Guerrillas Hunted in Guerrero After String of Kidnappings
State police and the Mexican Army searched Guerrero mountains for guerrillas tied to nine kidnappings. In a village, authorities found 15.30 caliber M2 rifles and 30.06 rifles as 240 troops pressed the pursuit. State Atty. Gen. Castro Villalpando questioned five Zapata Liberation Army members.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Guerrero State
Salvador Castro Villalpando
Emiliano Zapata Liberation Army
Housing Ruling Sparks Mixed City Reactions Across States
Washington and several states reacted with disappointment to a Supreme Court ruling that a community can veto public housing projects. In Illinois three small town mayors welcomed the decision as restoring local democracy and giving power back to residents.
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Washington
Nixon Warns Against Overstating China Policy Shifts
President Nixon told reporters at a nationally broadcast news conference that speculation about further easing of U S china relations may exceed reality and threaten progress already made. He urged putting the policy discussion in perspective during the Thursday night briefing.
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Washington
Nixon
Texas House Tax Bill Praised By Speaker Mutscher
Speaker Gus Mutscher, visiting Fort Worth to speak to Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas, said the House tax bill is fairer to working people than the Senate measure. He criticized the Senate beer tax increase from 4.20 to 6 per barrel and warned the gasoline levy would add 40 to 50 cents per fill.
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Fort Worth
Gus Mutscher
Texas House
Senate
Texas
Mutscher
Deep South Washington Weather Tornado Arc Strikes Deep South
Rain and thunderstorms drenched the Deep South as Dixie begins recovery from a third tornado outbreak in three days. Twisters hit Thomasville Quitman and Cairo in Georgia causing property damage and minor injuries. Funnel clouds sighted near Shelby and Drew in northwest Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Dixie
Georgia
Thomasville
Quitman
Cairo
Shelby
Drew
Mississippi
SMU Hassle Continues Before Mitchell Speech
Three federal judges weighed whether a student antiwar rally could occur at Southern Methodist University while John Mitchell spoke in the afternoon. One Chicago seven defendant was to address a meeting by the Student Mobilization Committee as an injunction blocked the gathering during the campus dedication of the Underwood Law Library. Lawyers sought a preliminary restraining order from Judge Taylor but were denied for lack of jurisdiction, with a notice of review to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans following.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Rtt
John Mitchell
Chicago
Dist
J. Roll Fair
Mitchell
SMU
New Underwood Law Library
U.S
Air Standards Set by EPA Chief Ruckelshaus
Washington AP William D. Ruckelshaus, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced tough national air quality standards. The rules require reductions in sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, photochemical oxidants and particulates by July 1, 1975, and will demand changes in how citizens commute.
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Washington
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Respect For Law Week Proclaimed In Pecos
Mayor E W Schmidt proclaims Respect for Law Week in Pecos to highlight the Optimist Club drive against crime. Chel Flores says the May observance includes honoring two law officers with plaques and urging citizen cooperation with police and sheriff departments.
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E. W. Schmidt
Pecos
Evening Optimist Club
Zeke Levario
United States
Canada
Chel Flores
Optimist Club of
Gene Martin
Sheriff’s A.B. Nail
Flores
Respect For Law
Desertion arrest after hitchhiker check nets Marine deserter
In Custody Sheriff A B Nail's deputy John Lewis and DPS Patrolman Ben Burch arrested Jerry Lee Fording 27 of Kokomo Indiana a Marine Corps deserter taken into custody and held for Shore Patrol officers after a routine hitchhiker check yesterday.
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A. B. Nail
John Lewis
DPS
Ben Burch
Marine Corps
Jerry Lee Fording
Kokomo
Ind
Baptists To Serve Dinner At Mount Zion Church
The Mount Zion Baptist Church women plan a barbecue dinner on Sunday May 2 at 12 noon in the church dining hall at 760 E 14th St. Plates cost 1.50 with a choice of barbecued beef ribs or chicken.
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Women of
Mount Zion
Mrs. Jones Suffers Heart Attack
Ella M. Jones, 80, mother of Mrs. Lewis Wiley of Pecos, is listed in serious condition at Seminole Hospital after a heart attack last Sunday. Mrs. Wiley had just returned from Seminole where she had been with her mother, a former Pecos resident.
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Ella M. Jones
Lewis Wiley
Pecos
Seminole Hospital
West of the Pecos Weather Through Saturday
A cool night with temperatures from 35 to 50 degrees precedes a warmer Saturday with highs between 78 and 95. The forecast calls for fair skies and mild conditions across the region into the weekend.
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The
Pecos
Saturday Dance Opens Firemen's Festivities
The Pecos Volunteer Fire Department invites citizens to an open house at the Central Fire Station on Sunday May 2 from 3 to 5 pm. Fire Chief J T Prewit and 39 members plus wives will present the new facilities with coffee soft drinks and doughnuts. Proceeds from a Saturday night dance fund recreation room furniture.
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Pecos
Reeves County Sheriff’s Posse
Easy Adams
Genuwine
Pecos Ambulance Service
Leonard Grogan
Bill Davenport
Fred Armstrong
J.P. Stubblefield
Gib Wallace
Jose
Camporee Scheduled for 1606 Scouts in Odessa
Over 1,606 Boy Scouts and adult leaders from 18 counties of the Buffalo Trail Council will attend a council wide Camporee at Floyd Gwin Park Odessa. Troops pitch tents Friday afternoon April 30 and events begin Saturday May 1 with a giant campfire program that evening. Patrols compete for ratings in camping fire by flint and steel knot tying flag respect compass first aid cooking and observation.
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Buffalo Trail Council
Floyd Gwin Park
Odessa
Methodist Turkey Dinner At CME Church Route
The Friendship Missionary Society of the CME Methodist Church serves a turkey dinner this Sunday from 11 30 a m to 2 p m with plates at 1 50 each Mrs Bertha Gibson leads the society which meets Tuesdays at 7 p m Rev W A Skillern is the new pastor Choir practice is Thursdays at 7 p m and prayer meeting is Wednesdays at 7 30 p m
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Friendship Missionary Society
CME Methodist Church
Bertha Gibson
W. A. Skillern
Senator Tower to Open Exhibit at Presidential Museum
Senator John Tower will visit the Presidential Museum at 1:45 P.M. Saturday to open Original Cartoons of the Presidents, with remarks on The Influence of Cartoons on the Presidency. He is escorted by John Ben Shepperd, and attendance is open to area residents.
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B. Don Sullivan
Presidential Museum Reception Committee
John Tower
Presidential Museum
Bentley Hawley
Senator Tower
John Ben Shepperd
Presidential Museum Board of Directors
Ector County Library
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Lydick Roofing
Ben Greear
R.C. Wadley
Murrah Cranfill
Jerry Parsley
Ed Armstrong
Central Texas Iron Works
Pecos Transit Mix
Harris Acoustics
Overhead Door Co
Brown Pipe and Supply
Momsen-Dunnegan
Prewit Welding Service
Featherlite Block Co
Cooper Sign Co
Higginbotham-Bartlett
Harris Lumber Co
Butts Lathing
Pecos Enterprise
Fire Department
Central
Pire Station
Dickey Wadley
George Jester
A. C. Bishop
Dewain Wilkerson
Sam Miller
Obie Maddux
I. G. Sunday
James Pearrow
Weldon Brookshire
Johnnie Holub
Jimmy McCain
Carl Payne
Charlie Medanich
Clarence Mount
Leo Elliott
Vaughn Sandell
Bill Cowart
Jim Edwards
Lynn Owens
J. T. Prewit
Dick Pattillo
Clarence Cox
Speck Valliant
Bill Calloway
George Smith
Farrell Eldredge
Bill Cooksey
Dave Thomas
Jimmy Smith
Woody Merritt
Doyle Eager
Bobby Bell
Russell Johnson
Kenny Richards
Dirk Torsey
Wendell Taylor
Skeeter Precht
Brawley Beauchamp
Sen. Tower
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