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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1975
Page
2
Reports from ophthalmologists describe a new lens implant that improves vision after cataract surgery with little or no magnification, reducing the need for thick glasses which previously magnified 30 to 33 percent.
Bal Morhea High School junior class announces the Halloween Carnival and coronation will be Saturday November 8 due to the football schedule. The event adopts a bicentennial theme in line with the national celebration. Further announcements will follow. Mr and Mrs Loyal Humphries and Mr and Mrs Allen Miller left Friday for Chihuahua Mexico in their camper for about a week.
Mrs Pearl Blakemore traveled to Marfa to be with ill sister Mrs Jessie CranFill and returned home after a brief visit. School exams occupy the week as the first quarter ends Oct 6. Bridge club forms from new players with regular meetings every other Wednesday. Athletic Boosters report officers Raul Florez Donna Lofton Linda Bryan, fundraisers, dunking booth, Halloween carnival plans. FFA plans fall stock shows and announces Alexa Gallego as sweetheart and rifle raffle tickets. Newborns Bruce Earl Schull Sept 23 at Pecos hospital and a baby boy for Salvador Orgeta Jr Sept 23.
Calendar entries list TOPS Club meetings AA and Al-Anon sessions Social Security help Rotary and Lions clubs Optimists and other gatherings across Pecos Balmorhea and Reeves Ward Loving counties. Historic note recalls Georgia Tech 222 Cumberland University defeat on October 7 1916 in Atlanta.
Police investigate a possible watch theft valued at 150 dollars from a local residence after Mary Lou Richards reported the missing item Thursday. Two minor wrecks were logged Thursday with no injuries. At 9:36 a.m. a collision in the 2400 block of SH 17 near the I 20 service road involved Russell Carne of Tempe Arizona and Nile Tudor of Pecos. The second crash at 9:16 p.m. on Fifth and Cedar streets involved Antonio Fabela of 424 Locust St and Edna Torres of 1205 Hickory St in a head on collision as Fabela failed to stay in his lane.
Analysts note mild optimism after US trade surplus reached a record August figure of 1.04 billion as exports outpaced imports. IH led NYSE volume while the market indexes rose slightly. cotton futures gained on short covering and key futures prices ticked higher across October December and March. Gold prices across London Paris Frankfurt and Zurich showed mixed moves, with US base price up. President Ford trims October travel plans after two assassination attempts, signaling a cautious public schedule.
Washington reports bigger exports of farm products increasing the nation’s trade surplus for August, marking the seventh straight monthly surplus. The government cited higher shipments of grains, dairy, and cotton to international markets, boosting overall farm trade.
A brief line notes advancing households will soon have televisions radios and stereos powered by electricity at the flip of a switch enabling access to preferred programs.
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