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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1976
Page
1
An Atlantic Richfield Co. executive warned Congress during the current session about oil and gas reserves and their impact on interstate conflicts. The executive also mused on Centennial travel while predicting total petroleum demand in the near term.
Decorations in the country club banquet room signal final setup for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet. Tickets cost 6 dollars at Pecos Bank or KIM. Gil Stricklin of Dallas delivers the keynote, with awards for chamber directors, Pecos Citizen of the Year, and Teacher of the Year.
The Ford administration reverses, opposing a bill enabling state attorneys general to sue in federal courts for triple damages against price fixing. Ford cites overbreadth and favors narrowing to price fixing violations while urging states to enforce antitrust laws locally.
The Chamber of Commerce presented the Merit Award in 1960 to Bill Carrico and later to Eleanor Eddins Aileen Nabors Irene Turk Emma Sheperd Larena Bell Eugenia Goodman Thelma Goodrich Marianna Hart Bill Bing ham Laura Boswell Bailey Wheeless Jane Withers Cameron Billie Sadler Frank Kelley and Verna Marie Kelley. Chamber president Paul Randolph will present this year's award at Friday night's banquet.
Foodway Stores at 2000 S Eddy St hosts a spring celebration with free grocery bags given hourly and Mariachi performances from 10 am to noon and 3 pm to 5 pm. Sprouse Reitz at 2024 S Eddy joins with a sidewalk sale and in store attractions. registration available for prizes.
The Pecos Business and Professional Women's club seeks names of local soldiers who died or went missing in the Korean conflict and the Vietnam War for a bronze plaque to be placed at the Reeves County courthouse. Names include several Pecos and Barstow men. residents are urged to contact Catherine Ashley or Bonnie Dearley within two weeks. Also, Monahans Swim Club hosts the first AAU sanctioned meet in Monahans at the new high school pool Saturday with warmups at 8 a.m. and 90 events starting at 9 a.m.
Texas weather shows springlike warmth with highs near 83 in Pecos and 84 in Presidio while early lows reach 42 to 60 across Lufkin to El Paso. Pacific clouds spread over the state, with mild, partly cloudy skies and scattered rain in the Northwest. Farther east frosty chills linger on the Seaboard. 20s to 70s pattern shifts across the nation.
County Clerk Catherine Ashley announces mail applications for absentee ballots in the May Democratic primary. Absentee voting runs April 12 to April 27, with ballots mailed to those away from town after the voting period begins.
Texas unemployment rose to 5.8 percent in January from 5.6 percent in December. TEC data show 305,500 job seekers and 4,976,400 employed, down from December but above January 1975 levels.
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