Voter interest mounts in Saturday city elections
In Reeves County voters prepare for weekend city and school board elections. Absentee ballots total 94 in the Pecos-Barstow ISD race, 79 in the county school race, and two in the county trustee contest. Six men vie for three at large city council seats with incumbents and challengers named.
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Reeves County
Pecos-Barstow
Manuel Trujillo
Clem Crowley
Bob Bickley
Arnie Calderon
Jose Tercera
C.W. Wicker
Ben Matta
Alton Hughes
Maxine Oglesby
Boris Oglesby
Gladys Youngebreed
Margaret Jordan
Balmorhea voters again weigh 1 tax on ballot
Balmorhea residents will vote on a one per cent local sales and use tax and choose aldermen for places 2 4 and 5. Odes O Rear is unopposed for Place 2 while Place 4 has Alfred Pax opposed by three challengers. Balloting occurs at the Well Kept Community building with election observers Loriie Collins and Dan Clark.
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Balmorhea
Odes O’rear
Alfred Pax
Harvey Davis
Billy Lozano
D. W
Wes) Elliott
Loriie Collins
Dan Clark
Balmorhea Isd
Pat Brijalba
CG. T. Gray Jr
Tom Car~ender
Toyah Elects Aldermen and Trustees Saturday
Toyah voters select two city aldermen this Saturday with only incumbents Harold Williams and Martinez filing for the seats. Four candidates—R. J. Dickson, J. B. Contreras, Robert R. Jones, and Mrs. Raymond Goodnight—seek seats on the Toyah ISD board of trustees.
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Toyah
Harold Willams
Martinez
Toyah Isd Board of Trustees
J-Dick”? Compton
J, B, Contreras
Robert R, Jones
Raymond Goodnight
Barstow settles three council seats in Saturday election
C W Wright, appointed city secretary treasurer, runs unopposed for councilman city secretary treasurer as Barstow voters pick three council members. Other candidates include Clifford Croft David Garcia Forrest Walker Vernon Alldredge and Victoriano Juarez with Walker and Alldredge incumbents. Polls open at 9 am and close at 7 pm. Maud Witt serves as election judge. Voters also choose Pecos Barstow trustees and Ward County Precinct 1 school trustee.
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C. W. Wright
Barstow
Belle Hummel
Clifford Croft
David Garcia
Forrest Walker
Vernon Alldredge
Victoriano Juarez
Walker
Allgood
Maud Witt
Pecos-Barstow [Sd
Ward County
Gray withdrawal opens search for FBI director
A Justice Department official and political figures are linked as possible successors to L Patrick Gray after Nixon withdrew his nomination. Rumors name John Inversoll Richard Ogilvie and Pecos volunteer firemen Matt Byrne as contenders while White House officials say no decision has been made on a permanent successor.
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Washington
Justice Department
Illinois
Los Angeles
L. Patrick Gray
FBI
Nixon
Senate
Gray
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Atty
Richard G. Kleidienst
Administration
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Inversoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Richard B. Ogilvie
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Henry Petersen
Jerry V. Wilson
District of Columbia
Petersen
Wilson
J. Edgar Hoover
Winter chill lingers as Texas sees scattered rain
A storm in Mexico brought scattered rainfall into Texas with east Gulf moisture, while western areas stayed clear or partly cloudy. Temperatures ranged from lows in the 20s to highs in the 60s 70s, with rain concentrated in the Hill Country and along the Upper Texas Coast and across East Texas into Louisiana.
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Associated Press
Mexico
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Fredericksburg
Austin
Laredo
Alpine
West Texas
Pecos River
Colorado City
Snyder
East
Louisiana
Dalhart
el Paso
Brownsville
McAllen
Alice
Amarillo
Maine
Balmorhea gets improved telephone service via test cable treatment
West Texas Telephone Company starts an experiment to inject a jelly like moisture and air sealing compound into Balmorhea’s buried cable. Crews aim to restore the line carrying 25 pairs of wire and prevent future leaks with pressure injected material developed by GFC Engineering and Sales.
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Balmorhea
West Texas Telephone Company
Ron Killion
Barrow Ditch
Killion
GFC Engineering
Los Angeles
Calif
Continental System
Dick Pryor
Dallas
Dan Dudley
Continental’s Lab
Hickory
N.C
Secretary of the Standards Commission
Don Storebeck
Bakersville
Corporation
Shell trims gasoline sales to large buyers in Houston
Shell Oil Co confirmed it will cut deliveries of gasoline to large bulk users in Houston and Dallas due to a tight supply. Exxon, Gulf, Continental, and Phillips did not indicate allocations yet. AI reports domestic gasoline stocks at about 216 million barrels as of last Friday, down from 241 million a year earlier.
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Houston
Shell Oil Co
Exxon Co
USA
Gulf Oil Co
U.S
Continental Oil Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
Shell
Dallas
The
American Petroleum Institute
Indian leader and officials meet today
Militant Indian leader Russell Means heads for Washington under arrest to meet federal officials over provisions of a peace agreement ending the 37 day siege at Wounded Knee South Dakota. Means and three AIM representatives will meet President Nixon advisor Leonard Garment in the capital Saturday to discuss a presidential treaty commission and the six point agreement ending the siege.
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Wounded Knee
S. D
Russell Means
Washington
Means
Americal Indian Movement
Leonard Garment
Nixon
AIM
U.S
Kent Frizzell
Abilene Medal of Honor recipient cites 56 MIAs held abroad
Abilene resident Col. Lewis L. Millett, a Medal of Honor winner, estimates at least 56 American MIAs are being held in North Vietnamese prison camps. He says POWs may also be in Laos or Cambodia, but cannot disclose details for safety and classification reasons.
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Abilene, Tex
Army
Lewis L. Millett
Abilene
Ft. Wolters
Mineral Wells
Tex
Laos
Cambodia
Millett
Col. Millett
Demilitarized Zone
2Nd Corps
Harry Truman
Korea
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Col
United States
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Howard Collier
Pauline Maxey
Felipe Arredondo
Pecos
Charlie Mitchell
Allen Jones
Bill Dingler
Tommy Peer
Frank R. Perea
Francisco Granado
J.T. Precht Jr
Stanley T. Poer, JR
Charles E. Mitchell
Frank R, Perea
George Ross
Roddy Villescas
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