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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1977
Page
2
Raleigh report notes that successful weed control programs for cotton require that the expense and effort align with the rewards. Researchers urge farmers to invest in integrated practices to improve yields and reduce losses, highlighting long term gains over short term costs.
A grass fire was reported on I-20 near Pecos. Police logged vehicle thefts and vandalism including a gas cap theft and eight track wiring loss. Cotton Incorporated researchers discuss weed control thresholds and economic considerations for growers.
Weatherby and Lee Lowry were sworn in as security officers on the Sul Ross State University Security Force by SASU President Bob Richardson. Weatherby is a Pecos County veteran and criminal justice major. Lowry is a junior criminal justice student from Van Horn and former hardware and restaurant manager.
Marian Banks leads the Powder Puff Derby Commemorative Flight of the Transcontinental All-Woman Air Race with a scheduled stop at Midland Air Terminal Monday. About 150 women pilots will participate the July 2 stop. Betty Richardson chairs the stop and her husband Dr. J D Richardson and UT Permian aviation students manage the check-in center. The 1977 Derby marks the thirtieth all-woman transcontinental race following the 1947 route from Palm Springs to Tampa with a non timed format and daily checkins and overnight stops.
Twenty seven West Texas junior high and high school students will finish Sul Ross State University band camp with a 3 30 p m concert in the Main Auditorium. Directors O Briant and Gay lead the program with graduate students conducting works. admission is free and open to the public.
Travis D. Shelton of Lubbock became the 97th president of the State Bar of Texas at the annual convention in Houston on June 17. He succeeds Gibson Gayle Jr. of Houston and has long served in bar leadership roles, with strong ties to Lubbock County legal circles and military service.
Wall Street traded in a narrow range with the Dow off 0.93 at 916.64 at noon. The NYSE composite slipped 0.05 to 54.37 while the AMEX market value index rose 0.66 to 116.16 as volume reached 9.28 million shares. Du Pont fell to a yearly low before retreating on court approval of its absorption plan.
The Texas Agriculture Department warns of tighter red meat supplies as lighter spring cattle placements reduce output. April slaughter reached 311 million pounds, down 11 percent from March though 17 percent higher than last year, with 484000 cattle slaughtered, 20000 more than a year ago but 54600 fewer than March. First quarter kill totaled 1,979,700, down 1 percent from last year.
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