Balmorhea High Students Welcome Freshmen With Pranks
Freshmen day at Balmorhea High featured seniors urging freshmen to push cars five blocks to school and later selling each freshman to a senior. The day ended with a repaint of Brogado Hill’s “B” and a Balmorhea Lake picnic. Kindergarten opens with 25 students taught by Mrs. Debbie Smithson. Shots for at risk pupils will be offered in October with dates announced. Eastern Star meets Thursday. Local movers include Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rodgers, new Soil Conservation assistant. Wayne Young joins South Plains University staff in Levelland. Bill McIntire and family attend a reunion in Fort Mc Kavett. Swine flu clinic prep planned for October with details to follow.
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Balmorhea
Brogado Hill
Balmorhea Lake
Balmorhea Visitors Over Labor Day Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Burton of San Angelo visited Balmorhea over Labor Day, staying with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Letheo. They returned Monday to work and school for Martie.
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Bobby Burton
San Angelo
Nelson Letheo
Martie
Frank Tuerck
Pam
Randy
Pecos
Harvey Moore
Marfa
Louis Collins
Robert Lee
Craig Huelster
Ft. Bliss
el Paso
Collins
Balmorhea
Mrs. Cape
Verhalen
Noon market report and regional farming notes
New York stocks slipped near 990 as Dow failed again to clear 1000. NYSE composite dipped. Amex rose slightly. Cotton futures gained with demand from grain markets. Fort Worth and Amarillo livestock bids showed widespread variability, with cattle and hogs unevenly priced. Local notices report residents visiting, scholarship fund, and several community updates amid rainfall and a Labor Day roping event cancellation.
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New York
Dow Jones
Dow
Wall Street
Wall Street Journal
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
Fort Worth
Tex
Conference Board Foresees 7 Percent Growth in 1976
The Conference Board projects the United States will grow about 7 percent in 1976, with inflation near 6 percent, framing the Bicentennial year with bold economic forecasts.
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Conference Board
Captain Hamiltons Company in 1776 linked Army through 1784
The fragment notes Congress disbanded the armed forces after the Revolutionary War, leaving a single link of continuous service in Capt Alexander Hamiltons Company of New York Artillery. About 80 men and 3 officers formed in 1776 and served at West Point and Fort Pitt in 1784, later becoming part of the 5th Field Artillery Regiment USA.
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Congress
United States Army
Alexander Hamilton
Company of
New York Artillery
West Point
Ft.Pitt
World Almanac
5Th Field Artillery
U.S.A
G I Forum candidates eye vacant Odessa seat
In Odessa the G I Forum may back Evelyn Almanza or Bob Bryant for the city council vacancy after Willie Hammond resigns on August 27. Almanza, 25, works at American Bank and teaches at Odessa College. The group’s president Manuel Hinojos says two candidates are exploring support, with others possible at tonight’s 8 p m meeting.
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Odessa
G.I. Forum
Evelyn Almanza
Forum
Miss Almanza
West Shell
American Bank
Odessa College
Willie Hammond
Hammond
Bob Bryant
Manuel Hinojos
Williams receives plaque for athletic academic honor
Kenneth Williams, a 1974 Pecos High School graduate and son of Mr and Mrs Frank Williams of 1014 Martinez Sr, earned an athletic honor for his freshman year in college. He made the honor roll with a 2.75 GPA or better, quarterbacked the Eagles to co champion status in his senior year, and now plays for the New Mexico State Lobos, receiving an engraved plaque depicting football players.
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Kenneth Williams
Pecos
Kenneth
Frank Williams
Martinez Sr
Williams
Eagles
New Mexico State Lobos
City Council Eyes Telephone Update
The Toyah city council met Tuesday with Mayor pro tem Jack Burchard John Blalock Lonnie Richards H S Haile and city secretary Virginia Gibson. Continental Telephone Co service manager Ron Ethridge outlined October installation of new equipment for better telephone service and explained the Fire Department alarm system which the council rejected as too expensive.
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Jack Burchard
John Blalock
Lonnie Richards
H.S. Haile
Virginia Gibson
Ron Ethridge
Continental Telephone Co
Toyah
Ethridge
Toyah News Briefs: Elections and Local Incidents
Gary Haile reports Toyah council votes to stop using the fire truck for water transport to a drilling rig ten miles southwest. Ruby Cummingham is named election judge for the mayoral race in November. Charles Swift returns from a Scott White hospital checkup in Temple. Jerry Mueller and family visit Robert Lee. Abb Ruby Cum mingham and grandson Donnie fish Spence Lake in Robert Lee. Anson McNeil reports vandalism on a 1970 Chevrolet Camaro owned by Ben McNeil, with $700 damage. Jesse Pratt reports battery theft from a car at the Roundup Club parking lot. Thieves cut cables to remove the battery.
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Toyah
Ruby Cummingham
Abb
Donnie
Spence Lake
Robert Lee
Glenn McNeil
Nebraska
Ben McNeil
Jesse Pratt
Mesquite
Texas receives 82 cents in federal aid per dollar paid
Texas collected 179.79 dollars per capita in federal aid in 1975 while ranking fifth in total aid at 2.2 billion dollars and 47th per capita. The comptroller notes low tax effort and untapped taxes reduce per capita aid, with projections of 2.6 billion in 1976 and 2.7 billion in 1977.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Bob Bullock
Rea
Congress
Barbs and Banter on Aging and Responsibility
A witty reflection contrasts youth and age with barbs about work, drinking, luck, and blame. It notes the shift from youthful defiance to listening for fate's end line and types of optimism, using a neighbor metaphor of a ship heeled to port. It ends with a playful quip about who received blame before the Russians were named.
Pecos community calendar highlights events this week
The list covers events across Pecos including school board meetings at the Administration Building at 5 30 p m on Friday and Rotary Field football at 8 p m. Also scheduled are Miss America 75 appearances at First Baptist Church, band boosters at Zavala Junior High, Lions Club meetings, county commission sessions, and various group gatherings through Tuesday evening with alcoholics anonymous and Al Anon phone contacts.
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Pecos Eagles
Carlsbad Cavemen
Rotary Field
First Baptist Church
Public Welcome
Zavala Junior High
Lions Club
American Motors Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos
TSTA
Eagle Boosters
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX
St. Community
Reeves County Evening Newspaper Billing and Staff Names
Local paper published evenings Monday through Friday in Reeves County lists staff including Peggy McCracke Lynn Webb Nova Gutierrez Diane Osborn D Doris Welch Rubén Baca Emily Galindo Carlos Nichols Mary Carpenter. Subscription rates shown for mail and delivery across Reeves and adjacent counties with AP rebroadcast rights noted.
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Peggy McCracke
Lynn Webb
Nova Gutierrez
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Cla Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
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Balmorhea High
Debbie Smithson
Eastern Star Meeting
Mike Rodgers
Delbert Mooney
The
Soil Conservation Office
Sally Byrd
Barron Moore
Molly
Marcy
Bob Moore
Monahans
Wayne Young
South Plains University
Levelland
Trade School of
Bill McIntire
Fort McKavett
McIntire
By Frankie Kingston
Florida Power & Light
Amarillo
Indus
Balmorhea Bears
Iraan
Bears
van Horn
Balmorhea Federal Credit Union
Louise Adams
Houston
Dallas
Kansas
Ray Brown
Callie Skidmore
Joe Kingston
Duncan Kingston Ranch
Johnnie Kingston
Associated Press
Alcoa
At&t
Ad Rich
Beth
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marathon
Mobile Oil
Monsanto
Penney
Phill Pet
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Std Oil Cl
Stand Inc
Sun Co
Texaco
Time Inc
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolworth
Xerox
Oi Forum Eyes Council
Farmington
Dick Scanlon
Scanlon
Sanderson
Alabama
Here
Stumberg Ranch
Terrell County
Dalton Hogg
Hogg
Border Patrol
Alpine
Fort Stockton
Department of Public Safety
Texas Rangers
Liquor Control Board
Gary Haile
Charles Swift
Scott-White Hospital
Temple
Jerry Mueller
Gwendolyn
S. Park
Petos Exter
Buckner News Alliance
Cedar
P.O. Box
Reeves County
Reeves
Ward
Loving
Culberson
Jeff Davis
Famil
Suj
Oreman
Royce
David Arias
CB Radio
Goodyear Revolving Charge
BankAmericard
American Express
Carte Blanche
Diners Club
Childrens& Baby
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