MIA Wives Voice Frustrations Over Missing Husbands
The piece reports wives of missing in action service members facing identity and credit hardships as they seek to prove status. Mothers describe the emotional toll on children and the struggle to obtain loans and car titles without official confirmation of a loved one’s status.
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Maureen Dunn
Randolph, Mass
Washington, D.C
Ann Blackman
Associated Press
Washington
Paul Wood
Tucson
Ariz
Maj
Patrick Wood
Vietnam
Wood
Karen
Chamber of Commerce
Pecos
Highland Park Near Target in Dallas Desegregation Suit
The Dallas Morning News reports minority plaintiffs plan to file in September for full Highland Park school integration. The suit seeks to amend the original desegregation case to include Highland Park and the Texas Education Agency, noting the district has had no current Black pupils and recounting historical busing and funding details.
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Dallas
Highland Park
Dallas Morning News
University Park
U.S. Dist
William M. Taylor
Fashionable Park Cities
Carrollton
Irving
Tyler
Mutscher Faces Grand Jury Over Sharpstown Scandal
Speaker Gus Mutscher and other Texas officials appeared before a federal grand jury probing the Sharpstown Bank collapse and a linked stock scandal involving National Bankers Life. The inquiry centers on stock profits from 1969 and alleged trading linked to legislative favors.
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Grand Jury
Texas
Sharpstown State Bank
Elmer Baum
Democratic Executive Committee
W.S. Heatly
Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
House
Mutscher
Rush McGinty
FS. Schulte
Tommy Shannon
Fort Worth
Preston Smith
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Dallas
Army expands Unit of Choice option for recruits
The Army offers a guaranteed 16 month assignment to a chosen unit under the Unit of Choice Enlistment Option. Available units include the 1st Infantry Division Fort Riley the 4th Infantry Division Fort Carson the 82d Airborne Fort Bragg the 197th Infantry Brigade Fort Benning the 1st Cavalry TRICAP and the 2nd Armored Fort Hood or the 3rd Armored Cavalry Fort Lewis. Enlistees train first and then are assigned for at least 16 months after initial training. Interested applicants should contact Sgt. Alvin E. Lawrence at 324 S. Cypress St room 7 Western Insurance Building or call 445-2710.
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Army
Alvin E. Lawrence
U. S. Army
United States
1St Infantry Division
Fort Riley
Kaw
4Th Infantry Division
Fort Carson
Colo
82D Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
197Th Infantry Brigade
Fort Benning
1St Cavalry Division
Tricap
2Nd Armored Division
Fort Hood
Tex
3Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fort Lewis
Wash
Army Training Center
Sgt. Lawrence
S. Cypress St
Western Insurance
India Soviet treaty signals deterrent move in regional crisis
India and the Soviet Union signed a new friendship treaty in New Delhi amid U.S. aid to Pakistan and Nixon's China overtures. Indian diplomats said the pact aims to deter Pakistan and Red China, noting the draft existed since 1969 and that Washington pressured New Delhi into signing.
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Moscow
Washington
India
Soviet Union
New Delhi
U.S
East Pakistan
Nixon
China
Pakistan
Red China
Andrei A. Gromyko
Swaran Singh
D.P. Dhar
Gromyko
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Rawalpindi
William P. Rogers
U.N
U Thant
Rogers
Thant
Pecos High School Registers Transfers and Sets Freshman Day
Registration of transfer students to Pecos High School begins today and runs through Thursday with counselor Mrs. Kay Walker available 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Freshman orientation is Friday at 9 a.m. All new students must attend. Locker assignments start Aug. 16 for freshmen and continue through Aug. 24 for seniors with a $1.50 fee. Classes begin Aug. 31.
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Pecos High School
Kay Walker
Oil firms seek rural land reappraisal at Reeves County meeting
Oil industry representatives urged re evaluation of rural lands at the Reeves County Commissioners Court session in the 143rd District Courtroom. Texaco, Gulf Oil, and Atlantic Richfield argued the 28 percent mineral property increase is too high unless rural land values are re assessed. Officials indicated plans for a broader study and potential complete reappraisal, with buy in from the firms if rural properties are re evaluated.
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Reeves County
143Rd District
W.H. Harris
Texaco
Pritchard and Abbott
Ishmael Carrasco
Balmorhea
Pritchard
Abbott
Harris
Faulkner
Don Hubbard
Gulf Oil Co
Houston
M.G. Tate
Atlantic Richfield Co
Dallas
Hubbard
Morning Thunderstorm and Rainfall Report in Pecos
A thunderstorm woke Pecos at 5 50 with lightning and rain. KIM Radio logged .07 inches of rain, SWIG noted .21 inches, and light showers north of Pecos were trace to a quarter inch, with about .2 inch in the East Airlawn addition.
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Pecos
KIM Radio
Airlawn
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Texas House of Representatives
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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