Rev Symonds Delivers First Sunday Sermon at Balmorhea
Reverend Jeff Symonds, Methodist minister for Balmorhea, preached his inaugural sermon and will serve both Balmorhea and Fort Davis each Sunday. A basket of foods was prepared for him and his wife and baby as he arrived, with his mother Mrs Jeannie McGrath and sister Jill Symonds from El Paso, and grandmother Mrs Haxel Davis of New Jersey accompanying him.
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Jeff Symonds
Balmorhea
Fort Davis
Jeannie McGrath
Jill Symonds
el Paso
Haxel Davis
New Jersey
Scouts from Balmorhea district aid Buffalo Trail Ranch
Frankie Kingston reports Boy Scouts from the Balmorhea district camping, attending classes, and helping cleanup at Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch. Duane Donaway, 16, from Odessa troop 74, was chosen to represent the Buffalo Trail Council at the Eagle Scout Bicentennial Celebration in Washington, D.C., departing with 29 other Eagle Scouts for two weeks of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch
Duane Donaway
Odessa
Buffalo Trail Council
Boy Scouts of America
Eagle Scout
Tion
Washington, D.C
Noon market report shows slight Dow decline in sluggish session
New York stock activity eased after Tuesday's loss with the Dow at 997.30, down 0.33, as volume slowed to 7.81 million shares in two hours. Citicorp led active trading, while the NYSE composite dipped to 55.11 and the AMEX index fell to 104.68 amid mixed early results. Livestock, cotton futures, and gold prices were also reported alongside stock averages.
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NEW York
Dow
Citicorp
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
London
Paris
Frankfurt
Zurich
Handy & Harman
Engelhard
Dow Jones
A.m
Mount Rushmore sculptor seeks lasting record for Bicentennial
Lincoln Borglum doubts the 200th birthday celebration will endure as a great memory. He proposes carving records of American civilization on Mt. Rushmore or nearby to outlive the four presidents. He notes the need to preserve who the figures were and why they matter for future generations.
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Associated Press
Harlingen
Tex
Mt. Rushmore
America
Lincoln Borglum
Borglum
Gutzon Borglum
Egypt
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Easter Island
Pyramids
Hall of Records proposed as bicentennial project
Borglum proposes renewing the Hall of Records near Rushmore to celebrate 200 years. The planned 80 by 100 by 30 foot chamber would house American history drawings and busts, funded at about 2 million dollars, with construction framed as a lasting bicentennial tribute.
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Borglum
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Mt. Rushmore Shrine
Deaths Robert Wayne Dinwiddie 47 services in Barstow
Death notices say Robert Wayne Dinwiddie 47 died Monday in DeLeon Texas. Services were held at 2 p.m. today at Presbyterian Church in Barstow with burial in Barstow Cemetery under Pecos Funeral Home Chapel direction. Survivors include wife Jo Ann Dinwiddie four sons Mark Greg Matthew and Christopher all of Barstow a daughter Mrs Martin Haws of Pecos and brother Jiggs Dinwiddie of Jal New Mexico.
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Robert Wayne Dinwiddie
Presbyterian Church
Barstow
Pecos
Missing pump from evaporative cooler reported by resident
Mrs. Guy Walker of 424 S Hickory reports the outer pump from her daughter's evaporative cooler was stolen Tuesday night. The cooler pump is valued at 10 dollars.
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Janie Lou Kessler
Balmorhea
Sam Jefferson
Deliaha (Tucker) Jeffers
Christoval
Guy Walker
S. Hickory
Kissinger aims to avert Rhodesian and South African tensions
Secretary of State Kissinger and South African Prime Minister Vorster met in Bavaria to urge negotiations for ending white minority rule in Rhodesia within two years, while condemning apartheid and a violent South African response to protests. Kissinger stressed U.S. backing for African-led solutions and avoidance of outside intervention.
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Munich
West Germany
Henry A. Kissinger
John Vorster
Kissinger
Africa
Paris
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Bavarian Forest
Vorster
Bodenmais
Sterling
Rhodesia
Bavaria
Ford
South Africa
U.S
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 125 S Oak St
Calendar item notes an Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon meeting in Pecos at 8 p.m. The address is 125 South Oak Street and contact numbers are 445 4611 445 4413 and 375 2508.
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Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
ENTERPETSE Managing Editor City Editor Family Editor
The fragment outlines newspaper staff roles and pay scales across Reeves County and surrounding counties. It lists positions such as Managing Editor City Editor Family Editor and Advertising Manager with pay figures including annual rates and delivery charges. Note the text appears jumbled and may originate from an old publisher’s rate card or masthead.
Texas cotton mostly stripped by machine in 75 76
Texas growers harvested nearly all of the 1975 76 cotton crop by mechanical means. Machine stripping accounted for 93 percent of the Texas harvest, with machine picking and minimal machine scrapping or hand picking making up the rest. Ginning and wrapping costs rose, with Texas charges about 39.92 per 480 pound bale, above the national average. Storage and receiving charges at Texas warehouses averaged 9 cents per month and 141 per bale respectively.
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Texas
Economic Research Service
Agricultural Marketing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pecos City Public Hearing on Budget for 1977
Public notice announces a budget hearing for Pecos City Reeves County Texas for the fiscal year ending June 30 1977. Hearing at City Hall at 8 30 AM on June 24 1976. Citizens with business at the hearing urged to attend. City Manager J J Maxey signs the notice. published June 18 and 23 1976 in Pecos Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos City
Reeves County
Texas
City Hall
Pecos Enterprise
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Balmorthe
By Frankie Kingston
Anne Batley
Virginia
Anne
Corina Brijalba
Amelia Carrillo
Fort Worth
Danny Carrillo
Mrs. Topper
Sheree Rawlings
Trudy
Twila
San Angelo
Don Payne
Jim Wofford
Ft Stockton
Q.A. Crenshaw
J.S. Wofford
Saragosa
Xerox
IBM
Barrows & Gilts & Sows
Amarillo
Cotton Belt
New York Cotton Exchange
Alcoa SH
Ad Rich
Borden
Brit
Pet
Chrysler
Cines Soc
Coca Cola
duPont
Eastman
Paso
Exxon
Fairchild
Gen
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Tel
Goodrich
Great A&p
Gulf Oil
Hart-Hk
Hous LP
Jhn-Man
Sears
Sony
Sunco
Texaco
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolworth
Mr. Rushmore
Hall of Records
By Roger Bollen
Wayne Dinwiddle
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX 259
St. Community
Lions Club
American Motors Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Enone
Enterpetse
Progy McCracken
LYNS
Nova C1
Tierke
Diane Oshoks
Wisy Mary Shute Chass
Kiren Hack
Emily Galindo
Carlos Sichols
Mary Carpenter
Fied
Cowen
Rees County
Pyeng
Reeves Ward
Culberson
Jeff Davis
Preas
Herun
Office of Revenue Sharing
Wash
Tovah City
Ake
Toyah City
Seer Health
Toyah Texas
Temmin
Munity Development
A.L. Gibson
Rere
J.J. Maxey
Jcpenney Sale
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