August Police Roundup Shows Variety Of Cases
The city police monthly bulletin shows 43 of 79 August cases solved. Theft and burglary led with 29 solved. one firearms case disposed. No drugs or sex crimes. 29 cases remain uncleared. Jail arrests totaled 59, traffic offenses 67, 21 traffic accidents with $1,231 in damages and one minor injury. Animal control logged 283 calls with 71 impounded. Property recovered worth $2,831.57, at 64.4 percent.
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Corporation Court
Balmorhea Seeks New Water Superintendent
The Balmorhea City Council seeks applicants for the water superintendent post to replace Manuel Guevara who resigned Tuesday. Applications are due by Sept 16 with Guevara's resignation effective Sept 30.
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Balmorhea
Manuel Guevara
Fake Sailor Holt Guilty On Car Theft And Uniform Warrant
Noel Alexander Holt was found guilty in federal court on two counts, one for car theft and one for unlawfully wearing a United States Navy uniform. A FBI warrant was issued July 28, 1967 in Monahans Texas. Holt received five years for the theft and six months for the uniform charge, with consecutive terms.
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Noel Alexander Holt
James Crane
Holt
United States Navy
FBI
Monahans
Texas
Ernest Guinn
el Paso
Crane
Rio Grande
Big Bend
Presidio
August Corporation Court Fines Total Summary
The August Corporation Court reports $1,542 in fines collected over 31 days. Drinking violations totaled $665, traffic fines reached $670 with no driver s license the most common offense. Thefts and disturbances of the peace trailed in the final tally.
Annual Sidewalk Sale Nears with Downtown Bargains
Carlton Williams of the Chamber Merchant Committee reminds the public the annual sidewalk sale is Sept 20. Shoppers may stroll downtown to see and buy quality merchandise as merchants promise many great bargains and a fine turnout.
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Carlton Williams
Chamber Merchant Committee
Williams
Ag Leaders Tour Pecos Station in West Texas
Dr H O Kunkel head of agriculture at Texas A and M led a Pecos stop on a three day air tour of nine stations. The group met Mayor Ed Schmidt and state representatives while touring the Texas A&M Agricultural Research Station at Pecos, the eighth stop. The tour noted funding limits delaying a soil physicist until next June.
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Pecos
West Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Texas A&m University Agricultural Research Station
Kunkel
Pecos Eagles face El Paso High in season opener
In a Texas outbreak update the state reports 140 screw worm cases in two days with Reeves County totaling nine, all in Balmorhea area, while Terrell and Val Verde each tally 11. The Pecos Eagles host El Paso High at Jones Stadium tonight at 7:30 MDT under new head coach Jerry Millsapps aiming for opening win. lineup features James Locker or Tom Segulla at ends and James Locker among others with Wein missing due to a broken finger.
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Reeves County
Texas
Austin
Ward County
Pecos County
Balmorhea
Terrell
Val Verde
Pecos
Jeff Davis
Kimble
Kenedy
Atascosa
Edwards
Mason
Reeves
Coke
Crockett
Sutton
Brewster
Jim Hogg
Gillespie
Pecos Eagles
Jones Stadium
el Paso
el Paso High Tigers
Eagle
Jerry Millsapps
Tigers
Eagles
Arles Wein
James Locker
Millsapps
Jimmy Hamilton
Tommy Segulla
Woody Phillips
Ted Medanich
Felix Urias
H!ul Glover
Todd Avery
David Bradley
Ronnie Kirkwood
Jim Ray
John Sturgeon
Danny Rodriguez
Stanley Wood
Missapps
Avery
Johnny Lamb
Medanich
Tommy Hooker
Jim Moorman
Arias
Biff Johnson
Jack Davis
Leslie Harris
Hamilton
Kirkwood
Bradley
A. C. Shorter
Charles Wein
Wein
Fort Stockton
Chamber of Commerce Directors Hear Committee Reports
Chamber of Commerce Board notes unanimous approval of a resolution backing highway construction from Ojinaga to Camergo and Chihuahua to boost Pecos tourism. Reports cover sugar beet plots, Home Rule Charter plans, Christmas lights, Texas Water Quality Board office, tourist outreach, county road bonds, United Fund setup, fall fair shows, and upcoming visits.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ojinaga
Mexico
Camergo
Chihuahua
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Pecos
Marfa
Presidio
A. B. Foster
Agriculture
Aw&i Sugar Company
Roddy Harrison
Merchants Committee
Texas Water Quality Control Board
Bob Hughes
Interstate 20
Hawks Printing
Hazel Haughton
Saturday Rites For Mrs Moore
Funeral services are set for 4 p m tomorrow at the Pecos Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs Sallie Moore 79 who died at Memorial Hospital at 1 45 a m Thursday Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery with W T Smith of the Church of Christ officiating She was born November 16 1888 in Temple and had resided in Pecos 50 years Survivors include her husband B E Moore one daughter Mrs Jake Woodley two sons Bennie of El Paso and Roy of Pecos 8 grandchildren and one brother Lee Lewellen of Carlsbad New Mexico
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Pecos Funeral Home
Sallie Moore
Memorial Hospital
Fairview Cemetery
W. T. Smith
Church of Christ
Moore
Temple
Pecos
13Th St
B. E. Moore
Jake Woodley
Bennie
el Paso
Roy
Lee Lewellen
Carlsbad, N. M
City Council Rejects Bid On West Airport Land Sale
In a regular session the city council unanimously rejected a bid by H I Cox for 15 680.00 to sell land in West Airport Addition. The rejection followed discussion that the bid was well below the appraised value. The council also approved August city bills totaling 17 145.20.
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H. I. Cox
Alfred Gomez
Harold Meyer
Autopsy Finds Natural Death in Pecos Youth Case
Justice of the peace J. F. Hightower ruled the death of 16 year old Javier Rodriguez as natural causes. The pathologist cited pneumonia as the cause and the autopsy followed his death Saturday night. Rodriguez, son of Mr and Mrs R E Valentin Rodriguez of Pecos, was buried in Santa Rosa Cemetery Tuesday.
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Justice of the Peace
J. F. Hightower
Javier Rodriguez
Hightower
Rodriquez
R. E. Valentin Rodriquez
Pecos
Santa Rosa
New HUD Act Aims Rural Texas Housing Improvements
L. W. Cappleman reports he was notified by Secretary Orville Freeman about rural housing provisions in the 1968 Housing Act. The act, part of a broader drive to eliminate substandard housing within a decade, targets rural areas including about 3 million such homes nationwide. President Johnson signed the act into law on August 1, 1968.
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L. W. Cappleman
Texas
Farmers Home Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Freeman
America
Johnson
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Jack A. Lindsay
South Plum
Lindsay
Postal Service Institute
Washington, D.C
Ag Leaders Tour Station
Ed Schmidt
Rep
Richard Slack
Mike Burkholder
Ben Jackson
J. T. Moore, Jr
Archie Scott
J. B. Kirklin
Bobby MccCorkle
S. C. Gartman
Trans- Pecos
Bom
Howard
Womens Division
Dick Naylor
Pecos United Fund
United Fund
Paul Tapp
Montgomery
Odessa
Ing
Oscar Hallmark
Delaware Aggregate Corp
Oscar Beck
Professional Pharmacy
Kenneth Scott
Toyah
Robert Kent
Texaco Co
Braden
Mrs.Moore
Tom Lewis
Pecos Enterprise
Lewis
Roswell Daily Record
Roswell
N.M
Barbara
S. Willow
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