Washington Roundup highlights Rep White projects in district
Rep Richard C White reports on Presidio Bridge federal action and boundary resolution, Great Plains conservation funding, El Paso housing rehab projects, Guadalupe Mountains Park planning, Mountain Time zone transfer, New Mexico income tax issue, Chamizal settlement, committee testimony, and an opinion poll on housing needs.
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Washington
Presidio Bridge
Presidio
Ojinaga
Joseph Friedkin
U. S
International Boundary and Water Commission
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Great Plains
House Appropriations Committee
Loving
Pecos
Reeves
Terrell
Ward
Winkler
Soil Conservation Service
el Paso
Peter de Wetter
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Paso
Marta
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Texas
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns
United States Forest Service
Hudspeth
Congress
New Mexico
House of Representatives
Emanuel Celler
House
Judiciary Committee
Celler
City OF
Nixon
Texas National Guard
State and Interior Department
United States
Mexico
Chamizal
House Education and Labor Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
Letters celebrate local police and Pecos Volunteer Fire Dept memories
A reader thanks the Pecos Enterprise for a feature on police efficiency and recalls the town’s early fire department days. The letter honors officers Charles McNarlan and local firemen, recounting clashes with harsh weather, notable figures, and a 1922 first Fireman's Banquet.
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Charles McNarlen
Viet Nam
John
Jim
Archie
Bert
Clarence Mount
Leonard Grogan
George Jester
Bettie Prewit
Brawley Beanechamp
State funds to hire education aides for 1970 71 school year
State funds will support education aides and non professional helpers trained to handle routine classroom and laboratory tasks for the first time in the 1970 71 school year.
Hats Off To Miss Kellems Battles IRS in Tax Case
Connecticut widow Vivian Kellems 73 wins dismissal of IRS suit over 1966 67 68 records by invoking the Fifth Amendment. She challenged unequal tax treatment of single persons and predicts benefit to 25 million singles. The judge accepted her plea and dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Internal Revenue Service
Vivian Kellems
Uncle Sam
Miss Kellems
Kellems
IRS
Yarborough urges action to expand veterans medical care
Ralph Yarborough outlines the shortage of Texas and national veterans facilities. He cites 2700 needed staff for nine Texas hospitals, calls for releasing funds for the San Antonio South Texas Hospital and Waco modernization, and praises a 79 to 0 Senate vote approving a $6 billion hospital construction bill to extend Hill Burton to meet growing needs.
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Texas
Veterans Administration
Vietnam
Amarillo
Big Spring
Bonham
Dallas
Houston
Kerrville
Marlin
Temple
Waco
Lubbock
San Antonio
Veterans Hospitals
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Waco Veterans Hospital
South Texas Veterans Hospital
Lyndon Johnson
Veterans Hospital
San Antonio Veterans Hospital
Waco Hospital
Senate
Senate of
United States
United States Senate
A New Approach to Labor Relations in 1970
Senator John G. Tower argues for a hands off government role in labor negotiations, urging reform of labor policy. He compares Taft Hartley and Railway Labor Act, favoring final offer selection to limit federal intervention and speed settlements in rail and air industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Federal Aviation Agency
Board of Inquiry
Taft-Hartley
Stedard
Secretary of Labor
Lee Mueller Column Debuts May 1 in Pecos Enterprise
The Pecos Enterprise announces the debut of Lee Mueller’s column starting May 1. Mueller brings a fresh unorthodox outlook shaped by his rural Kentucky upbringing and will publish three times weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Cedar Street
Pecos
Texas
Boy
Kentucky
Mueller
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Richard C. White
Washington Report
Promie Eters
Pecos Enterprise
John Leavell
Charlie Fitzgerald
Fire Department
Ross
Cowan Building
Lee Roddy
Sam Johnson
Oil King Grill
East Pecos
East Pecos Jr
Jesse Rayos
Bobby Leyva
Tony Matta
Adam Barcia
Roy Meraz
Oscar Ornelas
Juan Portillo
Maurice
Bolton
Ray Cameron
David Levario
Orlando Lara
Sylvester Levario
Joe Paden
Arnulfo Granado
Joe Pagan
Hector Roman
Freddy Florez
Roy Miniarez
Pegus Enterprise
OAK Borden
East VN Pecos Enterprise, Inc
Ralph Yarborough
SEN
John G. Tower
Lee Mueller
U.S. Senate
George Bush
U.S. Representative
16Th Congressional District
Raymond Telles
John R. Karr
F.H. Ryan
143Rd District Court
Jane Ross
Eva Grammer
Cecil Cothrun
W.D. Faulkner
A.L. Gibson
Justice OF Peace
J.F. Hightower
Estelle Clinton
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