Pecos Fall Festival opens with 4H Horse Show and cookoff
The Pecos 4H Horse Club hosts the year end show at the Sheriff's Posse Barn and Rodeo Grounds as part of a three day Fall Fair. Highlights include high point awards from Pecos Saddle Shop and Reeves Loving Counties, silver belt buckles, and an all around category. A Saturday cookoff serves beef plates at 2 to 6 p.m. with tickets at the door. A Leon Ashley show caps the evening with Margie Singleton and George Riddle, plus livestock, farm exhibits, and art displays.
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Pecos 4H
Sheriff's Posse
Pecos Saddle Shop
Pecos
Reeves-Loving
Loving-Reeves County
Rodeo Grounds
Senate backs 40 percent cut for seniors on electric bills
Washington AP The Senate seeks cheaper electricity for lights heating and cooking by senior citizens and moves to drop President Carter's rate overhaul. A 40 per cent reduction for those over 62 is cited while efforts continue on a crude oil tax impasse and a compromise with the administration.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
Energy Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Texas 26th Report shows rise in per capita income
Texas per capita personal income rose 52 percent from 1972 to 1976, the largest gain among big industrial states and third in the nation, while U S figures grew 42 percent. Texas moved from 32nd to 26th in the national ranking, with July revenues at $622.8 million and year-to-date $6.55 billion. expenditures for July were $561.9 million.
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Bullock
U.S
Alaska
Wyoming
Texas
Illinois
Comptroller's
Saltcedar removal on Pecos project praised at public hearing
U S Bureau of Reclamation officials heard that selective saltcedar clearance along the Pecos River Basin Water Salvage Project is proving successful and should continue. The meeting at Pecos featured Martin Cleveland of Abilene Texas praising the effort and noting a 95 percent kill rate. Stakeholders described aims to save water, protect wildlife, and boost river flow, with 14 000 acres cleared and another 10 000 acres deferred for later. The U S Geological Survey will soon draft a report evaluating the water salvage impact, delaying final action until the report is released.
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Lew Barrett
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Pecos River
Holiday Inn
Pecos
Martin Cleveland
Abilene, Tex
West Central Texas
U.S
West
Vandertulip
Boyd
Loving
Reeves
Ward
Lake McMillan
New Mexico
Santa Rosa
Girvin
Tex
Reclamation Bureau
U.S. Geological Survey
Roswell
N.M
Reeves County land redistribution plan faces hearings demand
Senator John Tower and Texas Agriculture Commissioner Reagan Brown urged the Bureau of Reclamation to hold hearings in Texas regions affected by the Interior Department decision. The proposal would redistribute farm land in Reeves County and surrounding areas, prompting calls for public input.
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Bureau
Washington
John Tower
Tex
Texas
Commissioner of Agriculture
Reagan Brown
Bureau of Reclamation
Department of Interior
el Paso
Tom Green
Reeves Counties
Interior Department
Tower
Keith Higginson
Secretary of Interior
Andrus
Secretary of Agriculture
Bergland
Police chief warns speeders in Pecos school zones
Police chief Charles Smith warns Pecos motorists to slow in school zones and says radar will be on daily with citations for speeding. He notes warnings have failed and urges caution near schools.
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Charles Smith
Pecos
Smith
Budget clash may force Carter to favor jobs over balance
Economic advisers tell President Carter that a balanced budget and unemployment under 5 percent by 1981 may be incompatible. If he pursues low unemployment, a deficit of 20 to 25 billion dollars is possible, with inflation around 4.5 percent.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
White House
OMB
Bert Lance
Lance
Treasury Department
Council of Economic Advisers
Office of Management and Budget
Pecos Administrator Elected Prez of Local Federal Exec Assn
Gene E Nelson administrator for Pecos was elected president of the Permian Basin Federal Executive Association. The group, formed in 1974, includes heads of Federal agencies in Midland Odessa Big Spring Andrews Pecos and Kermit and coordinates community activities such as the Combined Federal Campaign.
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Gene E. Nelson
Social Security Administration
Odessa
Permian Basin
Federal Executive Association
Midland/Odessa
Big Spring
Andrews
Pecos
Kermit
United Way
Ballot by mail forms available for constitutional election
Ballot by mail applications for the November Constitutional Amendment Election are available at the County Clerk at the courthouse. Absentee voting is allowed for those expected to be absent, 65 or older, childbirth confinement, religious belief, or county jail confinement. Voters must be registered at least 30 days before the election. last registration date is Friday October 7. For more absentee info call the County Clerk at 445-2012.
Weather Watch Wednesday Foresees Warm Midweek
Forecast calls for a high near 93 and overnight low around 66 with 21 percent precip. Expect considerable cloudiness through Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
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Pecos Art Club
Austin
Bob Bullock
U.S. Commerce Department
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Comptroller’s Monthly Financial Report
States
Tom A. Garrity
Reeves County
Sunday House
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