Weekend Warmth Masks Unseasonable Coastal and Midwest Storms
A spring storm system raged from Chicago to the Atlantic delivering heavy snow and high winds in the Northeast while milder weekend warmth persisted near Waco. Snow totals reached 12 to 32 inches in Vermont Maine and New Hampshire with blizzard warnings in effect. Mississippi River floods rose with levee protection efforts and governors sought federal disaster aid. Winds hit 90 mph in State College Pennsylvania and power outages affected western Pennsylvania.
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Pecos voters weigh alley closure in park plan
City officials in Pecos say closing a 175 foot section of the downtown alley between First and Second streets for a new park will not cut off business access. City manager J J Maxey asserts firms nearby will retain access while a six foot fence is erected north of Second Street to complete park details. Voters decide in a special election Saturday amid council candidate races.
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J.J. Maxey
Second Street
Judge Roy Bean
Cancer crusade residential phase to begin Monday
Pecos leaders of the American Cancer Society announce Monday as residential crusade day with volunteers visiting homes to distribute educational leaflets. The drive runs through April with films shown by educational chairman Chris Hinz and county crusade chair Charlene Platt coordinating gifts, fundraising, and volunteer efforts.
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Cancer Crusade
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ACS
Dortohy Green
Yolanda Hinojos
Fay Oster
Charlene Platt
County Crusade
Chris Hinz
Houston inmate receives death sentence in Huntsville prison shootout
AP bulletin reports Ignacio Cuevas, a Houston prison inmate, was condemned to death by a Houston jury for his role in last summer’s Huntsville prison gunfight.
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Ignacio Cuevas
Huntsville
Unemployment rate jumps to 8.7 percent in March
Washington AP reports the March unemployment rate rose to 8.7 percent with eight million jobless. Government data show nearly 200,000 jobs lost and a 300,000 increase in the labor force, pushing total unemployment up 500,000 from February. Employment fell to 83.3 million as losses continued a sixth straight month.
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Plaintiff Wins $18 000 Verdict in Workmen’s Comp Suit
A Pecos case before the 148th District Court awarded $18 000 to Moreta Landrum and her three minor children from St Paul Insurance Co. The suit stemmed from the June 7 1973 on the job death of Otis Ronald Landrum of Equipment Service of Pecos. Attorneys Ruff Adders of Odessa represented the plaintiff and Perry Davis Jr. of Odessa for the defendant.
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St. Paul Insurance Co
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Equipment Service
Landrum
Ruff Adders
Odessa
Perry Davis Jr
Pecos Election Time Urged for School Board and Council
Staff writer notes Pecos voters face Saturday election choosing two school board members and three city councilmen for two year terms. Urges serious consideration of candidates, calls public apathy humorous and tragic, and encourages voter participation while suggesting community engagement in bicentennial and local events.
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Pecos
Jury reverses deadlock in Cuevas capital murder trial
A Houston jury in the Ignacio Cuevas capital murder case, after claiming a 10-2 deadlock for two days, reversed and sought more time to think. Court sources indicated a shift to 11-1 for death, while Judge Miron Love had not endorsed the change as deliberations resumed. The case involves the slaying of Julia Standley during a prison library siege that also left two convicts and a hostage dead.
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State District Court
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Jerry Sandel
Huntsville
Cuevas
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Fred Gomez Carrasco
Rodolfo Domingues
Elizabeth Beseda
Pecos Junior High Bands Travel to Third Annual Festival
Hundreds of bandsmen from Zavala and Crockett Junior Highs converge on Pecos High for the third Pecos Band Festival. Zavala opens at 8 35 a m with La Banda Nascente and Aire for Band directed by Doug Garman. Crockett follows at 9 a m performing United Nations March La Nuit and Chant and Jubil o directed by Darle Rountree. Judges are Phil Anthony Dub Crain and Pat Henry. Trophies courtesy Pecos Chamber of Commerce.
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Pecos
Bill Carrico
Zavala Junior High
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Aire
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Dumas
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Carlsbad
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