Cancer Crusade Planned for April 18 in Pecos area
April events include two volunteer training sessions on April 6 at 9 30 am and 7 30 pm at the Community Center Banquet Room for the Reeves County Cancer Society drive. District chairmen Mrs Dennison and Mrs Davis lead the effort with educational packets and life saving literature to be distributed door to door on April 18. Donations support cancer research service and education. Community meeting in Saragosa Center on Wednesday at 6 30 pm with free supper, guest speaker David Marian of the Farmers Home Administration, nursery provided.
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American Cancer Society
Elizabeth Dennison
Mary Helen Davis
Reeves County Crusade
Dennison
Reeves County
The
Cancer Society
Pecos
Community Council of
Saragosa Center
Saragosa
Balmorhea
David Marian
Farmers Home Administration
Pecos museum board elects officers and advisers
At the annual meeting on March 30 West of the Pecos Museum elected Darrell Glover Jane Ross and Mrs. Russell Smith to the advisory board Barney Hubbs was re elected president Archie Scott Keith Camp and Fran Meek were named officers Faye Duncan serves as curator The meeting also highlighted Texas Industrial Week noting Pecos industries employ over 1 200 workers with a 7 5 million annual payroll and several local firms and projects were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Glover
Jane Ross
Russell Smith
West of the Pecos Museum
Barney Hubbs
Archie Scott
Keith Camp
Fran Meek
Faye Duncan
J, B. Exum
Jessie Allen
Bill Bingham
J. T. Moore Jr
Bob Dean
J. J. Maxey
O’ferrall Pauly
J. B. Exum
Clyde McDaniel
Rodeo Rotary
John Foneville
R. V. Nabers
Howard Collier
John Fonville
Garland Matthews
Mike Harrison
Mike Burkholder
Byron Lackey
Faye Duein
Viola Moorhead
Pecos
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Texas Industrial Commission
Automotive Proving Grounds
Byler Machine Shop
Community Public Service Co
Coastal
Wisconsin primary draws about 1.5 million voters
Wisconsin voters faced a presidential primary with about 1.5 million expected to cast ballots. The slate included 12 Democrats and 3 Republicans, while President Nixon was anticipated to win the GOP contest easily. Strong debate centered on tax reforms and state property tax levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Dakota
McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Florida
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
New York
John V. Lindsay
Humphrey
Muskie
Nixon
Wallace
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Paul N. McCloskey
California
McCloskey
New Hampshire
Ashbrook
Emergency care school sessions announced for Pecos and Monahans
The Texas State Department of Health will run an emergency care and patient transport course at Pecos central fire station April 17-20 and at Monahans Tatum Elementary Cafeteria April 24-27. Registration starts 6 15 p m and classes end 11 p m daily. The four night program targets ambulance attendants police fire and rescue personnel nurses and civil defense staff with certificates issued after passing a written exam.
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Texas State Department of Health
Pecos Central Fire Station
Monahans
Pecos
Leo Elliott
State Board of Health
Tatum
Doctors Seek Reason Why Man Can Walk
Downey Calif AP doctors explore how normal motion emerges in limbs disabled by stroke brain disease or spinal injury. Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Waters notes the unknowns while early work uses kinesiology artificial limbs implants and nerve stimulation to restore movement for patients like June Bladon a stroke victim with drop foot. Advances in space age electronics and timed nerve impulses promise future muscle control and rehabilitation possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waters
June Bladon
Former Pecos gas executive retires Friday
Sloan Paxton longtime Southern Union Gas Co. executive and former Pecos district manager retired last Friday. A retirement dinner at the Stevens Motel in Carlsbad, NM honored him with Southern Union officers and staff in attendance. Paxton served Pecos from 1942 to 1959 and began as a laborer in 1935 in Santa Fe. He later became district distribution manager in 1963 and belongs to the American Gas Association and the Southern Gas Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan Paxton
Southern Union Gas Co
Pecos
Stevens Motel
Carlsbad
N. M
Southern Union
Paxton
Santa Fe
American Gas Association
The
Southern Gas Association
Angela Davis trial hears new hostage scene testimony
In San Jose witnesses from the Marin County Civic Center siege testified about shouted demands to free the Soledad Brothers. Photographers and officers described statements heard as captives were moved toward an elevator, with orders ranging from noon to 12:30 p.m. on the fate of George Jackson and companions.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Marin County Civic Center
Soledad Brothers
Superior Court
Harold J. Haley
Miss Davis
George Jackson
Soledad
Jackson
Fleeta Drumgo
John Cluchette
Soledad Prison
Drumgo
Cluchette
James Kean
The
San Rafael Independent Journal
William Christmas
Kean
James McClain
Marin County
Harvey Teague
Teague
Mill Valley
Dan Terzich
Jonathan Jackson
Geroge Jackson
Terzich
McClain
Briscoe Campaign Establishes Brandon Hotel HQ
Reeves County chairman Ronny Bowles announced campaign headquarters for Dolph Briscoe will be in Buck Jackson's Brandon Hotel office. Edith Miller will assist in the Torah area with Sue Toone and Mary Ann Weinacht named as women's coordinator. Bowles urged support and listed contact points at local banks and the campaign office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronny Bowles
Reeves County
Dolph Briscoe
Buck Jackson
Brandon Hotel
Edith Miller
Bowles
Torah Area
Sue Toone
Balmorhea
Mary Ann Weinacht
S. Hackberry St
Texas
Jim Ed Miller
First National Bank
Bobby Bell
Security State Bank
Briscoe
U.S. Rejects Restart Demand for Paris Peace Talks
The United States and South Vietnam reject North Vietnamese and Viet Cong demands to resume the Paris peace talks on Thursday. Washington notes a three week suspension remains in place and accuses the Communists of not showing seriousness in negotiations. The Saigon and allied delegations maintain the talks should not be renewed under pressure tied to Hanoi's actions in South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U. S
State Department
South Vietnam
Nguyen Trieu Dan
Saigon
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Lupe Valeriano
Elm St
Bob J. Miller
Hickory St
Pecos Museum Board
Pecos Enterprise
Window Box
Pecos Motors, Inc
Winenet
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Wuen Ting
Pecos Gas
Brandon
U.S
South
Museum and Zoo
Mentone
Kermit
Gene Haley
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