Connally denies paying Jacobsen bribe in trial
Former Treasury Secretary John B. Connally testified he gave some inaccurate answers to a grand jury and Senate Watergate investigators but said the mistakes were due to carelessness, not an attempt to cover up two alleged $5,000 payoffs. He admitted omitting a 1973 meeting with milk-producer lawyer Jake Jacobsen.
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Ry Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
Senate
Connally
Asst
Frank M. Tuerkheimer
Federal Grand Jury
Jake Jacobsen
Grand Jury
Jacobsen
Sheraton Crest Hotel
Austin
Tex
Grand jury indicts two girls for Salt Flat death
Reeves County grand jury returned capital murder indictments against 17 year old Jeanette Franklin and 19 year old Shirley Anne Bergeron for the killing of 31 year old Dwayne Grable of Salt Flat. The body was found on a ranch road 20 miles north of Pecos on April 7. Bond was denied for both suspects with Bergeron in Reeves County jail and Franklin held in Lake Charles, La. after refusing...
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Moss Bluff
Dwayne Grable
Salt Flat
Pecos
Reeves County Grand Jury
Jeanette Franklin
Shirley Anne Bergeron
Bond
Bergeron
Reeves County
Franklin
Lake Charles
Texas
Tol Dawson
Wendell Taylor
Grable
Loving County
Elgin Jones
Jones
Firemen sharpen skills for spring convention
West Texas firemen train this week for the Permian Basin Firefighters convention to be held in Monahans with about 700 participants from 15 area cities. The schedule includes a 10 a.m. business session at Monahans Junior High and races at Estes Field after noon, featuring pumper, six man scramble and two man chase events with additional female races.
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West Texas
Permian Basin
Monahans
Estes Field
Pecos
Barstow
County panel weighs hospital and jail costs in Pecos
County Commissioners discussed a hospital deficit of 37119 and a projected annual cost of 150000 if trends hold. They narrowed hospital architectural firm candidates to Turner Corpus Christi Goldman and Roth Houston and Page Sutherland and Page Austin with a final choice due soon. A Pecos contractor proposed building the new hospital on a salary basis using his crew, and 15 new jailers were debated amid calls to cut costs. A courthouse tour was suggested before hiring. New school board trustees Villescas and Galindo were sworn in and offices at Brandon Hotel relocated as bills were approved.
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Turner
Corpus Christi
Goldman and Roth
Houston
Page, Sutherland and Page
Austin
Ben Greear
Pecos
Greear
Reeves County
Gary Ingram
Carrasco
Cecil Cothran
County School Board
Roddy Villescas
Manuel Galindo
Relo
Southwest Microfilm Address Line Notice
El Paso Texas address fragment appears with a P D box and mailbox details for Southwest Microfilm at 2601 E Yandell P D Box 10054 79991. The readable portion lacks a clear event or action.
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Southwest Microfilm
Yandell P. D
el Paso
Texas
Power outage hits Pecos briefly due to switch-over
A ten minute power loss occurred in Pecos this morning. CPS officials traced the outage to switching operations by Texas Electric Service Company in Monahans east of the city shortly after 9 a.m. The fault originated east of Pecos and was remedied by CPS crews.
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Pecos
Community Public Service Company
CPS
Texas Electric Service Company
Monahans
Today’s Thought God chooseth the foolish of the world
A brief devotional line quoting I Corinthians 1 27 emphasizing God’s preference for the unlikely and the reversal of human wisdom in a reflective moral note.
Science students sweep UIL meet at Sul Ross
Pecos High School students dominated the UIL science fair at Sul Ross University in Alpine. First place winners included Debbie Hill in micro-biology and Johnny Miller in biology. Other top finishers were David Nowell in physics, Juli White in micro biology, and Hipolito Rivera in math, with Hill and Rivera earning special Army awards and Nowell a NASA award. Local sixth graders swept the regional sixth grade division with first place goers Jesse Marquez and Ricky Barrend, second Harvey Herrera and Israel Espado, and third Rita Garcia and Javier Arias from Bessie Haynes Elementary.
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Pecos High School
Sul Ross University
Alpine
Pecos
Debbie Hill
Johnny Miller
David Nowell
Juli White
Hipolito Rivera
Hill
Rivera
Special Army
Nowell
NASA
Jesse Marquez
Ricky Barrend
Harvey Herrera
Israel Espado
Rita Garcia
Javier Arias
Bessie Haynes
Shakespearian Play Wins District First at UIL
Pecos High School students staged As You Like It in Fort Stockton and earned top honors in the UIL one act play district contest. Star Evie Wilson won best actress and Ann Preston was named to the all star cast with Laura Boswell getting honorable mention. The cast advances to Odessa College on Friday for regional honors under director Sandra Bailey.
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Eve Wilson
Fort Stockton
Ann Preston
Laura Boswell
Pecos High School
Evie Wilson
Odessa College
Fog Lifts as Texas Sees Mild Morning Conditions
Early morning fog affected much of Texas with low visibility across South Central and Southeast regions. Temperatures ranged from 38 in Pecos to 64 in Brownsville, while high readings reached 87 in McAllen. Forecasters expect a cool front by Friday or Saturday and possible weekend showers in Central and East Texas.
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Associated Press
Texas
del Rio
Rio Grande
Cotulla
Pecos
Victoria
Lufkin
Childress
San Antonio
Waco
Dalhart
Panhandle
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
McAllen
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