Deadly Texas weekend toll rises with 34 deaths
A fiery crash near Wharton killed five, pushing Texas violent deaths to 34 for the weekend. The toll includes 18 traffic deaths and multiple other fatal incidents across cities such as Houston Dallas Bay City and Tyler with victims ranging from a pilot and families to pedestrians and motorists.
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el Campo
Texas
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Tex
Nina Ainsworth
Houston
Neal
Air Central, Inc
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Nepal
Gonzales
Gene Davis
Joe Morales
Morales
Lydia
Belinda
Shelly Ann
Willard H. Sivright
Dallas
Permian Basin rotaries rise. Lea leads with 21 units
The weekly drill survey shows 167 active rotaries across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, up 12 from last week and 14 from a year ago. Lea County New Mexico tops with 21 units, Pecos Texas second with 20, followed by Ward Eddy and Hockley counties in varying counts as activity climbs. John T Scopes was convicted in 1925 Dayton trial for teaching evolution, later overturned by state high court.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
On This Date in History Bold North Dakota Academy Founded
On this date in history 1851 Dr Myron T Brown bag founded the North Dakota Academy of Arts Sciences and Spelling. Notable graduates include TV weatherwoman Sally Buttercup and surrealist house painter Salvador Dolly per Perry Snell.
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North Dakota Academy of Arts
Scences
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Sally Buttercup
Salvador Dolly
Perry Snell
Deaths of Mrs Rosa Vasquez Rodriguez and Col Walter Cook
Death notices from Texas list Mrs Rosa Vasquez Rodriguez 54 of Saragosa buried after services at Christ the King Church. She died in El Paso’s Thompson General Hospital after illness. Survivors include husband four sons two daughters three sisters and three brothers. Col Walter E Cook, son of Mrs Russell Smith, died June 9 at Maxwell AFB Alabama. memorial services held June 12. He served 30 years in the Air Force and was director of Manpower at Air University. survivors include widow Elizabeth Cook and four children, plus siblings and extended relatives.
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Rosa Vasquez) Rodriguez
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Usaf Regional
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Maxwell
Graham
Air Force
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Elizabeth F. Cook
Suzanne Padgett
Williams Afb, Ariz
Da Vinci Notes Tree Ring Dating to Age Trees
The idea that tree age can be determined by counting rings dates back to the 15th century with Leonardo da Vinci noting this method in his journals.
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Police Blotter Details Ambulance Calls Across Counties
Ambulances were dispatched for accidents 15 miles west of Balmorhea on Highway 290 at 2:49 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Saturday. A hospital transfer was requested at 9:57 p.m. for patients to Odessa. On Sunday at 7:50 p.m. another ambulance was requested 16 miles east on Interstate 10. The accidents involved a hit and run at Pecos Funeral Home with no injuries, involving Leonardo Holguin and a car owned by Delta McDowell.
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Jack
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Bay City
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Conroe
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Nashville
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SH 35
Waco
Ed Childers
Leona Bealer
David Noel
Noel
Robert Lee Hughes
D.P.S
Balmorhea Highway 290
Odessa Hospital
Interstate 10
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Delta McDowell
Pecos
Miss your Pecos Enterprise paper notice
Miss your paper or unsatisfactory service? Call Circulation Department at 445 5475 or visit until 6 45 p.m. Mondays through Fridays for assistance.
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Driving to Balmorhea? Help needed after 2 pm
Pecos Enterprise seeks a driver from Monday to Friday after 2 p.m. to drop bundles of the afternoon paper at several points between Pecos and Balmorhea. Pay offered. Contact Mrs. Margie Williamson, Circulation Manager, at the Enterprise office, 324 S Cedar St, Pecos, TX, phone 445-5475.
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Pecos Enterprise
Pecos
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