine Posey
Louise Adams
Ellen Lethco
Martha Moore
Amy McIntire
Patty Towler
Nan Cate
Exxon Corp
McIntire
Balmorhea
Balmorhea welcomes teachers and families for new school year
Mrs Margie Mills Sapps of Pecos, a Balmorhea teacher, visits seeking early Balmorhea history for her Sul Ross thesis as Jan prepares to teach again this fall while the family oversees the house and the two older boys return from East Texas. Younger boys visit grandparents in East Texas.
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East Texas
Jan
Balmorhea
Margie Millsapps
Pecos
Sul Ross
Prowler Versus Peeper in Neighborhood Security
SGT Sidney Lyle discusses distinguishing prowlers from window peepers amid rising neighborhood densities. The piece explains that prowling hinges on intent and proximity rather than mere presence on property, noting the difficulty in identifying such offenders and clarifying legal distinctions.
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Sgt
Sidney Lyle
Sixteen Die in Texas Over Weekend Homicides and Accidents
The Associated Press tallies sixteen weekend fatalities in Texas across gunshots street crashes drownings and a murder by beating plus an axe murder incident. The span runs from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. A community safety message urges alert neighbors report suspicious conduct to police and secure all windows at night to deter prowlers and window peepers.
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Texas
Associated Press
Mse
Death of Mrs. Thelma L. Jackson at 77 in Pecos
Mrs. Thelma L. Jackson, 77, died at 4 30 a m Saturday in a Pecos hospital. Services set for 10 a m Monday at Pecos Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Born May 19 1900 in Texas she lived in Pecos about two years after residing in El Paso. Survivors include brother Leonard Grogan of Pecos and grandson Stanley Williamson of Anchorage Alaska.
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Thelma L. Jackson
Pecos
Fairview
Jackson
Texas
el Paso
Leonard Grogan
Stanley Williamson
Anchorage
Alaska
Ambulance transfer request and local incidents report
Ambulance requested by hospital to transfer a patient to El Paso at 6 32 a m Thursday. A pickup truck fire reported across from Pecos Feed Yard Thursday at 2 50 p m. A minor accident occurred Thursday afternoon at 1400 W Massey involving a 1974 auto driven by Michael Gleason 17 and a 1970 auto driven by Steven Precht 18. both parked on opposite sides and backed out simultaneously. no injuries. Pecos police arrested three juveniles and one man in a burglary at 723 S Hickory. Israel Fuentez 17 held on burglary charges with $2000 bond. items recovered except a gold locket. County Court docket lists multiple criminal charges including theft, drunken driving, marijuana possession, and evading arrest with various July filing dates.
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el Paso
Pecos
S. Hickory
Israel Fuentez
W. 5Th
South Hickory
Fuentez
J.P. Cliff Preslar
Calendar highlights Monday and Tuesday club meetings
Calendar notes list Lions Club meetings at American Motor Inn and Lions Den Monday evening, Pecos Optimists and Alcoholics Anonymous sessions Tuesday including 125 S Oak St and various venues. Girl Scout Day Camp announces Friday Family Night at 715 S Park with family picnic, drinks and desserts provided.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Girl Scout Day
S. Park
Noon market report shows modest declines in key indices
In New York the Dow Jones industrial average slips 4.85 points to 918.57 at noon as volume eases to 8.14 million shares. The NYSE composite and AMEX indexes dip while leading indicators hint at potential slower growth. Cash grain and livestock figures from Chicago and Fort Worth round out the market snapshot with cattle, hogs, and feed prices noted.
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NEW York
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Cash Grain Chicago
Fort Worth
Choice
Dow Jones
Indus
Dallas Palm Springs Tie for USA's Hottest Day
The Associated Press reports Dallas and Palm Springs tied at 109 degrees Sunday, making them the warmest spots in the nation. Texas towns across the state posted highs above 100 as a northern cool front threatened but did little to ease the heat.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Dallas
Palm Springs
Calif
United States
National Weather Service
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Midland
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Waco
Childress
Junction
Victoria
Stephenville
Cotulla
del Rio
Texarkana
San Angelo
East Texas
West Texas
Comanche Springs Art Association Forms In Fort Stockton
In Fort Stockton a group of 25 residents formed the Comanche Springs Art Association. The group will meet the third Thursday of each month at 7 30 p m in First Christian Church Fellowship Hall. Membership is open to art enthusiasts and supporters of Fort Stockton art shows.
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Fort Stockton
Comanche Springs
Public talk by David Wilkerson at Carlsbad High School
Carlsbad seeks to host author David Wilkerson of The Cross and the Switchblade at Carlsbad Senior High School for public meetings on August 6 at 7:30 p.m. and August 7 at 2:30 p.m. The book, first published in 1962, recounts his early efforts to reform gang members during late 1950s and early 1960s gang wars. it has 28 printings, translations into 32 languages, and sales over 10 million.
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Carlsbad
David Wilkerson
Carlsbad Senior High School
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Balmorhea Bridge Club
Ranch Home
Molly Moore
Bob Moore
Barron Moore
Wendy
Monahans
Joe Lyles
California
Joe Jr
Henry
Jimmie
Johnnie Moore
Christy
Peggy Moore
Jan Loper
Don Lopez
State of
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Peggy McCracken
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves. Ward
Loving. Culberson
Jeff C
Mrs. Jackrdss
Jose Orona
Jimmie Simmons
James E. Norris
Ralph Edward = Merritt
J.P
Jay Tommy Harbour
Brett Allen Isbel
Donnell David Inquires
Ruben Tercero
David Randall White
Murray Leon Williams
Richard Tilley
Morning Tops Club
Federation Parlor
Tops TX
St. Community
Central
Dallas-Fort Worth
van Horn
Permian Photo Hut
Airlawn Shopping Center
Gibson's
Walthall & Johnson
Pecos Enterprise
Stockton Forms Art Group
Andrews
Permian General Hospital
David Glen Barnett
Permian
Odessa
Praxedia Rodriguez Contreras
Medical Center Hospital
D.B. Rodriguez
Rafael Bustamenta
Mch
Monahans- Pyote-Wiolett
George Callender
Donald T. Shepard
West Texas Youth Council
Shepard
Ford Conradt
Conradt
TYC
Brownwood
Grandfalls
Guadalupe Suchil Marquez
Wayne Bratcher
Department of Public Safety
Marquez
Wilkerson
Electra Music Company
Guitars
Racio
Baty 'i
Brouse
I-20
Pecos Shell
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