Pecos artist Bill Chappell returns to make Pecos winter home
Legendary western artist and sculptor Bill Chappell, once a young cattle driver on the Lake Ranch near Pecos, has returned to Pecos to spend winters. He still earns a living from cattle work but paints and sculpts in retirement, living at 1836 Jackson Blvd with wife Fay. Their family includes daughter and son-in-law Rueben Gillespie and two other grown children, with Bill Jr. a Albuquerque attorney and Gene a youth director in Joplin.
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Old Lake Ranch
Pecos
Bill Chappell
Fay
Jackson Blvd
Rio Grande River
South Fork
Colo
Rueben _ Gillespie
Adams St
Bill Jr
Albuquerque
Gene
First Baptist Church
Joplin
D. Chappell
Lake Ranch
Toyah Lake
Damron Brothers
Seymour
Old Mexico
Holiday Inn
New York
Madison Square Garden
Alton Hughes
Toyah Creek
Fort Stockton
Chappell
Panhandle
Colorado
Panhandle Winds Bring Cold Front and Rain Across Texas
Winter air cools Pecos with 81 degree day and 34 degree low as north winds push refrigerated air south. Thunderstorms move through the Gulf, with light rain in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and small craft advisories along the coast.
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Pecos
Texas
Panhandle Plains
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf of Mexico
East
White backs RC&D project for West Texas water control
Congressman Richard C. White urged Secretary Earl Butz to approve the Trans Pecos Resource Conservation and Development Project. The plan spans 9,108,840 acres across eight West Texas counties and aims to improve water and soil control, backed by Governor Briscoe.
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Richard C. White
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Department of Agriculture
Trans- Pecos
Permian
White
Butz
Briscoe
West
Dozier Receives Legacy as Inaugural Chamber Director of the Year
The Chamber of Commerce honors C.K. Paul Dozier as the first Director of the Year, with a list of past honorees and details on the 1976 banquet. Tickets are available at the chamber office, local banks, and KIUN Radio.
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Chamber of Commerce
Banks
Kiun Radio
Briscoe Approves Permian Basin Radio Grant
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced a 38399 dollar grant to the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission for a complete law enforcement radio communications system. The statewide package totals 4.5 million across 70 grants funded by the Criminal Justice Division under the Crime Control Act of 1973.
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Goveror Dolph Briscoe
Permian Basin
Newsprint price hike announced by Southland Paper Mills
Southland Paper Mills Inc said it will raise its standard newsprint cost by 25 dollars per ton starting May 1. John Barr, a firm official serving many Texas papers, said reasons were explained in letters to publishers and refused to elaborate.
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Dallas
Southland Paper Mills, Inc
John Barr
Texas
Grand jury fails to find tampering in several indictments
Reeves County grand jury, after over two hours of deliberation, returned 11 indictments against 15 people in multiple cases including forgery, voluntary manslaughter, heroin possession, burglary, theft, and aggravated robbery. Several suspects remain at large with bonds set for those charged.
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District Court
Reeves County Grand Jury
Domingo F. Saenz
Thriftway
J.H. Starley
Paul M. Paluda
Monahans
Georgia Birkla
Pecos
Ismael G. Tercero
Starley
Eloy Florez Jr
Adolpho Martinez
Hill
Martinez
Florez
Valley Rental and Leasing
Ralph O. Amey
Stephen T. Lavack
B.J. Weigel
Hubert O. Johnson
Raiford D. Adams
Russell Short
Big Spring
Hilda Flores
S.E. Reamy
Antonio Minjarez
R&r
Flores
Minjarez
Sheriff's Deputies
Navy snafu costs trucker contract and truck
Randy Buck a 22 year old Navy reservist and independent trucker says the Navy wrongly jailed him for 34 days as AWOL and kept him in brig cost him his trucking contract and thousands in fees and expenses. He seeks 20000 in compensation and asked Rep Clair Burgener to press for a Navy report.
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Spring Valley
Calif
Randy Buck
Navy
Buck
32Nd Street Naval Station
San Diego
Mike Pearson
E! Cajon
Clair Burgener
R-Calif
Burgener
Patty Montgomery Seeks Pecos School Board Seat
Patty Montgomery announces a three year term bid for the Pecos Barstow Toyah school board. A Pecos native and Baylor graduate with Cum Laude honors she cites three children in the district and vows to spend tax dollars wisely to improve education. She is active in civic and church groups and seeks voter support in the April 3 election.
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Patty Montgomery
Montgomery
Dudley K. Montgomery
Jefferson St
Pecos
Baylor
Cecile
Cynthia
Amy
Pecos - Barstow - Toyah
Pol
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