Pecos to switch long distance with new digital center
Continental Telephone completes installation of a digital long distance switching center in Pecos with testing now underway. The May 30 start will retire the old electromechanical switch and enable automatic number identification for billing. Directory assistance becomes 411, trouble reports 611, and time temperature 844-1212. The facility serves Pecos and surrounding towns including Balmorhea Coyanosa Mentone Orla Sierra Blanca Toyah and Valentine.
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Continental Telephone
Pecos
Balmorhea
Coyanosa
Mentone
Orla
Sierra Blanca
Toyah
Valentine
Stocks Slump as Market Bets Grow on Oil Woes and Rates
New York stocks fell for the third straight session amid gasoline shortage fears and higher interest rates. The Dow at noon dropped 2.34 to 831.08 as oil issues weakened with Mobil and Arco among leaders in declines. Cotton futures rose midday with key quotes higher while Dow Jones averages showed broad losses across indices.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Goodyear
Mobil
Arco
Exxon
Texaco
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
Indus
Four Mexicans Sentenced for Illegal U.S. Entry
Four Mexican citizens unlawfully in the United States were sentenced by U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos for illegally entering the country. Eugenio Molina-Chavez, 27, got 179 days. Jose Juvencio Reyes-Lopez, 25, 120 days. Oscar Rodriguez-Hernandez, 24, 90 days. Javier Ramos-Ochoa, 25, 60 days. All pled guilty to misdemeanor immigration charges.
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United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Trail
Pecos High School 1949 Class Reunion Planned
The graduating class of Pecos High School of 1949 will hold a reunion on June 30. A reception begins at 3 p.m. at the home of Tommy and JoAnn Beachamp, 1301 Iowa, followed by dinner at 6 p.m. at the Pecos Valley Country Club.
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Pecos High School
Tommy
JoAnn Beachamp
Iowa
Pecos Valley Country Club
Pickup Recovered After Sheriff Report in Pecos
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez said his department recovered a 1976 halfton pickup reported stolen from Saragosa in Pecos in 3 hours 9 minutes. The report was filed at 8 a.m. and deputies found the vehicle at 11:09 a.m. last Friday.
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Reeves County
Raul Florez
Saragosa
Pecos
Barstow Plans Early Pre Registration for First Graders
Barstow Elementary will hold pre registration for next year’s first graders on Wednesday May 9 at 9 30 a m at the Barstow Elementary School. Principal Rueben Gillespie announced reminders to bring the child birth certificate and shot record. A child must be six on or before September 1. This year’s first grade class will host with a short program and school tour.
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Barstow
Rueben Gillespie
Barstow Elementary
Eight defendants named in indictments
The grand jury for the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas returned four indictments naming eight defendants for felony drug violations. Holloway and Parks face charges in Pecos County after a large marijuana seizure. Harwell and co defendants from Wichita Falls and Brownwood are charged in a separate four count indictment. Joseph Cook faces two counts for importing and possessing marijuana for sale. Most defendants, except Holloway, Parks, and Harwell, have been released on bond pending further proceedings.
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Pecos
U.S. District Court
Western District of Texas
Pecos County
Harry Bruce Holloway
Austin
Harry Bruce Hamilton
Harold Allen Parks
Leander
Texas
Bobby Gene Harwell
Shirley Ann
Brownwood
Moses Ray Barber
Wichita Falls
Lyndia Gayle Neal
Billy Lawrence Lyles
Harwell
Barber
Lyles
Miss Neal
Joseph Darwin Cook
Big Spring
Holloway
Parks
U.S. Customs Service
Department of Public Safety
FM 11
Horsehead Crossing
Reeves County
Marathon
Fire and medical transfers in Pecos and Odessa
At 9:46 p.m. Monday Pecos Ambulance Service transported a patient from Reeves County Hospital in Pecos to Odessa Medical Center Hospital. Earlier, Pecos Volunteer Fire Department responded to a trash fire at Lamar Elementary School at 11:42 p.m. Monday. A dumpster fire was reported at 12:18 a.m. today in the alley at 420 South Mulberry.
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Pecos
Reeves County Hospital
Odessa Medical Center
Lamar
S. Mulberry
Reeves County Receives $8000 Emergency Funds Grant
The Community Council of Reeves County among 33 Emergency Energy Assistance grantees approved by Governor Clements will serve residents 60 and over, excluding those not previously served in 1978 and 1979. Applications are at 902 E. 10th St. with a May 25 deadline.
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Community Council of
Reeves County
Clements
10Th St
Aliens jailed for illegal entry in Pecos case at magistrate
Four of five Mexican nationals brought before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos were sentenced to imprisonment for misdemeanor illegal entry. Manuel Martinez-Ruiz 35 received 179 days. Jorge Navarro-Velasquez 23 and Raul Montoya-Rodriguez 20 also got 179 days for false citizenship claims. Manuel Chairez-Soto 19 drew 120 days for illegal entry and false citizenship claim. Humberto Arias-Márquez 21 was held in custody after bond set at 5000 dollars pending attorney consultation.
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U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Mexico
Jorger Navarro-Velasquez
Raul Montoya-Rodriguez
Manuel Chairez-Soto
Humberto Arias-Marquez
Reeves County Correctional Facility
Letters to the Editor on Sunday beer ban and TV content
A reader thanks voters for defeating Sunday beer sales in Pecos and urges parental action against uncensored television violence. She cites Dr. Jerry Falwell and the Clean Up America Campaign, invoking the Bible and God to promote stricter TV standards for the nation.
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Jerry Falwell
Gospel Hour
T.V
America
Community Calendar May 1979 Pecos area events
May 1979 calendar lists weekly club meetings at Pecos Inn Lions Den and CPS Reddy Room, Optimist and TOPS groups, senior center activities, immunization clinics, and civic gatherings. Notable items include Balmorhea and Pecos groups, plus PTA and rodeo planning sessions.
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Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CPS Reddy Room
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
Eddy St
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Austin
PTA
Texas Health Department
Daggett
Downtown
Holiday Inn
Balmorhea Senior Citizens Center
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Bonds Set At 25000 In Federal Drug Case In Texas
A United States citizen and a Mexican citizen appeared before U S Magistrate J M Preston in Pecos on felony drug charges. Jaime Adalberto Garces and Leonardo Armendariz Galindo were named for unlawfully possessing for distribution marijuana. Bond set at 25000 each after affidavits of indigency. They were remanded to U S Marshal custody. DEA and U S Border Patrol coordinated the arrest in Brewster County Texas.
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United States
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Drug Enforcement Administration
Jaime Adalberto Garces
Plainview
Leonardo Armendariz-Galindo
Mexico
Brewster County
Texas
Reeves County Correctional Facility
DEA
U.S. Border Patrol
Van Horn honors top ten graduate Miss D’Andra Wanslow
Miss D’Andra Wanslow of Van Horn makes the Van Horn High School 1979 top ten with a 91.3793 average. She is the niece of Charles and Mrs Bowers of Pecos and cousin to the Bobby Bell family. Grandparents Frosty and Mrs Bowers live at Baylor Mountain Ranch north of Van Horn. Mrs Forrest Bowers visited Pecos May 2 to celebrate her granddaughter Traci Bowers’s 13th birthday.
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D’andra Wanslow
Jerry Wanslow
van Horn
van Horn High School
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Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Pecos Jaycee Awards
Robert Hinojos
Pecos Jaycee
Calvin Hart
Prospect
Curtis Lee
Tommy Henson
Andy Hannah
Buster Mills
Chicago
Jaycee-Ettes Awards
Jaycee-Ettes
Yvonne Mills
Jaycees
Patti Scott
Sharon Lee
Jaycee
Vicky Winterrond
Denis Hart
Pecos Enterprise
Area News
Jesus Love
Sharon White
Wyoming
Mtwdt Fae Ee
Jaycee-Ette
Vicky Winterrowd
Val Nesser
Miss Wanslow
Mrs
Charles Bowers
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