Reeves County Fair Opens to Thousands of Visitors
Several thousand attended the Reeves County Fair opening night with booths from Pecos High School and the Building Trades Class. About 50 Pecos High School students head to Odessa College for the Student Activities Conference with events including writing, speaking, debate, and journalism. The fair features 44 portable booths, foods, crafts, and upcoming events such as the Live stock Show, 4-H Horse Show, and World Championship Barbecue Cookoff with a $2 barbecue plate and a dance by Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton.
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Pecos High School
Odessa College
David Dutchqver
West Texas High Schools
University Interscholastic League
Austin Elementary Pta
Building Trades
Father mourns son as gun control crusade widens
Nelson Shields II offered a stark plea for strict handgun laws as he testified before a House subcommittee. His son, Nelson Shields IV, was shot dead in San Francisco during a 1974 street incident tied to a case involving four Black Muslims on trial. Shields II, leaving a long industry career, urged comprehensive prohibition of most handgun uses, arguing minor amendments won’t curb urban violence.
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Washington
Nelson T. Shields IV
Shields
Nelson T. Shields II
House
United States
House Judiciary Subcommittee
San Francisco
Ders
John M. Murphy
D-N.y
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Consumer Products
National Council
Yale
America
School board approves 2.7 million building program
The board unanimously approved Covington Shelton and Taylor plans for a 2.7 million school construction program. Bids open Nov 11 for a package deal including kindergarten, athletic facilities, remodeling Pecos Elementary, band halls, and running track. Start possible Dec 1 with initial work by CST. demolition of Rotary Field stands included in bid. A $150 daily liquidation penalty for late completion was set.
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Covington, Shelton and Taylor
CST
Jim Shelton
Pecos
Shelton
Odessa
Bob Covington
Texas
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Rotary Field
One Point Gap Tops Final 4-H Horse Show Chase
Fort Stockton rider Gina Shipman and Penwell rider Sabrina Wilcoxson enter the final horse show of the season with a one point lead for the total point trophy. The event begins at 9 a.m. with halter, reining and western pleasure in the morning, followed by running events and jackpots with $5 entry fees and a $25 committee add.
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Gina Shipman
Fort Stockton
Sabrina Wilcoxson
Penwell
Fair Committee
Top country performers set for Pecos fair
Beef eaters and country music lovers from across the nation will gather in Pecos Saturday for the Annual Beef Barbeque Cookoff and Country Music Spectacular. Singleton, top country music artists, will perform. Leon and Margie and their manager promote the event and announce a free Nashville trip for two attendees. The cookoff starts at noon with a night show and dance at the fairgrounds.
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Pecos
Leon Ashley
Margie Singleton
Leon
Margie
Nashville
Tenn
Grand Ole Opry
Fairgrounds
School district valuation up 16 million dollars
Thomas Y. Pickett appraising firm sets final district valuations at 166,713,610 this year, adding 16,713,610 to prior estimates. Superintendent Ray Whitley says total valuations yield a school tax of 3,190,502.50 on current assessment, with 1.50 per 100 for maintenance and 0.42 for debt service. The new value includes a $2,812,121 agricultural reduction.
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Thomas Y. Pickett
Ray Whitley
Whitley
Radar units curb city speeding once costly to run
City police radar units mounted in patrol cars are catching more speeders, but monthly fines and lease costs show mixed results. Judge Connie Gomez reported $415 in speeding fines for September, up from $292.50 in August, while leases total $193 monthly per unit. Some officers say driver awareness from radar reduces speeding and accident risk, though several late fines remained unpaid at report time.
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Connie Gomez
Ford outlines 100 billion energy plan to cut oil imports
President Ford sent to Congress a 54 page bill creating an Energy Independence Authority to finance energy projects and potentially replace 10 to 15 million barrels of imported oil daily by 1985. The plan, backed by Vice President Rockefeller, would issue 25 billion dollars of Treasury stock and is designed to complement private efforts.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
House
Senate
Energy Independence Authority
EIA
San Francisco
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kremlin frowns on Sakharov Nobel Prize
In Moscow the Kremlin criticized the Nobel Peace Prize award to dissident Andrei Sakharov. Tass quoted a French Communist newspaper calling the choice anti-Soviet and anti detente as Soviet press silence broke on Thursday to announce the selection.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Andrei Sakharov
Tass
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