Balmorhea Area Community News and HolidayNotes
Nancy Allen visited To yah Chapter No 579 in Balmorhea as district deputy matron in Texas. Locals hosted visitors from Monahans Pecos and Balmorhea and prepared refreshments. The Future Homemakers of America held a Christmas party with Miss Marolyn Gann of Pecos sharing Australia exchange experiences. Community cleanup by Odes ORear and Harvey Davis brightened Balmorhea. Funeral services for Fritz Huelster were held in Balmorhea with burial there. News includes hospital update on Jennie Hoefs and Christmas plans for Moody family. Local basketball doubleheaders feature Sanderson and Alpine teams visiting Balmorhea for yearend games.
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Nancy Allen
Monahdas
Toyah
Balmorhea
Masonic Temple
Rolene
Wayne McBee
Patty Towler
Nancy
Texas
Katherine Harbour
Chris Gilbert
Balmiorhea
Homemakers of America
Martie Lethco
Marolyn Gann
Pecos
Miss Gann
Australia
Marolyn
Odes O’rear
Lions Club
Harvey Davis
Baptist Church
Lion
Elliott
Emilio Tobar
Santa
Border Patrol officer pursues dual degrees at Sul Ross
Steve Park, a U S Border Patrol agent in Marfa, studies police administration and music at Sul Ross State University. He will earn degrees in music and police administration in May and plans to pursue a master's in political science next semester. Park began in music, left teaching, joined El Paso police then the Border Patrol, and plans to continue in law enforcement. He credits Sul Ross with valuable coursework and anticipates contributing to his career.
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Steve Park
U.S. Border Patrol
Marfa
Sul Ross State University
Sul Ross
Park
New Mexico A&m
New Mexico State University
Texas Western College
University of Texas At el Paso
el Paso
Pamela
Penelope
Preston
Marfa High School
el Paso Police Department
Border Patrol
U. S. Department of Justice
California
Delbert A. Dyke
Texas Western
Des Moines
Iowa
Balboa High School
Panama Canal Zone
Bul Ross
P.A
Philip Schroeder
Southwest Texas Junior College
Uvalde
Jack Hardin
U.S
Pecos
Richard Thompson
Claude A. Thormalen
Leo D. Lesperance
Michigan
Arizona
Peace Disputes Define Vietnam Settlement Hurdles
The AP reports that Henry A. Kissinger and others face core disagreements over the war's meaning. These gaps, more than semantic issues, threaten any near term peace. The discussion centers on fundamental questions about the conflict and its resolution.
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Kenneth J. Freed
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Henry A. Kissinger
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Kissinger
Vietnam
North
Saigon
France
Hanoi
17Th Parallel
United States
le Duc Tho
Splashdown crew to begin Skylab tests aboard Ticonderoga
Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan Schmitt and Evans will board the USS Ticonderoga after splashdown to begin Skylab Mobile Laboratory tests. The 2:24 p.m. recovery in the South Pacific precedes a planned May 28 or 29 Skylab launch, with further missions through November. युद्ध
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Uss
Ticonderoga
America
Skylab
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
Skylab Mobile Laboratory
SML
South Pacific
American Samoa
SMS
Nutrition
Mel Richmond
Apollo 17
Houston
Hawaii
Mercy mission ends in apparent sea disaster
A rescue to aid a 54-foot shrimp trawler near Key West ended in disaster as a helicopter disappeared after transferring eight men to safety. Debris was found 50 miles southwest, with no survivors located. names withheld pending relatives.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Coast
Vande Dene
Key West
Coast Guard
Venice
Tampa Bay
Here
Cmdr
Paul R, Lewis
Marvin A. Cleveland
Air Force
Edward J. Nematz
Clinton Edwards
Russians save baby on dock as freighter crew rescues father
In Corpus Christi the crew of a Russian grain freighter rescued 22 month old Jeffrey Cast after he slipped from a gangplank into the water. A Russian photographer and two seamen pulled the trio to safety while an aboard doctor treated the child. The Cast family later hosted a thank you party for the crew.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
R. E. Cast
Jeffrey
Cast
Jeffery
Lyschuk Anatoly
Fizik Lebedev
Corpus Christi Civitan Club
Entries open for 1973 Miss Rodeo El Paso contest
Louis R. Lama announces entries are open for the 1973 Miss Rodeo El Paso competition to be held February 3 at the Airport Holiday Inn with horsemanship at the coliseum. Entry closes January 12. contestants must be 18 to 24 as of September 1, 1972 and never married.
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Louis R. Lama
el Paso
Airport Holiday Inn
Lama
P. O. Box
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Rex Hitchcock
Rena Write
A.G. Adair
Monahans
G.W. Winterrowd
John Spillivan
W.A. Bullock
W.S
Fritz) Huelster
Christ the King
Brogado
Joseph Leoni
Hermond Huelster
Finland
Huelster Ranch
Toyahvale
Germany
Frank
San Angelo
Leo
Casa Grande
Ariz
Norbert
Rosa Renz
Nora Kelly
Jennie Hoefs
Odessa Hospital
Sadie Draper
Miss Moody
Rodger Moody
Moody
Alpine High School
Clint
Dan Clark
Homemakers of America Club
Sue Brijalba
Mary Brijalba
Tissie Ann Elliott
Marty Lethco
Liceman
U. S. Border Patrol
Richard Stratton
Snyder Police Department
Herb C. Chambers
Sul Ross Police Administration Department
International Control Commission
Austin
Atty
Crawford Martin
Martin
Miss Rodeo
el Paso Southwest
Andrews, Borden
Brewster
Crane
Bessie Hollebecke
Las Vegas
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