Shoplifting costs Pecos shoppers millions in 1974
Pecos merchants say shoplifting, employee pilferage and spoilage pushed up local retail prices by about 5 percent of inventory. Using a 5 percent loss on $23,712,630 in taxed purchases, the city diverged by roughly $1,185,632, with small items under $5 most often stolen. Merchants vow a tougher stance, prosecuting every case and seeking police action to curb theft. common stolen items include toys, lingerie, candy, and clothing.
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Pecos
Russell Wilson
Sprouse Reitz
S. Eddy St
G.F. Wacker
Gene Thigpen
Wilson
Oil Day plans final in Pecos for 1st annual event
Oil Day organizers finalize plans at Pecos Valley Country Club for Friday June 13. About 100 golfers expected for the tournament and as many as 1000 people for a community barbecue. Oil and gas representatives from Houston Dallas and Midland expected to attend. Armbruster emphasizes honoring workers and executives who support Pecos growth.
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Pecos Valley Country Club
Pete Armbruster
Oil and Gas
Pecos
Houston
Dallas
Midland
Armbruster
Free Swim Lessons Scheduled for This Summer
Morning Optimist Club sponsors free swimming lessons for children ages seven to 12. The first two week session starts at 10 a.m. Monday at the municipal pool in the city park. Classes run Monday through Friday for one hour, contingent on enough enrollments. Parents must register at 1310 S. Eddy St. and provide a health certificate confirming fitness to participate.
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Morning Optimist Club
Carl McGee
McGee
S. Eddy St
Ford Absent From GOP Television Address
President Ford is conspicuously absent from the 30 minute Republican television commercial titled Republicans Are People, Too. The program airs at 10:30 p.m. EDT on CS stations as part of an effort to improve the party’s image.
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Washington
Ford
Egypt reopens Suez Canal in peace and unity gesture
President Anwar Sadat reopened the Suez Canal calling it a tribute of peace and prosperity while pledging to liberate Arab lands from Israeli occupation. He wore a white naval uniform and said the canal is cleared of aggression and will link the world, promoting trade and harmony.
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Port Said
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
Sadat
San Martin Springs A West Texas Landmark
San Martin Springs on the Stocks ranch, 35 miles west of Pecos, marks the junction of Reeves Culberson and Jeff Davis counties. The site traces back to Mescalero Apaches and Spaniards on the Spanish Trail, later serving Overland Stage travelers and settler wagon trains as a refresh point on the long trek west. Grace Cowden recalls pioneer families camping there in the 1890s, noting the possible absence of the old spring house then.
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Bankey Stocks
Russell Stocks
San Martin
Stocks Ranch
West Texas
San Martin Springs
Pecos
Reeves
Culberson
Jeff Davis
New Mexico
Mexico
Colorado
Stocks
Pecos River
Davis Mountain
Overland Stage
Grace Cowden
West
Texas
T&p
el Paso
Big Spring
T Ranch
John Leatherman
Emmett Tatum
Leatherman
Tatum
Tatum Ranch
Velma Rounsaville
KC Ranch
Tatums
Rock
Fort Davis
O.H
Organizers Press for Recognition of UFW Picketing
Organizers of the United Farm Workers say they will hold a candlelight vigil outside the Griffin and Brand packing plant in McAllen to press for union recognition by Rio Grande Valley farmers. About 500 demonstrators, many Mexican workers, are expected as a court hearing looms on an injunction against further picketing.
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San Juan, Tex
United Farm Workers Unions
UFW
Griffin and Brand
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Tony Orendain
Griffin
Brand
Candy killer sentenced to death in Halloween candy case
Ronald C. O'Bryan, 30, described as a church member and PTA leader, was sentenced to death by electric chair for the cyanide poisoning of his 8 year old son Timothy. A 10 to 2 jury returned the verdict after 71 minutes of deliberation, while the same jury earlier convicted him of killing his son after 46 minutes.
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Houston
Ronald C. O'Bryan
O'Bryan
Timothy
Carl James Lewis
O’bryan
Richard Harrison
Mike Hinton
Hinton
Natchez IX Wins First Steamboat Race in Century
Natchez IX wins the New Orleans steamboat race beating the Delta Queen by over half a mile as Archbishop HanNan aboard for the Natchez raises funds for St. Louis Cathedral. About 636 aboard the Natchez and 250 on the Delta Queen paid 25 dollars each with five dollars per fare for charity. The event drew ship traffic stoppages and levee spectators amid a historic matchup dating to 1870.
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New Orleans
Robert Dawson
Milwaukee
Mark Twain
John R. Roe
Philip M. Hannan
St. Louis Cathedral
Archdiocese of
Natchez
Mississippi River
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert E. Lee
St. Louis
Lee
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Connie Gomez
Gomez
Canal
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