Miss Cotton Pageant Set With Pecos Crowning
In Pecos a Miss Cotton of Pecos pageant will be staged at 6 p.m. with a dinner and fashion show at the Pecos Valley Country Club. Seventeen local contestants vie for the crown, to be crowned by outgoing Miss Cotton Anne Slack.
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Cotton
Pecos
Anne Slack
Richard Slack
Rhonda Beauchamp
Wayne Beauchamp
Kim Blackwell
Ray Blackwell
Nancy Box
Lor
Miss Slack
Jack McGowen
Gail Slack
Marsha Miller
Slack
Texas A and M University
Texas
Honeytones Barbershop Quartet
Marvin Hagens
Bruce Miers
Gracia Ross
David Sherrouse
The
Cotton Crusaders
Jumbo
Odessa
Kethan argues freedom's value and risks in US history
W W Kethan, president of the International Softball Federation and IOC member, spoke to civic leaders at the Community Public Service building about freedom's hard-won nature. He warned many are hungry while praising America, recalled 1776, urged moral duty, and critiqued rationalist German education influencing youth and societal change. He cited Polish suffering as part of broader global freedoms debate.
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W.W. Kethan
International Softball Federation
Reddy
Kethan
England
Congress
Germany
Europe
Hughes collects WWII era matchbooks reflecting era slogans
Pecos resident Alton Hughes gathers wartime matchbooks from across the United States. The collection includes Army Air Corps and Red Cross promos, rationing appeals, and ads from old Pecos businesses. Hughes plans to leave the set to his grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Oestreicher
Pyoto
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Alton Hughes
Pecos
Chamber of Commerce
Hughes
U.S
U.s. Army Air Corps
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Washington, D.C
Baker
Dallas
A. Japs
Britain
Army and Navy
Red Cross
Hinkle Drug Company
Best Cafe
Uncle John’s Junk Yard
Moore Plumbing Company
Jack’s Liquor Shop
Prewitt Hatchery
Ben’s Pharmacy
Ragsdale
Lewis Company
Club Cafe
Electric Gin Company
Pecos Steak House
Jack May Men’s Shop
Downs Sullivan Motor Company
Texas Club
Crokett Hotel
Brandon
Union
Pecos City studies options for new sewage plant
Pecos City undertakes a feasibility study to find a suitable and affordable sewage treatment facility that meets Texas Water Quality Board rules. Current plant fails BOD limits and uses oxidation ponds. city officials, with an engineer, review several facilities with funding discussions likely only after planning and study completion.
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Pecos City
Pecos
Texas Water Quality Board
B. Hunt
Texas
Health Service
Hunt
Water Board
Pecos earns seventh AAA Pedestrian Safety Citation
Pecos won its seventh Pedestrian Safety Citation in the AAA Pedestrian Safety Inventory for 1971, among 239 awards given to 2,146 U.S. cities. The award reflects Pecos’ record with zero pedestrian deaths and five injuries in 1971, and notes national casualty trends and program evaluation across safety areas. Also, Lions district cabinet met in Pecos with attendees from El Paso to Odessa, hosted by local clubs, and gave visitors Pecos canta loupes and a Pecos onion.
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Pecos
American Automobile Association
U.S
AAA
American Motor Inn
Bill Stevie
Odessa
Lion District
Tommy Beauchamp
Bob Miller
Stevie
Evening Lions Club
Amistad Club
el Paso
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Eagleton
Washington
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Democratic Party
Jean Westwood
George McGovern
Barefoot Sanders
John Tower
Sanders
Jan
Kennedy-Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Sen
Tower
Senate
Frank Collier
Collier
Reeves County
Democratic
Anderson
Missouri
CBS
McGovern
Len
Ing Box
Cathy Brantley
Milton Brantley
Debbie Bryan
Jerry Bryan
Nancy Carpenter
Joe Carpenter
Carol Casimir
Jack Casimir
Lana Choate
Bobby G. Choate
Joni Jackson
John Jackson
Kathy McAnally
James McAnally
Peggy McCarty
H.O. McCarty
Adrian McCutcheon
Willis McCutcheon
Jane Mattox
Bill Mattox
Lu Ann Richards
Kenny Richards
Becky Rogers
Jack Rogers
Gaye Thigpen
Gene Thigpen
Melanie Turnbough
V. Turnbough
Freedom
Cabinet
Gene Martin
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