Apollo 16 Crew Begins Home With Rocky Treasure
Apollo 16 returns from the moon after a 71 hour surface mission. John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly lifted 245 pounds of lunar rocks including volcanic evidence from Descartes plateau and Stone Mountain aiding understanding of the moon's birth. The ascent from the moon linked Orion to Casper, setting course for a Pacific splashdown Thursday.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Explorers
Lunar
Mission Control
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Casper
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Young
Duke
Orion
Mattingly
Descartes Plateau
Tony England
Pete Franks
Stone Mountain
Cayley Plains
North Bay Crater
Reeves County awards air conditioning bid for courthouse
Reeves County Commissioners Court awarded Pecos Air Conditioning and Sheet Metal the $14,036.70 contract to install air conditioning and duct work for the courthouse with Peters and Fields Architectural firm to approve and inspect. A separate $10,988.83 alternate was bid for heating cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
Pecos
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Collie Electric Shop
Peters and Fields Architectural
Collie Electric
Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary campaign windup
Senators Muskie Humphrey and McGovern clash over delegate seats as they tour major cities in Pennsylvania. Muskie relies on Shapp and Carmiel backing to win a delegate majority while Humphrey campaigns in southwestern Pennsylvania and seeks a Pennsylvania victory. McGovern touts a Massachusetts poll and plans a Boston wrapup after touring Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Philadelphia
Edmund S. Muskie
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Humphrey
Muskie
Milton J. Shapp
Peter J. Camiel
McGovern
Massachusetts
South Dakota
West Chester
Chester
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Allentown
Boston
Minnesota
Maine
Nixon
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Mills
Lowell
Americans For Democratic Action
Boston Globe
Knights of Columbus
Medford
America
White House
Cleto Elequin Serves On Texas Psychiatric Drugs Panel
Dr Cleto Elequin of Pecos spoke on Psychiatric Drugs to members of the Academy of Family Practice. The panel included experts from Austin and El Paso and the seminar was sponsored by the Texas Department of Mental Health at Big Springs State Hospital.
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Cleto Elequin
Pecos
Academy of Family Practice
Austin
el Paso
Department of Mental Health
State of Texas
Big Springs State Hospital
Cynthia Baker Leads Regional UIL Spelling Contest
Cynthia Baker took first place in the spelling test at the regional UIL literary competition held at Odessa College. Charles Meek finished second in journalism and editorial writing, while Andrews won the AAA division trophy overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Baker
Odessa College
Charles Meek
Andrews
Four Claim Newspaper Bingo Prize In Pecos
Four Pecos residents presented winning News paper Bingo cards to the Pecos Enterprise office by noon today. If no others appear by 5 p.m. today the $150 jackpot will be divided four ways.
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Pecos
Pimple Barton
S. Pecan St
Pete’s Standard Service
Joe’s Supermarket
Popular Market
Special school talk session moved to 8 p.m tonight
A talk and question answer session on Pecos-Barstow ISD special services will be held at 8 p.m. in the Community Council building at 1100 S. Locust St. H. L. Ramsey will discuss current and planned special programs, with parents especially invited.
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Enterprise
H. L. Ramsey
Pecos-Barstow
Pecos Weather Report Sees 88 High and 48 Low
Sunday's Pecos high reached 88 degrees with an overnight low of 48. Soil temperature today measured 68 degrees, indicating warm surface conditions.
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Pecos
Urquidez Announces Candidacy for Reeves County Judge
Armando Urquidez 24 of Pecos announces candidacy in the May 6 Democratic primary for Reeves County judge. He cites education from Jesuit High in El Paso Pontifical College Columbus Ohio UT El Paso Texas Tech Waco and work teaching citizenship and counseling delinquents and families.
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Armando Urquidez
Reeves County
Jude
Urquidez
Pecos
Jesuit High School
el Paso
Texas
Pontifical Josephinum College
Columbus
Ohio
University of Texas of el Paso
Community Council
Pontifical College
Ohio State Penitentiary
Franklin Village
Reds crush Southern forces at Kontum City
North Vietnamese 2nd Division with tanks pierced defenses around Kontum City in the central highlands driving South Vietnamese forces back. The action included air and sea clashes in the Gulf of Tonkin and Gulf of Siam. A U.S. helicopter was shot down near Dak To with four crewmen killed.
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Kontum City
Saigon
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Siam
Highway 14
Tan Canh
Dak To
Highlands
22Nd Infantry Division
Vo Dinh
Kontum
U.S
Regional UIL solo ensemble winners from Permian Odessa
Janan Grier and Lisa Harding won first division in solo and ensemble at Region 6 UIL tests held at Permian High School in Odessa. They qualify for state competition at the University of Texas Austin campus June 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janan Grier
Lisa Harding
Permian High School
Odessa
University of Texas At Austin
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Richard C. White
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Marfa
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W. H. Cowden Jr
Joe Rounsaville
Hurt, Inc
Odessa Nursery
Rockwell Nursery
Brady
Hart
S. B. Hunt
Hunt
H. D. Glover
Cecil Cothrun
Tatum Eisenwine
Wendell Faulkner
Ismael Carrasco
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Juan Carrasco
Margerite Kent
Estelle Clinton
City of
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Texas Tech
Waco
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Pete
S. Eddy St
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