Hanoi POW recalls brutal Hanoi March and torture display
In an Inland recollection Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton Jr describes the Hanoi March as a night of brutal spectacle with crowds taunting prisoners at the Hilton and Zoo. He recalls guards, beatings, and a fellow POW helping coordinate defiant resistance during the July 1966 event.
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Hanoi
Jeremiah A. Denton Jr
Clark Air Base
USN
Kathryn Johnson
Associated Press
Hilton
Zoo
Tor
Bob Peel
Pecos FHA Week Proclaimed With Planned Activities
Mayor E W Schmidt proclaims April 1 to 7 as National FHA Week in Pecos. Homemaking sponsors Mrs Gussie Jennings and Joyce Woods attend signing with FHA members Carmina Cantu and Sylvia Garcia. Week includes devotional readings, junior high visits, posters, trophy care, teacher appreciation, nursing home visit, and family involvement events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.W. Schmidt
Pecos
Camina Cantu
FHA
Gussie Jennings
Joyce Woods
Sylvia Garela
Ers Carmina Cantu
Sylvia Garcia
East Pecos Jr. High
Pecos Jr. High
Pecos Nursing Home
Meat boycott slows meat sales nationwide
The nationwide meat boycott draws shoppers to avoid red meat amid rising prices. U S farmers curb pork shipments as Canadian and American efforts unfold. In Richmond Virginia and Manhattan sales drop 20 to 30 percent while restaurants report demand shifting to meatless meals. Public pickets and leaflets appear in West Virginia as households substitute tuna and casseroles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Warp — Women
United States
Lloyd Jarrell
Richmond
Associated Food Store
Cop-op Inc
Manhattan
West Virginia
U.S
Nixon
New York
Chicago
Frieda Marianos
Detroit
Cheri Killingsworth
Michigan
Rainbow People’s Parts
White Panther Party
Waterville
Maine
Pat Gorman
Texas Tornado Watch Covers Sixty Counties
Tornado watch extends across 60 Texas counties as a new cold front brings thunderstorm risk and snow potential in the Panhandle. Forecasters warn of 1 to 3 inches of snow Monday night while travel cautions rise and temperatures swing from 80s to 30s in places like Dalhart and Laredo.
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Texas
Associated Press
Mercury
Panhandle
Laredo
Amarillo
Dalhart
Lubbock
Panhandle Plains
Brownsville
McAllen
Juveniles Questioned in Pecos Home Break‑in Fire Threat
Three Pecos elementary aged youths were questioned by city police regarding a burglary and vandalism at Mrs. R. M. Stevenson’s home on 601 Alberta St. Entries were through a west patio door with a cut screen and broken glass. Diesel was poured on floors. windows and furnishings were damaged. air cleaner, car parts, and bottles were stolen. The act was allegedly planned to fire the house.
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Pecos
R. M. Stevenson
Alberta St
Tommy Box
Box
Maple St
Ministers Host Voters Coffee at 7:30 P.M.
Rev. David Northcutt of the Ministerial Alliance reminds voters of a candidates coffee at 7:30 p.m. tonight. He says the alliance sponsors the event for community understanding. Senior high Cotillion members are also reminded of their meeting at 7 p.m. tonight at the Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Northcutt
Ministerial Alliance
Multiple Minor Collisions Investigated by City Police
Over the weekend city police investigated several minor accidents with no injuries. Marshall Windham and Gilbert Ortega collided in the 900 block of E Hwy 80 at 10 52 a.m. Saturday. Three more crashes occurred Sunday including James Daniels and Howard Thomas in the Ramada Inn lot at 9 10 a.m. Anita Mendoza Gonzales and Larry Aguilar collided at Third and Peach Streets. A hit and run was reported at Stafford and Plum Streets at 7 09 p.m. Sunday. Dick Pickett Chambers and William Wesson collided at Second and Cedar Streets at 8 01 a.m. today. Chambers cited for failure to yield and no license.
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Marshall Windham
Kent
Gilbert Ortega
S. Plum St
E. Hwy
Butler Smith
Charles Smith
James Alford Daniels
Pecos
Howard Duane Thomas
Mesa Ariz
Ramada Inn
Larry Aguilar
Anita Mendoza Gonzales
Eighth St
Third
Peach Sts
Dick Pickett Chambers
Washington St
William Don Wesson
Coastal States Gas Producing Co
Second
Cedar Sts
Smith
Chambers
Grand Jury Indicts 10 in Reeves County
Reeves County grand jury returned ten indictments in 143rd Judicial Court. Gabino Duran Yanez charged with murder with malice aforethought and bail set at 10000. Yanez sought by Sheriff.Luis Reyes Jr. indicted for carrying a prohibited weapon on premises licensed under Texas Control Act with bail 315000. Edsel Vernice Heslip in custody in California indicted for burglary of a private residence at night bail 5000. Wayne Lee Lindsey indicted for selling mortgaged property with 2500 bond. Jimmy Wayne McAnally, out on 750 bond, indicted for second offense driving while intoxicated. Carroll Coleman indicted for theft in jail bail 1500. William James Stergis indicted for theft in custody bail 1000. Melinda Gonzales indicted for child abuse in custody. James Willis Scott and Roger Ed Smith out on
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Reeves County
Judicial Court
Gabino Duran Yanez
Yanez
Sheriff's Office
Francisco S. Reyes
Bailey Evans
Pecos
Luis Reyes Jr
Edsel Vernice Heslip
Melinda Gonzales
James Willis Scott
Roger Ed Smith
AARP to hear Medicare talk at Pecos meeting
The AARP Trans Pecos Chapter hosts a Medicare program led by a Social Security Office representative at the Community Center Banquet Room Tuesday at 10 a.m. Nearly 150 members are listed under President Paul Dowling. non members may attend.
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Medicare
AARP
American Association of Retired Persons
Community Center
Social Security Office
Trans- Pecos
Paul Dowling
Country Music and Wild West Show Wednesday at Pecos Sheriff Barn
Tommy Scotts Big Country Music Circus and Col Tim Mc Coy with his Wild West Show perform at 8 p m Wednesday at the Sheriff s Posse Barn. Sponsored by Pecos Country Music Jamboree to raise funds for a new public address system. Acts include Chuck Housley Raymond Walker Sam Baxter the Nashville Hillbillies a modern Annie Oakley sharpshooter rope spinning circus bits and clowns. TV s original Masked Rider will present his whip act and Col Tom Mc Coy the last of the movie stars appears in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Scott
Tim McCoy
Sheriff’s Posse Barn
Pecos Country Music Jamboree
Scott
Chuck Housley
Raymond Walker
Sam Baxter
Nashville Hillbillies
Annie Oakley
Tom McCoy
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Kowtow
Ford
Don
PHS
Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
J.T. Moore Jr
Cotillion Meeting
Wayne Arther Sims
Lorraine Babcock
Monahans
Carol Ingram Jackson
Cedar Streets
Faye Rodriguez Valles
Stafford
Plum Sts
CAP Social
Civil Air Patrol
Barstow
Gary
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