Nixon halts Hanoi air attacks and cable service row in Pecos
Nixon suspends air strikes on Hanoi Haiphong to pressure North Vietnam while Pecos CableVision faces a City Council review after residents filed a 111 signature petition for multi channel TV and FM service at reasonable cost. The issue cites a $6.25 monthly charge and compares Odessa and Midland rates.
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Pecos
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Nixon
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
South
Hanoi
Haiphong
Melvin R. Laird
Washington
Demilitarized Zone
Apollo 16 guidance glitch sparks quick fix at space center
Astronaut Thomas Mattingly and Mission Control resolved a temporary inertial guidance lock on Apollo 16. A backup system remained ready as John Young and Charles Duke prepared the lunar transfer, with a Wednesday Moon rendezvous planned. The issue, first noted during star sightings near Jupiter, was corrected after Mission Control issued commands and Mattingly validated the platform via optical readings.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Mission Control
Mattingly
Jupiter
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke
Young
Duke
Orion
Moon
Pecos Chamber Tourists Committee meeting set for 8 p m
The Tourist and Convention Division of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 p m today in the Director's Room of the Chamber Office to outline the committee plan for 1972. Members include Don Doan Kent Cotton Mrs Lloyd Fallis Otis Mawhinney Bert Holland C E Carlson Charles Franklin Lynn Webb and O'Ferrall Pauly.
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Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
John Rediger
Don Doan
Kent Cotton
Lloyd Fallis
Otis Mawhinney
Bert Holland
C.E. Carlson
Charles Franklin
Lynn Webb
O’ferrall Pauly
Lions Club Broom Sale Aids Crippled Children in Pecos
Lions Club members canvass Pecos Wednesday selling Brooms in the Blind Maid Merchandise and Accessory Sale. Booths will be at Third and Oak Streets and Safeway parking lot. Proceeds aid crippled children and rehabilitation.
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Lions Club
Third
Oak Streets
Safeway
Hearing Clinic Sheds Light on Child Hearing Problems
An April 25 hearing clinic at the Community Center offers testing for children from prekindergarten to adults. Officials note many kids in Pecos show signs of hearing loss and 18 of 52 identified students wear hearing aids. Funds are being raised for corrective surgery for six children to improve quality of life now and later.
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Pecos
Pecos Evening Lion’s Club
East African Airways VC10 crash leaves many dead
An East African Airways VC10 crashed on takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Rome and London. More than 60 of 166 aboard were killed, with at least 34 reported survivors. The aircraft exploded after leaving Nairobi earlier, with passengers largely believed to be British. Survivors were found near a brook by a hill at the runway end.
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Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Saigon
Lai Khe
Paris
United States
le Duc Tho
Addis Ababa
East African Airways
Rome
London
Nairobi
Kenya
Britain
Permian Basin Rig Count Edges Up in Week
G W Murphy Industries reports 166 active rigs in the Permian region up from 163 last week. Lea County New Mexico shows 21 rigs, Eddy County 16, Texas District 8 led by Ward County with 19 rigs and Pecos County at 18, with county totals listed as Andrews 6 6 Chaves 10 Cochran 22 Coke 11.
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Permian Basin
G.W. Murphy Industries
Lea County
New Mexico
Eddy County
N.M
Texas Railroad Commission District 8
Midland
Ward County
Pecos
Andrews
Pecos-Barstow School Registration Deadlines Ahead
Kindergarten and first grade pupils must register next Thursday or Friday at 1 30 p m in Pecos Barstow schools for September entry. Eligible kindergartners register at Earl Bell School with birth and immunization records. First graders register where they live. A new state law requires immunizations for all students with specified vaccine doses and dates.
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Pecos-Barstow
Earl Bell School
Fifth
Peach Streets
Texas
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Pecos Lion’s Club
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