Mount Pleasant Topples Tors 26 21 In State Semi Finals
Mount Pleasant Tigers overcame a 14 0 deficit to defeat Lamesa 26 21 in the AAA state semifinal at Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls ending Lamesa’s 12 1 season. The Tigers advance to face Cuero in the AAA final after a second quarter turnover spree doomed the Tornadoes and shifted momentum.
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Mount Pleasant
Tors
Golden Tornadoes
Wichita Falls
Mount Pleasant Tigers
Frigid Memorial Stadium
Lamesans
Tornadoes
James Gang
Cuero
Henderson
Sleepy Tor
Tigers
Lamesa
Tiger
McCurley
Melvin Robinson
White
Jay Duncan
Duncan
Willams
Mike Miers
Raymond Johnson
East Texans
Craig Carney
Mike Rhea
Carney
Outdoor Column Debuts On Press Reporter Pages
Ted Grey writes Of Hill & Dell a new outdoor column in the Press Reporter weekly. The piece covers local outdoors, the season’s weather and harvest, and notes Gerald Ford’s swearing in as Vice President with Roger Mudd guiding the documentary coverage.
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Hill & Dell
Press -Reporter
Ted Grey
Gerald Ford
United States
Roger Mudd
SEF
Cleared Docket Reduces Older Dawson County Cases
Dawson County Judge Leslie Pratt and County Attorney Ralph Kinsey led an effort to clear 20 old cases from the docket ahead of January reporting. Dismissals included two cases against Robert McCurley and Jimmy Lee Hawkins for illegal possession of intoxicating beverages, plus others against Bobby Vaughn, Henry James Edwards, Susie Salinas, Eufemia Acosta, and Lupe Salinas for varied offenses. Found guilty this week were Steve Dollar, Eliazar Sanchez, James Hughes Jr, Roy Swanson, Billie Sue Hughes, Edmund Avalos, Robert G. Howard, Barbara Hawkins, and Doris Marie Deary on charges ranging from fleeing an officer to DWI and selling alcohol.
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Dawson County
Leslie Pratt
Ralph Kinsey
Robert McCurley
Jimmy Lee Hawkins
Eufemia B. Acosta
Lupe Salinas
Steve Dollar
Eliazar Sanchez
James Hughes, Jr
Roy Swanson
Billie Sue Hughes
Edmund Avalos
Robert G. Howard
Barbara Hawkins
Doris Marie Deary
Good Deed Turns Nightmare in Lamesa Accident Tale
Ronnie Love of La Mesa Tire and Battery towed Earl Hatchett’s trailer after a tire fix. A wheel hub failed near U S 180 causing the trailer to flip. Love’s pickup remained hooked and required cutting tools to separate. A second trailer overturned while unloading cotton before nightfall.
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Ronnie Love
Love
Lamesa Tire and Battery
Earl Hatchett
Union School
Country Service
U.S. 180
Lamesa
Pete Barrioz
Barrioz
DPS
Ben Burch
Ward Franklin
Petit Jurors Won't Meet This Week In 106th District Court
The 148 summoned jurors for 106th District Court will not report as the jury call is cancelled due to staffing challenges and expected pleas of guilt from eight or nine individuals on Monday. If a jury is needed before the next docket, these same jurors could be recalled, though the chance is slight.
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106Th District Court
Robert E.L. Smith
Dawson County Cotton Bale Count Near 178000
Dawson County reports 177 600 bales weighed in by area gins surpassing last year and the year before. Farmers hope for continued good weather as prognosticators revise harvest forecasts to over 270 000 bales with some already finished while others anticipate field storage and rick cleanup by Christmas.
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Plains
Dawson County
Lubbock
Gaines County
Dawson
Texas Employment Commission
Tme
Bill Reid Re-elected To Office In Farm Bureau
Bill Reid of Lamesa was re-elected district director and secretary treasurer of the Texas Farm Bureau during the state convention in Abilene. A Dawson County farmer, he begins a second term as secretary treasurer and has served six years as district director. He led the Dawson County chapter as president in 1968 and 1969 and sits on boards for Southern Farm Bureau Casualty and the Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company. He also serves on the Lamesa School Board and supports 4-H activities.
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Bill Reid
Lamesa
Texas Farm Bureau
Abilene
Reid
Dawson County
Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Company
Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Farm Bureau
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Kyle White
Kent McCurley
Jerry Williams
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Victor Allen
Morris Grundy
South Plains
Grundy
Ashley Walker
Alvin Rockwell
Football Page
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Leta Adkins Ashlock
27Th St
Jim Nance
Ashlock
Medical Arts Hospital
Bobby Vaughn
Henry James Edwards
Vaughn
Edwards
Susie Salinas
Ricky Steve Goolsby
Texas Electric
Four Square
Seminole Highway
Goolsby
A.L Huckabee
TESCO
Jerry Bond
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