Short line bus connects Pecos and Presidio route
Fort Davis Bus Lines launches a Pecos to Presidio service with daily round trips totaling under 10 hours. The maiden run left Pecos at 9 40 a m, returns by 7 p m, and includes connections to Alpine and Marfa with 15 passenger air conditioned vans and freight service. Stops at Greyhound terminals in major towns. Pecos depot handled by Rodolfo Nunez.
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Pecos
Presidio
Fort Davis
Verhalen
Saragosa
Balmorhea
Alpine
Marfa
Greyhound Bus Terminals
Greyhound
Rodolfo Nunez
Nunez
King Juan Carlos I receives red carpet White House welcome
King Juan Carlos I of Spain, first Spanish head of state to visit the United States, is greeted by President Ford with a 21 gun salute on the White House lawn. He will address Congress and attend Bicentennial ceremonies with Queen Sofia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Juan Carlos I
Spain
White House
United States
Ford
Juan Carlos
Francisco Franco
Congress
Queen Sofia
Kickin around See if I bleed
A column reflection on human frailty and the double standard for clergy. The narrator recalls a minister who left the ministry becoming an undertaker and the community’s conflicting expectations of holiness. He notes ministers face scrutiny and yet are judged like anyone else, with humorous and sobering anecdotes.
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Gene Douglas
National Guard
Reeves County Runoff Balloting Totals and Locations
Seventy two ballots were cast in Reeves County absentee voting by Tuesday 5 p.m. with two statewide races and one county commissioner runoff in Precinct 3 between Dale Toone and Ishmael Dutchover. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at designated boxes including Pecos courthouse and Airbase housing authority office.
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Dale Toone
Saragosa
Ishmael Dutchover
Balmorhea
Court of Criminal Appeals
Reeves County
City
Pecos
W.T. Phillips
Carl Dally
TV Stolen During Memorial Day Holiday in Pecos
Police report a Pecos resident, Hector Montano of Air Base Apts, reported a portable television and a radio were stolen while his family was away for two days over the Memorial Day holiday. Investigating officers noted the incident occurred during the absence.
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Pecos
Hector Montano
Apts
Allison and Hubbs Chronicle Pecos portrait in May issue
Houston Chronicle presents a long feature on Clay Allison and Barney Hubbs. In Pecos, 1903 arrivals and Hubbs' research correct the record on the gunman rancher who died near Pecos in 1887. Photographs include Hubbs beside Allison’s new resting place in downtown Pecos.
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Clay Allison
Barney Hubbs
Texas
Houston Chronicle
Pecos
Hubbs
Red Bluff Lake
Allison
Final argument in Gomez marijuana possession case
A five member jury deliberates in county court after hearing final arguments in the December 1975 case against Jimmy R. Gomez for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana. Prosecutors contend the cigarette found on Gomez at booking proves possession while defense argues it could have been planted. A verdict was expected today.
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Houston
Lynn Webb
Jimmy R. Gomez
East Pecos
Gomez
Lawrence Barber
Odessa
Gary Ingram
Pat Jenkins
DPS
Ingram
Green Lantern
David Legg
Midland
Walter Holcombe
Jimmy Gomez
Ted Painter
Painter
Unruly weather eases across Texas and beyond
The Associated Press reports Texas storms tapering with brief thunderstorms along the Rio Grande and fog in East Texas while Pecos reached 98 and early lows hovered around 64. Other regions saw scattered showers from New England to the Middle Atlantic, with eight tornadoes nationwide and a missing tugboat captain on the Houston Channel.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rio Grande
del Rio
Mexico
Pecos
Beaumont
College Station
Lufkin
Port Arthur
Brownsville
McAllen
Amarillo
Panhandle
Presidio
Big Bend
Plains
Mississippi
Florida
Houston
Gulf Coast
Middle Atlantic States
Alabama
Georgia
Baltimore
Miles City
Mont
Ainsworth
Long Pine
Oil Day committee to meet before Pecos event
Members of the Oil Appreciation Day committee of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7 30 p m today at the Pecos Valley Country Club. Chairman Pete Armbruster said this will be the final meeting before the Saturday June 19 event.
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Pecos
Enterprise seeks Toyah paper delivery helper
The Enterprise requests a local distributor for Toyah subscribers. A person is needed to pick up papers daily after 2 p.m. at the office and deliver them in Toyah, possibly by car or at stores or homes. Pay offered. Interested individuals should call Ruben Baca at 445-5475 or visit the Enterprise office.
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Toyah
Ruben Baca
Tovar
Baca
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Eagles
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Brownsfield
Short Line
Pecos-Presidio
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Madrid
U.S
Don Quixote
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Howard Collier
Enterprise
Calcutta
Royal Park
Concord
Chorat
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