Moon mission ends as lander Challenger vanishes in lunar impact
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans remain in 69 mile high lunar orbit aboard America while the Challenger, after delivering moon samples, fires thrusters and crashes onto Taurus Littrow. Seismic instruments on the moon register the impact as mission control watches the spectacular departure.
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Mission Control
Moon
Cernan
Moon Valley
Taurus- Littrow
Earth
Challenger
Taurus-Littrow Valley
Taurus-Littrow
Lunar
Evans
Peace plan not seen by Christmas
Nixon has no plans to announce on Vietnam before Christmas, the White House said. Kissinger, after Paris talks, consults with Rogers Laird Moorer and Helms as negotiations appear at a standstill. Pecos firemen responded to a second false alarm in two days about a storage room on Pecan or Peach Street, locating no fire.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Richard Helms
Ziegler
Saigon
South Vietnam
Neuyen van Thieu
Washington-Saigon
North Vietnam
Pecos
S. Pecan
S. Peach
Millsapps Accepts Three Year Contract Extension
Pecos schools names Jerry Millsapps athletic director for three more years after a Thursday night school board vote. Millsapps said he was pleased the board trusted him to extend the program. members praised the overall athletic program he built and urged him to continue it.
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Jerry Millsapps
Pecos Schools
School Board School Board
Millsapps
Ray Whitley
Pecos
Glen Frazier
C of C Offers 1972 73 Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce reports the 1972 73 Occupational Outlook Handbook from the U S Department of Labor is available at its office. The 879 page volume covers opportunities across multiple sectors and projects future trends for each career area. It can be studied in person or checked out for overnight or weekend study.
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U. S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Harold Meyer
Meyer
Indian Lodge Closure in Davis Mountains Park
Indian Lodge at Davis Mountains State Park will close from 2 p m January 8 to 2 p m January 22 1973 for preventive maintenance by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Heating and cooling system water system boilers strainers filters circulating pump and kitchen equipment will be repaired. The rest of the park remains open and officials note January is the lodge’s slow period with minimal visitor disruption.
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Austin
Davis Mountains
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Pecos-Barstow ISD weighs kindergarten expansion and stadium plan
The Pecos-Barstow ISD board hired Covington and Shelton to draft preliminary plans and costs for a district wide building program. Priorities include 12 new kindergarten rooms by 1978, a central new kindergarten facility by 1975, moving several departments to existing plants, and athletic upgrades at Rotary Field and track. The plan is tentative and awaits detailed study.
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Covington and Shelton
Pecos- Barstow
Earl Bell
Harvey Ramsey
Whitley
Ramsey
Jerry Millsapps
PHS
Chamber of Commerce
Pecos Ministerial Alliance
Patricia Waits
Linda Brandon
Molly Yeager
Ida Means
Ruth Miles
Pecos
Elvin Reynolds
Paul Williams
Charles Mitchell
Truman’s kidneys fail as he worsens in hospital
Kansas City AP reports former president Harry S. Truman, 88, remained in very serious condition as his kidney output declined despite treatment. He had been hospitalized 10 days for lung congestion and bronchitis, with heart and kidney issues hindering his fight to live and his daughter Margaret weighing a return home.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Truman
Margaret Truman Daniel
New York
Cattle prices rise while wholesale meat costs edge up
USDA reports December gains in cattle prices with Omaha steer prices at 34.76 per hundredweight, up from 34.28 a year earlier. Chicago wholesale steer carcasses also show a rebounding trend, though still below last year's levels. Separate report notes two thefts from pickups, with tools and a toolbox stolen in two residences.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Omaha
USDA
Chicago
Unsettled Texas winter weather bringing freezes and rain
Cold front lingers over Texas with highs near 48 dropping to 22 in Pecos. Forecasters expect clear and colder nights into Saturday with a warmup Sunday as moisture fades and more frigid air moves in. Reports show four inch rain swells on eastern sections and snow three to five inches in parts of the Panhandle Plains. Galveston faced dense fog and harbor disruption.
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Pecos
Associated Press
Texas
Angelina River
Panhandle
Panhandle-Plains
National Wether Service
B52s fly record bombing missions over North Vietnam
U S B52 bombers completed a record 16 missions Thursday and Friday, dropping about 1400 tons of explosives near the DMZ and over Quang Tri Province. Fighter bombers conducted 50 strikes in North Vietnam with no significant damage assessment reported. In Saigon a rocket attack near Bien Hoa killed civilians and damaged infrastructure as theft at Pecos housing sites totaled 750 dollars.
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Dong Hoi
Mu Gia Pass
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U. S. Command
Dmz
Quang Tri Province
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Quang Tri
Bien Hoa
Saigon Command
Bruce Campbell Construction Co
Pecos
Bessie Haynes
Ten Beds Delivered In A Nightmare For Housewife
A Manhattan housewife testified in a Civil Court negligence suit that Abraham & Straus delivered 10 beds instead of the two ordered. She described a cluttered apartment with four living room mattresses and multiple bed frames, injuring a finger while trying to move a mattress. The jury awarded $750 in damages.
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New York
Manhattan
Ralph Spinner
Civil Cort
Spinner
Abraham & Straus
Brooklyn
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Cernan and Schmitt
Erica
C of C
Rotary
Robert Coltharp
Rotary International
E. W. Schmidt
Mike Harrison
Swig
Reeves
Presidio
Ben Matta
S. Plum
A. Hume
Kathy
Galveston
Galveston Bay
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