Russian grain ships head to Houston under wartime wheat deal
Houston expects a busy few months as the Kasimov and a Russian flag vessel join the Nation al Defender in carrying wheat to the Soviet Union. The plan splits shipments among Russian, U S, and other nations with about 70 percent of total wheat moving via Port of Houston. Local 872 leader Wheatley says workers will cooperate to keep ships moving.
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Russia
Houston
National Defender
U. S
Soviet Union
Frank J. Hemmen
Hemmen
Rueben Wheatley
Calderon Named IMAGE Director for Pecos Native
Calderon Arnie Calderon a 50 year old Pecos native was chosen as the new full time IMAGE director from about 20 applicants. He began work December 1 and will be in the office at 212 South Oak Street from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Arnie Calderon
Pecos
Clas
Calderon
S. Oak St
Image director emphasizes service and community support
Calderon thanks Pecos citizens and businesses as he foregrounds the Image organization’s goals. He praises the board and local churches civic groups city and schools for cooperation and notes Pecos will benefit from the chapter’s work. The main aim is to help the community.
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Pecos
Two Pecos Men Die In Cross Plains Collision
Two former Pecos residents died in a two car crash two miles south of Cross Plains on U S 279 early Sunday Truett Holley 48 Milford and his son Wendel 26 San Angelo were dead at the scene Mrs Hubert L Martin 52 Brownwood a passenger in the second car died about 4 a m Sunday Her husband reportedly in serious condition in a Fort Worth hospital Calderon a Pecos barber and longtime community member plans a Yearn to Learn tutoring and job program with a formal opening after January 1 He and his wife Edith live at 714 E Eighth St with their children Bryan Peggy and Geoffrey He invites inquiries at 445-3021.
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Pecos
Cross Plains
Truett Holley
Milford
Wendel Holley
San Angelo
U.S
Hubert L. Martin
Brownwood
Fort Worth
Calderon
Edith
Eighth St
Bryan
Peggy
Geoffrey
South Pecos
Catholic War Veterans
Santa Rosa
Earthquake Shakes Japan With Tokyo Disruption
A strong tremor of magnitude 7.4 strikes near Tokyo causing power cuts on Hachijo Island where 16 000 residents flee. Tokyo metro trains halt briefly and high speed rail between Tokyo and Osaka suspends for an hour as telephone services falter and roads sustain damage.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Hachijo
Temblor
Japan National Railways
Osaka
Japan
Calley appeal challenges My Lai court martial authority
Falls Church based Lt. William L. Calley Jr. seeks to overturn his My Lai massacre conviction arguing the Army lacked authority to try him, claiming he was a reserve officer not on active duty by his own consent.
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Falls Church
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
South Vietnam
Calley
Houston Gordon
Gordon
Two weekend collisions injure four in Pecos
Police report two weekend crashes involved six cars with four people treated and released at Memorial Hospital. Teen drivers Shannon Nixon and Giner Monroe sustained minor injuries in separate Palm and Third Streets and West Third Street incidents.
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Memorial Hospital
Shannon Nixon
Wyoming St
Giner Monroe
S. Park St
Palm and
Third Streets
Coy Perkins
Bruce Wilson Person
Odessa
Debra Lee Stanton
Jefferson St
West Third St
Stanton
Third Street
Bois d- Arc St
Miss Stanton
Pecos
Kissinger Holds Dual Talks With North Vietnamese
In Paris Kissinger and Maj. Gen. Haig meet twice with Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy as negotiations to end the Vietnam War resume. Morning session lasts 2 1/2 hours at Choisy le Roi villa. afternoon talks in Sainte Gemme begin at 4 p.m. Discussions to continue Tuesday.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Choisy le Roi
Kissinger
Sainte Gemme
Florida White House
Alexander M. Haig Jr
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Nixon
Washington
Tho
Texas weekend deaths rise with air fire and traffic toll
The Associated Press reports Texas weekend violent deaths climbed to 40 by Sunday night including 21 traffic fatalities 8 shootings 5 other deaths three from a Baytown plane crash. Victims Mrs Virginia DeLaune Mrs Shirley St Clair and T Jerry DeLaune were Channelview residents. A pool cue injury in Dallas and a Holiday Inn fire add to the toll.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dallas
Baytown
T. Jerry DeLaune
Virginia
Shirley St. Clair
Pecos Eagle Booster Club to Give Away TV Set
The drawing for the television set will be held on Dec 9. Turn all money from pens sold and ticket stubs to Ana Segalia by Wednesday. The next Booster Club meeting and football banquet arrangements will be announced later this week.
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Pecos Eagle
Ana Segalia
Optimist Club Christmas Trees Arrive Soon
The Optimist Club expects Christmas trees to arrive within two or three days. Spokesman Wendell Taylor says shipments were delayed this year and trees will be sold on the parking lot at Wackers in the Airlawn Shopping Center.
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Wendell Taylor
Taylor
Wacker’s
Airlawn
Disaster as Spantax Convair crashes off Canary Islands
A Convair 990A charter jet owned by Spantax crashed after takeoff from Santa Cruz de Tenerife killing all 155 aboard. Most victims were Germans from a Bavarian bus owners group with three Austrians, two Italians and seven Spanish crew among the dead. Investigators probe possible sabotage while Spanish aviation faces its worst disaster.
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Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Canary Islands
Spantax
Atlantic
North Africa
Sabootage
Bavaria
Telegraph cuts in Mexico City signal Honduran coup rumors
Reports say telephone circuits between Mexico and Honduras were cut as rumors spread of a coup in Honduras. President Ramon Cruz defends his government amid tensions with General Oswaldo Lopez Arrealno, who led a previous coup in 1963, while Liberals and Nationalists battle over power sharing after last year’s election.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Ramon
Cruz
Oswaldo Lopez Arrelano
Lopez
Liberal Party
Cruz Nationalist
Severe temperature swings hit Texas coast and plains
A front drove a sharp cold snap across Texas from the Panhandle to the coast. Morning lows dropped into the teens in Amarillo while South Texas saw 70s and 80s before a cold front brought showers and fog inland from the Gulf. An oil tanker collision near Galveston involved Amoco Louisiana and Fossanger as dense fog hampered coastal travel.
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Galveston
Texas
Coast Guard
American OilCo
Amoco Louisiana
Texas City
Fossanger
Amarillo
Panhandle
South Texas
Dalhart
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
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Boulder
Colo
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Tucumcari, N, M
Tucumcari Airport
Investment Dynamics, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Shea Stadium
Saigon
Vietnam
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
IRA
Eamon de Valera
Republic
ST. Louis
Jean Westwood
Robert Strauss
Allende
United Nations, N. Y
Salvador Allende
Chile
U. N. General Assembly
Assembly
Thelma Lucille Davis
Henrietta Rayos Prieto
Ninth St
U. S. 285
Hwy
West Fourth St
Angela Carrasco Salcido
Almond St
Ayn Rand
Pecos High School
Sandra Bailey
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Phu Duc
Duc
North Vietnam
South
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