Apollo 16 Faces Skin Flake Mystery En Route Moon
Apollo 16 continues toward a Thursday lunar landing aboard a Saturn V rocket. Engineers in Bethpage study outer foil flakes from Orion while astronauts Duke Young and Mattingly monitor systems and prepare for a 73 hour stay on the moon.
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Space Center
Houston
Moon
Earth
Duke
Lunar Module
Command Module
Young
Orion
Navy
John W. Young
Air Force
Charles M. Duke
Grumman Aircraft
Bethpage
N.Y
Mission Control
Thomas K. Mattingly
Casper
Lunar
Young and
Mattingly
Pecos bids sought for patrol cars water truck and pump
Pecos City Council advertised for two 1970 patrol cars and one water truck to replace aging units as city officials noted miles driven and breakdowns. Bids due by 8 30 a m April 27 with a 1500 GPM water pump also bid to upgrade the main station on Walthall Street.
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Pecos
J. J. Maxey
Maxey
Walthall St
B. Hunt
Hunt
Pecos High Students Excel in UIL District Meet
Cynthia Baker won first in spelling and Charlie Meek first in journalism as Pecos High placed third in District 2AAA UIL meet in Andrews. Pecos totaled 54 points, with Kermit second at 93 and Andrews first with 266. Other placers included Steve Thomas in boys prose reading and Lana Choate in girls prose reading.
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Cynthia Baker
Pecos High School
Charlie Meek
UIL
Andrews
Pecos
Kermit
Steve Thomas
Lana Choate
Becky Weatherby
Becky
Panel on Drug Abuse Heads Parish Hall Panel
Dr Cleto Elequin will head a panel on drug abuse at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Parish Hall of St Catherine s Catholic Church 12th and Plum Streets Others on the panel are John ny Rediger Larry Fuller Rev Ed Sullivan Fernando Hernan dez and three local students with one rehabilitated drug addict The panel discussion is open to everyone and will answer questions from the community.
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Cleto Elequin
St. Catherine’s Catholic Church
12Th
Plum Streets
Johnny Rediger
Larry Fuller
Ed Sullivan
Fernando Hernandez
Grants funding riot control and police expansion approved
Governor Preston Smith approved four grants totaling 141 762 for crime control projects in the Permian Basin region including Pecos. Funds support riot control equipment training and police facility expansion in Midland and equipment for Odessa Midland Pecos Crane Big Spring Andrews Kermit Monahans and Andrews County Sheriff’s Department. Also includes teletype system continuation and district attorney office equipment. Mrs. J H Freeland of Barstow remains hospitalized after a heart attack.
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Preston Smith
Permian Basin
Odessa
Midland
Pecos
Crane
Big Spring
Andrews
Kermit and Monahans
Andrews County
Riff’s Department
City of Midland
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Midland County Commissioners Court
District Attorney’s Office
Criminal Justice Council Executive Committee
Police report clears 18 offenses in March across city
City police cleared 18 of 45 offenses including two burglaries four thefts over 50 dollars eight thefts over 5 dollars one racialism one strong arm robbery and two auto thefts. Accidents numbered 37 with eight injuries and one fatality. Patrols covered 9 877 miles and 730 calls while animal control impounded 156 dogs with 116 killed and 34 cats killed.
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Court fines total 2 218 in March reported
Municipal Judge W O Pigman announced March court receipts totaled 2218 with jail fines 1080 50 splits including drunk in public 325 drunk in car 502 50 disorderly conduct 50 minor in possession 103 sniffing glue 55 and warrants 45 dog running at large fines 132 50 and traffic fines 1022 20 for the month.
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W. O. Pigman
Cattle Truck Overturns Near Pecos Injuries Avoided
Jimmy L Housley of Frederick Oklahoma escaped injury when his cattle truck overturned east of Pecos at 9 30 am Sunday on U S 285. About 22 of 170 cattle were killed and the tractor from Eugene Hughes Trucking Co suffered extensive damage. A second wreck occurred seven miles south of Pecos on Texas 17 involving Weldon Randell Hinesly whose pickup rolled once. Hinesly was uninjured.
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Jimmy Leroy Housley
Frederick
Okla
Pecos
Housley
Eugene Hughes Trucking Co
Joe Mitchell
U. S. 285
Mitchell
Texas Hwy
Weldon Randell Hinesly
Missouri St
Hinesly
Warehouse fire damages Harris Lumber Co facility
Harris Lumber Co. warehouse at 1328 S. Cedar St. sustained heavy damage from a Saturday night fire that started in a trash bin and spread inside. Fire crews were on scene from 8:05 p m to 9:01 p m. Two additional car fires were reported Sunday east of Toyah and south of Pecos.
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Harris Lumber Co
S. Cedar St
Toyah
Hwy. 7
Pecos
Venus near the Moon Triggers Moonlight Sighting
NORAD assures the public no threat from a bright light near the moon reported Sunday night. Observers across the country saw Venus shining close to the moon, with some mistaking it for debris or Apollo 16.
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Pecos
Venus
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Arizona
Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Mars
Earth
Saturn
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Bill Stockton
Associated Press
South Pacific Ocean
Lunar Highlands
Trea
Surer
T. C. Slack
Bill Allen
Tony Marshall
Bill Davis
S. B. Hunt
Guy Walker
Lions Club
Pecos High
Counties of
Winkler
J. H. Freeland
Barstow
Memorial Hospital
The
Pecos Enterprise
Richard Briscoe
American Legion
Ninth and
Cedar Streets
John Curcurato
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