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Pecos Enterprise

Location

Pecos, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1971

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Administration hopes for two Chinas in UN vote

The Nixon administration moves to prevent expulsion of Nationalist China while seeking to seat Communist China this fall. State Department officials say a two Chinas compromise can win support and keep Taiwan in the United Nations.

Associated Press Washington Nixon United Nations China State Department Albania Taiwan Peking U.N Republic of China U.S William P. Rogers

Pecos Enterprise Names Georgia Stroud Society Editor

Mrs. Georgia Stroud, longtime Pecos resident, is named society editor of the Pecos Enterprise by Editor O'Ferrall Pauly. She succeeds Bonnie Dearley and will continue the reg nar column and weekly church page while Kennedy Stroud and three children reside at 204 Daggett.

Georgia Stroud Pecos O’ferrall Pauly Society Bonnie Dearley Stroud

Vandals Strike Pecos Schools Causing Major Repairs

Vandalism hits Pecos schools during vacation with B B guns and rocks breaking glass in the high school cafeteria and buses. Costs run about 200 to 250 dollars monthly plus hundreds more for roof and fire alarm damage, with blame placed on young students.

Lewis Cowart Pecos North Pecos Frank Kelley Cowart

Dallas Desegregation Plan Moves Forward Amid Appeals

U S District Judge William M. Taylor Jr orders reassignment of about 20 000 Dallas junior and senior high pupils to mix races and approves television exchanges in elementary grades to preserve neighborhood schools. Twenty one parents file notice of appeal to the Fifth Circuit. schools delay term start to September 7. A four day high school week option may exist for voluntary transfers. TV equipment to be installed by February 1 and operating by May.

Dallas U. S. Dist William M. Taylor Jr U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals New Orleans Taylor

Major Post Office Work Nears Christmas Readiness

Remodeling of the United States Post Office is progressing on schedule. Bibb Construction Company of Wichita Falls leads a $179000 project with foreman Hossinger. Work began in May and should finish within nine months to handle the Christmas mail rush. A new dock, 3 by 16 inch pilings, doubles loading space and temporary lobby slots give way to final centralized placement. Morrison plans a new office for the postmaster and a separate one for the assistant. Old offices will become a box bay with 1256 boxes and more to come. Complete rewiring and strip lighting upgrade the building.

Bibb Construction Company Wichita Falls Hossinger Paul Morrison Morrison

Funding increases for Permian Basin Planned Parenthood

Governor Preston Smith announced approval of a $53,403 community action grant to Permian Basin Planned Parenthood in Odessa for Family Planning under Title II of the Economic Opportunity Act. The grant runs Aug 1, 1971, to July 31, 1972, with about 9,350 eligible and 1,124 enrolled in the Permian Basin Planning Region.

Preston Smith Permian Basin Planned Parenthood, Inc Odessa Permian Basin

Spanish column to serve Pecos Spanish Americans by Rev Antonio Olmos

Rev Antonio V Olmos of San Pedro United Methodist Church Pecos will begin a Spanish language column in the Enterprise published once or twice weekly. The column will feature news stories short fiction and educational items aimed at Pecos Spanish Americans and invites readers to write or call with news and activities.

Antonio V. Olmos San Pedro O’ferrall Pauly Rev. Olmos Mexico City Pauly Rev Olmos Pecos United States Victoria Tex Port Arthur Dallas el Paso University of Mexico Centro Engenico Seminary S. Walnut St

Sheriff Nails Return From Texas Sheriffs Convention

Sheriff A B Nail returned from Dallas after attending a four day Texas Sheriffs Association convention with crime seminars and forums. Noted speakers included FBI agent Ray Faist, FBI agent Gordon Shanklin, Judge J C Davis Jr of the attorney general's office, and Nola White, chief deputy under Attorney General Crawford Martin.

A. B. Nail Dallas Texas Sheriffs’ Association Ray Faist FBI el Paso Gordon Shanklin J. C. Davis Jr Austin Nola White Crawford Martin Texas

Pecos girl earns honors at Texas Tech Publications Workshop

Becky Hopper daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Hopper of 1713 Jackson received the best individual layout trophy at the fourteenth annual Publications Workshop at Texas Tech University. She is Eagle Editor in Chief and will be a senior this fall.

Becky Hopper Bill Hopper Jackson Texas Tech University Ralph Sellmeyer Miss Hopper Eagle Becky Rogers University Center Suzanne Bruce Odessa Miss Rogers the Eagle Chuck Hubbs Bill Hubbs Hickory St Chuck

Teachers To Convene In Dallas For Annual Education Workshop

Some 1,300 vocational agriculture teachers will meet in Dallas this week for the annual Education Workshop. Pecos High School instructor Bailey Wheeless attends as part of the delegation. The event opens today at the Adolph and Baker Hotels with general sessions awards breakfast planning meetings and multiple workshops led by Dr. Carl S Winters of General Motors and Dr. J W Edgar Texas State Commissioner of Education. Workshops cover beef cattle catfish production pre employment lab training greenhouse facilities Young Farmer chapters creative teaching pollution control swine production and more.

Dallas Bailey Wheeless Pecos High School Adolph and Baker Carl S. Winters General Motors Company Oak Park Ill J. W. Edgar Austin

Castillo Loses Sentence Appeal

Gene Castillo aged 39 lost an appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals this week and will be transported to Huntsville penitentiary. He challenged a life sentence imposed in Pecos by Judge J. H. Starley after a 143rd District Court habitual criminal conviction. Castillo has spent 20 months in Reeves County jail awaiting the decision.

Gene Castillo Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Huntsville

Rotary District GovernorDr Martin W Fleck visit

District Rotarian chief plans a two day visit as Dr Martin W Fleck of Albuquerque addresses the Pecos Rotary Club and meets with club officers to discuss service plans and administrative matters. Fleck, a former Albuquerque Past President, was elected District Governor in 1971 and later retired as UNM biology professor who started the first U S radiation teaching lab.

Rotary Martin W. Fleck Albuquerque Fleck Rotary Club of Pecos Bill H. Hubbs Rotary Club Rotary Convention Sydney N.S.W Australia Lake Placcid New York University of New Mexico United States

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By Spencer Davis Chiang Kai-shek Rogers Foreign Affairs Richard Nixon New Society United States Post Office Chamber of Commerce Harold Meyer Antonio Olmos Matt Avery H.f.avery Darrel Thomas Texas Tech Harold Hume Doug Alton Taylor Publishing Company W. F. Turk Lubbock Castillo Martin Fleck
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