Bids Taken on Low Rent Housing Bingo Winners Named
The first week’s $50 Bingo prize was split among three Pecos Enterprise readers, each winning 317 in Bingo Bucks. Winners are Mrs. Rey Tarai go, Mrs. Syl via Guerra, and Mrs. Lloyd Hill, who submitted cards by 5 p.m. Monday. Winning cards were collected at Anthony’s, Joe’s Supermarket, and Goodyear Service Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Enterprise
Rey Taraigo
S. Ash St
Sylvia Guerra
Apt
Lloyd Hill
S. Cherry St
Permarket
Goodyear Service
Sauuday
Floyd Hummel
PHA
Hummel
Protestants Fill Streets as Stormont Paralysis Grows
More than 60,000 Protestant protesters march on Stormont Castle amid Britain's seizure of power in Northern Ireland. A general strike paralyzes the region for a second day while bombings escalate. Two civilians die in Limavady as violence brings total deaths to about 290 in nearly three years. Prime Minister Faulkner speaks of resentment and betrayal by London amid Ulster flags dominating the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Limavady
Londonderry
Stormont Castle
Brian Faulkner
London
Ulster
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
William Whitelaw
William Craig
Stormont
Craig
Faulkner
Irish Republic
Dublin
Ian Paisley
Remodeling of Saragosa Hall in East Pecos
City to add 2 700 square feet to Saragosa Hall in east Pecos, raising total space to 8 100 square feet. Bitolas and Tercero to perform work on an hourly basis after a high bid was deemed too costly. project to finish in about a month. Evening Optimist Club to install air conditioning and wiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saragosa Hall
East
Pecos
R. Bitolas
Jose M. Tercero
Bitolas and
Tercero
J. J. Maxey
Evening Optimist Club
Maxey
Pecos hosts junior high band festival with 1 100+ students
More than 1,100 students from 14 schools joined Pecos High School for the Junior High School Band Festival. Monahans and Pecos bands earned top in Class C, Goliad won Class CC, and Bonham won Class CCC. Judges included Thielman, Lamkin, Crain, and Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos High School
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Monaians Junior High School
Pecos Ad
Crane Junior High
Goliad Junior High
Big Spring
Bonham Junior High
Odessa
Bill Carrico
Ronald Thielman
Las Cruces
N.M
Harlon Lamkin
Amarillo
Dub Crain
Petersburg
O.T. Ryan
Plainview
John McGee
Pecos
Local homeowners favor pecan trees for shade and nuts
Pecan trees are rising in popularity in Reeves and nearby counties as shade trees and nut producers. New varieties provide fast shade and promising yields within four to five years on two year old rootstock, with aphids the only notable pest observed so far and no cases of pecan nut casebearer or pecan weevil detected locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves
Cometies
Nixon Receives Hussein of Jordan at White House
King Hussein of Jordan visits Washington to urge U.S. support for a semiautonomous Palestinian state on the West Bank and seeks $40 million in new military aid. He meets Nixon in the Oval Office, plans lunch with Secretary Rogers, and continues consultations through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jordan
Hussein
White House
Nixon
West Bank
Oval Office
U.S
Walter Reed Hospital
United States
William P. Rogers
Three Pecosites Named Liaison Representatives
Janet Windham Arnulfo Granado and Leslie Lee Joiner named West Texas Education Center School Community Liaison Representatives for Pecos Independent School District. The pilot program trains community members to link residents with school administration and improve communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Windham
Arnulfo Granado
Leslie Lee Joiner
West Texas Education Center
Pecos Independent
Pecos
Pecos Independent School District
Ray Whitley
Pecos Area
Whitley
Don Weinacht Seeks Reelection to Reeves County School Board
Don N. Weinacht announces his candidacy for re election to the Reeves County School Board of Trustees. A Pecos High School graduate and Texas A&M alum, he has ranching and farming ties here and serves on the West Texas Boys Ranch board. He is married to Ellen Peyton with two daughters Lou and Jenny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don N. Weinacht
Reeves County School Board of Trustees
Reeves County
Weinacht
Pecos
West Texas Boys Ranch
San Angelo
Louis A. Weinacht
Pauline Weinacht
Saragosa
Ellen Peyton
Lou
Jenny
Trade Gap Deepens As February Imports Exceed Exports
The Commerce Department reports a February merchandise trade deficit of 597.6 million dollars, the second largest on record, with exports at 3.805 billion and imports at 4.403 billion. Leading economic indicators rose for the eighth straight month but by only 0.5 percent. The West Coast dock strike, ended Feb. 20, is cited as a possible factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
West Coast
U. S
United
Nixon
United States
Department
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Anthony
Joe
Housing Authority
Peggy McCracken
Pecos Housing Authority
Second Street
Willow
Hickory Streets
Bessie Haynes
Cactus and
Sage Streets
Meadowbrook Street
Stafford Blvd
Pierce, Pace and Associates
Midland
Jack Casimir
Housing Authority Board
Louis Telles
T. C. Slack
Mike Harrison
Woody Ivy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Dallas
Casimir
Dalton Moseley
Pecosites
Don Weinacht
Donn, Weinacht
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