Pioneer Pecos physician Dr Jim Camp honored posthumously
Dr Jim Camp who practiced in Pecos Texas for over six decades is to be inducted posthumously into the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Hall of Fame. The account cites his early life in Tennessee, arrival in Pecos in 1900, and his multi decade service to oil workers, ranchers and families while building a modern Pecos hospital in 1929 and guiding West Texas medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Camp
Pecos
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
Six-County Medical Society
Hall of Fame
White County
Tenn
University of Tennessee
Texas
TAP
West Texas
Camp
Singer
Buffalo Oil Company
Dr. Camp
Winkler
Ward
Loving
Reeves
Lea County
New Mexico
C. M. Troxell
Reeves County
Tovah
Pyote
Odessa
Winkler County
Specu
Lators
Oil Scouts
Sid Richardson
Richardson
Permian Basin
Keith Camp
S. Elm St
Bob Dean
S. Hackberry St
Midland
Civic center tied to Pecos 2% bed tax plan
The Pecos city council faces passage of a 2 percent bed tax that could fund a civic center or community space such as a coliseum. The ordinance outlines that the funds would be designated for local development projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Leigh
Six Weekend Collisions Reported No Injuries
Police investigated six weekend accidents with no injuries. At Third and Cedar, Shirley Salisbury and Arcadia Lopez Baeza collided as Salisbury pulled into Baeza’s path. On Saturday at Third and Oak three cars were involved when Ornelas struck Millsapps and then Moore. Ornelas cited for no license. A separate Oak and Washington crash injured Mattie Ford when Gustafson ran a red light. At Sixth and Mesquite two drivers collided with no citations. Oak and 14th saw Leonard cited for failure to yield after a mid intersection collision. Creager hit two reflector posts near U S 285 SH 20. no citations issued.
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Shirley J. Salisbury
Kingsville
Arcadia Lopez Baeza
Pecos
Third
Cedar Streets
Salisbury
Cedar
Baeza
Oak Streets
Natividad Ornelas
S. Hackberry St
Margie C. Millsapps
Jackson St
Glenn Alan Moore
Space 29 Tra-Park
Ornelas
Millsapps
Moore
Jim Wilson
Oak Street
Mattie Tyler Ford
Washington
David R. Gustafson
Johnson St
Gustafson
Sixth
Mesquite Streets
Yolanda Florez
S. Orange St
Arturo Galindo
Hagerman
N. M
Oak and
14Th Streets
Robert L. Leonard
Mt. View
Calif
Gregorio Millan
S. Cypress St
Devin Lee Creager
U.S. 285
Creager
Kissinger presses UN for faster peace keeping reform
At the United Nations Kissinger urged no further delay in strengthening UN peacekeeping. In his first major speech as secretary of state he stressed broad philosophy, offered few concrete plans, and credited past UN efforts while urging progress beyond big power tension relief toward lasting peace.
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United Nations, N.Y
Henry A. Kissinger
U.N. General Assembly
Kissinger
Mideast
U.N
United Nations
United States
Security Council
U.S
Nixon
District governor to visit Pecos Rotary Thursday
Billie Holder district governor of Rotary International district 552 will visit Pecos Rotary club Thursday during its weekly meeting He is publisher of the Alamogordo Daily News for 20 years and became district governor on July 1 He serves on the New Mexico Board of Economic Development and has long civic involvement He will meet with President W O Bill Pigman and Secretary Dr Kent Cotton and attend a club assembly with committee chairmen Holder will urge membership growth broadened service and emphasis on this year’s theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Holder
Rotary International
Pecos
W.O
Bill” Pigman
Kent Cotton
Holder
West Texas Weekend Weather Shows Wet Fall Trend
The Associated Press reports a warm Texas weekend with widespread showers and thunderstorms. Abilene saw up to 3 inches of rain while Dallas Fort Worth and Southeast Texas cooled, with a cold front moving through the Panhandle and into New Mexico and Oklahoma. Unsettled weather extended to Florida and the Northeast coast, as cooler air moved in from the north.
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West Texas
Associated Press
Texas
Western
Abilene
Panhandle Plains
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Dallas-Fort Worth
Laredo
Cotulla
Dalhart
Panhandle
Galveston
Palacios
el Paso
Houston
West
Panhadle Plains
South Dakota
Arkansas
Florida
New England
Country Club awards Pecos facility contract
Country Club officials announced that a contract for the new Pecos country club building has been awarded to Tommy Service of Odessa. Construction is expected to begin this week, with the new facility to be smaller than the existing one and built as a separate unit. Completion is targeted around December 15. The project follows earlier plans to proceed once financing was arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Pecos
Joe Bob Kelton
Tommy Service
Odessa
Kelton
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Dr. Jim Camp
Pecos Valley
Civic Center
Rotary Club
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
California
Coast
Great Lakes
Southwest
William C. Carter
London
Service
Lake Placid
N. Y
Lausanne
Switzerland
Rotary
World Organization
Alex Douglas-Home
Masayoshi Ohira
Andrei Gromyko
Pecos Savings & Loan Association
Ypress
Aun
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