Balmorhea School Board Clears Calendar Rehiring Tax List
The Balmorhea school board presided by President C T Gray approved next year’s calendar and revived the delinquent tax list with penalties to be assessed. They discussed bus needs and considered hiring a tax attorney. The Balmorhea band will perform at Fort Davis and a kindergarten graduation is planned for May 25. Thirteen EMS students traveled to Midland for cross‑city hospital care instructions with Fort Stockton and Monahans.
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C.T. Gray
Fort Davis
Balmorhea aims to finish emergency care training this spring
Third and final tests wrap an 80 hour schooling and 40 hour hospital care program. Graduates will be ready to handle emergencies in Balmorhea. Names will be printed later for call to assist. Chamber meeting postponed due to members attending the medical program. President Tony Parker urged community participation to support projects like festival, beautification, museum, tourism office, and local government collaboration.
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Midland
Chamber of Commerce
Tony Parker
Balmorhea
Chamber
Noon market report shows Dow dip and mixed cotton futures
The Dow Jones average fell 5.25 to 930.89 as gains paused after a modest up day. NYSE volume reached 8.64 million in two hours with losers ahead of gainers 7 to 6. Cotton futures were mostly mixed with July at 75.70 cents and other contracts down from the prior close. Cattle and hogs markets in Fort Worth showed mostly steady to higher tones for various weight classes.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
Associated Press
Alcoa
At&t
Armco
Ad Rich
Beth Sd
Borden
Pet
Chrysler
Dow Chem
duPont Eastman
el Paso NG
Exxon
Fairchild Cam
Ford SG
Amarillo
Gen Tire
Goodrich
A&p
Gulf Oil
IBM
Primal
John Joh
Litton
Chicago
Marat Oil
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
N. Penney
RCA
Oats Safeway
Sears
Sony
Sun Co
Dow Texaco
Jones A.m
Texas
Indus
Leaders view film on transportation in Texas
A 17 minute color film Transportation Americas Lifelines premieres in Austin as National Transportation Week is designated. Produced by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation the film blends animation and real scenes to show transportation history and its impact on Texas life and economy.
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Austin
America
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
National Transportation Week
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
DHT
Traffic Clubs International
Texas Good Roads Transportation Association
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Harry Rhodes
Rhodes
Consolidated Freightways
Houston
Tom H. Taylor
Travel and
Mynah Carroll
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fort Worth
P.O. Box
Public Affairs
Department
Memorial Day racing classic returns annually
The Kentucky Derby is the long running annual sporting event held on Memorial Day weekend in Louisville attracting top thoroughbreds and fans each year.
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Ouagadougou
Upper Volta
Thailand
Multiple Texas towns report crime, politics, and city plans
In Lamesa police say a 25 year old Robert Gonzales was killed in what authorities describe as a revenge crime linked to a prior shooting of Benjamin Briones, who faces murder charges. In Austin the House humorously salutes Pamela Hoestenbach the widow of Rep John Hoestenbach amid a medical malpractice debate. Big Spring approves annexation talks for Webb Air Force Base with a public hearing to follow, and Kermit updates its police communications system with state aid as a boiler room fire injures a maintenance worker.
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Lamesa
Tex
Lee Bartlett Jr
Robert Gonzales
Benjamin Briones
Odessa
Gonzales
Briones
Jimmy Briones
Bartlett
Austin
Hoestenbach
John Hoestenbach
Pamela Kay Hoestenbach
Jarrett Hunter
Buck Florence
D-Hughes Springs
Big Spring
Webb Air Force Base
Harry Nagel
Webb
Nagel
Kermit
Kermit Volunteer Fire Department
Purple Sage
Kermit Police
Floyd Morris
Julian Denoto
Memorial Hospital
Morris
PUC Leader Sees Summer Grid Reconnect Order
Texas Public Utility Commission chairman says a final order on reconnecting the state electric power grid will come this summer. The PUC heard its final testimony and scheduled a June 2 hearing for oral arguments by attorneys for major Texas electric utilities.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Public Utility Commission
Texas Electric Power Grid
PUC
Texas Electric Utilities
County Court Criminal Cases Filed With Multiple Appeals
County Court records show criminal filings and appeals including Billy Clay Cooksey for speeding from municipal court filed May 2, William Charles Adams for DWI filed May 3, Gilbert Valles criminal non support filed May 4, Lonnie Lynn Goben marijuana possession May 5, Roberto Natividad Lujan license suspension May 5, Judy Arnold Wofford speeding appeal from JP Court filed May 6, Lezlie McNeil speeding appeal from JP Court 3 filed May 10, Chris Lara criminal non support filed May 10. marriage license issued Phillip Charles Rowden 22 and Frances Elizabeth Pirtle 18 with Brownfield address May 5.
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Billy Clay Cooksey
Municipal Court
William Charles Adams
DWI
Gilbert Valles
Lonnie Lynn Goben
Roberto Natividad Lujan
Judy Arnold Wofford
JP Court
Lezlie McNeil
Chris Lara
Phillip Charles Rowden
S. Eddy
Frances Elizabeth Pirtle
Brownfield
District Court Docket Notices of Divorces and Filings
Divorces granted include Maudie Scroggins and Howard Scroggins on April 12 Adelino Sanchez and Marie Sanchez on May 2 Sharon Mahan New and Wylie New on May 9 Fortino Medrano and Maria Medrano on May 9 Linda Bishop Smith and Grady Smith on May 11 Civil cases filed: Ben Greear v Mrs Truman ONeil for declaratory judgment filed May 3 Community Public Service Co v C R Jackson for debt filed Jose Minjarez and Joe Guerrero v Raymond Tillis and Orda Tillis for damages.
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Maudie Louise Scroggins
Howard Scroggins
Adelino Sanchez
Marie Baez Sanchez
Sharon Mahan New
Wylie Don New
Fortino Medrano
Maria Dominguez Medrano
Linda Bishop Smith
Grady Thomas Smith
Ben A. Greear
Truman O'Neil
Community Public Service Company
C.R. Jackson
Jose Manuel Minjarez
Joe Guerrero
Raymond Tillis
Orda Kinney Tillis
Calendar of Pecos area events Wednesday to Tuesday
Calendar listings show Modern Study Club luncheon at 1602 Missouri and a noon covered dish lunch at Senior Citizens Center. It includes Game Day and board meetings at the Senior Center, a CMA Jamboree at Community Center, Lions Club meetings, Optimist and TOPS gatherings, and Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon meetings with contact numbers.
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T.C. Slack
Missouri
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Senior Citizens Board
Accused slayer admits attempt on other's life
Stacey Albert Carter 26 of Olivia North Carolina pleaded guilty to attempted murder of the sheriff's companion, received 20 years, waived appeal, while capital murder charges on Motely County Sheriff Jalmar Jinks Wilson remain unresolved. Fortenberry, 25, of Mount Hermon Louisiana faces capital murder in the same shooting.
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Lubbock, Tex
Stacey Albert Carter
Olivia
N.C
Motely County
Jalmar Jinks Wilson
State District Court
George Miller
Carter
Wilson
Larry C. Fortenberry
Mount Hermon
Fortenberry
John Rogers
Deaths MARY BLOYS MEDLEY
Deaths notice for Mary Bloys Medley 64 sister of Emilea Mills Pecos. Services 4 p.m. at Fort Davis Presbyterian Church with burial Hillcrest Cemetery Alpine. Survived by widower four sons parents three sisters and 12 grandchildren.
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Mary Bloys Medley
Emilea Mills
Pecos
Fort Davis Presbyterian Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Geeslin
Bloys
Wilbur Medley
Marfa
Methodist Church
George Medley
Saginaw
Joe Medley II
Oscar Medley III
Fort Davis
Ben Medley
Austin
Roy Bloys
Mabel Kelly
Hamilton
Vivian Grubb
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Chas. Boyd
el Paso
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Richard
Amy
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Ethel Jacobson
Big Bend
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Oma Prew
Alpine
Anne Rochester
Diana Compton
Dallas
John Hughes
Okalhoma
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Mrs. Allen Gilbert
Exxon Corp
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Bill McIntire
Frankie Kingston
Buck Towler
Louise Patrick
Patsy McIntire
Malessa Kelly
San Angelo
Cassie Farringon
Wyn Jones
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Men of the Star Order
Pearl Blakemore
Truman Barnett
Orville Brey
Blakemore
Lonnie Pace
Machelle
Chas. Towery
UIL
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Angelina Brijalba
Lucretia Hoffman
Bertha Brijalba
Elizabeth Palmer
Shirley Rowe
Gilda Morales
Jane Cameron
Gloria Garcia
Nora Brijalba
Elizabeth Cook
Sony Corp
NYSE
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Permian Basin
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Peggy McCracken
Nova Gutierrez
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Culberson
Jetf
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
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Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
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