Plane crash ends search for missing pilot near Odessa
Douglas G. Carter, 52, of Fort Worth, pilot of a Hobbs to Midland flight, was found dead in the wreckage three miles south of Odessa. The plane, missing since Monday, was located by Deputy George Olesh after Civil Air Patrol units had halted the search. Carter was president of Kelly-Coppedge Inc., an oil construction firm.
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Hobbs
N. M
Midland
Odessa
Douglas G. Carter
Fort Worth
Ector County
George Olesh
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Olesh
U. S. 385
Barstow to Join Pecos Telephone Exchange and City Races
Barstow will be placed on the Pecos exchange after a third reading approval, with a buried cable linking the towns and tolls eliminated. Rates set for Barstow residents include seven dollars for residence one party line, six dollars for two party, five dollars for four party, and extensions at 1.25. business and rural rates listed. Pecos mayor Dr. E W Schmidt re elected with 1,857 of 2,082 votes. Barstow and Toyah elected officials also noted along with school trustee results and long election lines due to new qualification statements and consolidated polling.
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Barstow
The
West Texas Telephone Company
Pecos
Killion
E. W. Schmidt
Garland Matthews
Carl McGee
Matthews
McGee
Joe Morales
Abel H. Lees
Neil Maddux
Karol G. Curcurato
M. P. Withers
Ruben Valdez
Benny Abila
Roy Williams
Elias Franco
Pecos- Barstow
Orla
Saragosa
Elvin Reynolds
Paul Williams
Williams
Reynolds
Flores
Toyah
A. L. Gibson
Valdez
Balmorhea
Crenshaw
Bill Pigman
Pecos-Barstow
Pigman
Rig count shows a small weekly rise in two-state area
The G W Murphy weekly survey reports 168 drilling rigs in West Texas and southeast New Mexico, up from 162 last week. Lea County New Mexico leads with 25 rigs, up one from the prior week, followed by Pecos and Ward counties in Texas under the Railroad Commission.
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G.W. Murphy Industries
West Texas
New Mexico
Lea County
Pecos
Ward
Texas Railroad Commission
Community Council of Reeves County to host April 15 meeting
The Community Council of Reeves County will hold a community meeting at the Saragosa Center on April 15 at 6 30 p m with supper for Saragosa and Balmorhea residents. Special guest speaker David Marian of Farmers Home Administration will speak at 7 30 p m. The agenda includes citizenship classes, a future kindergarten, and other local business items. Supper is free. children are welcome and nursery care is provided.
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Community Council of
Reeves County
Saragosa Center
Saragosa
Balmorhea
David Marian
Farmers Home Administration
Pecos Honors Founder's Library Drive Final Book Count
Charlotte Slack announces the final Pecos book drive tally for the UTPB Founder's Library with 5,900 books donated by residents. The list names numerous prize categories and dozens of donors from schools, clubs, and local groups across Pecos.
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Charlotte Slack
Pecos
UTPB
Feith Camp
Merry Wives’ Club
South Pecos Elementary School
Bob Dean
L.m.r.rogers
Faye Duncan
Nixon signs bill to devalue the dollar
President Nixon signed legislation raising the gold value of the dollar from 35 to 38 an ounce, an 8.57 percent increase in gold content and 7.89 percent devaluation. The move follows an international agreement reached last December and takes effect when Treasury officials announce.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Sec
Pecos Little League Registration Opens for New Players
Registration for Pecos Little League Baseball Association begins at the Pecos Chamber of Commerce office today and runs through April 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Eligible boys must live in the Pecos Parslow Consolidated ISD and be born between July 31, 1960 and August 1, 1962, provide a birth certificate, and be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Tryouts are set for Saturday, April 15, 1972 at Lions Field at 1:00 p.m.
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Pecos
Little League Baseball Association
Lions Field
Traffic deaths surge in Texas Easter weekend
The Associated Press tally shows 34 fatalities from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday, 25 from traffic crashes. A high-speed chase ended in a head-on collision west of Dimmitt in the Panhandle, with ten young people dead. Victims include Tony Guia and Nicholas Ona Jr. among others, while the other vehicle’s dead include Robert L. Caddell and Jeffrey E. Glenn. Other crashes claimed multiple lives across Houston Dallas Laredo and surrounding areas, with casualties including Margaret W. Scott and Paula Carter among the injured and dead. Police note a sports car driver faced questions after the North Dallas crash. The weekend fatalities also include Myrtle Davis Roland and Daisy Scott Gilligan in separate accidents. Continued reporting promised.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rex Cowart
Dimmitt
Texas Panhandle
Tony Guia
Nicholas Ona Jr
Zolia Luna Oliverez
Johnny Joe Olivarez
Scott
Texas 71
Dallas
John Vasquez
Myrtle Davis Roland
Fort Worth
Laredo
Daisy Scott Gilligan
Uvalde
Sam Hammack
Abilene
U. S. 283
Coleman County
Huckabay
Erath County
Paula Carter
Stephenville
Albert Harris Sr
Knippa
Sonora
U. S
Sutton County
Fort Bend
Ernest Rybak Jr
Rybak
Joe Visneros
Springlake
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Ron Killion
John R. Dorr
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R. Henry Blackwell
Roy Brey
Weinacht
Guevara
Dorr
Woody
E.W. Schmidt
John R, Dorr
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District 8
Edd
N.M
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Coke Crane Crockett Dawson
Ector
Edwards el Paso
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Reazan Reeves Runnels Schleicher
Scurry
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Winkler Yoakum
Wilbur G, Park Sr
R, P, Coffey
John Moore
Erwin Lasser
Bessie Haynes
Irene Daniel
M, H, Hoov
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G, Strachan
J. T. Precht
Wayne Beauchamp
Richard Slack
Ronald Miller
Coy Fraley
Paul Fabricant
Wayne Smith
Garvin Passmore
Chad, Cody
Lolita Poindexter
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Sue AM Diaz
S. Plum St
Anthony’s
Penney’s
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Mindy Kay
Sylvia Marcus
Darrel Anderson
Maggie Matta
Betty Navarrette
Bill
Woody Ivy
Pecos Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Division
Bob Bickley
Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
John B. Connally
International Monetary Fund
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