Billie Prewit Fate of Pecos Old Timers
Billie Prewit a Pecos ranchman and cattleman dies June 19 1977 at age 73 leaving a sizeable estate. He served as director of the First National Bank from 1960 onward and was a longtime member of the First Christian church. Survived by widow Eleanor two sisters and five grandchildren with daughter Rose Marie predeceased.
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Alton Hughes
Pecos
Alice Gardner
Billie
Lucille
Irene
Eleanor Roberson
Eleanor
Elise
Sam
Billie Prewit
First National Bank
First Christian Church
Irene Morrison
Odessa
Lucille Camp
Rose Marie
Certain pesticides become restricted under FIFRA rules
Reeves County readers are reminded that certain pesticides will be restricted and usable only by or under certified applicators. The FIFRA act, administered by the EPA, requires certification with full implementation by October 21, 1977, after delays. The TPCA adds licensing for commercial and noncommercial applicators. A workshop covers field crop pest control and fruit nut and vegetable uses.
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Reeves County
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Tornadoes and hail strike north U S
Tornadoes large hail and damaging winds hit North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin. No injuries reported. Tornadoes described near Wausau Wisconsin Fargo North Dakota and Bemidji Minnesota. Hot afternoon in the Southwest with 114 degree record-tying highs. showers expected across the Great Lakes and Appalachians.
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Associated Press
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Wausau
Fargo
Bemidji
Minn
Las Vegas
Nev
Buckeye
Arizona
Needles
Blythe
Calif
Lasgas
Great Falls
Mont
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Carolinas
Pecos postcard on sale
The original European population of Manhattan Island was eight men who landed aboard the Dutch ship New Netherland in May 1624. A scientific note adds that every 550 feet of extra elevation lowers the boiling point of water from 212 degrees Fahrenheit at sea level by about one degree.
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Manhattan Island
New Netherland
Periodical Cicada Life Cycle and Impact on Trees
The periodical cicada Magicicada septendecim appears in May to July with brownish black bodies and red-wing margins. Females lay 400 to 600 eggs causing minor twig injury. nymphs develop underground 13 to 17 years, emerging in large numbers to feed and sing for 30 to 40 days. Control measures include covering young trees during emergence and applying sprays to reduce damage, with careful pruning after adults disappear.
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Tees
Deaths Maurizia Zubiate of Pecos
Services for Maurizia Zubiate 72 of Pecos will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at Santa Rosa Catholic Church with burial at Santa Rosa Cemetery. She died Monday at Pecos Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born September 2, 1905 in Mexico she is survived by two daughters Ignacia Tarango and Selistias Garcia five brothers Hennesto Sedrico Hugencio and Mansimiano Zubiate all in Mexico and Lupe Zubiate of El Paso and 12 grandchildren.
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Maurizia Zubiate
Pecos
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa
Hugenio Zubiate
Mansimiano Zubiate
Mexico
Lupe Zubiate
el Paso
Fire calls and petty crimes in Pecos items
Firemen were sent to the Sun day House where a car burned. An ambulance carried patients from Memorial Hospital to Odessa and then a baby to El Paso. Carlos A Vaquez was found passed out amid paint with a strong odor and jailed. Flags with Welcome signs stolen from Book Nook and Dallas Freeman Decorating. A store entry at Hobby Craft and Art Center reported. tape player and tapes missing. Criminal non support cases listed. wallet theft at bus station. Valley Grain break in. tool box and tools worth 100 stolen from Pecos Ice House. Police investigating.
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Memorial Hospital
Odessa
Baby
el Paso
Carlos A. Vaquez
S. Walnut
Lynne Gibson
Book Nook
Freeman Decorating Company
Dallas
Ellen Youngblood
Hobby Craft and Art Center
Third
Forrest Cameron
Pecos
Firecracker laws will be enforced by city officials
City Fire Marshall Dick Wadley and Fire Chief J T Precit announce Fourth of July fireworks rules. Discharging fireworks inside the city is illegal and punishable by a fine up to 100 dollars. Fireworks are dangerous and can cause fires, injuries, and fatalities, including loss of limbs or sight.
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Dick Wadley
J.T. Precit
Chile
Fire fatality in Odessa as 68-year-old found dead after early duplex blaze
In South Odessa a 68-year-old transient Pedro Quiroz was found dead in a chair near the front door of a duplex at 210 East Murphy after fire crews responded to a 4:41 am blaze. Fire Marshal Coggins said the fire started from a cigarette with the heaviest damage near the door and confined to the living room.
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Odessa
Pedro Quiroz
Justice of the Peace
Harold Sligar
East Murphy
Wayne Coggins
Coggins
Morris Calicutt
Mary Calicutt
Medical Center Hospital
Donald Leon Martin
East 17Th
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Stella
Chas. Manahan
Sam Prewit
U.S
Ft. Stockton
Charles Need
TREX
Old Pecos
Marion
Benj Russell
Felipe Martinez
Eduvico Estrella
Estella Gonzales
S. Oleander
Valley Grain
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
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Ken Dulaney
Peggy McCracken
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
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Orville White
Andrews High School
David Sellers
Sellers Oil Field Service
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Midland League of Women Voters
Midland County Commissioner's Court
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