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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1976
Page
2
Fort Stockton hosts a 8 p.m. meeting of the West Texas Sports Car Club at Pecos County State Bank to share club activities with local enthusiasts. Officers include Charles Webb president Bob Neal vice president and Ralph Merkel secretary. A brief post meeting event may follow.
New York noon stock averages rose with the Dow up 4.67 to 969.06 as gainers outpaced decliners. Gulf Oil led active issues with a small rise while the NYSE composite gained to 53.24. Cotton futures slipped after midday highs and grain prices showed mixed moves in Chicago. Dow transports and utilities posted slight changes as overall market sentiment suggested the Fed's money supply actions were nearing a pause.
Balmorhea City Council met with Mayor Humphries and members present to discuss replacing 37 mercury street lights at a $630 installation charge plus $1 per light monthly. The panel tabled the item. The council also approved auditor candidates and new record cabinets, and agreed to use Reeves County land for a solid waste site. A tax collect rate of 82.33 percent was reported. local events included a Mexican dinner fundraiser and community updates on residents and students.
Pecos police investigated the theft of two citizens band radios taken from two vehicles parked at 914 S. Hickory St. Mrs. Roy Pierce reported the loss. Radios valued at 195 dollars each. Prague AP Half of 15 year olds in Czechoslovakia abstain from alcohol with only 17 percent remaining abstinent at 18 according to a Czech newspaper.
Pecos Texas newspaper masthead lists staff roles including Peggy McCracken editor Lynn Webb and Nova Gutierrez family editor with circulation, advertising, and production lines. It notes publication evenings Monday through Friday, stand prices for home delivery and mail, service rates for Reeves and surrounding counties, Associated Press membership, and second class postage details.
Moderate showers east of San Antonio and scattered storms across the Plains. Pecos noted .35 inches moisture with a 102 degree high and a 64 degree low. West Texas forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers with mid to upper 60s to low 70s tonight. Cooler air spread over the western third of the nation as heat persisted elsewhere.
Death notices state Chester Jordon Rice Sr. of Arlington died Wednesday in an Alice hospital. Services are 3 p.m. Saturday at Moore Chapel with burial at Emerald Hill Memorial Park in Kennedale. Surviving are his widow Geraldean, three daughters, three sons, eight grandchildren, and multiple siblings. He worked 27 years for the Department of Defense with postings in Dallas Pecos and San Antonio. He was a Pecos Mason and a Baptist.
The Balmorhea Independent School District Reeves County Texas will hold a public meeting at 2:00 p.m. on June 22 1976 at the Balmorhea school house to set values on Oil Gas Utilities Railroads and industries. Q A Crenshaw secretary invites appearances by any interested persons. Published in the Pecos Enterprise June 11 1976.
Calendar lists Pecos events from Saturday jambo and Cub Scout day to Lions clubs and TOPS meetings through Thursday with health exams and venue details. Includes festival note OSSIACH Austria 1976 Carinthian Summer Festival set for June 30 to August 28.
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