Cattlemen Meet With Carter To Discuss Market Instability
Independent Cattlemen's Association President Roy Wheeler and nine other leaders met with President Carter at the White House on July 25 to discuss severe industry problems. Wheeler warned that herd liquidation continues despite higher prices and banks are tightening loans. Carter said he would study pending legislation to revise the 1964 Meat Import Act and avoid price controls while pledging no more imports this year.
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Independent Cattlemen's Association
Roy Wheeler
Carter
White House
Wheeler
Walter Mondale
USDA
Bob Bergland
United States
Pecos street, highway work to begin in August
Price Construction Co of Big Spring will start rework on Pecos streets about August. Work begins at Stafford Boulevard to Fifth Street with base material rework and new asphalt topping. Sections of Highway 285 and Cedar Street will gain improved grades and new asphalt topping. Project runs to mid November with speed limits and construction signs. Highway District Engineer Bill Burnett asks for public cooperation.
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Price Construction Co
Big Spring
Pecos
Stafford Blvd
Fighth St
Highway 285
Reeves County
14Th St
Cedar St
Bill Burnett
Highway Department
West Texas Chamber Members Reject National Health Plan
West Texas Chamber of Commerce members rejected a federally mandated national health insurance program. They cited health care costs as a crisis, favored financing via individual payroll deductions, and noted 84 percent offer some form of health coverage.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
WTCC
West Texas Chamber
Market Mixed After Rally Pause On Strong Pan Am Earnings
The market paused after a two session rally with Pan American World Airways up 1/8 to 8 1/8 on news of sharply higher second quarter earnings. Vornado rose 1 1/8 to 15 5/8 amid word Interstate Properties increased its stake. Cotton futures were mixed as prices edged up slightly for spot but varied for futures contracts. Dow Jones averages showed mixed moves across the industrials, trans, and utilities, with slight gains in overall stock indices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American World Airways
Vornado
Interstate Properties
Fort Stockton Man Given Five Year Probation
Billy Burl Hobbs Jr. 22 of Fort Stockton pleaded guilty June 5 to felony marijuana statute violation. He appeared before U.S. District Court Judge William S. Sessions for sentencing and was placed on supervised probation for five years.
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Fort Stockton
Billy Burl Hobbs Jr
U.S. Attorney's Office
Pecos
U.S. District Court
William S. Sessions
Pecos court hands out probation to seven defendants
In the 143rd Judicial District Court in Pecos Judge Lawrence Fuller granted two to five year supervised probation to seven defendants. Each pled guilty or to indictments with probation suspending imprisonment. several were also ordered to make restitution for theft or damages and one co defendant received ten years probation.
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143Rd Judicial District Court
Pecos
Lawrence Fuller
Fuller
Mike Rayos
S. Willow
Walter Holcombe
Rayos
Ramon
S. Eddy
Senior Center Plans Tele Phone Reassurance Program
The Pecos Senior Citizen Center proposes a daily phone reassurance call service for participants. The aim is to confirm the well being of both the caller and the recipient. Interested individuals may call 445-3272 with name, address, and phone number to enroll.
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Pecos
Pate
Families join march to city hall over firings in San Antonio
About 300 former city workers and their families began a four mile march from a garbage center to San Antonio City Hall to press the council after being fired by City Manager Tom Huebner for striking. Police guarded the peaceful protest as council members debated the budget and potential action against Huebner.
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San Antonio
Huebner
Rudy Ortiz
Ortiz
Fox
Lila Cockrell
Auto crashes yield multiple citations in Pecos report
The report lists several accidents and citations in Pecos. Mario Ricardo Gonzales of 11-B Airbase struck a Trailway mobile home owned by Hal Scull, receiving a citation for improper backing and no license at 7:12 a.m. on July 11. A 1975 Buick Sky Hawk driven by David Gerald Hotzur collided with a 1968 Ford 100 Pick-up driven by Kenneth Richards, with Richards cited for improper backing at 5:20 p.m. on July 14. A juvenile drove a 1968 Mercury Montego into a 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass driven by John Edward Cope. Cope was cited for improper passing and the juvenile for no license at 6:45 p.m. on July 18. Amelia Espinosa Andhondo, in the Mercury Montego, was cited for allowing an unlicensed minor to operate a vehicle. Rufina Alvarez Lozano drove a 1973 Pontiac Ventura into a 1976 Ford Ranger Pick-Up driven by Juan Coronado Perez. Perez cited for failure to control speed at 9:15 p.m. on July 22. An ambulance call came from Reeves County.
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Mario Ricardo Gonzales
Trailway
Hal Scull
Trapark
Gonzales
David Gerald Hotzur
Kenneth Wilton Richards
1802
Adams
Richards
John Edward Cope
Pecos
Cope
Amelia Espinosa Andhondo
Rufina Alvarez Lozano
Juan Coronado Perez
Cactus
Perez
Pecos Ambulance Service
Reeves County
Calendar of Pecos area community meetings and events
Calendar lists Evening Lions Club Amistad Lions Club and TOPS 259 meetings at various locations and times. Rotary and Downtown Lions Club meet at Holiday Inn. Senior Citizens Center hosts games and bingo. Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. Fridays. note about hospital transfer and a biblical verse.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos AA
Alnon
S. Oak
Balmorhea
TOPS
Reeves Community Coucil
10Th St
Downtown
Holiday Inn
Rotary Club
Pecos
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New York Cotton Exchange
Chicago
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Arturo Hernandez
Jose Jesus Borunda
Borunda
Israel Fuentez
Fifth St
Guadalupe Levario Ra
San Antonio City Hall
Louis Fox
Towne van Lines
Arizona
Pecos Pony League
Pony League Park
Racks Nownavean
Senior Citizens Center
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
Odessa
God
Emperor
Peter
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Texas
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Diane Osborn
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Crazy Day
Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee
Farnum’s Jewelry
Bozeman Drug
Wackers
JC Penney William Dept. Stove
Carlton’s Shoe Store
Pecos Furniture
Terrazas Furniture
Norma Jeans Style Shop
Mystique Shop
Patchwork Place
Whites Auto Hubbs Office Supply
Radio Shack
Gibsons
Cowtown Western Wear
Mauldin Book Shop
Terrazas Drive Inn the Yardstick
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