Pecos Mayor Praises City Team Effort At Christmas Banquet
Mayor E W Schmidt credited Pecos City staff with a strong operation at the annual Christmas banquet. He noted nearly 600 total years of service and urged pride in the administration despite ups and downs. Community Council food baskets are needed for 19 needy families. call 445 3166 to help. Calvary Baptist Church will host a candle light service Sunday at 7 p m with carols and a sermon by Rev Homer Nowell.
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E. W. Schmidt
Cynthia Sadler
Vickie Passmore
Claire Dennison
Karen Vinson
Steve May
Pecos
Schmidt
Community Council
Reeves County
Calvary Baptist Church
Plum
Yucca Streets
J. O. Strother
Homer Nowell
VFW Essay Contest Crown Goes to Pecos Senior
VFW post 6437 Baker Curtis honors Pecos High School senior Vickie Woods for winning the 25th annual Voice of Democracy contest. Ernest Felts placed second and Jimmy Ater third. Forty five students entered the contest evaluating content delivery interest and expression. Winning tape advances to district competition in January.
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Vickie Kay Woods
Anthon J. Woods
S. Eddy St
Baker-Curtis Post
Joe Carpenter
Ernest Felts
Elizabeth B. Felts
Barstow
Jimmy Ater
Norine Ater
Wyoming &T
Pecos High School
Farenthold and Fort Worth candidate seek probe into lobbyist tied bills
Texas lawmakers urged the House General Investigating Committee to examine three bills linked to lobbyist James C. Day and Moody interests after the Houston Post reported a $60,000 loan allegedly arranged for Rush McGinty, a Mutscher aide. Rep. Frances T. Farenthold and John Chidgey joined the request.
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The
Post
Mutscher
McGinty
Shearn Moody Jr
W.L. Moody & Bankers Unincorporated
John Chidgey
Fort Worth
Rep. Farenthold
the Post
Day
Moody Bank
Moody
Texas Vending Association
Houston
Senate
Texas Vending Commission
Moody Interests
Farenthold
Menton Murray
House
UF Drive Extends as Cash Pledges Fall Short of Goal
The 1972 United Fund Drive remains well below its $25 000 goal with $10 390 68 in deposits and about $4 000 in pledges tallied in two weeks. The campaign continues at least another week as committees report late receipts and key contributors have yet to indicate plans. Bob Hughes, division chair, expects roughly $4 600 in cash and pledges, and individuals or businesses may call 445 4949 for guidance.
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United Fund
J. Robert Scott
Scott
Bob Hughes Commercial Division
New Mexico Man Held on Import Charge in Reeves County
James Ernest Herrera of Albuquerque was arrested 14 miles from Bedford by U S Customs agents. He faces a federal charge for importing 80 pounds of believed marijuana and was held in Reeves County Jail in lieu of a 7500 dollar bond. A preliminary hearing is set for 2 p.m. Monday.
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New Mexico
Reeves County
James Ernest Herrera
Albuquerque
Bedford
U.S
Herrera
Senate Approves Foreign Aid Bill for Adjournment
The Senate approved a 2.75 billion dollar foreign aid bill by a 33 to 21 vote as part of a package to clear Congress for adjournment. The measure would authorize spending at 2.37 billion dollars a year through February 22, with House action deferred until January. The development follows a surprise House vote on a six month Indochina withdrawal amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
92Nd
William F. Ryan
D-N, Y
U.S
Indochina
Ulate gets 15 year term for Pecos bar shooting
Filberto Gonzales Ulate, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 15 years in 143rd District Court for assault with intent to murder after a shooting at a Pecos bar following a dispute. Judge J H Starley presided. jury convicted on Nov 2. defense by Jack Worsham. prosecution by Roddy Harrison. The Associated Press. The report also covers India Pakistan war developments and a west Texas weather outlook.
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Filberto Gonzales Ulate
Alicia Martinez
Pecos
Ulate
J.H. Starley
Jack Worsham
Roddy Harrison
Associated Press
India
Pakistan
Bangla Desh
Agha Mohammed Yagha Khan
Subcontinent
Yahya
Indira Gandhi
New Delhi
Indian Defense Ministry
Yahya Khan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
J. S. Aurora
Dacca
Group of Ten begins work on money crisis
Secretary Connally opened a two day Group of Ten conference in Washington as finance ministers seek realignment of non Communist currencies. Optimism abounds for an interim system though tough negotiations are expected with a possible dollar devaluation of 5 to 8 percent as part of broader currency realignment.
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Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Nixon
Smithsonian Institution
Georges Pompidou
Azores
United States
Mikio Mizuta
U.S. Treasury
Japan
Germany
United Kingdom
No Virginia this year remembered in Taconic hills
A memorial note from North Chatham New York recalls Virginia O Hanlon Douglas who died at 81 and was buried May 17 in rolling Taconic hills. The piece frames her life from the Virginia Sun era to her later years as teacher and principal and ends with the Santa Claus quotation.
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North Chatham
N. Y
Santa
Virginia
Virginia O’ Hanlon Douglas
Taconic Hills
New York
Frank Church
the Sun
America
Sun
Church
Santa Claus
New York City
City workers honored with service pins at Pecos banquet
City of Pecos employees received service pins at the annual Christmas banquet held in the high school cafeteria. Mike Monclova and Clarence Cox led with 15 years as city shop mechanics, followed by Hugh Stutts six years in water, Hodge Brooks ten years as administrative custodian, Dick Wadley three years in the fire department, Jim Wilson ten years in the police department, Virginia Epple three years in water, and Butler Smith with three years.
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Town of
Pecos
Pic
Mike Monclova
Clarence Cox
Town of Pecos
Monclova
Cox
Hugh Stutts
Water Department
Hodge Brooks
Dick Wadley
Fire
Jim Wilson
Police
Virginia Epple
Butler Smith
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Vickie Woods
VFW
U. S
J. M. Preston
William F. Boling
Alpine
Tured
Texas
Curtis Carlson
Sue Roach
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