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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1975
Page
2
Barstow residents filled the community center for a birthday party honoring Rev. Jose Valadez with a Pecos Mariachi band joining the celebration. Attendees enjoyed sandwiches dips punch tostadas and cake as gifts were presented.
Several community events are noted including Brownies and Girl Scouts meetings with leadership training in Pecos October 21 and 22, Barstow 4-H Club forming a junior chapter led by Eunice Koenning and Alice Hickey, and a PTO meeting September 30 to discuss a Halloween carnival. Also reported are local visits, a birthday party, sports fans traveling to Dallas Cowboys game, and Armando Rivas joining the Army.
Davie, director of area development for Community Public Service, was elected president of the Texas Industrial Development Council established to attract industry to Texas. He lives in Fort Worth and has worked for the electric company the past 11 years. He predicted Texas economy would improve and many firms would pick Texas for new plants next year. Reagan Brown reported on Governor's Texas First in Industry program.
Benny Snodgrass remained in Memorial Hospital with leg injuries after being run over by a truck around 11:34 a.m. Monday near the Rogers Exploration offices on Balmorhea highway. He was treated and re admitted after initial release and transported by ambulance.
New York stocks drift lower as Dow closes near 818, with 2 to 1 losers over gainers in quiet trading. Merck leads NYSE volume while gold stocks fall on another bullion price drop. Livestock and commodity prices in Amarillo and Fort Worth reports show mixed moves across cattle hogs and sheep. Gold prices abroad ease with London, Paris, Frankfurt and Zurich quotes all down.
South Africa welcomed 610,170 tourists in 1974, a 28 percent decline from 1973. Spain and other traditional sources fell by over 12 percent, while Europe rose 9 percent. U S visitors totaled 42,651, down 1.2 percent, with minister Marais Steyn noting 1974 as a year Americans stayed home.
The National Geographic Society reports helicopters are in demand by oil and coal firms and are used for mercy missions herd livestock dust crops traffic control crime fighting forest firefighting reseeding pollution work and pollution patrols from San Francisco Bay to remote lakes. The first helicopter used for useful work appeared in 1942 when a Sikorsky model delivered to the U S Army Air Corps. Witnesses described its maiden flight as astonishing with one observer saying a windmill just flew by.
Tuesday events include Alcoholics and Al-Anon at the citizen's center on E. 10th Street with evening meetings and a Social Security representative at 902 E. 10th Street mornings. Wednesday September 24 features a birthday party for September birthdays at the Senior Citizens Center from 3 to 5 and a Downtown Lions meeting at noon at the Holiday Inn. Thursday offers Morning Optimists at 6:30 a.m. at Ramada Inn and Rotary Club at the Holiday Inn at noon. Monday lists Evening Lions Club at Motor Inn and Pramistad Lions Den at 7:30 p.m.
A humor column argues that many news crises seem exaggerated and that people rely on knowing who rather than knowing how. The piece notes superficial reporting and mocks the pet food section as a sign of broader decline while recognizing the difficulty of finding work.
The Reeves County paper lists pricing for evening Monday to Friday issues at 15 cents per copy, with home delivery options at $2.38 monthly plus 12 cents tax or $28.56 yearly plus $1.44 tax. Mail rates vary by region, and a note credits dispatches to the Ad Press.
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