Halloween plans at local centers and events this week
Preschoolers at 1662 W Third St host a 11 15 am Halloween program. Amistad Lions sell candy after 6 pm Thursday to fund civic projects. Toyah School Carnival Saturday at 6 features chili hot dogs pies and a tasting booth. Youth Choir presents Now Hear It Again at First Baptist Sunday 7 30 pm. B P W Club meets 7 30 Federated Parlor tonight. Rotary Club gathers noon tomorrow at Holiday Inn.
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W. Third Street
James Hefner
Amistad Lions Club
Toyah
Pat Goodnight
Goodnight
First Baptist Church
George Young
B&pw
Federated Parlor
Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Pecos High School visitation draws large crowd
Last night's parent visitation at Pecos High School drew a large crowd of parents and students with reports exceeding 150 attendees. People who brought photos to the Enterprise office must pick them up by Friday or they become property of the newspaper. Mrs. Jane Moore, Balmornea Homemaking teacher, was named president of the Texas Vocational and Technical Association after being elected at the Austin meeting.
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Pecos High School
Enterprise Office
Jane Moore
Balmornea
Texas Vocational and Technical Association
TVTA
Austin
Moody Foundation probe links to Texas House Speaker
The Houston Post reports House Speaker Gus Mutscher joined the board of Investors Preferred Life Insurance Co. after naming Louis Dugas Jr. to head a probe of charitable foundations. The report notes Dugas and Moody lobbyist James C. Day had a loan arrangement, and questions persist about gifts and loans involving Mutscher and his aides.
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Houston
Gus Mutscher
Moody Foundation
Houston Post
Shearn Moody Jr
Investors Preferred Life Insurance Co
Little Rock
Ark
Texas
Arkansas
Mutscher
Louis Dugas Jr
Orange County
the Post
Dugas
James C. Day
Brookshire
Moody
Day
Austin
The
Post
S. Rush McGinty
McGinty
Galveston
W. L. Moody & Co
Anser
Weather summary: cool front and scattered showers sweep Texas
Gusty winds and heavy showers moved across Central Texas into eastern areas overnight. A tornado watch was briefly in effect for 28 counties but was cancelled without any confirmed tornadoes. Rainfall clustered along the cool front from Tyler to Del Rio, with clearing skies statewide except South Central and Southeast Texas.
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Associated Press
Texas
Weather Service
Austin
Mineral Wells
Brownwood
Temple
Waco
Fort Worth
Dallas
Palestine
Tyler
Oklahoma
Lufkin
College Station
San Antonio
del Rio
South Central
Dalhart
Lubbock
Minor injuries avoided as train strikes truck at Willow Street crossing
Buddy Taylor of Artesia New Mexico narrowly escaped injury when an eastbound train struck the right rear of his truck at Willow Street Texas and Pacific engineer Felix Jarrett of Big Spring said he received a signal to proceed but could not see the truck. Police report no injuries and minor damage to the truck. David Reyes of Odessa in satisfactory condition after a prior fall. Reyes owns Community Janitor Service and was treated at Memorial Hospital.
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Buddy Taylor
Artesia
New Mexico
Willow Street
Texas
Pacific
Felix Jarrett
Big Spring
David Reyes
S. Palm
Odessa Medical Center
Reyes
Memorial Hospital
Rain Keeps Cotton Unharmed in Pecos Amid Light Moisture
Cotton farmers in Pecos report no injuries from the light 0.01 inch rain over 24 hours. SWIG Mill notes minimal moisture. Southwest Texas forecasts show cloudy days with showers Friday through Sunday, cooler in the north, warmer in the south, with lows in the mid 40s to 60s and highs generally in the 60s to 70s.
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Pecos
Swig Mill
Texas
Counter Checks Posing Problem At City Stores
Pecos store and bank managers report a persistent problem with bad and insufficient counter checks. They describe losses from personalized checks as bigger than blank counter checks and say nothing short of broader banking fixes will ease the issue.
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Mike Oestreicher
Pecos
Ernest Ballard
Foodway Stores
S.eddy St
Lawrance Standley
Safeway Stores Inc
S. Eddy St
Robert Hopper
Piggly Wiggly
W. 3Rd St
Robert Hill
Hill’s
Grocers
Cedar St
Moore Jr
First National Bank
Archie B. Scott
Security State Bank
Ballard
Standley
Hill
Hopper
Midland
Odessa
Safeway
Standeley
National food bank plan stirs Capitol Hill clash
A proposed national food bank to build grain reserves faces partisan strain as supporters push for action and opponents call it wasteful. The House Agriculture Committee backed the bill 21 to 10 despite Nixon administration opposition, with Rep. Neal Smith urging an emergency tag to speed debate.
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Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
National Food Bank
Food Bank
Nixon
House Agriculture Committee
Neal Smith
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Weight system accuracy vouched by SWIG Mill official
Superintendent Bill Bickley, local package supplier, confirms the accuracy of the 21 pound tare weight for cotton bale packaging in Pecos. Edward Breihan of SWIG Cotton El Paso had urged weights to be checked. Bale price is per pound with tare subtracted, tare essential to farmer and buyer.
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SWIG
Bill Bickley
Pecos
Bickley
Edward Breihan
Swig Cotton
el Paso
Pecan Growth Talk Set by Rotary Club
Dr Richard M Taylor of Texas A M University Research Station El Paso will discuss a new gibberellic acid based technique to speed pecan grafted seedling growth at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Holiday Inn The talk covers pecan industry prospects for Pecos and faster production timelines than traditional two year plus graft periods.
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Pecos
Holiday Inn
Richard M. Taylor
Texas A&m University Research Station
el Paso
Richard
Police arrest murder suspect in Mesquite killings
Mesquite and Hunt County officers arrested a man described as a key suspect in the slayings of Forrest Covey 22 Jena Covey 19 and Susan Shaw 16. He was taken near Quinlan at 3 am after an all night stakeout and is being interrogated by authorities from Mesquite Dallas County and Hunt County.
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Mesquite, Tex
Dallas
Hunt County
R. W. Wood
Quinlan
Wood
Mesquite
Glen W. Grayson
Dallas County
Clarence Jones
Greenville
Forrest Covey
Jena
Susan Shaw
Shaw
Lake Tawakoni
Coveys
Fright Night Trick or Treat Moved to Saturday
Pecos residents are told to expect Halloween events on Saturday October 16 instead of Sunday October 31. Mayor E W Schmidt announced the change Tuesday citing conflicts with Sunday Halloween and deeming Saturday more appropriate for trick or treating activities.
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Pecos
E. W. Schmidt
Schmidt
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Enterprise News
Ray Whitley
Bessie Haynes
N. M
Texas and Pacific
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
U.S
House
Rotary
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