Hudspeth County man shot to death identified
The body of 31 year old Dwayne Grable of Salt Flats was found along a ranch road about 20 miles north of Pecos. He had been shot in the head and dead about 24 hours. Identification was made by Hudspeth County Sheriff. An Odessa pathologist performed an autopsy. Grable was born July 16, 1943 in Fort Worth and worked for a gas company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Dwayne Grable
Salt Flats
Hudspeth
Mentone
Loving
Elgin Jones
Reeves County
Wendell Taylor
DPS
Melton Rosberg
Texas
Tol Dawson
Peace
Cliff Preslar
Claymon McCutcheon
Sierra Blanca
Odessa
Ward County
W.D. Hall
Wickett
Mr. Grable
Fort Worth
Salt Flat
Texas-New Mexico
Changes to DOT titles spark backlash over gender bias
Peggy McCracken critiques federal shifts in the Labor Department’s Dictionary of Occupational Titles aimed at removing age and sex connotations. The list renames many roles from Airplane Stewardess to Flight Attendant and Maid to Houseworker, prompting debate on tradition versus equality and the impact on workers and titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Labor Department
DOT
Shooting spree lands 2 in jail near Barstow on IH 20
Two men were jailed in Reeves County after a reported shooting eight miles east of Barstow on Interstate 20. DPS trooper Rusty Hill arrested the suspects at the Holiday Inn in Pecos and they were confined as authorities prepared charges. Mexican youths reported being shot at earlier and claimed the men said they had killed three people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
Barstow
DPS
Rusty Hill
Holiday Inn
Pecos
Frank Pankey
Jim Breese
Odessa
Breese
Texas
Tol Dawson
Ward County
Colorado City
Hill
Border
Jacobsen memory hazy on cover-up details
Jacobsen admitted under cross examination that his memory is hazy on specifics of an alleged cover-up of bribe money he says he handed to former Treasury Secretary John B Connally. He cannot confirm whether Connally used one or two gloves to count cash or the exact date of a telephone talk about his subpoena before a Watergate grand jury. Connally is accused of taking two five thousand dollar payments in return for pressuring Nixon aides to boost milk support prices. The government portrays Jacobsen as a potential embezzler whose testimony may be part of a deal to avoid jail or license loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
Jake Jacobsen
Treasury
John B. Connally
Jacobsen
Connally
Watergate
Edward Bennett Williams
House Okays Section on New Texas Constitution
The Texas House voted 121-19 for a section revising executive and legislative articles in a new constitution. It introduces single-member districts, a salary commission, annual sessions with a 140/90 day cycle, and a three-fifths quorum for special sessions to veto override. The governor gains budget and planning powers, with agencies limited to 10-year terms renewables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin
House
Texas
Grand jury indicts two in Pecos burglary case
Reeves County grand jury in Pecos returns two indictments naming Benito Franco and Jose Pagan for a March 7 burglary of a business owned by Nick Nunez. Bond is set at 2500 dollars for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County Grand Jury
Pecos
Benito Franco
Jose Pagan
Nick Nunez
Pecos Bicentennial Skit Draws Local Groups and Notes
Pecos honors bicentennial program with two performances this week starting at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pecos High School. Rev. Jerry Browning speaks after student participants receive certificates of appreciation. Tickets for Odessa events are 5 dollars at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Ellen and
Mary Ann Weinacht
Pecos High School
Jerry Browning
American Legion Hall
Dycus
Odessa
Ruppert pleads insane in family's murder case
In Hamilton Ohio James Ruppert pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to an 11 count indictment charging him with killing his mother Charity Ruppert 65 his son Leonard Ruppert 42 Leonard s wife Alma 38 and their eight children ages 4 to 17 during a family gathering at his mother s home on Easter. A psychiatric examination was ordered and he was held without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio
James Ruppert
Ruppert
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Charity Ruppert
Leonard Ruppert
Leonard
Alma
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Forensics Center
Butler County
Tornadoes sweep wide swath as Texas braced for storms
Severe storms raged across Texas with tornado sightings and flash floods. In Cleburne a tornado caused about 200000 dollars in damage and a child was injured when her home collapsed. Fort Worth reported a drowning as a 13 year old tried to ride a horse through a torrent at a crossing. Eagle Mountain Lake boats sank as winds to 80 mph felled vessels. Weather alerts persisted into morning as the system moved south and east, then calmed in the northwest by dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Cleburne
Claude Zachary
Stacy Wight
Fort Worth
Joseph Scott Jordan
Boat Club
Jack Horton
Eagle Mountain Lake
Canyon
Whitharral
Panhandle — Plains
Plainview
Lubbock
Snyder
San Angelo
National Weather Service
Texas Panhandle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Judge Roy Bean
Bechtel
Grable
San Antonio
Pecos Funeral Home
Peggy McCracken
Bellyman
Axman
Bobbin
Bob Bondsman
Rovicon
Fisher Supervienr
Strinner
Av Ves
Rauus
Williams
Nial
Kappa Kappa Gamma Big Ben
Security State Bank
West Texas
West
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!