Communists close in on Saigon enclave on coast
AP dispatch reports Communist led forces tightening grip on Saigon's last coastal enclave while Thieu reshuffles staff naming Tran Thien Khiem and Dang Van Quang as advisers. North Vietnamese divisions threaten Saigon region. Phan Thiet and Phan Rang bombarded or bypassed. Phnom Penh falls to Khmer Rouge. Long Boret captured attempting escape.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Bien Hoa
Nguyen van
Thieu
Tran Thien Khiem
Radio Saigon
Dang van Quang
U.S
Washington
Hanoi
Phan Thiet
Phan Rang
South Vietnam
Two pickup rollovers deadly and injure Pecos youths
A Midland man, Ronald Gene Chambers, 20, died after a 6:45 p.m. rollover on SH 17 south of Pecos. His truck left the road after a tire failure and rolled three times, ejecting him. In a second crash near Pecos, 20-year-old Roy Lindsay Jr., 16-year-olds Jeff Lindsay and David Brantley were injured when their pickup rolled once on U.S. 80. Sonny Lindsay remains hospitalized with a possible skull fracture. Brantley was treated and released. Jeff Lindsay is under observation.
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DPS
Hugh Lillie
SH 17
Pecos
Ronald Gene Chambers
Midland
Chambers
Memorial Hospital
Roy
Sonny’’ Lindsay Jr
Jeff Lindsay
David Brantley
Sonny Lindsay
Lindsay
U.S. 80
Brantley
Dust storms slow traffic across West Texas and temper warm spell
Blinding dust clouds reduced visibility to as low as three miles across West Texas while temperatures surged. Pecos hit 99 degrees with highs elsewhere in the 90s. gusty winds around 52 mph continued. Scattered showers and a cold front forecast to move east and south, with cooler air and fair weather to follow Saturday.
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Mercury
Laredo
Alice and
Midland
Cotulla
Wink
del Rio
Childress
Lubbock
McAllen
San Angelo
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Victoria
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Dalhart
Panhandle
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Great Lakes
Midwest
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Cresco
Iowa
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Nebraska
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Seaboard
Light voter turnout eyed in Reeves County polls
Reeves County Democratic chairman Howard Collier says a light turnout is expected Tuesday as Texans vote on two constitutional amendments. One caps state retirement program contributions at 10 percent of compensation and sets a $600 monthly and $30 daily rate for in session days, with travel allowances matching other state employees. Reeves County voting boxes include Pecos courthouse, Balmorhea community center, Saragosa school, Toyah school, and Orla Methodist Church. Polls run 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Reeves County
Democratic
Howard Collier
Pecos
Balmorhea
Saragosa
Toyah
Orla
Collier
Kissinger warns of killings in Cambodia after Khmer Rouge takeover
Secretary of State Kissinger told the House panel there will be great human suffering in Cambodia with widespread killings of political opponents under the Khmer Rouge. He cited refugee concentration in Phnom Penh and food shortages as causes for ongoing hardship.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Cambodia
Kissinger
Khmer Rouge
South Vietnam
House International Relations Committee
Phnom Penh
Ford
United States
Little League Meeting Tonight For Teens At Center
Little League organizers call a 7 30 p m meeting in the community center teen room for all volunteers This year’s program welcomes new helpers Boys aged 9 to 12 on August 1 may sign up Monday at the chamber of commerce on Oak Street Birth certificates required Eight year olds will not have teams due to a coaching shortage says league president David Alan Smith.
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Community Center
Chamber of Commerce
Oak Street
David Alan Smith
Texas bank deposits rise across the state
The Associated Press reports multiple Texas banks posted higher or record deposits, signaling a steadier economy likely to improve by year’s end. Bank leaders cite fluid retail trade, spring rains, and optimism as main factors behind the gains while the U S currency comptroller notes deposits up to date. Ben Low of Kerrville’s First National Bank says deposits align with seasonal expectations as inflation eases. Bankers in Del Rio and Denison see a bottoming economy with continued improvement ahead.
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Associated Press
Texas
U.S
Ben Low
Kerrville
First National Bank
del Rio
Denison
Senior sewing course offered by Odessa College
Odessa College provides a non credit sewing course for seniors aged 55 and older in the high school homemaking department starting at 7 p.m. Mondays. Funded by a federal grant, participants pay only a small supplies fee. Class runs 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays with future dates set at the first session. Contact Edna Kirkbride at 445 2356 for details.
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Odessa College
Carolyn McNeil
Edna Kirkbride
House passes subsidence and gifted-education bills
In Austin the House approved a bill to form a special government body to halt land subsidence in Harris and Galveston counties by a 69 to 42 vote. It also passed a $500000 a year gifted children pilot program, drawing concern the program could become a multi‑million dollar state service.
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Austin
Harris
Galveston
House
Dave Alfred
Wichita Falls
KIUN Broadcasts 200th Anniversary Redcoat Advance
KIUN will air hourly bulletins on a Redcoat advance on American munitions. The local bicentennial group prepared the segments. Saturday marks 200 years since the event associated with Paul Revere's ride. Ellen Weinacht notes ten bulletins will be aired during the day.
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KIUN
Paul Revere
Ellen Weinacht
Slack named to Security State post in Pecos
T C Slack elected as director of The Security State Bank at the annual stockholders meeting March 13. A Pecos native, he graduated Pecos High School 1937 and attended Baylor University. He served with the 8th Air Force in England during World War II and later joined the family oil business before starting at the bank July 1, 1948. He rose to executive vice president and is active in local civic groups and churches with wife Martha Ellis and two children.
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T.C. Slack
The
Security State Bank
Slack
Pecos
Baylor University
8Th Air Force
England
Jaycees
United Fund
Pecos Downtown Lions Club
Pecos Housing Authority
Red Cross
Eral
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Weinacht
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Dewey F. Bartlett
R-Okla
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