Stocks Tumble As Dow Dips To 868 Amid Broad Losses
New York stocks declined across the board with the Dow Jones industrial average sliding to 868.24 at noon, down 6.93, after Monday’s steep drop. NYSE losers outnumbered gainers by more than ten to one as RCA and UAL fell, while the composite index dropped .59 to 57.21 and the American Exchange index fell 2.59 to 165.24 with volume up from Monday. In Pecos Lions Club news, the 50th Anniversary Celebration is set for Wednesday October 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Pecos High School Cafeteria, featuring guest speaker Art Cook of Lions District 2 T2. Cook, a West Texan native and Furr’s Inc. executive, is active in United Way and various community drives.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
NYSE
RCA
UAL
American Stock Exchange
Pecos
Lions Club
Pecos High School
Art Cook
Lions District 2
Cook
West
Wellington
Dallas Crozier Tech High School
North Texas State University
Furr’s Inc
First Baptist Church
Lubbock
United Way
Reeves County 4-H honors Rutherford award winners
The 1978 J. T. Rutherford 4-H Achievement Award winners were chosen at District VI Record Judging in Fort Stockton from 16 entries. Sponsored by former congressman J. T. Rutherford since 1955, the program honors three top 4-H boys and girls with medals and a rotating trophy. At 6:52 p.m. Monday Pecos Ambulance transported a lady with breathing trouble to Reeves County Memorial Hospital.
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J.T. Rutherford
Fort Stockton
U.S
16Th Congressional District
Texas
Pecos Ambulance Service
A. Lady
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Walter Campbell
Kewey E. Campbell
Pecos County
Pecos
Russell Kent Robinson
Lloyd Robinson
Howard County
David Lee Schwitzer
David Schweitzer
Midland County
Mark Halfmann
Leon’ Halfmann
Ector County
Brad Lance Bufkin
Larry Bufkin
Reeves County
Jody Naron
John Naron
Crockett County
Rebecca Joann Everett
R.J. Everett, Jr
Ozona
Miss Everett
Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers
Mother Davidson
Terry
Obituary and local 4-H winners noted in Alpine region
Dow Jones industrials fall as cotton futures edge higher and grain prices listed. Obituary: Jack McElroy, 67, Mentone, died at VA Hospital Big Spring. graveside service in Alpine Elm Grove Cemetery. 4-H winners named Walter Campbell and Rebecca Everett among others. detailed regional youth awards across Pecos, Howard, Reeves and surrounding counties.
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Jack McElroy
Alpine
Mentone
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Elm Grove Cemetery
Geeslin
Joan Triplett
Germany
R.W. Coffey
Balmorhea Water Rate Hearing Planned for Oct 31
Balmorhea City Council met Oct 12 at City Hall and announced a water rate hearing for Oct 31 regarding rates to Toyah. Updates included new street signs, sewer work begun with a stop until Health Department approval, and underground telephone cable construction town wide.
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Balmorhea
Helen Humphries
Toyah
Humphries
Texas Department of Health
Continental Telephone
al Miller
Clemente Alvarez
Billy Lozano
Chamber of
Police report on Pecos traffic collisions and a recovered pickup
Police investigators in Pecos detail October traffic incidents at East Third and Orange, Washington and South Hackberry, and West Third and Eddy, noting a hit and run, citations for no license and red-light violation, and the recovery of a late model pickup with switched plates tied to a theft case. The owner Jack Moody of Pecos is awaiting resolution.
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Pecos
East Third
Orange
Ruben Minjarez Rayos
Mesquite
Washington and
South Hackberry
Carolyn Leslie McNeil
Nebraska and
Deloras
Madison Wilkerson
Washington
W. 7Th
Alamo
Enid Davenport
Jefferson
Una Foreman Clark
Alfredo Tarango Chavez
West Third
Eddy
Chavez
Juanita Munson Mahaffey
Ross
Mahaffey
Don Carlile
Jack Moody
Cactus Street
Settlement reached in Pecos Division civil suit
A civil suit filed in 1975 in the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas led to a settlement announced by U.S. District Judge Norman C. Roettger Jr. The case, over $10,000 in proceeds from an insurance policy, names Francisco F. Paz as plaintiff and Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Servicemen's Group Life Insurance, and the Veterans Administration as defendants. Paz will receive $2,500 plus interest, Elena Paz $7,500, with sums sent to their attorneys. Elena M. Paz is named as a cross-defendant.
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Pecos
U.S. District Court
Western District of Texas
U.S
Norman C. Roettger Jr
Francisco F. Paz
Prudential Insurance Co
America
Life Insurance
Veterans Administration
Paz
Elena Paz
Elena M. Paz
Mexican citizen sentenced to 89 days in U S for illegal entry
Mario Padilla Murillo, 21, was sentenced by U S Magistrate Joe Segura in Marfa to 89 days for illegally entering the United States after pleading guilty. He has five prior apprehensions and was caught near Friona. The Border Patrol filed the complaint. he was remanded to U S Marshal custody for transfer to a Bureau of Prisons facility.
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U.S
Joe Segura
Marfa
United States
Mario Padilla-Murillo
Friona
U.S. Border Patrol
Padilla-Murillo
U.S. Marshal
Presidio County
Bureau of Prisons
October 1978 Calendar Events in Pecos Area
A weekly schedule lists local clubs meetings from Monday to Saturday in Pecos Balmorhea and surrounding venues. Highlights include Lions Club at Pecos Inn and Holiday Inn events, Pecos Evening Optimist and AA meetings, Reeves County Young Homemakers, Rotary, TOPS, and Senior Citizens Center activities with exercise, meals, and games.
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Lions Club
Pecos Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Alnon
S. Oak
Balmorhea
Reeves Community Council
10Th St
Pecos High Eagles
S P
Snyder
Holiday Inn
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Reeves County Young Homemakers
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
S. Oak St
Jaycees Set Shooting Education Program at Community Center
The Pecos Jaycees announce a shooting education program at the Community Center on Saturday October 21 at 10 a.m. It welcomes boys and girls ages 8 to 14 with training in gun handling safety and shooting teams. Call Buster Mills at 447-3361 for information.
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The
Pecos Jaycees
Reversing into Garage Ends in Wall Contact
The narration notes that drivers who back into their garages show a lack of precision in stopping before impact, highlighting the risk of hitting the wall as the vehicle comes to rest.
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Clarence R. Jones
Karla LaRue Simpson
Nolan Simpson
Stanton
Martin County
Beverly Anne Hoelscher
Jerone H. Hoelscher
Upton County
Sabrina Wilcoxson
Randall
Future Homemakers of America
Crockett High School
Patty Harris
Blanca Lopez
Francisca Hidalgo
Prissy Almendarez
Shonah Chance
Elodia Valles
Rosalinda Pena
Lissa Abila
Melinda Mora
Darcy Gooding
Leona Meeks
Robert Hinojos
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Diane Osborn
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Connie Wafer
Tissie Elliotts
Tissie Elliott
Mary Markham
Wynkin
Blinkin
Nod
Martha Moore
Toyahvale
Vern Daniels
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San Angelo
Allie Goffard
Donna Moore
Christy
Corpus Christi
Mrs. Fowler
Jaycees
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