Rainmakers Sought to Ease West Texas Water Shortage
Dr. Irving Crick advertised in The Pecos Enterprise last August that his rainmaking company would be hired by the Red Bluff water district. Months later officials remained mum, with one water district director noting no rain had resulted.
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West Texas
Irving Crick
Pecos Enterprise
Pany
Red Bluff Water District
Water District
New Mexico
Red Bluff
Joe Rounsaville
Southwest Weather Research
State Supreme Court
Jim Duncan
W.L. “Dub” Fuller
Red Bluff Board
Pecos City Council Candidate Philip Tyree
Phillip Tyree launches a campaign for Pecos City Council. He is a five year Pecos resident who has returned to the city after living elsewhere.
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Phillip Tyree
Pecos
Pecos Elementary PTO to sponsor enchilada supper
An enchilada supper to raise funds for Pecos Elementary School playgrounds is set for Friday in the school cafeteria from 5 30 to 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Pecos Elementary PTO, tickets are sold by fourth to sixth graders or at the door. Baked goods will be available and take out plates offered. Adults pay 1 50, children 1.00.
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Pecos
Solons discuss bills and energy policy in Texas
State Rep. Dick Slack of Pecos and State Sen. Pete Snelson of Midland spoke on a broad list of bills before the Texas Legislature. Slack endorsed a coal slurry pipeline right of way while noting title wording often differs from content. Snelson urged solutions to curb energy costs and malpractice suit crises with no firm positions yet.
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Dick Slack
Pecos
Texas
Pete’’ Snelson
Midland
Slack
Colorado
Railroad Commission
Snelson
Italian hijacker runs five nation flight with hostages
An armed Italian, Luciano Porcari, hijacked an Iberia Boeing 727 from Turin, keeping 29 hostages including seven crew. After stops in Algeria and Sevilla, he ordered Abidjan, then Zurich, where four hostages were freed and 25 remained. He sought his two daughters and $140000 ransom, passing champagne among passengers. Police described him as dangerous as negotiations continued.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Turin
Italy
France
Luciano Porcari
Iberia Airlines
Algeria
Ivory Coast
Abidjan
Sevilla
Spain
Claude Baumann
Porcari
Sud
Hughes Estate Inventory Places Value at 168 Million
The Merrill Lynch inventory valued the Howard Hughes estate at 168.8 million dollars, far below earlier rumors of up to 2.5 billion. William Lummis, Hughes cousin and co-administrator, confirmed the figures while the filing also targeted Summa Corp. in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Houston
Howard Hughes
Harris County
Pat Gregory
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
William Lummis
Hughes
Merrill Lynch
William T. Miller
Acapulco
Mexico
Las Vegas
Nev
Summa Corp
Hughes Interests
Jury Panel Of 125 Report For Pecos District Court
A panel of 125 petit jurors will report at 9 a.m. on Monday March 22 for District Court duty in Pecos. Prospective jurors who received notification last week will be available for criminal jury week. The list includes Howard W. Davis Randall Lee Moss Rafaila C. Licon Timothy Matthews and others. Continued on Page 2.
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Pecos
Howard W. Davis
Randall Lee Moss
Rafaila C. Licon
Timothy Matthews
Sandra Browning
Refugia T. Hinojos
Isabel Matta Martinez
Felicia L. Henry
Timmy Glen Owens
Bri
HEW list shows large Medicare payments to over 2000 entities
The Health, Education and Welfare Department released figures showing more than 2000 doctors clinics and labs received over 100000 in Medicare payments in 1975. Texas entries include J H Sheets Odessa 355304 and Clinic Hospital Medical Associates San Angelo 189063. A Minnesota Mayo Clinic clinic reportedly received over 22 million, though officials dispute the amount.
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Reeves County
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S
Texas
HEW
J.H. Sheets
Odessa
Clinic Hospital Medical Associates
San Angelo
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Reeves County Opposes Tax Rate Increase Despite Spending Hikes
Reeves County commissioners vote to raise spending via transfers and amendments but keep the tax rate at 95 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The 1977 budget totals $3,057,225.15 and includes hospital construction funds. Amendments cover sheriff and federal prisoner costs, county attorney expenses, with offsets from federal prisoners' board and Precinct No. 3 revenue.
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Reeves County
Marguerite Kent
Sheriff's Department
Federal Prisoners’ Board
Justice of the Peace
Precinct No. 3
Blackout Hits Pecos Cable TV Customers
Hundreds of Pecos residents lose television Monday night as War ner Cable suffers a citywide outage. Service began at 1 p.m. Monday with 2500 plus subscribers affected and engineers investigating a possible cable short. Restoring service is hindered by many telephone inquiries as crews work to fix the problem.
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Pecos
Warner Cable
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