Rain and hail hit Pecos area with minimal damage
Pecos recorded .17 inches of moisture and brief hail that mostly affected tender plants in the southwest. No crop losses were reported by insurers by 9 am, with nearby Barstow and north of town seeing only sprinkles and dust. statewide storms produced damaging winds, hail in the Panhandle, and isolated tornado watches, while temperatures ranged from the 30s to 90s across Texas.
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Pecos
Balmorhea Hwy
Kim
Barstow
Texas A&m Experiment
Tion
Alamo
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Fort Worth
del Rio
Panhandle
Gulf of Mexico
East Texas
New Mexico
Bend
West Texas
Lubbock
Happy
Amarillo
Plainview
Baseball Park
Pecos Junior High Band Captures Sweepstakes Trophy
The Pecos Junior High School band returned home with the Sweepstakes trophy after sweeping first division ratings in concert and sight-reading at Region 6 UIL events. The group previously won marching first division, with Monahans Junior High as the only other sweepstakes winner.
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Irriumphant
Happy Pecos
John McGee
Odessa
Jeff Jackson
Pecos
John G. McGee
Permian High School
Monahans Junior High School
East Pecos
Lamesa
Andrews
Colorado City
Big Spring
Crane
Kermit
Coahama
Fort Stockton
Lions Club Hearing Clinic Tests 200 Area Children
Mrs. Roy Cravens and Pat Borcherding administered hearing tests to more than 200 children at the Community Center as part of a Pe cos Evening Lions Club clinic. Spokesman Bob Griggs said the club was pleased with the response and plans similar clinics annually. A second adult clinic ran 7 to 9 pm Wednesday, with results not yet known.
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Roy Cravens
Pat Borcherding
Pecos Evening Lions Club
Cravens
Bob Griggs
Lions Club
Griggs
Edie Howard
Pat
Pecos Evening Lions
Connally discusses education and tax reform in Pecos
Sen. Wayne Connally spoke at a Pecos Chamber breakfast urging a complete revision of Texas education funding. He argued better tax methods must pay for education and warned without reform the system will remain mediocre. He opposed ad valorem taxes and supported broader sales and franchise taxes while defending agricultural interests.
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Pecos
E. W. Schmidt
Wayne Connally
Tng
Connallyn
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Richard Slack
Connally
Pecos Chambers Commerce
Holiday Inn
Chamber
Rais
Ing
Floresville
Apollo 16 crew holds news conference in space
Apollo 16 astronauts say it is premature to speculate on lunar rocks. Commander John Young and Charles Duke urge waiting for laboratory analysis to learn what the moon samples reveal. Weather and recovery plans accompany their remarks as Ticonderoga awaits in the South Pacific.
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Tony England
England
Space
Moon
South Pacific
Ticonderoga
Thomas K. Mattingly II
McGovern and Humphrey Win Key Primaries in Mass and Pa
Massachusetts gives McGovern a solid lead with 52 percent as Pennsylvania awards Humphrey the first major primary victory in his long White House bid. Muskie trails in both states while Wallace shines in Pennsylvania with about 21 percent. Jackson, Chisholm also appear with smaller shares as delegates head toward Miami Beach.
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Walter R. Mears
George McGovern
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
White House
Muskie
McGovern
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Humphrey
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Ohio
Miami Beach
Fla
Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Distributive Education dinner honors students
More than 100 attendees attended the annual distributive and vocational education dinner Tuesday. Denise Royal, 17, daughter of Douglas and Mrs. Royal, received the outstanding student award from Mike Hartman. Denise works afternoons at Pecos Nursing Home owned by A C Diles. Paul Rodriguez also honored at the event.
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Paul Rodriguez
Denise Royal
Denise
Douglas E. Royal
W. Lindsey St
Mike Hartman
A. C. Diles
Pecos Nursing Home
Pecos Valley
Pecos High School
Teresa Leek
Bill Bechtel
Pecos Valley Country Club
Jeff Jackson
Money in Vegetables conference set for Thursday
West Texas Chamber of Commerce invites area farmers to the Money in Vegetables conference in the Reddy Room of Community Public Service Co. at 1 p.m. Speakers include four experienced in vegetable production and Texas Agricultural Extension Service staff.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Reddy Room
Community Public Ser.2 Co
Trans-Pecos
Mike Burkholder
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber
C W. Brown
A B. Foster
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Joseph, Freeland
Kenneth F. Lindsey
William E. Black
Stafford Blvd
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