Graveside Services Set for Dr W Oliver Harrison
Dr W Oliver Harrison 66 of Corpus Christi with 36 years as pastor of First Christian Church is remembered in services set at 2 p.m. Thursday at the church under Cage Mills Downtown Funeral Home and a graveside service at 11 a.m. Friday at Evergreen Cemetery Pecos with Pecos Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Nell Anderson Harrison two sons Michael Harrison and William O Harrison a daughter Kathryn Harrison two grandsons and one granddaughter. He helped establish the Association of Congregations and led the Ministerial Alliance. He held degrees from Texas Christian University University of Chicago and Texas Christian University and served on multiple church and civic boards including Brite Divinity School and the Texas Convention of Christian Churches.
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W. Oliver Harrison
Corpus Christi
First Christian Church
Cage Mills Downtown Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Pecos
Nell Anderson Harrison
Michael Harrison
William O. Harrison
Kathryn Harrison
Denver
DR. Harrison
Association of Congregations
Ministerial Alliance
Carlsbad Art Group Announces Tri-State Exhibit Schedule
The Carlsbad Area Art Association invites all 18 and older artists from New Mexico Arizona and Texas to enter the Fifteenth Annual Tri-State Arts and Crafts Exhibit August 6 to 19. Entries shown at Carlsbad Fine Arts Museum must be original unseen works. Judge Ben Konis Amarillo Tex as will award cash prizes over 1000 with categories Painting all media Graphics Photography Sculpture and Crafts. Chair Evy Diamond urges entries with forms to 601 West Orchard Lane No 39 Carlsbad NM 88220.
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CAAA
Ben Konis
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
New York
Carrizo Lodge
Ruidoso
Evy Diamond
West Orchard Lane
Carlsbad
Balmorhea social notes and town council agenda
The Madera Valley Young Homemakers met at Mary Barfield’s home for a barbecue and reports on their cancer drive were shared. City Council held a special meeting on sewerage and will meet again to discuss the fiscal year budget. Various locals visit relatives in Colorado and Las Vegas. Park crowds at the State Park drew 300 to 350 cars and around 1,000 visitors. West Texas Trail Riders plan a June 28 stay near Balmorhea with a barn dance planned.
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Madera Valley
Mary Barfield
Lonna Moore
City Hall
West Texas Trail
Balmorhea
Market dips as fears of higher rates weigh on stocks
The Market New York by AP reports broad declines as fears of rising interest rates inflation and a stronger dollar push the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower to 826.32 at noon. NYSE losers outnumber gainers, while notable movers include Del E Webb Caesar's World Playboy and Resorts International.
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New York Stock Exchange
del E. Webb
NYSE
Caesar's World
Playboy Enterprises
Bally
American Stock Exchange
Resorts International
Texaco
Litton Industries
Litton
Navy
LTV
Sykes
Justice Department
Lykes
CASH
Chicago
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
Indus
Theatre of the Big Bend sets July 1 start for 13th season
The Theatre of the Big Bend in Alpine opens its 13th season July 1 with four plays rotating through Aug 12. Morland Cary's melodrama Because Their Hearts Were Pure opens July 7 plus July 13 22 28 and Aug 3 9. Youre a Good Man Charlie Brown runs July 6 8 15 21 27 and Aug 2 necessarily. Gods Favorite July 14 and runs July 20 26 and Aug 6 12. You Know I Cant Hear You When the Waters Running opens July 29 and runs Aug 4 10. Curtain is at 6:30 p.m. at Kokernot Outdoor Theatre.
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Theatre of the
Charlie Brown
Peanut
Neil Simon
Job
4-H Style Revue Planned for Saturday Evening
The Loving County 4-H Style Revue is set for Saturday June 24 at 730 p.m. The event recognizes members finishing the clothing project with sewing, modeling, factory visits, fiber tests, and accessory work. Competitions cover appearance construction and records with judging starting at 7 p.m. Contestants include Mary Nell Haley in pre teen and Karen Blair Corina and Sue Gamboa and Debbie Murphy in senior categories.
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Loving County
Mary Nell Haley
John Haley
Kermit
Karen Blair
Billy Blair
Mentone
Corina
Mexican National Pleads Guilty in Pecos Misdemeanor
Martin Burola Tarin a 19 year old Mexican national who initially pleaded not guilty to illegally entering the United States changed his plea to guilty before U S Magistrate J M Preston in Pecos The magistrate accepted the plea and sentenced him to 179 days with credit for time served since his apprehension.
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United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Martin Burola- Tarin
Preston
Burola-Tarin
Mayors Question Tax Revolt and Budget Roles
Atlanta AP dispatch reports Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic and other leaders at the U.S. Conference of Mayors decry taxpayer anger while praising local budget discipline. He blames states for funding surpluses and cites California Proposition 13 as a spark in the mounting tax crisis.
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Atlanta
Chicago
Michael Bilandic
U.S. Conference of Mayors
California
Bilandic
Imperial student named Texas A&M Opportunity Awards scholar
Charles Randell Cowell of Imperial is named a recipient of a Texas A&M University Opportunity Awards Scholarship. A Buena Vista High School 1978 graduate, he was among 300 freshmen chosen from about 2,600 applicants to receive the award and will begin at Texas A&M this fall. The program aids high achievers needing financial help at the land grant university, which is 101 years old with about 30,000 students enrolled.
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Charles Randell Cowell
Billy E. Cowell
Box 55
Imperial
Texas A&m University
Buena Vista High School
Texas A&m
Court upholds Texas school access ruling
The Texas Supreme Court refused to reconsider its May ruling denying illegal alien children a constitutional right to attend public school. The decision upheld a 1975 state law that grants tuition-free education to citizens and legally admitted aliens, but not to others, following a Houston case involving 10 Mexican children denied admission.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
3Rd Court of Civil Appeals
Mexico
Houston Independent School District
U.S
Pecos Student Receives Degree at Texas Tech Commencement
Mary-Margaret M. Miramontes of 809 South Plum Pecos earned a degree at Texas Tech University spring commencement. More than 2,000 graduates were honored as TTU enrolled over 22,000 students across six colleges plus a Graduate School and a School of Law.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech University
Pecos
Mary-Margaret M. Miramontes
South Plum
Calendar of Pecos area events outlining weekly meetings
Calendar lists Lions clubs at various venues and times each evening through Friday. Also includes Pecos AA and Alanon meeting details with contacts, TOPS 259 meeting, Rotary Club at Holiday Inn, and Senior Citizens Center activities and hours for the week.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos AA
Alnon
S. Oak
Balmorhea
TOPS
Reeves Community Council
Senior Citizens Center
Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Pecos
Butane Truck Crash Prompted San Angelo Evacuations
San Angelo residents in northeast San Angelo were evacuated temporarily after a butane truck collided with a car and overturned. Fire trucks sprayed the vehicle for about an hour. three people were treated for minor injuries. No explosion occurred, two wreckers righted the truck, and roughly 40 residents were kept from their homes for 90 minutes.
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San Angelo
Texas
Mexican national sentenced for 90 days in Pecos court
Oscar Vega-Gonzales, 34, a Mexican national illegally in the United States, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos and was sentenced to 90 days with credit for time served after consenting to trial and being advised of his rights.
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United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Preston
Oscar Vega-Gonzales
House panel warns US overreliance on sea missiles
The House Republican Research Committee says the United States relies too heavily on sea based missiles, risking strategic weakness by putting most of its eggs in one basket.
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Washington
United States
House Republican Research Committee
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Kiwanis Club
Young Men’s Christian Association Board
Harrison
Corpus Christi Symphony
Council of Community Agencies
Corpus Christi Guidance Center
Nueces County
Texas Christian University
University of Chicago
Brite Divinity School
The
Convention of Christian Churches
Board of Texas Association of Christian Churches
Board of Pension Fund of Christian Churches
Matilda Jaquez
Odessa Medical Center
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa Cemetery
Robert Jimenez
Oscar Velasquez
Fort Stockton
Joe Carrillo
Odessa
Carlos Carrasco
Nieves Vasquez
Leandro Vasquez
Carmen Carrasco
Carlsbad Area
Carlsbad Fine Arts Museum
Fox and
Halaguena Streets
Jay Oates
Artie Dunlap
Colorado
Pearl Blakemore
Alta Hewett
Alpine
Las Vegas
Martha Russell
Hatch, N.M
Hubert Honaker
Billie
Louise Adams
Tom Schloemer
Ruth Ann
David
Joanna
Overland Plains
Kan
Kenneth Schinemer
Amex
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Diane Osborn
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
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Old Pecos
Judge Roy Bean Park
Pecos Enterprise
Area News
Theatre of
Big Bend
Jordan
Kokernot Lodge
Sue Gamboa
Librato Gamboa
Debbie Murphy
L. B. Shifflett
Alien
Duraclean
House Beautiful
House & Gardens
Intenor
Weis
Magaling
Visa & Master
Court
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
Senior Citizens Centers
Texas Electric Service Company
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Public Utility Commission
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