Fourteen New Chamber Members Added This Morning
Mike Burkholder reports fourteen new Pecos chamber members by 11:00 a m on opening day of the drive. Firms joining include Farmers Irrigation Service W D Laster La Nortena Tortilla Factory Pecos Air Conditioning Co Jack Duke Ken Cotton Dentist Johnnies Beauty Shop Hollis Smith Peaches Beauty Shop J J Dorr Comanche Egg Ranches L D McNeil Bio Insect Control and Interstate Texaco. Memberships total 3775 00 with a goal of 5317 00. Burkholder says over 200 local firms should join and expects to hit the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber
Mike Burkholder
Farmers Irrigation Service
W. D. Laster
la Nortena Tortilla Factory
Pecos Air Conditioning Company
Jack Duke
Ken Cotton - Dentist
Johnnie’s Beauty Shop
Hollis Smith
Peaches Beauty Shop
J.J
Guilty Pleas Heard In District Court
Judge J. H. Starley presided as guilty pleas were entered in 143rd District Court. Porfirio Vitela Ontiveros admitted auto theft and received a four year probated sentence. Lewis H. Queen pleaded guilty on two counts of swindling by worthless checks and drew twenty six years. William Rogers admitted burglary and received six years with sentencing in September. Ignacio Cuevas, convicted murderer, had a motion for a new trial denied and was given forty five years. his appeal is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.H. Starley
143Rd District Court
Porfirio Vitela Ontiveros
Lewis H. Queen
Ernest Ray Pinion
William Rogers
Starley
Ignacio Cuevas
Murray ‘Howze
Cuevas
Villalon
Join the Pecos Chamber of Commerce Today
Community members are urged to join the Pecos Chamber of Commerce to invest in the city’s future. Benefits include collaborative planning across eleven divisions such as Agriculture Education Highways and Transportation Industrial Development Public Affairs and Information and Retail Trade. Members receive a membership card and plaque with thanks to local businesses and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Pecos
Chamber
Farnum Jewelry
W.D. Faulkner
Morris Fiore
First National Bank
Fletcher Transport
Florey Claim Service
Fonville Jewel
Texas Weather Report Brief With Rain and Heat
Light rain spattered Texas coastal plains as the eastern half of the state saw showers and a few thunderstorms faded in the Panhandle. Temperatures climbed into the 90s with highs reported from Childress to Dallas, and a severe thunderstorm warning expired without damage. Obituary notes John Truman Watts of Kermit who died at 65 after a long illness with services held in Cisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
Victoria
Texas Panhandle
Oldham
Deaf Smith
Palmer
Castro
Childress
Mercury
Wichita Falls
Wink
Amarillo
Beaumont
Dalhart
el Paso
Mineral Wells
Port Arthur
Dallas
del Rio
Midland
College Station
Lufkin
Tyler
Cotulla
Houston
John Truman Watts
Kermit
Memorial Hospital
East Side Baptist Church
Cisco
Cooper Funeral Home
Watts
Cross Plains
Rising Star
Baptist Church
Suspected Texas polio death prompts immunization push
In Cameron County a health director said symptoms indicate polio caused an infant's death last week though not yet confirmed. Affected child not immunized. Nearby Hidalgo reports two polio deaths earlier this year. Clinics planned in Pecos Balmorhea Saragosa with July 16 17 and August 27 28 doses of oral trivalent vaccine on sugar cubes or drops for young children.
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San Benito
Tex
Cameron County
Copenhaver
Hidlago County
Pecos
Kiwanis Club to Host Saturday Flea Market Fundraiser
The Kiwanis Club plans a Saturday flea market on the Security State Bank parking lot to aid local youth and community projects. Spaces cost 2 dollars, vendors from clubs churches and individuals welcome, donations accepted, with unsold items auctioned at 4 p.m. by Jim Breese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Security State Bank
Ray Blackwell
Allen Jones
Jim Breese
Pecos
Golden Girls Set for Live TV on KOSA Odessa
The Golden Girls will appear on the High Noon show tomorrow at noon over KOSA TV Odessa as guests of Kay Gady. They will appear in period costumes from the late 1880s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kosa-Tv
Odessa
Kay Gady
Wanted Woman Apprehended in Dallas On Forgery Charge
Sheriff A B Nail reports Bobbye Winters has been apprehended in Dallas on information from Reeves County authorities. Winters, indicted for forgery, obtained a loan from Great Western Finance using the name Linda Broad. She faces charges in Dallas before return to Reeves County for trial.
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A.B. Nail
Bobbye Winters
Dallas
Reeves County
Winters
Great Western Finance Company
Linda Broad
Mrs Johnson Faces Two Traffic Charges After Collision
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson is cited in Austin Texas on two traffic charges following a two car wreck. A policeman issued tickets for failure to yield right of way and failure to display a driver license to a Secret Service escort after the Tuesday collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Secret Service
Rotary Installation Banquet Scheduled for Pecos Club
Lewis Cowart, Pecos Barstow Consolidated ISD business manager for twenty years, to be installed as Pecos Rotary Club president at a special ceremony tomorrow night at Pecos Valley Country Club. The event features new officers, awards, and remarks by outgoing president Harold Elder with music and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Cowart
Pecos-Barstow Consolidated Independent
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Valley Country Club
Mr. Cowart
North Texas State University
Texas State Teachers Association
Rotary
First Baptist Church
Carol
Pecos High School
Rotary Anns
Randle Butler
Harold Elder
Garland Matthews
Elder
Bill Moss
Harvey Tinkler
Paul Armstrong
Mike Brockman
James Fuller
John Rediger
Pat Jackson
America
Ralph Williams
Miss Colwart
Erwin 0. Lasser
Clark Ford
Cowart
Bill Collie
Collie
Jim Hefner
Russell Smith
Wayne Grable
Paul Morrison
Pecos Man Elected to Texas Good Roads Board
Carl Holme of Pecos was elected to the Texas Good Roads Association Board of Directors. Six directors were chosen at the annual meeting in Austin on Tuesday, joining Charles Hunter Strain San Angelo Dolph Briscoe Jr Uvalde Ross C Watkins Uvalde W J Newell Alpine and C W Brown McCamey It lists five others as elected alongside Holme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Holme
Pecos
Texas Good Roads Association
Austin
Charles Hunter Strain
San Angelo
Dolph Briscoe Jr
Uvalde
Ross C. Watkins
W.J. Newell
Alpine
C. W. Brown
McCamey
Defense Contract Negotiated In Pecos Ride
Doug Goodman and associates of the Corps of Engineers Huntsville Alabama inspected Baker Pump Corp facilities in Pecos to negotiate a contract to assemble turbine pumps for missile bases. The deal would run into millions and boost the local economy says Baker Pump Corp president John Bardin and general manager Bill Mattox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Goodman and Associates
Corps of Engineers of
Huntsville
Ala
Pecos
Baker Pump Corp
National Defense
United States
John Bardin
Bill Mattox
LULAC Convention in Texas with Shriver as Key Speaker
Sar gent Shriver will headline the LULAC national convention in McAllen Texas with remarks at the banquet to be attended by Texas Senate candidates Lloyd M Bentsen Jr and George Bush Jr The controversy over Cesar Chavez attendance ends with his nonappearance and the luncheon speaker remains uncertain Local officials expect about 1200 attendees and the event runs Friday through Sunday culminating in officer elections and the next convention site Denver for 1971
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LULAC
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Afl-Cio
Chavez
Delano
Calif
Associated Press
Ing
McAllen
Denver
ITC Announces Summer Hours at Institute of Texas Cultures
The Institute of Texas Cultures UT System unit in San Antonio will welcome visitors daily from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. except Mondays. Located on the southeast border of HemisFair Plaza, the center offers free admission with Texas history presented through films slides music and readable text panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Texas Cultures
University of Texas System
Institute
HemisFair Plaza
San Antonio
Texas
Pecos Airman Earns Valor Unit Award in Vietnam
Airman Curtis W Winterrowd of Pecos Texas serves in the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Da Nang Air Base. The unit earned the United States Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with a V device for valor for service from April 1968 to July 1969 in Southeast Asia. Winterrowd, an aircraft accessories repairman, will wear the distinctive ribbon. The 366th is part of Pacific Air Forces. Winterrowd is a 1964 Pecos High School graduate who also attended Baylor University and the University of Texas at El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis W, Winterrowd
Curtis W. Winterrowd
Sixth St
Pecos
Tex
U. S. Air Force
366Th Tactical
da Nang Air Base
Southeast Asia
366Th
Winterrond
Pacific Air Forces
Far East
Pacific
Pecos High School
Baylor University
Waco
University of Texas At
Public Hearing Set on Farm Land Taxation Amendment
A public hearing on changing Texas agricultural land taxation from market value to income-based is set for 10 a.m. June 26 in the El Paso National Bank conference room. The Agricultural Land Assessment Study Committee, led by Sen. Wayne Connally and including Sen. Joe Christie, aims to craft guidelines for Amendment 3 to the Texas Constitution. Citizens may submit views by contacting Connally’s Austin office or the committee secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
el Paso
Agricultural Land Assessment Study Committee
Texas Senate
House of Representatives
Preston Smith
Wayne Connally
Floresville
Joe Christie
el Paso National Bank
Connally
Austin
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C of C
Judge Roy Bean
H. I. Tips
National Youth Corps
H&m Truck and Tractor
Ham’s Chevron
Hardeman-Heyne
Harris Lumber
Wesley Hart
Hawks Printing
Bruce Hay
Hector’s Chevron
Hill’s Grocery
Higginbotham-Bartlett
Carl Holm
Howard’s Studio
Bill Hubbs
Hubbs Office Supply
Hubbs- Roberson
Hughes Insurance Agency
Hughes Real Estate
Hughes-Johnson Agency
Humble Refining
Industrial Communications
Buck Jackson
Jiffy Mart
Joe’s Super Market
Johnson Publishing
Kelly Nance Trucking
Robert Kent
William L. Kerr
KIM Radio
W.H. Knox
Lackey Real Estate
Lazy L Barber Shop
Lazy F Motel
Leader Hardware
Lee Lumber
W. F. Leigh
Lester Humphrey Pest Control
Harold Lindley
Lindsay Construction
Lone Star Motel
Lukins Flying
Las Palmas Cafe
Emily Ann Dampeer
John O. Dampeer
Kermit High School
India
University of Miami
Golden Girls
Holm
TGRA
Shriver
ITC
Nathaniel Mosby
Etta Mosby
South Walnut
University of Texas In
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