Peggy Moore Heads Future Homemakers of America
The Balmorhea FHA chapter installed officers for the 1976-77 school year led by Mrs. Jane Moore. Peggy Moore became president and named Anita Sanchez vice president Connie Granado second vice president Anna Jasso secretary Alexa Galileo historian Prissy Rodriguez reporter Elodia Martinez. Special guests included Cora Moore Harve Moore and Charlie Moore along with Oma Prew an honorary state member.
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Balmorhea
Future Homemakers of America
Jane Moore
FHA
Peggy Moore
Moore
Anita Sanchez
Connie Granado
Anna Jasso
Alexa Gallego
Prissy Rodriguez
Elodia Martinez
Balmorhea Meeting Outlines Plans For Year
About 45 attendees heard the president outline plans for the coming year. Newly installed officers acted as hosts and provided refreshments to members and guests. The school board met with President C T Gray, approving minutes and a board of equalization report to maintain last year’s tax. Booster club postponed and AARP to meet next Tuesday with a surprise program. School menu listed across the week. Resignation of cafeteria assistant Fidela Reyes and temporary replacement by Gloria Garcia noted.
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C.T. Gray
Board of Equalization
Balmorhea
Fidela Reyes
Gloria Garcia
Kissinger Shot Rumor Denied by Washington Officials
Officials in Washington dismissed a circulating rumor that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had been shot in Africa. The denial stated Kissinger had been contacted after the reports emerged, but the rumor’s origin remains unclear.
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New York
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Africa
Kissinger
Noon Market Report Shows Mixed Signals Across Indices
The Dow rose to 992.35 at noon in a third-session advance led by gains on the NYSE. Market breadth favored advances with CitiBank rate news and Kissinger rumor weighing sentiment. Cotton futures eased while grain prices and stock averages showed modest shifts in midmorning trading.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Federal Reserve
Wall Street
Henry Kissinger
White House
State Department
Kissinger
Africa
Union of South Africa
Citibank
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Cotton Futures New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Chicago
Dow Jones
A.m
Desegregation consent decree ends Midland case
In Midland U S District Judge D W Suttle signed a consent decree resolving a 5percent desegregation lawsuit affecting fourth through sixth graders for the 1977 78 school year. The plan, shaped by John Skogland and the Midland School Board with DOJ and others, bars appeals and sets a cluster program.
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Midland
U.S
D.w.suttle
Midland School Board
U.S. Department of Justice
John Skogland
Midland Federal Court
Suttle
Skogland
San Antonio
Kissinger Visit Flares Violence in Cape Town Townships
Cape Town police maintain tight vigil as two-day Kissinger visit coincides with looting arson and firebombing in black and mixed townships. Two killed, including a 15-year-old girl, as power outages deepen chaos and authorities brace for further attacks.
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Johannesburg
So Africa
Cape Town
Henry A. Kissinger
Episcopal Church approves women priests in split vote
The Episcopal Church voted to sanction women for priestly roles amid deep division. About 50 percent supported the change in bloc votes by lay and clergy delegates, while roughly 40 percent of bishops opposed the policy. Critics warned of potential court challenges and calls for safeguards were rejected, leaving a divided church on the issue.
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Minneapolis
Episcopal Church
Geroge F. Regas
Pasadena
Calif
Gordon R. Plowe
Mitchell
S.D
Homer Rogers
Dallas
David Collins
Atlanta
Texas weekend forecast shows warm, partly cloudy conditions
The Associated Press reports scattered showers and thundershowers across Texas this afternoon with a trend toward clear to partly cloudy and warm skies for the weekend. Pecos hit 92, Presidio cooled to 80, and Wednesday highs ranged from 96 in Waco to 70s in the Davis Mountains while Panhandle and mountain areas faced storms and no major temperature changes nationwide.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Pecos
West Texas
Waco
Dallas
Davis Mountains
Presidio
Lantic
Ocean
Catskill Mountains
New York
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England
Virginia
Plains
Florida
Rockies
Inter-Mountain
Carolinas
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Duluth
Minn
Key West
Fla
Naval Air Station
Potential killer lurks in houses heating danger warned
Fire Marshall Dick Wadley warns of deadly home fires caused by dirty or defective heating equipment. He urges immediate cleaning and repairs, professional checks, removal of rubber hoses on heating or cooking units, and compliance with city rules to stay warm safely.
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Dick Wadley
National Fire Protection Association
Wadley
Senate studies partial ban on abortion funds
The Senate weighs a partial ban on federal abortion funds. A House measure would bar federal funds for abortions through Medicaid except to save a woman's life. The plan attached to a Labor Health and Education appropriations bill faces veto risk and legal challenges.
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Washington
Senate
House
Departments of Labor and Health Education and Welfare
Ford
House Senate
Silvio Conte
Rmass
Congress
Ment
Historic Cafeteria Menu Card Gathers Comfort Foods
A long listed school or institutional menu features corn dogs with mustard and milk, potato salad, baked tomato casserole, peanuts, pizza, buttered corn, mixed greens, gelatin with topping. It includes macaroni and cheese, pinto beans, carrot slaw, peanut butter raisin cookies, cornbread, milk, sloppy joes, fries, lettuce, tomato, and chocolate cake. Chicken fried steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry apple crunch, hot rolls and milk, with a note that all menu items may change.
McCarthy on Welfare, Abortion and Drugs in 1970s Debate
McCarthy argues Carter is more activist but both parties fail to address unemployment poverty and inflation. He favors a national welfare system over make work jobs, supports less restrictive abortion laws, and backs immediate legalization of marijuana with a state program for heroin addicts. He hopes to wake up the sleeping majority and make politics matter again amid wavering economic policy.
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Didates
Carter
Ford
McCarthy
Franklin Roosevelt
Radio antenna theft at Pecos Ramada Inn reported
Police say N D Chancellor of Rising Star told officers pair of CB antennas valued at 76 dollars were taken from a car parked at the Ramada Inn. In a separate report, Epifanio Hernandez 20 Airbase Apts was charged with theft under five dollars and jailed on drunk charges after taking wine from Town and Country Grocery. No injuries in two city accidents. 1 15 p m Bailey backed into van, 9 00 block Adams and 3 43 p m Florez struck Garrett on Washington Street. Fire call: 2 01 p m at 822 S Hickory Street motor smoking.
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Pecos
N.D
Rising Star
Ramada Inn
Epifanio Hernandez
Airbase
Apts
Third St
Barbara Bailey
S. Cherry St
Standard Coffee Service
New Orleans
Adams
Washington Street
Raul Florez
Eighth St
Bernadette Garrett
Fifth St
Florez
Pecos Tex Daily Staff and Pricing Notice
Listing shows Pecos Texas newspaper staff with editors Dory Welch and Doris Welch and reporters Peggy McCracken Lynn Webb Nova Gutierrez Diane Osborn Ruben Baca Emily Galindo Carlos Nichols Mary Carpenter. Rates include 16 cents newsstand, 2.88 monthly carrier, 34.26 annual within Reeves and adjacent counties, and higher rates for other counties and states. Service to servicemen and students listed with reduced rates. Associated Press membership noted for republication rights. Second class postage paid Pecos Texas.
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Peggy McCracken
Lynn Webb
Nova Gutierrez
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Bank officer testifies in Wheatheart fraud trial
AMARILLO Tex AR Three former Wheatheart Inc officials are on trial for fraud and conspiracy. A Fort Worth bank officer testified Wheatheart mortgaged the same feed to two banks simultaneously. Kenneth Porter vice president of First National Bank in Fort Worth said Wheatheart would have to payoff the Fort Worth loan with interest before a second mortgage could be placed. Porter said his bank lost 700000 from loans to the cattle feeding firm. The three officers facing 28 counts include John O Pitts Jr J D Hodges and Henry F Shrum. Porter added the bank may have earned 12 million in interest over ten years.
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Amarillo, Tex
Wheatheart, Inc
Fort Worth
Wheatheart
Kenneth Porter
First National Bank
First National Bank and Trust Co
Oklahoma City
Porter
John O. Pitts Jr
J.D. Hodges
Woodward Okla
Henry F. Shrum
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