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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1972
Page
2
A 32 officer task force from Texas agencies begins operations this week to curb legally manufactured drugs reaching street pushers. The team includes Texas DPS local agents the State Board of Pharmacy the State Department of Health and a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs special agent.
Washington AP reports a high GOP official, Paul E. Barrick, treasurer of the Committee for the Re election of the President, refutes Washington Post claims that GAO found violations in handling nearly $309,000 in Nixon campaign funds.
A Interior Department hearing on the sale of 1135 oil lease tracts off the Louisiana coast stretched into a second day under a looming threat of court action. Houston student Wayne M. Babovich urged that environmental law push federal policy toward research into alternatives to oil and gas as energy sources.
Former U S Sen Ralph Yarborough said he has no future campaign plans due to campaign debt of about 90 000. He spoke at Glorieta Baptist Student Conference alongside former New Mexico Gov David Cargo. In a separate note Sacramento reports show California population growing 1.2 percent to 20 524 million in the past year, per state finance chief Vern Orr.
August 14 admitted Ruben Mesquez Ysab es and Marie Runnels. Rosa Morales dismissed August 15 Francis Brown Bengal Ruben Mesquez Ram es and Ysabel Reyes August 16 Harold Wendt Sonny Falcon Ruth Scull and Nancy Thomas Marie Runnels August 17 James A Crane no one dismissed August 18 Jila Gonzales.
Gulf Oil Corp. completed a north extension in the Estes Block 34 field of Ward County six miles south of Wickett, in the south Pennsylvanian area near No. 240 E. W. Estes. The discovery adds to the Ward County oil prospects and signals potential production in this newly developed subbasin.
Oil companies report drilling and production across Reeves Ward and surrounding areas with wells at Scarborough, Wig gins Orla, Monroe, Camp ball Estate and Beall fields. Newborns cited include baby boys Abercrombie and baby girls Brown and Thomas in Pecos proper.
Hawaii returns to a key military role as Vietnam winds down with Army and Marine units reformed and expanded. The 25th Infantry Division gains a second brigade at Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station adds troops, boosting overall Hawaii military population toward 119,000. Housing, traffic, and noise concerns loom as civilians feel the impact of the buildup.
Heavy fighting reported at the Que Son Valley mouth and Da Nang as North Vietnamese shelled the city for a third time in a week. South Vietnamese forces say they faced up to 900 enemy troops, with 108 NVA killed and 24 weapons captured. Civilian casualties included 11 wounded by rockets. five houses wrecked. Separate clashes near Quang Tri produced higher casualties on both sides. U.S. air support conducted strikes, destroying trucks and a tank, while bridges along the coast were hit. Navy officials credit air attacks and harbor mining for hindering the Communist war effort.
Lanous Earl Simpson 87 of 209 W llth St Pecos died Tuesday in Reeves County Memorial Hospital He a Paris Texas native lived in Pecos since 1948 and was a Baptist Church member Services 3 p m Thursday at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Leslie Smith officiating Burial in Fairview Cemetery Survivors include widow Merida Pecos four sons T E Clovis N M W A Las Vegas Nev J B Grants N M and Harold Pecos two daughters Mrs Al Caperton and Mrs Earl Hagar Pecos 21 grandchildren 32 great grandchildren one great great grandchild and three brothers Jack Moore Okla Howard Oklahoma City Okla and Pat Rockdale Tex
Notice from the Texas Water Rights Commission sets a hearing for September 14 1972 at Balmorhea High School Auditorium Reeves County Texas to designate an underground water reservoir underlying Reeves Culberson and Jeff Davis Counties Publication dates August 23 and 30 1972 in Pecos Enterprise provides required posting and publication details including notices to landowners and interested parties.
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