Balmorhea Area News Highlights Thanksgiving Efforts and Local School Activities
Future homemakers from Balmorhea's Class I made apple turkeys for kindergarteners for Thanksgiving and Pilgrim crafts for Pecos nursing home patients. Young Homemakers elected new officers led by President Nancy Greermany, planning an art show for Dec 15 and a Christmas meeting. Balmorhea High School restored band director Ross Strickland, dismissed early for Thanksgiving week. Fire units battled a barrell fire near Balmorhea and warned of a later barn fire near Nelson Dam. Quail season opened nationwide with hunters reporting full limits. Balmorhea junior high basketball teams opened with losses to Fort Davis. girls 24-42, boys 17-47. Mrs. Lee Williams and Mrs. J A Murphy will visit Thanksgiving with the Kerleys.
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Sally Dominguez
Martha Moore
Pecos
Jane Moore
Odessa Police to form crime prevention unit with grant
Governor Briscoe awarded Odessa a 56939 grant from the Criminal Justice Council for a Police Department Crime Prevention Unit. The unit will include one sergeant two patrolmen and one secretary analyst to analyze crime data train officers offer security inspections and implement crime reduction projects aiming for 18 percent burglary drop in one year and 30 percent in two years. The program also informs the public on crime prevention and was part of 36 grants totaling 2382909 discussed November 9.
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Dolph Briscoe
Odessa
Criminal Justice Council
Law Enforce
Odessa Police Department
CJC Executive Committee
Museums institute in Odessa plans skills lab
Barney Hubbs of Pecos attended a Permian Basin Museum Institute meeting in Odessa where 26 member museums planned a Museum Skills Laboratory at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin with a tentative January 31 workshop. John Wilson spoke on museum activities and John Ben Shepperd led the session at the First Christian Church.
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Pecos
Permian Basin Museum Institute
Odessa
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Hubbs
Pecos Museum
John Wilson
Texas State Historical Assocition
John Ben Shepperd
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First Christian Church
Presidential Museum
Army Dominance in Greece Shocks Nation Amid Riots
In Athens protests against George Papadopoulos led to a government crackdown as troops quelled student sit ins at the Polytechnical Institute. Police and soldiers killed eleven, with 250 detained and higher education shut until December 10.
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Frontiman
Arshal
George Mavros
Id Ont
Masyros
John Ztedis
Panayotis Canellopoulos
George Papandreou
Athens Polythenic Institute
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Athens
Antigovernment Front
Sears role in Texas economy outlined by Pecos manager
Pecos Sears catalog sales store manager Inez Painter outlined Sears Roebuck and Co impact in Texas. The company buys from 416 Texas suppliers, spent 311.944 million in 1972, and employs 26,241 in Texas. It operates 284 Texas facilities including a Dallas distribution center and has 24,632 Texas shareholders. Sears, in its 88th year, emphasizes local procurement and community support, noting hundreds of thousands employed by suppliers and extensive employee shareholder ownership.
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Texas
Inez Painter
Pecos
Dallas
Sears
Mixed stock market slips from morning rally
New York stock trading opened with a mixed day as prices retraced gains. The Dow Jones average fell 0.45 to 844.45 at noon after an early rise of more than 17 points. Advancers lagged with declines led by Gulf Oil and Gould, Inc. warrants active.
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Monte Gordon
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Dow
American Stock Exchange
Gould, Inc
Gulf Oil
Barbs on Holiday Decorers and Security in High-Rise Lobby
A playful note recalls designers of snowy Christmas scenes longing for sun in retirement. It also mentions a high-rise lobby theft where guards kept guests secure as someone stole lobby furniture after Thanksgiving.
Kissinger fifth American Nobel Peace Prize recipient noted
World Almanac Facts lists Henry A. Kissinger as the fifth American secretary of state to win the Nobel Peace Prize. It names prior American laureates Elihu Root Frank B Kellogg Cordell Hull and George C Marshall and notes that 11 other Americans have received the prize since 1901. The Buckner News Alliance newspaper serving Reeves County publishes local news and ads from Pecos Texas.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Elihu Root
Frank B. Kellogg
Cordell Hull
George C. Marshall
Live and love with less heat TORONTO study says
University of Toronto researchers say lower house temperatures improve activity sleep and relationships. A respiratory specialist notes cooler temps may affect male reproductive organs, citing Arctic survival data of nudity at 32 degrees with minimal movement. Police log a minor two car collision on W Third St with no injuries. drivers Jo Boudeau Rich and Antonio Franco cited after rear end collision.
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Capital Mourns Kennedy Death Anniversary Observance
Washington marks ten years since John F Kennedy was assassinated with a 10 am mass at Holy Trinity Georgetown attended by Kennedy family then graveside visits at Arlington for Kennedy and Robert F Kennedy. A Dallas memorial march followed by a Kennedy Memorial service in Boston with Gov Sargent.
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John F. Kennedy
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
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Arlington National Cemetery
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Boston
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Francis Sargent
City dog problem prompts leash law push
Police chief Gene Martin says officers struggle with more dogs than policemen and cites rising leash ordinance citations as the city seeks cooperation from so called good citizens. City officials, led by MAXEY, emphasize city position and enforcement steps.
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Maxey
Gene Martin
Martin
City warns on dog license rule and pound fees
The ordinance carries a minimum fine of 12.50 for owners of dogs in violation. When a dog is picked up, owners receive a violation citation plus a 1 daily pound fee and 1 extra for pickup, while licensing requires the animal to be tied or penned to prevent roaming. MAXEY says the rule is simple: a dog must be licensed and restrained.
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Maxey
Community Club and Church Events Across Town
Thanksgiving worship at Trinity Lutheran Church at 10 a.m. Everyone welcome. TOPS Club and various group meetings follow through the week at Pecos Valley Baptist Acteens, Immanuel Church Monahans, Eagle Booster Club, Lions events at Lions Den, Amistad Lions bingo, Evening Optimist at Saragosa Hall, and Downtown Lions Club at the Holiday Inn.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Tops Club
Pecos
Deaths Selma Seay
Services for 79 year old Selma Seay sister of G F Cobb of Pecos were held today in San Francisco California where she had lived for many years.
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G.F. Cobb
Pecos
San Francisco
Calif
Cotton futures rise on commission-house buying
New York early dealings show No. 2 cotton futures higher as demand follows recent market declines. Middling 11 to 12? inch spot cotton averages 67.14 cents per pound. midmorning prices up 2.75 to 4.75 per bale. Noting Dec at 70.30, Mar 67.30, May 66.50. mentions Nixon election years 1946 and 1948 in California.
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