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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1976
Page
2
On opening morning of dove season, fields around Pecos rang with rifle fire as hunters began the season. The 1976 season runs to Oct 14 then resumes Jan 1 to Jan 18, with a 10 doves per day bag limit.
New York exchanges show a slight market decline as unemployment climbs to 7.9 percent in August. The Dow Jones average slips 1.74 to 983.05 with weak breadth, Citibank holds prime lending at 7 percent, and Textron leads active stocks down 5/8. Cotton futures ease as rains boost crop areas and holiday weekend activity dampens volume on the NYSE. Dow, Transports, Utilities and Stocks averages listed with modest moves.
Senator Bentsen announces grant support for colleges and universities and loan guarantees to build aquaculture facilities ranging from small tanks to large multi million dollar operations. He says the legislation marks a major shift toward farming waters as well as land. In a separate note, a puppy theft is reported, a purple pickup tied to Virginia Diaz, with a one pound black puppy with brown eyes.
Frankie Kingston reports Raymond his brother serves in Germany while Bill Magee of Lee Way Truck Lines visited Balmorhea during a run. Mr and Mrs W S Stevens sold their trailer to Mr and Mrs Duncan Kingston and plan to move to Big Spring near their daughter. The Kingstons will relocate into the Stevens trailer after the move.
In Mexico City Presidio County Judge W D Johnson county attorney Norman C Davis engineer Paul Garza and Rayford Price meet with Rodolfo Felix Valdes to discuss construction of an international bridge on the Rio Grande between Presidio and Ojinaga. The 11 year project advances as both nations review construction points and legal compliance.
The menu lists spaghetti with meat sauce and vegetables, beef and cheese tacos with sides, a charburger meal, beef stew and sides, plus fruit, desserts, bread, and milk. Dishes include lettuce, tomatoes, beans, okra, carrot sticks, and various desserts with beverages throughout.
A 1969 Plymouth driven by James Watts of 811 S Elm backed into Pedro Ramoss 1973 Mercury parked on the 200 block of S Oak Thursday afternoon. City police records.
H L Hearne Glass, former Pecos resident, died in an Abilene hospital. Interment will be in Georgetown. He served as foreman of the David D. Davis farms in Pecos from March 1949 until his 1970 retirement.
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