Pecos Fall Fair Opens With Livestock Judging and BBQ Cookoff
The 34th Pecos Fall Fair opened at 1 p.m. at the Fair Barn on Cedar Street with hundreds of exhibits on display. Main events include livestock weighing and judging starting Friday and Saturday, the world championship barbecue beef cookoff all day Saturday, a hospitality supper at 7 p.m. Friday, and a dance at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Special musical guests Leon Ashley Margie Singleton and George Riddel return for the weekend, along with a carnival on the fairgrounds through Saturday.
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Sheriff's Posse
Sheriff's
City council approves flood study and budget plans
The Pecos City Council authorized City Manager J. J. Maxey to hire a local engineer to study flood control within city limits restricting the survey to near areas. Mayor Bickley cited prior Corps of Engineers work and total anticipated flood damages, while recreation funding and gym renovations were noted. The meeting also reviewed legal service expenditures, debated water rates and a rack loading complaint, and sworn in Stella McAnally as municipal judge.
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W.R
Bob”’ Bickley
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Maxey
Pecos- Toyah-Barstow Independent School District
Reeves County
West Side
West
Ted Painter
Bickley
Southern Union Gas Company
Frank Perea
Oscar Granado
Manuel Orona
Barstow
City OF
Monahans
Lanehart
Stella McAnally
Pecos City
Banquet to Honor Citizens by Camara de Comercio
The Camara de Comercio will honor three people at its First Annual Banquet on Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. at Santa Rosa Parish Hall. Mary Apolinar is named Chicano Mother of the Year, Armando Hinojos as Chicano Businessman of the Year, and Frank Perea as Veteran of the Year nominee. Guest speakers include Ernest Lopez, Samuel Sanchez, Father Hernandez, Ruben Sandoval. Sandoval will speak on the Larry Lozano case. The event will feature a Chicano dinner and music and inaugurate the organization’s first year.
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Chicano Camara de Comercio
Santa Rosa Parish Hall
Mary Apolinar
Armando Hinojos
Frank Perea
Ernest Lopez
Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce of
Dal
Witness denies offered money in Davis kill-for-hire case
Key witness David McCrory testified at a pretrial hearing in the Cullen Davis murder plot case in Houston saying he had never told anyone he was offered money to turn against Davis. He said Davis asked him to help kidnap Davis’s brother and make it look like a drowning.
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Davis
Bill Davis
Pecos Man Arrested for Pharmacy Burglary
Pecos resident Marty Dale Howard, 20, was arrested after police found him inside Rediger's Pharmacy at 724 S. Eddy early Thursday. He was read his rights, charged with burglary, and held on a $5,000 bond. The case was presented to a local justice of the peace and police continue the investigation.
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Pecos
Don Carlile
Marty Dale Howard
Howard
Justice of the Peace
New Western District clerk named for Texas court
Charles W. Wagner, 44, deputy U.S. District Clerk in Chicago, is named to be Western District of Texas district clerk. He replaces interim clerk William G. Putnicki, who remains chief deputy after the death of Dan W. Benedict. Wagner will assume duties November 15. The district covers West Texas from San Antonio to El Paso.
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United States District Court
Western District
Texas
Adrian Spears
Associated Press
San Antonio
Charles W. Wagner
U.S
Chicago
Wagner
William G. Putnicki
Dan W. Benedict
Putnicki
Spears
Bento Ill
West Texas
el Paso
Pecos- Midland-Odessa
Abourezk stalls as Senate grills energy tax bill
Sen James Abourezk, a foe of natural gas deregulation, mounts a one man filibuster against the tax section of President Carter energy program. Senate leaders aim to block the talkathon via procedural moves while House debates packaging all five parts for a Friday vote. Opponents push for separate votes on the deregulation item, arguing for individual consideration.
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Washington
James Abourezk
Senate
Carter
Abourezk
South Dakota
Tower to visit Pecos Texas for inflation and tax talk
Senior U S Senator John Tower plans a Saturday stop in Pecos where he will meet the public and media at Pecos Municipal Airport at 4 15 p m. The Texas swing aims at pocketbook issues, tax relief, and stimulating savings and business growth as part of a broader campaign.
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Pecos
Texas
U.S
Pecos Municipal
Tower
Congress
American Legion
Guardian of Small Business
Independent Federation of Small Business
Mexican native Bonifacio Garcia-Sigala dies in Pecos accident
The 32 year old Lanoria Chihuahua native was killed at feeding pens where he worked. His body was returned to Mexico for funeral services with Pecos Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements. He was born July 14 1946 and pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Cliff Preslar.
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Bonifacio Garcia-Sigala
Mexico
Pecos
Chihuahua
Garcia-Sigala
Lanoria
Justice of the Peace Cliff Preslar
Weather Forecast: Hot Days Cool Nights Across West Texas
Weather continues hot afternoons and cool nights in Pecos with a high of 88 on Wednesday and a Thursday morning low of 52. Fair weather through Friday. Low tonight near 40 in the mountains and Panhandle to near 60 in Big Bend. High Friday 65 Panhandle to near 90 in Big Bend.
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Panhandle
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Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Robert Hinojos
Camara de Comercio
Wallace Moore
Rediger’s
S. Eddy
Fred Lujan
James Davis
Carlile
Bill Foe
Senate Arms Services Committee
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
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