Magruder resigns as Watergate probe widens
The unexpected exit of Jeb S. Magruder from the Commerce Department marks the first high level administrative departure tied to Watergate’s wiretap affair. Lawmakers push for Gray and Dean to resign after disclosures about destroyed Hunt documents hint at White House involvement.
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Washington
Nixon
Jeb. S. Magruder
Commerce Department
Sen
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
L. Patrick Gray
FBI
White House
E. Howard Hunt
Weicker
Gray
John D. Ehrlichman
John W. Dean II
Ehrlichman
Dean
Gary
Robert C. Byrd
Senate
West Virginia Democrat
Asst. Atty. Gan
Henry E. Peterson
Magruder
Pecos Sees Cool Weekend With No Rain And Disruptions
Cold front lowers highs to 70 in Pecos with a frosty start and midweek cooling. Two parking lot accidents reported in Pecos with local drivers cited for hit and run. Keep America Beautiful Day marked by Scouts with SOAR partners to clean streets and parks nationwide.
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Pecos
Jerry Matta
Plum St
Angela Vasquez
Plum and
Eleventh
Larry Rodriguez
Ninth St
Pecan Street
Rodriguez
Teresa Gonzales
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United States
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Schools release honor roll list with multiple grades
The list shows highest honors and honors recipients by grade levels from East Pecos Junior High and Pecos Junior High School. Named students include Nancy Box Craig Carrico Lana Choate Mike Cravens Dianne Dean Sylvia Garcia Rosalinda Rodriguez Susan Sikes David Stephens Kenneth Thoma and others.
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Nancy Box
Craig Carrico
Lana Choate
Mike Cravens
Dianne Dean
Sylvia Garcia
Rosalinda Rodriguez
Susan Sikes
David Stephens
Kenneth Thomason
Regina Bates
Josie Gomez
Elva Gonzales
Sharon Hall
Bobby Herod
Jim Hess
Jack Ivy
Joni Jackson
Teresa Jones
Alicia Mendoza
Peggy McCarty
Dietrich Nelle
Larry Oster
Brenda Pace
Becky Rogers
Julia Wein
Janice Williams
Kim Ash
Gloria Rubio
Paul Ruiz
Kim Hawkins
Jose Luis Corrales
Pecos
Lynn Johnson
Judy Lopez
Lisa Smith
Paula Travland
Linda Wein
Hipolito Rivera
Vicki Hurley
Brian Gross
Sonja Jenkins
Cecil Montgomery
Richard Rankin
Barbara Dunlap
Angela Fuentes
Robert Rogers
Dolores Rodriguez
Johnny Terazas
Rod Perkins
Johnny Miller
Debra Hill
Joni Ferguson
Lorena Calanchi
Page Burkholder
Kim Allen
Bryan Tapp
Julie White
Dorinda Sydow
Pecos Boys Club Opens At Bargain Shop On East 3rd
The Pecos Boys Club opens Saturday at the old Bargain Shop on East 3rd Street with activities planned and refreshments for visitors Ed Sullivan a director invites all to tour the facility and register youth ages elementary to high school for a $1 fee refundable if not paid Furniture games books and odds and ends are still needed and pickup can be arranged at 445-4031.
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Pecos Boys’ Club
East 3Rd Street
Ed Sullivan
Sullivan
Third Street
Antonio Olmos
Charlie Wilson
James H. Hopkins
Daylight Saving Time expands clocks across the nation
The Associated Press reports most of the United States moves clocks forward at 2 a.m. Sunday, with only Hawaii and Arizona fully exempt. Indiana will mix zones with 12 counties in Central time observing DST, while Michigan mostly follows Eastern DST and four Wisconsin-adjacent counties switch permanently to Central time. Oregon weighs year round standard time, urging Congress to adopt it nationwide.
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McAllen
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Amarillo
Georgia
Carolinas
Savanah
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
New England
Plains
Dakotas
Texas Panhandle
California
Oregon
Plateau
Rockies
Associated Press
Hawaii
Arizona
Indiana
Louisville
Cincinnati
Michigan
Wisconsin
U.S. Department of Transportation
Senate
Congress
Dwyane Dobbs Named Administrative Assistant to Pecos City Manager
Dwyane Dobbs began work last Friday as administrative assistant to Pecos City Manager J. J. Maxey. He moved with his wife Gayle and son Spencer to Pecos from Odessa to supervise pool preparations for summer. Dobbs, a West Texas State University 1969 graduate and former Plains Machinery salesman, previously lived in Andrews and served two years in the army, including a year in Vietnam.
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Dwyane Dobbs
Pecos
J. J. Maxey
Dobbs
West Texas State University
Vietnam
Andrews
Newsprint Prices Rise Again Across U S Paper Mills
Newsprint producers announce a second round of $5 per ton price increases effective July 1, aimed at the East and South after February boosts. Canadian and U S firms including International Paper, Bowater, Kruger, Consolidated Bathurst, and Domtar report higher labor costs and wood costs driving the increases. Boise Cascade says hikes apply in the East and South, not the West.
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New York
U.S
International Paper Co
Bowater Sales Co
Kruger Pulp and Paper
Consolidated Bathurst
Domtar Ltd
Boise Cascade Corp
Public invited to district art show at community center
The public is invited to a district wide school art show in the Teen Room of the Community Center from 4 to 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Arts and crafts from kindergarten through high school will be featured. The show is sponsored by the Pecos Barstow Classroom Teachers Association.
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The
Pecos-Barstow
Classroom Teachers Association
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Curtis Chappell
Terry Criswell
Irma Galindo
Connie Hauser
Monya Hooker
Bill Lattner
Lupe Natividad
Arturo Pena
Pete Ruiz
Mark Smith
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Ellen Youngblood
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Rodney Sparkman
Elonsio Rayos
Barbara Rayos
Lorina Winfrey
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Rose Mary Meraz
Jesse Wood
Elizabeth Wilson
Lucy Candia
Pam Corbin
David Wade
Kevin Dean
Linda Page
Rosa Rivera
Lupe Rodriguez
Maribel Pena
Norberto Ayala
Bradley Boroughs
Beto Quesada
Debra Cauble
Eugene Aguilar
Steven Walker
Joann Hendrick
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