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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1970
Page
8
The City may reject all bids or waive technicalities and accept the proposal it deems best, as published in the Pecos Enterprise on October 9 and 16, 1970.
Reeves County Texas Commissioners Court will receive sealed bids by 9 30 a m November 9 1970 for one motor grader 125 hp six cylinder diesel with 638 cubic inch displacement 12 foot blade and related features. Bids to Reeves County Auditor office Pecos Texas. County reserves right to reject any bid.
Bailey Wheeless leads Pecos High School Vocational Agriculture with forty seven students in FFA including lambs pigs and steers showing plans for district banquet and state fair participation. At Texas A&M Station narrow row cotton yields high with minimal weed growth while grain sorghum research examines planting time maturity and mite impact. Local banks and agribusinesses fund studies aimed at guiding 6,000 plus pounds per acre production.
The Junior Girl Scout Troop met at the Scout House on Tuesday for its fifth meeting of the year. With 22 members and two leaders Mrs Bowles and Mrs Rushing the group formed four patrols each led by a leader and assistant. They plan a scrapbook and other activities, after a hike and refreshments.
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Three beekeeping groups convene at Texas A&M University in College Station October 22 to 27. Breeders Association Southern States Beekeeping Federation and Texas Beekeepers Association plan sessions on pollination price supports bee shipping and pesticide laws with a banquet on October 26 and a closing officers meeting. Walter Barth of A L Root Company will headline the TBA banquet and address.
In Houston a spokesman said President Nixon will campaign for George Bush in Texas within the week of October 25 to 31. Dallas is seen as the likely site for the presidential visit and a formal Houston announcement was planned.
A bulk mail letter bearing the sign off With warmest personal regards arrives on a desk. The note playfully warns that owning a cuckoo clock helps one avoid swelling headiness, reflecting a lighthearted morning mood.
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