Developers eye Pecos as packing plant site
The Pecos Industrial Foundation hosted a conference to discuss locating a packing house in Pecos. Attendees included Jim Harwell, C. L. Cook, Maxie Davis, Bob McCorkle from Fort Worth, and Pecos businessmen led by J. T. Moore Jr. and Fred Armstrong. Six packing companies expressed interest as plans progressed after a city tour of four operating feed lots and two in planning.
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Pecos
The
Jim Harwell
Austin
Texas Industrial Commission
C. L. Cook
Fort Worth
Community Public Service
Maxie Davis
CPS Industrial Development Division
Bob McCorkle
Fort
Chamber
Burns
Tive
Ray Kesey
Bobby McCorkle
CPS
Joe Lee McMahon
J&j Feed Pens
Woody Ivy
Maxie Davie
Kesey Brothers and Pilot
Retiring Reeves County Clerk Estelle Clinton Remembered
After 38 years in the Reeves County clerk’s office Estelle Clinton retired as county clerk in 1949 she reflected on changes in salaries records and procedures. A Pecos native she started part time in 1923 and served as deputy before becoming county clerk in 1949. Her farewell included gifts a china bowl and fond memories of colleagues and reforms like filing and marriage license applications.
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Estelle Clinton
Clinton
Pecos
Reeves County Clerk’s Office
Tyler Commercial College
Hollis Smith
W.E. Reeder
West Second St
Red Bluff
Margie Twilly
Margaret Moulton
Lucy Lee
Bill Kent
Emilea Mills
Karen Davis
Billie Jo Freeman
Cathy Ashley
Harry Clinton Jr
Harvey Tinkler
Meat Leads Drop in April Wholesale Prices
Wholesale prices eased in April marking the first decline in six months as meat costs fell 2.9 percent amid a nationwide meat boycott and Nixon administration price ceilings. Industrial materials surged 1.4 percent the largest rise since January 1951, offsetting gains in overall prices.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gas tests continue in county wildcat fields in Texas
Coastal States Gas Producing Co reports No. 1 J. B. Weltmer in Reeves County near Toyah flowing 12 600 cubic feet daily plus 5 3 barrels of water hourly through perforations at about 4965 to 4970 feet. Apollo 17 field in Winkler County gains second producer at No. 1 21 35 University project with 223 million cubic feet per day open flow from 16782 to 16786 feet. Catholic Youth Organization to host spaghetti dinner at Plum and Walthall streets 11 30 to 2 Saturday. tickets 1 50 adults 75 cents children under 12.
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Coastal States Gas Producing Co
J. B. Weltmer
Reeves County
Delaware
Toyah
Athens
T&p Survey
Fusselman
Winkler County
HNG Oil Co
University
Wink
Louisiana Land and Exploration Co
Southfield
Catholic Youth Organization of
St. Catherine’s
Plum and
Walthall Street
Heavy fighting rages around Beirut as army and guerrillas clash
In Beirut outskirts heavy tank fire hits high rise blocks while 500 guerrillas battle army troops near a Palestinian refugee camp at Dbaye five miles north of Beirut. A monastery near the camp is used as cover amid ongoing mortar and tank attacks. Cease fire efforts fail.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Tion
Dbaye
Tel Zatar
Tal Zaatar
Sabra
Camille Chamoun Stadium
Sidon
Crusade
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Damascus
Syria
Palestine Liberation Army
Jordan
Amin Hafez
Yasir Arafat
al Moharrer
Pecos concert by Army Band draws near capacity crowd
The U S Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus performed at Pecos High School auditorium before about 1,100 fans, delivering a 90 minute show with two encores and standing ovations. Lt Col Hal Gibson led the 100 musicians through Wagner, spirituals, and a Ellington portrait.
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Pecos High School
U. S. Army Field Band
Soldiers’ Chorus
Washington, D.C
Hal J. Gibson
Wagner
Spec
Robert Hildreth
Col. Gibson
Pecos
Bill Carrico
Garland Matthews
Gene Coughlin
Samuel J. Fricano
Burglary Attempts Reported on Kennedy Medical Files
Three newspapers reported that before the 1960 Democratic Convention burglars targeted the Manhattan offices of doctors who treated John F. Kennedy. Janet G. Travell and Eugene J. Cohen were named. intruders sought Kennedy’s medical file but were thwarted by secure storage and doors.
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Kennedy
Associated Press
Manhattan
John F. Kennedy
The
Washington Post
New York Times
New York Daily News
Janet G. Travell
President Kennedy
White House
Eugene J. Cohen
Cohen
Cothen
Ellsberg
Addison
Amtrak Dallas Service Start Remains Indefinite
Amtrak and Southern Pacific failed to agree on use of tracks between Dallas and Houston delaying the proposed June 10 start. Amtrak spokesman Jim Bryant said the meeting focused on the starting date and scheduling and that SP wants to postpone service indefinitely.
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Dallas
Amtrak
Southern Pacific Railroad
Houston
Jim Bryant
Washington
Southern Pacific
Warm and fair weather forecast for the region
A mild next few days with temperatures near 77 in Pecos and 45 early morning low. Overnight readings dipped to near freezing in the Texas Panhandle with 36 in Amarillo and Dalhart while Abilene and Wichita Falls reported 42. Showers faded along the coast as a cold front drifted south over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Pecos
Texas Panhandle
Associated Press
Amarillo
Dalhart
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Mississippi Valley
Lake Charles
Tupelo
Miss
Lake Superior
Upper Michigan
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
Nevada
California
Plains
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Pecos Enterprise
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