Fifty Million Worms On Florida Farm Face Sellout
Raymond Mayo runs the Shannon Worm Farm outside Pecos, Florida, the world’s largest worm operation on four acres. With about 50 million crawlers, Mayo plans to sell out due to a bad back that makes bending difficult. The farm employs six part timers and Mayo and his wife, Sue, plus four children. The Smithsonian preserves a 29 inch Shannon worm.
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Shannon
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New York
Mayos
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Washington
Balmorhea Happenings and School Notes Headline
Balmorhea news covers visits by Mrs Caryn Pridemore and family Mrs Pridemores return from Germany with plans to discharge in March at San Antonio Birth of James Steffeny weighing 7 lbs 11 oz Rainbow meeting at Balmorhea Temple honors guests and installations Local visits include Odessa Fort Stockton Pecos Georgetown and San Antonio residents Also reports on Alpine Pecos mountains outing and hospital updates Balmorhea High School prepares for six weeks exams football queen candidates and Homecoming game on Sept 29 Bears versus Grandfalls Cowboys
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Caryn Pridemore
Russell
Rob
Q.A. Crenshaw
Balmorhea
Order of the Rainbows
Masonic Temple
Linda Herring
Bottoms
Mary Rainbow
Armstrong
Odessa
East
Joyce Willeford
Fort Stockton
Ft. Stockton
Sue Florez
Pecos
Estelle Ibarra
Bertha Matta
Luz Maria Tarin
Elisha Alvarez
Tammie Looman
Bears
Grandfalls Cowboys
Nobel Peace Prize Hallmark of 19th Omission
The Norwegian Nobel committee announced no peace prize this year marking the 19th omission since 1901. Other items cover Southern California poultrymen seeking ACLU help over cve-laying hens debts from an eradication plan, a Texas death penalty bill push, antiwar funding cuts in the Senate, a Cuban refugee's heat-based vision treatment, a Cambodian envoy narrowly escaped a terrorist blast, and a false hijack alert on a Greek jetliner in Singapore.
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Oslo
Nobel Committee
Riverside
Calif
Deaths in Pecos area funeral notices listed
Noley H Burton 102 of S Plum St died on arrival at Memorial Hospital at 7 09 p m Services pending William Harry Knapp 61 of Balmorhea died at Memorial Hospital at 4 45 p m Services pending Pecos Funeral Home Jan Jo Worsham 12 died at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene Burial at Mount Bethel Cemetery Gary Born Jan 8 1960 in Pecos Survivors Helen Worsham Jack Oliver two sisters Mrs Fred Pierce Pecos Mrs Arthur Jones Houston
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S. Plum St
Memorial Hospital
William Harry Knapp
Pecos
Jan Jo Worsham
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Pecos Funeral Home
Taylor Funeral Home
Timpson
Mount Bethel Cemetery
Gary
Helen Worsham
Jack Oliver
Fred Pierce
Arthur Jones Houston
Demos break deadlock on minimum wage rise
House Democrats reach a tentative agreement with Southern Democrats to raise the minimum wage from 1.60 to 1.90 within 60 days and to 2.10 a year later with lower rates for agricultural workers and students. The pact was forged in a secret session chaired by Mills and Waggonner. a House vote on conference approval looms October 3. The plan preserves farm and pre-1966 amendment exemptions for certain workers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Mills
Waggonner
Ranchers plan attack on screwworm problem
Ranchers from Texas and the Southwest met in Midland at the TSCRA quarterly directors meeting to address screwworms, fire ants, fever ticks, and scabies. Health officials explained actions to combat outbreaks as TSCRA officials reported association activities and updates on funding for the Screwworm Eradication Project in Mission, Texas.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Midland
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
TSCRA
Texas Animal Health Commission
U.S. Department of Agriculture
William C. Donnell
Marathon
Don C. King
Hilmar G. Moore
John Armstrong
R.E. Samuel Jr
Gardner Duncan
Gage Holland
John Matthews
John Cargile
Billie B. Davis
Tobin Armstrong
Fred Wulff
National
Joe Hubenek
Rosenberg
Texas Gulf Coast
Armstrong
USDA
Richard E. Lyng
Mission
Pecos Enterprise subscription rates and contact info
An independent Pecos newspaper published daily except Saturdays and Sundays at 324 S Cedar St Pecos Texas 79772 P O Box 1131 Mail subscriptions offer six month and annual rates with advance payment details for Reeves County and surrounding areas.
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Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedar St
Pecos
Texas
P. O
Ride Em Cowboy at Pueblo Junior Rodeo Championships
More than 200 young cowhands ages 7 to 19 compete for 30000 dollars in prizes and scholarships at the American Junior Rodeo championships in Pueblo Colorado. The event draws wide participation including girls with events like goat tying showcased.
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Pueblo
Colo
McGovern pledge aims to end war within five minutes
Los Angeles AP McGovern vows to force a moral issue on war and, if elected, end the bombing within minutes of inauguration. He urged Americans to confront the brutal Indochina war as he blasted civilian casualties and called for freedom for prisoners of war. He toured California then planned a break before Saturday campaigns in Baltimore Atlantic City and New York. In Los Angeles Humphrey urged belief and optimism at a labor rally as the party sought unity.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Indochina
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