Texas truck and bus safety group aids Labor Day travel
About 50 to 60 Holiday Road Patrol cars, sponsored by the Texas Motor Transportation Association and the Texas Council of Safety Supervisors, will assist the DPS, National Guard, and local officials over Labor Day weekend. The volunteer patrols will operate on major interstates from 4 pm Friday, police no enforcement power but will aid with repairs, fuel, and first aid. Governor Briscoe and safety officials praised the program.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Texas Council of Safety Supervisors
Department of Public Safety
Army Nation
al Guard
Jack C. Bryan
TMTA
Bryan
State Highway Patrol
Dolph Briscoe
Wilson E
Speir
Texas Truck and Bus Group
Eath
Terry Townsend
Five escapees flee Medina County jail in Hondo Texas
Five inmates escaped Medina County jail in Hondo prompting a pursuit to San Antonio. They abducted a police officer and three others but were not injured. Two fugitives face murder charges and were later recaptured after dawn. One escapee was identified as a Houston ex-convict.
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Hondo
Tex
Medina County
San Antonio
Charles Hitzfelder
Houston
Leonard Freeman
Luis Garza
Elida
Atascosa County
Freeman
Hitzfelder
Arnulfo Guajardo
Guajardo
Virginia Anderson
Freeeman
Carlsbad Caverns resumes winter schedule after Labor Day
Sept 4 the Visitor Center and Cavern reopen at 8 am with walk-in trips ending by 2 30 pm and Big Room tours by 3 15 pm. Full three mile visit requires entering by 2 pm. Flight programs run through September with center open until 8 pm. Entrance $2 per car, 50 cents per person for commercial buses. annual Golden Eagle Passports available.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Donald Dayton
Dayton
Golden Eagle
Shuttle Bus to McKittrick Canyon Ends for Fall Season
Guadalupe Mountains National Park will discontinue the free shuttle service to McKittrick Canyon after Sept 9 to limit traffic on the private ranch road. Visitors may still use the road within daily vehicle limits, with gate keys issued on a first come basis from the park information station near Pine Springs. The park will provide an alternative access route later after a pending land exchange is completed.
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Pine Springs
Dayton
Smith joins West Texas Chamber of Commerce in Abi line
Stephen F. Smith, formerly of Dallas, becomes assistant development director at the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Abi line. He will handle water development, industrial development, cultural affairs and membership. Born in Seattle, he speaks Turkish and French. educated at O W Holmes High School San Antonio and Southwest Texas State University class of 1970.
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Abilene
Stephen F. Smith
Dallas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
J. Fike Godfrey
Smith
Seattle
Wash
Air Force
United States
Karamursel
Turkey
Dreux
France
O.W. Holmes High School
San Antonio
Southwest Texas State University
Matagorda County
Boy Scouts of America
Sam Houston Council
Ross Martin Company
Becky Frazier
Midland
Women Buy More Term Life Insurance Says Expert
Boston report notes rising term life policies among women. Sabino Marinella of Continental Investment Corp. cites 4.3 million women in 1972, up 20 percent since 1962, driven by lower premiums and full coverage. Young married women with children seek protection as family needs grow.
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Boston
Sabino Marinella
Continental Investment Corp
Marinella
Van Nuys man held for sex offenses
A 49 year old man pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to the kidnap and sex offense charges stemming from the Tracy Greenfield case. He admitted using the alias Robert Lee Ray and faced 17 counts including drugging a minor and poisoning allegations. Bond set at 120000 with next hearing Oct 11. wife granted sole custody of six children amid divorce proceedings. Tracy Greenfield, age 11, was found drugged in Marina Del Rey and returned to Mission Hills after hospital release.
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van Nuys
Calif
Tracy Greenfield
Robert Reynolds
Robert Lee Ray
Tracy
Une
Marina del Ray
Mission Hills
Federal jury indicts major steel firms for Texas rebars cartel
A federal grand jury indicted United States Steel Bethlehem Steel Corp Armco Steel Corp and 14 smaller firms in Houston on antitrust charges for conspiring to fix prices bid rig and apportion Texas rebar markets. Sixteen officials named in Dallas filings. The 1971 sales exceeded 40 million.
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Washington
Texas
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Houston
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Dallas
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Armco
Pecos Enterprise publication details and mailing rates
The Pecos Enterprise is an independent newspaper published by Pecos Enterprise, Inc. The paper issues every evening except Saturday and Sunday. It lists mailing subscription rates for Reeves County and other areas, with six month and yearly prices.
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Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedar St
Pecos
Texas
P.O
Reeves County
Deaths Services for Mrs Ralph Kinnard
Services for Mrs. Ralph Kinnard 35 were held August 13 at Cherry Ridge Baptist Church Bastrop Louisiana. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery Bastrop. She died when her car left a bridge and entered the Bonne Idee river August 10. She leaves a widow, two children Roxanne and Robert, and four sisters and one brother in Texas.
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Ralph Kinnard
Cherry Ridge Baptist Church
Bastrop
Memorial Park Cemetery
Roxanne
Robert
Pecos
Texas
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