Stocks Rise on Light Volume as Dow Rebounds
The market edged higher amid slow trading. Dow Jones 30 Industrials at noon up 5.37 to 790.63 with more advancers than decliners on the NYSE. Boeing rose, GM slipped slightly, Bally jumped after hotel casino plans. Cotton futures mixed with midday gains.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Boeing
American
Delta Airlines
General Motors
Bally
Vornado Inc
Atlantic City
N.J
American Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones New York
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Pecos Student Named Little Sister for Phi Kappa Psi
Pecos resident Rachel Billeiter a Texas Tech freshman has been chosen as a Little Sister for the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. She will take part in a year of fraternity functions and events. Miss Billeiter is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph S Billeiter of Pecos.
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Rachel Billeiter
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Miss Billeiter
Joseph S. Billeiter
Pecos
Toyah News highlights of local visits and events
Toyah residents and relatives traveled to Claymont Cape May and Philadelphia then returned via Akansas to visit more kin. Mr and Mrs Joe Chavez spent time in Marfa with relatives. Grady and San Angelo trips featured football games and family visits. Toyah seniors used Balmorhea-Toyah bus to Pecos for shopping. Community meetings at Toyah school discussed Halloween Carnival and Living Married Successfully program. Memorial notices include Mrs Emily Straughan of Pecos with service in Pecos and burial in Warren PA.
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Claymont
Delaware
Cape May
N.J
Philadelphia
Akansas
Toyah Home Demonstration Club
A.L. Gibson
Cunningham
Gibson
Susan Bolen
Joe Chavez
Obituaries from Pecos area feature Bartlett Straughan Brashear services
Mona Faye Bartlett died November 11 at Hendrick Hospital Abilene age 73. Services were held Monday at 4 30 p m in the Baptist Church Merkel Texas. She is survived by one daughter Mona Jones and two granddaughters. Emily Straughan died Tuesday Reeves County Memorial Hospital Pecos. Services pending Pecos Funeral Home. G L Brashear 68 Arlington Texas a former Reeves County Commissioner and Pecos businessman died Tuesday morning in Arlington Hospital. He served as Reeves County Commissioner Precinct 4 while living in Toyah and then moved to Pecos. He is survived by his widow two sisters and a brother.
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Emily Straughan
Pecos
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Pecos Funeral Home
Warren
Mona Faye Bartlett
The
Baptist Church
Merkel
Texas
Hendrick Hospital
Abilene
Mona Jones
Bartlett
Marvin Cowan
G.L. Brashear
Arlington
Reeves
Moore Funeral Home
Brashear
Toyah
Reeves County
Precinct 4
Methodist Church
Johnnie Standlee
S. Boisdare
R.T. Springer
Franktown
Colo
Jimmy Brashear
Johnson
November 1978 Pecos community event calendar entry
Calendar listing for November 1978 shows multiple weekly club meetings in Pecos and surrounding towns. Notable events include Lions and Optimist club sessions, AA and Al-Non meetings, TOPS 259, Barstow Lions, Rio Pecos Extension, and Reeves County Homemakers. Public health and senior center activities are noted with dates in parentheses.
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Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Reeves Community Council
10Th St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Rio Pecos
CPS Reddy
Stafford Blvd
Shelby Parnell
Big Spring
Franklin's
Third St
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Pecos Police Probe Misdeed and Burglary Reports
The Pecos Police Department investigates a windshield damage incident on I-20 near a local ice cream shop. A 29 year old man reported his car damaged while he was inside. In another case, The Y Cafe at 213 S Peach was burglarized, three cases of beer valued at 25 dollars and 3 dollars in pennies taken. Natividad Ybarra reported the break in at 10:36 a.m. Tuesday. Ambulance crews attended two calls, one at 3100 Moore St to transport a woman to Reeves County Memorial Hospital, and a non emergency transfer from Reeves County Memorial Hospital to an Odessa hospital occurred later.
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Pecos
Vicente Gonzales Jr
N. Cedar
Interstate 20
Y Cafe
S. Peach
Natividad Ybarra
Moore St
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Pecos Ambulance Service
Odessa
Presidio Man Pleads Guilty to Immigration Violation Probation Granted
Jose Escontrias, 38, of the Presidio Marfa area, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos to a reduced misdemeanor immigration violation. Indictment for felony concealment and harboring illegal aliens is dismissed. six months imprisonment suspended for two years probation and a $500 fine with no supervision.
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United States
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Pecos
Jose Escontrias
Presidio-Marfa
U.S
J.M. Preston
Television turns people bland in mass tasteless programming
Viewers confront a sea of uniform content that strips nuance from culture, turning diverse tastes into generic bites. Critics argue the shift erodes individuality, leaving audiences craving sharper voices and distinctive storytelling.
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Sticks
Chuck Berry
KIM Radio
Community Recreation Department
Youth Recreation Committee
Five Mile
Pecos Hospital
Lynn Gibson
Virginia Gibson
J.?. Marsh
Mark Chaddick
Mrs
Frank Mallie
Toyah News
Marfa
Grady
San Angelo
Bryan
A.B. Cunningham
Oak Creek Lake
Cleveland
Cunninghams
B.J. Cleveland
Jimmy
Lillie Mae Lukins
Oleg Cleveland
Greenville
Glover Puyear
Neosho
Benny Cleveland
el Paso
Elaine Contell
Francis Newsom
Alpine
Katie Powell
Episcopal Church
Franklin
Moore
Michael
William
van Nuys
Calif
Maybelle Alexander
Martha Dudley
Ellen Brown
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Pecos Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Reeves County Young Homemakers
Crockett Junior High School
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
S. Cedar St
Wackers
MR. Gobbler
Avon Rose
Monmouth
As Creedes Salda Ay
S. Eddy
Real Wade Chescalate
Wee Fares
EZ FC
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