Balmorhea School Enrollments Rise With Back-to-School
Balmorhea schools expect enrollment to climb after a slow start with 330 total pupils and 119 in high school. Patty Towler named part time librarian with aide, and about 295 students to be served. Balmorhea Bears host Van Horn Friday. junior high versus Fort Davis Saturday. A shower Friday after the festival brought needed rain. first of summer.
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Balmorhea
Patty Towler
Balmorhea Bears
van Horn
Fort Davis
Balmorea
Stock Market Mixed As Rebound Fizzles In Noon Trade
NEW YORK AP The Dow Jones industrial average rose modestly Tuesday, then slipped to 873.18 at noon as gainers led losers 7 to 6. Analysts noted a rebound from July-August slump but warned of slow activity indicating fears of a slowing economy and higher interest rates. NYSE composite held at 53.44 while AMEX indices edged up. volume reached 6.87 million shares. Local notes cover cattle prices, grain quotes, and school class officer elections in Balmorhea with community updates.
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Middle South
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Chicago
Livestock
Fort Worth
Tex
Sons
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Indus
Edwards Plateau ranch hosts range tour with Gov Briscoe
Edwards Plateau ranch near Fort McKavett will welcome hundreds for a September 29 range tour of Jimmy Powell Ranch. Powell shows long term grassland improvement and a feeding program guided by Texas Extension Service forage analyses. Powell’s stocking rate reaches 60 animal units per section with deer. he runs sheep cattle Angora goats horses. The tour includes a barbecue lunch at Fort McKavett and a Briscoe speech. Sponsors include the Texas Section of the Society for Range Management Eldorado Divide SWCD USDA Soil Conservation Service UT System and Texas A&M System.
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Fort McKavett
Powell
Dolph Briscoe
Edwards Plateau
Eldorado Divide
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Briscoe
Texas Section
The
Society For Range ‘Management
Texas extends jobless benefits amid rising insured unemployment
The Texas Employment Commission announces a new period of extended unemployment benefits in Texas and other states after a higher national rate of insured unemployment. Eligible claimants include those who filed an initial jobless claim within a year before August 28 1977 and exhausted regular benefits. Retroactive claims are allowed within 21 days. Benefits are financed equally by federal funds and state trust funds and can amount to up to half of regular benefits.
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Texas
Texas Employment Commission
Home Economics Cooperative Education Program Preps Students
Doveta Hunt of Pecos High School reports 15 students enrolled in the two year HECE program. Participants study and work in occupations such as child care, house hold employment, hotel aide, alterations, dietary aide, seamstress, millinery, food service, and textile testing. The course includes one hour daily related instruction and 15 hours weekly work earning two credits after 175 clock hours of instruction and 525 hours of work. Students must be 16 or older, in grades 11 or 12, legally employable, and motivated for vocational training.
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Doveta Hunt
Pecos High School
Seaver and Foster honored as NL August Player and Pitcher
Tom Seaver posted a 6-0 record with 52 strikeouts in 60 innings and a 2.20 ERA as NL Pitcher of the Month, while George Foster led with 12 homers and 28 RBIs and hit .293 to win NL Player of the Month for August. This marks the pair’s second monthly win this season after earlier honors.
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New York
Cincinnati
Tom Seaver
George Foster
Seaver
Foster
New York Mets
Record of Civil and Criminal Docket Actions
District Court docket lists civil filings and dispositions including Ernesto Rodriguez Carrasco ex parte petition for occupational license filed Sept 2. Dispositions note Doug Willis vs Nathan Dickson agreed judgment for 3000 on Aug 15 and several dismissals Aug 17 18. Criminal dispositions include Ricky Lujan burglary probation revocation four years and James Lee Griggs ten year probated sentence for drugs Aug 29. Divorces granted and county court suit over unpaid account. Police report notes simple assault against Juan Valles. Accidents include Lottie Mattox Bradley and Margarita Navarette.
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District Court
Ernesto Rodriguez Carrasco
Doug Willis
Nathan Dickson
Toribio Acosta
Bankers Commercial Life Insurance
Opal M. Jenson
Oscar S. Beck
Mary Lou Mendoza
Francisca Almanza Martinez
Ricky Lujan
James Lee Griggs
Elva Marie Sais
Enrique Lara Sais
Sherry Dee Dominguez
Reynaldo Garcia Dominguez
Wilburn Ray Allcorn
Edna Elizabeth Allcorn
Connie L. Griggs
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Mike O'Leary
Orin Gean Walker
DWI
Benjamin F. Brooks, Jr
JP Court
Randy C. Pruitt
Joel R. Juarez
Mariano Morales
Pablo Franco
Eddy Ontiveros
Merce Rayos
W. Fourth St
Margaret Millan
D" St
Teresa Valles
Juan Valles
Lottie Mattox Bradley
Pecos
Margarita Navarette
Barstow
Calendar of Pecos area events September 1977
Calendar lists local happenings in Pecos for September 1977 including Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon meetings, TOPS club sessions, Optimist Club, Girl Scout activities, Catholic War Veterans special meeting, Western Club, area jamboree and Pecos County Music Association event. Also notes a traffic collision on South Pecan Street and ambulance call for an Odessa transfer.
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St. Community
Sheraton Motor Inn
el Paso
Pecos County
Volved
South Pecan Street
Bradley
Navarette
William W. Thomson
Virgin Islands
Ruben Valenzuela
Holiday toll 469 by the Associated Press
The Labor Day weekend saw 469 traffic fatalities nationwide over three days from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, just under the Safety Council’s expected 470 to 570 deaths. The council noted about 400 deaths occur in a typical late summer weekend, with 501 fatalities in 1976 and a peak of 688 in 1968.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
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Stacy Moore
Tom Bryan
Lori Parker
Deloris Carrasco
Lucy Montoya
Danny Carrillo
Connie Granada
Anna Jasso
Arsenia Munez
Johnnie Baeza
Amelia Alvarez
Lee Roy Hernandez
Irene Montoya
Yolanda Munez
Henry Natividad
Bridget Durante
Delores Carrasco
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Stella Ornelas
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Exxon
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Ray Crage
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Balmorhea School
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Pecos Tejas
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Doris Welch
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Reeves County
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Tualatin
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Connersville
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Ron Cerrudo
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Lee Elder
the World Almanac
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Salu Asenbs
Ouipleujagues
Safiu
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Rufus A. Elliott
Apolinar O. Prieto
Grace Orona Prieto
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Morning Tops Club
Federation Parlor
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
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