Artist Carves One of a Kind Flagstone Items
V Manuel Jasso of Balmorhea, an Engineering Technician with Texas Highway Department District 6, carves ashtrays, wine glasses, desk pieces and road runners from flagstone. Starting five years ago during IL 10 work, he shapes rocks with a pocket knife and sandpaper, finishing each piece with a varnish to highlight natural hues. His desk pieces include a Texas outline with the IS10 shield and a map-like overpass with guard rails.
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Bill W. Jones
Texas Highway Department District 6
V. Manuel Jasso
Balmorhea
Jasso
Highway Department
Balmor
Paul Coleman
State of Texas
Coleman
Marshall D. Huffman
Pecos
Huffman
Odessa
Reeves
Manuel Jasso
Texas Highway Department
Pecos Reeves polls test campaigns in city and school races
In Pecos and Reeves County voters face three city council seats and two two year terms on each of the Pecos Barstow Toyah and Reeves County school boards. Incumbents Manuel Trujillo Bob Bickley Elvin Reynolds Paul Williams seek reelection with challengers Isabel Flores and Manuel Galindo. City polling runs 8 AM to 7 PM at the Pecos community center banquet room with a ballot alley closing referendum for Judge Roy Bean Park area.
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Pecos
Reeves County
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Reeves County School Board
Judge Roy Bean
Manuel Trujillo
Bob Bickley
Doug Fernandes
Karol Curcurato
Arnie Calderon
John Pitts
Mary Apolinar
Elvin Reynolds
Paul Williams
Henry Blackwell
Roddy Villescas
Manuel Galindo
Pecos Community Center
Community Center
Scout spring roundup starts today in Pecos
Scout executive David Dunn announces the Sandhills District spring roundup begins at 7 30 p m today in the Lamar Elementary School cafetorium. The event promotes Cub Scout and Boy Scout activities with information on packs Troops and summer camps available through Buffalo Trails Council Midland.
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David Dunn
Buffalo Trails Council
Boy Scouts of America
Sandhills
Lamar
Dunn
Troop 68
Crockett Junior High
Buffalo Trails Scout Ranch
Balmorhea
Ford reassures allies on commitment amid Southeast Asia crisis
President Ford told a San Diego audience that U S commitments to allies would be honored despite recent setbacks in Vietnam and the broader Southeast Asia crisis. He urged unity and nerve, citing Middle East and Southeast Asia dangers while reaffirming support for allies and readiness to defend them.
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San Diego
Calif
Southeast Asia
Ford
Vietnam
United States
Middle East
South Vietnam
Equal Rights Amendment debate prompts questions from readers
From Peggy McCracken desk: readers ask if ERA would take children to day care, force military service, or compel husbands to support wives. The piece explains the proposed text, ratification timeline, and Texas’ status, noting concerns about mandatory implications and liberty. It ends with a biblical quote about companionship.
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Congress
United States
Cuevas jury remains deadlocked in capital murder case
Jurors in Ignacion Cuevas capital murder trial told court they were hopelessly deadlocked on punishment with a 10 2 vote and no possibility of resolution. The panel had earlier convicted Cuevas after about two hours of deliberation and faced choosing between life in prison or death. Court officials warned a mistrial was possible as jurors continued to debate after lengthy testimony about the 11 day prison siege and the hostage threats.
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Max Skelton
Associated Press
Houston
Ignacion Cuevas
Huntsville
Cuevas
James B. Thomas
Linda Woodman
Connally pressed Nixon on milk price hike in 1971 tape
Prosecutors released White House tape transcripts showing former Treasury secretary Connally pressing President Nixon to raise milk price supports in 1971. The recording from March 23, 1971, includes Nixon and Connally amid a broader discussion with advisers about Midwest dairy politics and rising dairy group influence.
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Connally
Nixon
Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
John Connally
White House
Treasury
Associated Milk Producers Inc
House Judicary Committee
Oval Office
Agriculture Department
Congress
Midwest
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Isabel Flores
Buffalo Trail Council
Midland
P.O. Box
Webelos
Carlsbad
N. M
Gary
Michael
Anna Marie
Peggy McCracken
Texas
Edward Bennet Williams
Jake Jacobsen
Jon Sale
Jacobsen
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
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