Meet the Eagles night roars with football pride
Eagle football players sat in the V for victory formation during Meet the Eagles night in the high school gym. Freshmen and JV were introduced with cheerleaders, followed by coaches and booster club president Jimmy Bryant who welcomed the crowd. Athletic Director Jerry Millsapps presented the program as the band and cheerleaders closed with music. A large audience attended.
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Eagle
Eagles
Jimmy Bryant
Eagle Booster Club
Jerry Millsapps
Nora Gutierrez
Pecos Fall Fair Booths Open for Reservation
Pecos Fall Fair set for October 7 to 9 with livestock and horse shows and a carnival. Last year booth holders must reserve by September 10 to keep their space. other booths assigned first come, first served. Home gardeners urged to enter exhibits. Contact Chamber of Commerce to reserve.
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Pecos
Harvey Ramsey
Ramsey
Chamber of Commerce Office
Draggin Main Life and Small Town Observations
Gene Douglas recalls small town rituals of dragging Main with loud pipes and bold brags, then notes misperceptions of “in” status and nearby spots like Jobe's Drive-In and the bowling alley. He shares Odessa anecdotes, a Spanish class ordeal, and a cable tower idea sparked by a water tower coincidence.
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Gene Douglas
Jobe
West Texas Cooperative buys Pecos cotton oil mill stake
West Texas Cooperative Oil Mill takes ownership of the Pecos SWIG cotton oil mill and its 12 gins from SWIG, with plans to stabilize year round work and boost Pecos area agriculture. The ceremony, attended by about 285 people, marks a new era for the mill and local farmers.
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West Texas Cooperative
Lynn Webb
West Texas Cooperative Oil Mill Board
Jack Hines
Pecos
Hines
Bob Bickley
H.D. Glover
Swig
Reeves County
West Texas Cooperative Oil Mill
Bickley
J.B. Kirklin
Agriculture
John White
Carl Cox
State Commission On Fiber and Protein
West Texas Cooperative Oil Mill Organization
Hayner
WTCOM
Anderson Clayton Company
Pecos Cotton Oil Co
Wall
Lorenzo
Acuff
Slaton
O’donnell
Lamesa
Knott
Big Spring
Midkiff
Stanton
Midland
Bill Pigman
Darrell Glover
Hospital adjusts visiting hours at Reeves County Memorial
Reeves County Memorial hospital administrator Vance Kelley says the visit hours are changed for patient welfare. Visiting times are 10 a.m. to 10 a.m., 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Vance Kelley
Flash floods threaten parts of Texas statewide
Torrential downpours caused flash flood threats in Texas with Pecos reporting 20 inches of rain Tuesday night and Dallas Fort Worth Airport seeing 4.05 inches. Tornado sightings were reported in Travis and Rusk counties while West Texas faced scattered thunderstorms and showers tonight and Thursday. Temperatures ranged from 58 to 95 as radar tracked heavy rainfall around Junction Sonora Brady and Mason with residents warned to watch rising water at road crossings.
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Associated Press
Texas
Pecos
West Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas
Tarrant
Pecos River
Junction
Sonora
Brady
Mason
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Texarkana
Galveston
Amarillo
Dalhart
Panhandle
Cotulla
Odessa lawyer given probation
A Texas lawyer Selwin Weber, 58, of Odessa, received two years of unsupervised probation for his role in a $16 million stock fraud case. He was secretary of Select Enterprises, convicted with five others for peddling stock with little backing.
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NEW York
Selwin Weber
Odessa
Tex
U.S
Weber
Select Enterprises, Inc
Select
Howard L. Brookshire
Brookshire, Tex
Thief urged to labor for charity in scripture
A biblical exhortation from Ephesians 4 28 calls for the thief to stop stealing and instead work honestly with his hands so he may share with those in need. The verse emphasizes personal reform and charitable giving as a result of diligent labor.
Harrises sentenced to 11 to life in Hearst kidnapping case
Emily and William Harris were sentenced to 11 years to life in prison for kidnapping, robbery, and car theft. They face a separate 19 count trial in Alameda County for the February 4 1974 Hearst kidnapping, with authorities planning transfer this week. The pair spoke from a lectern, declaring revolutionary stances as they showed little reaction to the judge's remarks.
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Harrises
Hearst
Los Angeles
Emily
William Harris
California
Eiress
Patricia Hearst
Alameda County
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Emily Harris
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Senior Citizens’ Center
Second Street
E. Highway 80
Glover
W.F. Hayner
Las Cruces
N.M
Roger Buddington
Wilbur Gaines
George Spence
el Paso National Bank
Harry Moore
National Weather Service
Travis County
Rusk County
Howard Sussman
Lubbock
Nevada
Goldfield-Candelaria Cooperative Mining Co
Sussman
Shell
Securities and Exchange Commission
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