Miss Cotton of Pecos 1971 Contestant Vickie Woods
Vickie Woods, the last of sixteen Miss Cotton nominees for Pecos 1971, will be presented at the Pageant on Thursday evening August 5 at Pecos Valley Country Club. A TV preview Tuesday on KOSA in Odessa features the sixteen contestants with the Cotton Crusaders. Woods, 17, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J Anthon Woods and will be a Pecos High School senior this fall.
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Vickie Woods
Cotton
Pecos
Pecos Valley Country Club
Studiot
Pecos Eagle Choir
Vickie
Young Women’s
Actiens
Maxine Tharp
Miss Cotton
W. R
Bob) Bickley
Alton Hughes
Will Marsha Miller
Immunization Rules Set for Texas School Students
Texas adopts a new law requiring immunizations for all students. Supt. Ray Whitley released the required conformity details outlining compliant steps for city schools to follow.
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Texas
Supt
Ray Whitley
Pecos student joins Navy Science Cruise program
Mike Cravens of Pecos, a member of Pecos High School Association, was selected from 214 students to participate in the Navy Science Cruise Tour in San Diego. He toured Naval Electronics Laboratory, Hospital, and Underwater Research centers, meeting fellow students from the United States and Canada and learning about Navy science and engineering applications.
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Mike Cravens
4Th St
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Naval
L. J. Liljestrand
Permian Basin
U. S. Navy
Cravens
Pecos High School Association
Julia Ross
Carolyn McNeil
United States
Canada
Mississippi
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Alaska
Naval Electronics Laboratory Center
Naval Hospital
Naval Underwater Research and Development Center
Youths' home to adopt 40 hour week for staff
The West Texas Children's Home at Pyote plans a 40 hour week for house parents under federal law. Established in 1965, the facility houses 236 dependent children and currently employs 36 house parents, with 26 more to be hired by Sept. 1. Eligible applicants are ages 21 to 55 with a high school diploma.
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West Texas
Pyote
Texas Youth Council
Fred
W. Coneradt
Conradt
Bill McGuire
Pecos Weather Outlook West of Pecos
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with showers and thundershowers mainly in the south. Highs 70 to 80 in southern mountains and 80 to 92 elsewhere. Lows tonight 55 to 70.
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Pecos
District Proposes Missouri Street Closure To Support School Building
Absentee voting begins at City Hall with Lorraine Henderson and runs through Aug 20. The general election is set for Aug 24 in the Community Center Banquet Room from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Presiding judge is M P Withers with Ben Matta assisting. The closure would bar a street segment to unite Pecos Barstow Consolidated Independent School District property with other district sites for a new vocational education building funded by a $1.25 million bond approved May 29.
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Missouri Street
Jackson St
Washington
Lorraine Henderson
City
M.P. Withers
Ben Matta
Pecos- Barstow
Pecos Barstow school calendar set for 1971 72
Whitley releases the Pecos Barstow school calendar for 1971 72. Key dates include August 25 teacher meeting August 24 26 in service training August 27 workday August 30 student registration September 6 holiday for Labor Day and Thanksgiving November 25 26 Christmas break December 23 January 2 Easter break March 30 April 3 semester resumes January 24 with school ending May 31 Baccalaureate May 28 and graduation May 30
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Pecos-Barstow
Supt
Ray Whitley
Weekend rainfall causes flooding and rescues in Pecos
More than two inches of rain drenched Pecos from a Saturday midnight through Sunday morning, with 2.26 inches from the early storm and 0.31 inches in the afternoon. A car stalled in five feet of water near Walthall and Cedar and two youths pulled Marie Kellar from the wreck. Lightning disabled streetlights and telephone lines, while two ground tornadoes near the DPS radio tower briefly touched down before dissipating. Crop outlook remained favorable as cool weather gave way to warmth, with Pecos Cantaloupe Company reporting no crop damage.
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KIM
Marie Kellar
Johnny Martinez
Javier Guevara
Pecos
DPS
Fort Stockton
Duke Larson
Pecos Cantaloupe Company
Doggett Family Relocates to Carlsbad New Mexico
Mr and Mrs Billy Bob Doggett have moved to Loving New Mexico after a company transfer. Doggett will work at the Cottingham Bearing Company Carlsbad office and previously served in Pecos over the last year. They reside at 314 North 8th Street Loving. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W C Doggett of Pecos.
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Billy Bob Doggett
Loving
N. M
Doggett
Cottingham Bearing Company
Carlsbad
Pecos
Doggetts
N. 8Th St
W. C. Doggett
Apollo 15 ends moon mission with final geology drive
Apollo 15 completes three day lunar exploration with Scott and Irwin moving toward Falcon to retrieve a drill and collect rock samples near Hadley Rille. The crew plans the last lift off, while scientists debate rim origin and possible ancient lunar rocks dating to solar system birth.
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Hadley Base
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Scott
Falcon
Mission Control
Houston
P.T
Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Moon
Earth
Hadley Bulle
Apollo
Joseph Allen
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Howard
Valentino Moreno
Mr. Moreno
Mexico
Balmorhea
Theresa
Mack
David
Angel
Euladia Mendez
Big Spring
Lucy Lozano
Anastacia Hernandez
California
Science Air
New Mexico
Red Bluff Lake
John Hayes
Red Bluff
Whitley
Department of Public Safety
Walthall and
Cedar
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Explorers
Bulletins
Pittsburgh
Steel
United Steelworkers of America
William P. Rogers
United Nations General Assembly
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