Apollo 16 returns toward Earth after lunar mission
Apollo 16 astronauts exit lunar orbit and head for a Thursday Pacific splashdown after five days of exploration. Charles Duke questions volcanic rock findings while mission control notes expected volcanic evidence. Thomas Mattingly completes a deep space film canister retrieval as Caspar passes gravity balance point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Duke Jr
Pacific Ocean
Deep Space
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Casper
Moon
Earth
Lunar Orbit
John W. Young
Mission Control
Duke
Seventy Attend Ree ves County School Meet
About 70 persons attended a Ree ves County Community Council meeting on Monday night. Ray Whitley Pecos Barstow ISD superintendent spoke on current and planned programs including Special Education bilingual vocational and kindergarten. Arnulfo Granado Leslie Lee Joiner and Janet Windham hosted the event with a Q and A session and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnulfo Granado
Janet Windham
Leslie Joiner
Community Council
S. Locust St
Reeves County
Ray Whitley
Pecos- Barstow
Leasons
Leslie Lee Joiner
Letters Carriers Convene District 4 Convention
James Thomas presided over the District 4 convention at the American Motor Inn. Ninety four members from 23 Texas cities attended. Pablo Rivera served as banquet master of ceremonies. Ben Hodges, from Washington DC, spoke as main speaker. The afternoon training session instructed almost 50 attendees. General officers and auxiliary presidents are named along with executive board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas
S. Alamo St
Letter Carriers Association
American Motor Inn
Texas
Pablo Rivera
S. Eddy St
Ben Hodges
National Association of Letter Carriers
Washington, D. C
Texas lore book sells briskly across the state
Davis cites phenomenal statewide demand for Off The Beaten Trail, a 500 page Texana by William Edward Syers. Published by Texian Press, sales topped ten thousand in under six weeks, covering the Apache stand at Wild Rose Pass, Indian Emily of Fort Davis, Guadalupe Mountain NP, Castle Gap treasure hunt, and Pyote Air Base WWII planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Robert E. Davis
Davis
Texas
William Edward Syers
Texian Press
Pecos
West Texas
Wild Rose Pass
Davis Mountains
Emily
Fort Davis
Guadalupe Mountain National Park
Castle Gap
Pyote Air Base
TB unit to be here Thursday
The tuberculosis control mobile unit will be in the Security State Bank parking lot Thursday from 9 a m to noon and 1 to 6 p m, according to Mrs. Elisa Gonzales of the Department of Public Health. The unit will provide free x ray screening for individuals designated positive by the local health office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuberculosis Control
Security State Bank
Elisa Gonzales
Department of Public Health
Trans-Pecos AIME Section Meets Tonight
The Trans-Pecos Section of AIME meets at Monahans Country Club with social hour at 6 30 and dinner at 7 30. Principal speaker is C C Olsen of Halliburton Services on Drill Stem Test Procedures for Optimum Information. Board of Directors meeting at 5 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bickley
Swig Cottonoil Co
Pecos Valley Country Club
Bill Bechtel
DECA
Teresa Leek
DEA
Rita Diles
Mike Hartman
Patsy Webb
Ray Whitley
Bickley
Trans-Pecos
AIME
Monahans Country Club
C. C. Olsen
Halliburton
Olsen
Itio Company
Cities Service Oil Company
Oklahoma City
Navy
South Pacific
Elk Hills
Calif
Signal Oil & Gas
California
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company
Halliburton Services
Hall and Connally visit Pecos for partyless events
Two Texas lieutenant governor candidates Wayne Connally and Ralph Hall visit Pecos Wednesday. They will attend nonpartisan Chamber receptions at the Holiday Inn with Connally speaking at 7:30 a.m. and Hall at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Wayne Connally
Ralph Hall
Pecos
Vickie Woods Wins Fifth in State Voice of Democracy
Vickie Woods, 18, Pecos High senior and daughter of Anthon J. Woods, placed fifth in the State Voice of Democracy Contest during a Pecos assembly. The award, presented by Joe Carpenter of Bakers-Curtis Post 6437, honored her local first place in the 25th Annual Voice of Democracy Contest run by the VFW Post with broadcasters’ support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickie Woods
Pecos High School
Joe Carpenter
Baker-Curtis Post
VFW
Vickie
Anthon J. Woods
South Eddy St
National
State Association of Broadcasters
Irene Turk
Voice of Democracy
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H. L. Ramsey
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Orion
Mauldin
Dick Mauldin
First Methodist Church
Gerald Tidwell
Tulsa
Gil Stricklin
Preston Smith
Scott
Archie B. Scott
Texas Rural Development Commission
Capitol
Roy Davis
Lubbock
Smith
Texas Department of Agriculture
Security State Bank of
Federal Reserve Bank of el Paso
Texas Bankers Assn
Jefferson St
First Christian Church of
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Don Doan
Gibson’s
Floyd Brownelee
Brownlee Hardware
Paul Randolph
Anthony’s
Lowen Standley
Safeway Stores
Distributive Education Clubs of America
Bill Willman
van Perkins
Denise Royal
Marian Hamous
Dickie Rodriguez
Jim Lovelace
Seregeant-at
Office Education Association
OEA
Peggy Ashley
Juanita Gochicoa
Grace Gomez
Jo Ann Buchanan
Ester Candia
Jodi Free
Donna Beauchamp
Jack Boswell
Boswell Insurance Agency
Mike Harrison
Pecos Furniture Co
Bob Hughes
Hughes Insurance Agency
Dot Stafford First National Bank
Maxine Tharp
Swig Cottoneil Mill
George Vasquez
Terrazas Furniture
Danny Harris
VOE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
C. C. Cave
Texas Association
Roberta Tate
Ft. Worth
F. J. Cannon
Galveston
Leslie Lewis
Kenneth Baker
Lufkin
W. H. Cox
Bridgeport
Cypriano Bustamante
el Paso
Harry Hopkins
New Braunstel
Joe’s
Dimple Barton
Joe Hagar
Hall
Connally
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