Guardsmen Share Christmas Spirit at West Texas Home
Pecos National Guardsmen joined guards from Monahans Kermit Odessa and others on a third annual trek to the West Texas Children's Home in Pyote. About 112 volunteers distributed gifts to 160 resident children after singing carols and greeting Santa who helped hand out toys and spoke with youngsters.
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Odessa
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Santa
Grand jury indicts two men in shooting
A Reeves County grand jury returned three indictments after a Dec. 2 shooting left one man dead and two hurt. Oscar Jiminez faces murder and attempted murder counts while Concepcion Jasso is indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Bond for Jiminez and Jasso is set at 5000 each.
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Reeves County
Oscar Jiminez
Concepcion Jasso
Jiminez
Sheriff's Department
Verhalen
Amado Arevalo
Jasso
Rachel Hernandez Galindo
Phil C. Love
Andres Morriel Ramirez
Charles Ray Johnson
Calvin C. Rye
Pecos Motors
Rye
Perversion and War in a Moral World Opinion
John Pitts argues that society overreacts to sexual content while tolerating graphic violence. He contends the highest good is humanity marked by peace and harmony, urging focus on inhumanity like war to make the world safer and children better protected.
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Sonny
Ford seeks extended unemployment benefits in 1975 plan
President Ford urged Congress to approve an emergency measure extending jobless benefits by 13 weeks and adding up to 26 weeks for workers currently without coverage. The plan would raise total benefits to 39 weeks with the federal share at half the cost, as unemployment hovered around 6.5 percent with nearly six million out of work. The Labor Department also studies bringing nearly seven million more workers into unemployment insurance.
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Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
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Bell files $31 million lawsuit against Southwestern Bell
San Antonio man Michael Clegg seeks 31 million dollars in federal court damages, alleging his telephone was illegally monitored for over four months by Southwestern Bell security agent Billy B Hubbard. The second amendment to an earlier suit was filed in federal court and became part of the public record.
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Michael Clegg
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Clegg
Billy B. Hubbard
Sheriff files plea of privilege in Ward County suit
Reeves County Sheriff A B Nail asks to move a $193,000 Ward County wrongful death case involving Pecos Barstow Toyah schools and local officers to Reeves County. The suit by Marjorie Horton seeks damages for Andy Horton Jr.’s 1972 death after a car school-bus crash. The filing names Nail and deputy Taylor among defendants. Also notes auto theft recoveries in Colorado and Presidio. Texas Supreme Court appoints two Pecos attorneys to assist Bar admission screenings under a new unified process.
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Ward County
Reeves County
A.B. Nail
Barstow
Toyah
Dana Varney
Douglas Ward
Ward
Andy Horton Jr
Marjorie Horton
Horton
Nail
Wendell Taylor
Reeves County Sheriff's Deputies
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Odessa
Taylor
Jim Wilson
Pecos Memorial Hospital
Texas Supreme Court
State Bar of Texas
H. Darrell Glover
Richard D. Naylor
Supreme Court
Lloyd Lochridge
Owner's companion Little Jewel turns 25
The 1950 Bel Air Chevrolet known as Jewel marks 25 years with Pecos resident Jane Hay. Needing nightly pep talks to start, Jewel has rarely visited a garage for major repairs in 25 years, and Dr Bruce Hay’s wife credits local shop folk for caretaking.
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Bruce Hay
Pecos
Jane Hay
Herby the
Love Bug
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Jane
Wilson
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