City grapples with phone franchise limits and water access
City officials debate utilities control as Bell and Continental balk at franchise removal. The council backs joining a Municipal League effort while addressing water service outside city limits, costly mains, and exemptions. Officials warn of unserved users and call for six inch mains funded by users to curb line bundling.
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Jesus Muniz
Bickley
John Dillinger
Billy the Kid
Fernandes
Bell Telephone Company
Pigman
Connie Morris
Continental
Muniz
Manuel Trujillo
Municipal League
Agriculture School
S.B. Hunt
Hunt
Trujillo
Ag School
Bob Dean
Crockett Junior High
Noontime Market Mixed as Dow Rises After Early Losses
The New York stock market showed a mixed day with the Dow advancing 2.49 to 1,016.54 at midday after an initial decline. Declines in the NYSE list were modest, as investors viewed a government report on durable goods as skewing early sentiment and then bought on the dip. Florida Power & Light led NYSE activity, slipping 1/2 point as volume reached about 10.35 million shares.
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New York
Wall Street
Florida Power & Light
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Fort Worth
Tex
Advice From Ann Landers on Divorce and Health Matters
Dear Ann answers warn against staying married for appearances and endorse consulting a lawyer about divorce. A lab technician exposes buried hospital mistakes, alcoholism, and elder doctors, urging readers to demand patient welfare and accountability. The column promotes Ann Landers's dating booklet and requests 50 cents for mail order.
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Ann
TECH
Ann Landers
P.O
Elgin
Ill
Juveniles Ordered To Report Over Vandalism at Pecos Funeral Home
Three juvenile boys were ordered to report to juvenile officer John Lewis after allegedly causing about 50 worth of damage by breaking several windows at the former Pecos Funeral Home at 201 W Fifth St with rocks. A dog killed 15 chickens at Mrs. Robert Natividads home after entering her yard and breaking into a pen at 806 E Eighth St. CBs stolen Two citizens band radios valued at 328 were taken from Goodyear Service Store at 300 S Cedar St during the day Monday. manager David Arias reported no one was watching.
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Charles Smith
Bickley
Pigman
San Marcos
Housing Authority
Penn Tech
John Lewis
Pecos Funeral Home
Fifth St
Robert Natividad
Eighth St
Cbs
Citizens Band
Goodyear
S. Cedar St
David Arias
Deaths Services for John Edgar Cravey 90
John Edgar Cravey 90 of Menard father of Edgar Thurman Cravey of Pecos died at Leisure Lodge in Brady. Services at 10 a.m. Friday at Mission Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Caveness Cemetery. Born August 1 1886 in Mason County he moved to Menard in 1955 after retiring from farming and ranching. World War I veteran and Baptist church member survived by widow Alpha Wilhelm two sons Edgar Thurman Cravey Pecos William Herman Cravey Hobbs NM eight grandchildren four great grandchildren and a daughter in law. Pallbearers will be grandsons.
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John Edgar Cravey
Menard
Edgar Thurman Cravey
Pecos
Mission Funeral Home
Caveness Cemetery
Mr. Cravey
Leisure Lodge
Brady
Mason County
Texas
Maudie Caveness
Mason
Cravey
Baptish Church
Alpha Wilhelm
San Angelo
William Herman Cravey
Hobbs
N.M
Jaycees welcome national guests for I B meeting
Bits from Monahans announce tonight’s I B meeting at the Jaycee Building with Doc Hanks Texas Jaycee President from Corsicana and colleagues from 10 to 12 Texas cities. Also Fort Stockton reports school project on schedule with a tentative Oct 12 trustees election plan. Carlsbad seeks 3,000 for retiree ads and Monahans votes 200,000 FAA grant for Hurd Memorial Airport resurfacing amid a 435,000 bid.
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Pigman
Highway Department
Maxey
Monahans
Monahans Jaycees
Jaycee
Doc Hanks
Texas
Corsicana
I-B
Lubbock
el Paso
Fort Stockton
Stanton
Jaycees
Southern Street
Federal Aviation Administration
Hurd Memorial
Community Notices: Local events and talks this week
Thursday senior Girl Scout Troop 151 meets at Girl Scout House at 5 30 p m. Young Homemakers supper at the homemaking department at 6 p m. Monday Swine Flu vaccination volunteers meeting at the Community Center at 7 p m phone 447 2765. Wednesday Vic Shackeford at the Community Center for public talk at 5 30 p m.
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Vic Shackeford
Grain and stock averages slide in Chicago and New York
Wheat No 2 hard winter quotes at 2.96 and 2.82 cents per bushel with bids for No 2 corn and oats at 2.61 2.69 and 1.38 percent respectively. Soybeans No 1 yellow at 6.09 percent with nearby notes. New York Dow Jones industrial avg at 1012.30 down 1.75, Transports 221.95 down 0.65, Utilities 98.19 down 0.42, Stocks 316.74 down 0.76.
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Chicago
New York
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Pecos Daily News Contact and Rates Notice
The Pecos Daily News lists staff including Peggy McCracken as managing editor Lynn Webb city editor and others. It details publication area Reeves County delivery times and varying rates for in county out of county and military or student mail with associated yearly charges and tax. It notes AP membership rights and second class postage in Pecos Texas.
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Peggy McCracken
Lynn Webb
Nova
Soe
Sabes
Bing
Diane Oon
Display Y Nees
Doris Ruben Baca Soke
Fone
Emily Galindo
Suj
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
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Saragosa Park
Alpine
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Borden
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Pet
Cat Trac
Celanese
Chrysler
Cities Soc
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Cent Oil
Dow Chem
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Great A&p
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IBM
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Marathon
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penney
Phill Pet
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Sony Ltd
Texaco
Time Inc
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolworth
Xerox
Wanda
J.E. Cravey
Europe
West Germany
Radebul
Germany
Karl May
United States
Carlsbad
Louis Whitlock
State Board of Economic Development
Albuquerque
Whitlock
Obinson Chevrolet-Buick Inc
Pecos, Texas
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX 259
St. Community
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Austin Elementary
PCOS
Cedar
P.O. Box
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