Rogers sees encouraging signs for cease fire in Vietnam
Secretary of State William Rogers told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that despite repeated violations by Hanoi and allies there are positive signals toward a cease fire in Vietnam. He cited low fighting in South Vietnam, talks in Paris on a political settlement, and ongoing civilian prisoner exchanges as reasons for cautious optimism. He also noted concern over recent Vietnam peace violations and prepared a record statement on bombing authority for Cambodia.
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Washington (Ap
William P. Rogers
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Paris
J.W. Fulbright
Rogers
Arkansas Democrat
Fulbright
State Department
Kilcrease Wins National Scout Certificate of Merit
Benny Kilcrease son of Mr and Mrs Weldon Kilcrease 719 W Eighth St received the National Scouting Council Certificate of Merit for meritorious action in coordinating the evacuation of school students after a car bus collision last year in which the bus carrying band students returning from a contest in Odessa was hit by an oncoming car killing the driver and injuring several students Bruno Hanson president of the Buffalo Trails Council presented the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Kilcrease
National Scouting Council
Bruno Hanson
Buffalo Trails Council
Benny
Weldon Kilcrease
Meritorius
Kilcreas
Eighth St
Youth Coor
Dinated
Odessa
Free Army Field Band Concert Tickets Remain in Pecos
Pecos High School hosts a free United States Army Field Band concert with 200 tickets left. Publisher O F Pauly of the Pecos Enterprise says tickets must be claimed by 7 50 p m to secure seats. Mayor Pro Tem Garland Matthews will represent Pecos to welcome the band.
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U.S. Army Field Band
Pecos
O’ferral Pauly
The
Pecos Enterprise
Pauly
Garland Matthews
United States Army Field Band
Last PTA Meet at South Pecos Elementary
The South Pecos Elementary P T A will hold its final meeting of the year in the school cafeteria on Tuesday. A short business session at 7 30 p m will precede a program by the sixth grade bands with all invited to attend.
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South Pecos
P.T.A
Balanced meals program at AARP meeting scheduled
AARP plans a 7 p.m. Tuesday talk on balanced meals and calorie intake for seniors at the community center banquet room. Millie Villalobos of Community Public Service will present, per President Paul Dowling, with other business on the agenda. Members urged to attend with a guest. Benny led evacuations to safety after a gasoline leak threat, earning Life Scout status with troop 67 and Pe cos Downtown Lions Club sponsorship. he is set to work on the National Scout Jamboree staff in Pennsylvania this summer.
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American Association of Retired Persons
Community Center
Millie Villalobos
Community Public Service Company
AARP
Paul Dowling
Benny
Pecos
Overcast skies bring heat shift across Texas and Gulf coast
Cloudy conditions spread from Texas to the Gulf Coast as two pressure systems pull moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Flooding persists on the Sabine River near Gladewater and Longview while other Texas rivers remain at major flood levels. Showers, cooler northwest winds, and a trailing cold front are forecast as a winter-like storm forms in the northern Rockies. Temperatures ranged from the 50s in the Panhandle to the 70s along the coast at dawn.
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Pecos
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Associated Press
Lower
East Coast
Colorado
Gulf Coast
San Antonio
Austin
Middle
Panhandle
el Paso
National Weather Service
Sabine River
Gladewater
Longview
Neches
Angelina
Trinity
West Texas
College Station
Waco
Rockies
Wyoming
Black Hills
South Dakota
Stockmen’s
Great Basin
Ohio Valley
Central
Pacific Coast
California
Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Tex
20th Century Patio Supper Reservations Call Mrs Mayfield
Patrons should reserve for the annual Patio supper by calling Mrs Tommy Mayfield by Wednesday. The event will be hosted by the Howard Colliers at 216 W Fourth St Friday. A sensational health claim promises quitting smoking in 24 hours by smoking two packs a day not the cigarettes.
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Tommy Mayfield
Howard Colliers
Fourth St
Briscoe Grants Permian Basin Planned Parenthood Funding
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced a federal community action grant of 50 597 to Permian Basin Planned Parenthood in Odessa to support the Family Planning program for six months retroactive to February 1 1973. The Title II funded program serves about 3400 low income women across Midland Ector Reeves Pecos and Terrell counties with medical exams counseling and contraception on request.
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Dolph Briscoe
Permian Basin
Planned Parenthood, Inc
Odessa
Agen
Gram
Midland
Ector
Reeves
Pecos
Terrell
Area towns adopt SOS warning system network
Chamber Manager Terry Burns returned from a Permian Basin Chamber of Commerce Managers Meeting with news that PBCCM is adopting an SOS Business man’s warning system linking all Permian Basin towns. Pecos already uses a similar system and will integrate it. more businesses will join, checks will ensure function, and nonparticipants may be dropped to assure service. Calls to the Chamber Office invite participation.
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Terry Burns
Permian Basin
Chamber of Commerce
PBCCM
S.O.S
Pecos
Burns
Chamber
Kenneth Scott Dies At 57 Toyah Mayor And School Official
Kenneth Scott 57 of Toyah died this morning from an apparent heart attack. He served as the city’s mayor and was a Toyah school official. Services are pending at Pecos Funeral Home.
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Kenneth Scott
Toyah
Pecos
Four Minor City Crashes Reported With No Injuries
Four accidents occurred in the city this weekend with no injuries. At 4:19 p.m. Saturday a collision at Locust and Sixth involved Thomas Flores Mata and John Walter Jackson. Another crash at 1:08 p.m. Friday on Third and Eddy involved Donald Lee Tucker and McArthur Pineda. A 11:49 a.m. Friday crash on E Highway 80 and Peach streets involved John R. Catali of El Paso and Hipolito Hernandez. A hit and run damaged a parked car owned by Nathan Dixon on Peach Street at 10:08 a.m. Sunday.
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Thomas Flores Mata
Martinez St
John Walter Jackson
S. Sycamore St
Locust
Sixth Streets
Donald Lee Tucker
Veterans Blvd
McArthur Pineda
Pecos
Third
Eddy Streets
Highway 80
Peach Streets
John R. Catalidi
el Paso
Hipolito Hernandez
Nathan Dixon
S. Peach St
Nixon reshuffles White House aides over Watergate
President Nixon announced the resignations of Attorney General Richard Kleindienst and aides H.R. Halde man and John D. Ehrlichman amid the Watergate scandal. He named Elliot Richardson acting attorney general and overseer of federal Watergate investigations and ordered Garment to handle White House counsel duties.
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Washington
Nixon
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John Dean II
Elliot Richardson
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kleindienst ‘F
Eulue
Justice Departiien
Richardson
Senate
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Complex
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Dean
Leonard Garment
Garment
Ziegler
Camp David
Tia
Kleindienst
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
U.S
Massachusetts
Henry Petersen
Justice Department
Watergate
Pecos Tire Posts Grand Opening In Pecos
Pecos Tire Co at 2202 Balmorhea Highway opens with night and day tire repair and service. Randy Taylor offers Firestone and B F Goodrich tires for cars trucks and tractors, on site or field calls, wheel balancing, and a tire giveaway on Saturday. Taylor a Pecos native with his wife and newborn son.
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Pecos Tire Co
Balmorhea Highway
Randy Taylor
Taylor
Firestone
B.F. Goodrich
Pecos
Weekend crime roundup includes thefts stabbings and burglary
The report details two thefts a burglary and two stabbings. Woody Ivy said a spare tire was stolen from his pickup at the high school band hall Thursday night. A. R. Snyder reported his car stolen from in front of Hill's Grocery Saturday afternoon and found at a car wash Sunday. A $30 loss at Nik Nak occurred between midnight and 3 20 a m Sunday after forced entry. Earnest Matta was hospitalized Saturday night with knife wounds after an alleyway attack near Santa Rosa Hall. Manuel Valles was treated for three stab wounds early Sunday after an assault near Rosa Hall.
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Woody Ivy
Plum St
A. R. Snyder
Country Club Drive
Hill’s
Eighth
Palm Streets
Nik Nak
S. Eddy St
Manuel Valles
S. Ash St
Santa Rosa Hall
Judge questions coercion in Meadows statements in Odessa murders
Dallas judge disqualified four statements from Johnny Meadows in the 1968 Odessa murders case after ruling they may have been coerced. The ex convict's branding claim centers on scars and initials tying five women to the deaths. The ruling delays the Dallas trial. Meadows had pled guilty in Fort Worth to another killing and seeks reopening.
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Dallas
John Vance
Johnny Meadows
Meadows
Sears
Linda Cougar
Ruth Maynard
Odessa
Ector County Dist
John Green
Fort Worth
Susan Green
Jerry Loftin
Ector County
FBI
Tom Barker
Barker
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Cambodia
Merit
Kilcrease
Scout
Planned Parenthood
Ecutor
Earl J. Silbert
United States
Samuel Dash
Pecos Tire
Mary McAnally
Lice
Earnest Matta
Hickory St
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
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