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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
1
Pecos city council unanimously approved a fiscal 1968 69 budget of 826 662 22 including a new 8500 fire alert system a 7000 city hall billing machine and 15000 for employee raises. The tax rate remains 1 39 per 100 with estimated property value at 18 895 000 and expected revenue around 954 488 67.
Eight Pecos nominees for Golden Girl of the Old West appear on area TV stations this weekend. The group is featured on KOSA Odessa at noon Thursday and again on Tuesday on the High Noon Show. KMID Midland airings include two five minute spots today and Sunday with 4 55 p m and 10 p m broadcasts. Monahans TV outlet KVKM presents a 30 minute program at 5 30 p m Monday. The Rotary Rodeo Revue begins 8 30 p m Monday at the high school auditorium and will run during rodeo week July 3 6 at 8 30 p m nightly. Nominees are Ruth Dell Cothrun Susan Browder Sandra McCarty Vicki Ivy Cathy Davis Paula Morelan Sue Ray Whitley and Mary Bird Dean. J F Pattee returns as master of ceremonies for the event chain led by the Women’s Division of the Chamber of Commerce to boost rodeo attendance.
A Saragosa man faced murder with a motor vehicle charges after a west of Pyote crash that killed eight year old Joel Gonzalez of Las Vegas Nevo. The collision involved a 1968 pickup driven by Margarito G. Singh 42 and a 1963 station wagon carrying four sleeping children. Memorial Hospital treated the injured and Joel Gonzalez died on arrival. Funeral services were planned in Odessa with burial there.
Reeves County sees rising real estate values as a government survey shows increased assessed value of property holdings over five years. The report notes notable changes in the tax base affecting local property taxes.
The Census Bureau reports Western Belles climb 13.4 percent as it releases data from the 1967 Census of Governments covering 75 million properties on local rolls nationwide. Assessments average about 20 percent of true value, with Reeves County at 36.5 million dollars in local taxes per capita and property taxes remaining the major local revenue source, rising nearly 10 percent last year due to higher school costs.
Representatives of Duval Corporation met with local businessmen Tuesday morning. W. B. Wilkerson and Fred Owen represented Duval. The firm has formed a railroad corporation and applied to the ICC for a line from Pecos to the Culberson sulfur site. official notice must run three weeks before hearings.
West of the Pecos Trail Riders begin their fourth annual trek from Andrews at 6 a.m. Saturday toward Pecos for a four day ride. Over 100 riders are expected with B. J. Bowden of Odessa as president and Sheriff A. B. Nail of Pecos as honorary director. Tickets to the posse barbecue are $1.50.
Seven Pecos Scouts from Troop 68 received candidacy for the Order of the Arrow at the Buffalo Trail Council scout ranch in the Davis Mountains. The week ended June 21 marked the climax of a year of archery, marksmanship, hiking, merit badge work, and other activities.
The Pecos Rodeo and Fair Association will place a historical marker on the rodeo grounds to honor Pecos as home to the world s first rodeo. The 10 to 12 foot by 30 inch slab will be flanked by Texas and American flags under the project led by Director Garland Matthews.
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