Pecos boys face Christmas from hospital as hopes rise
Salvador Hinojos in Galveston for kidney dialysis shows progress and may come home next week. Jim Gunn, recovering from loss of both feet in a mill accident, will have a Christmas dinner pass. Larry Oster returns to school after knee surgery and will shed the full leg cast soon.
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Peggy McCracken
Pecos
Salvador Hinojos
Galveston
Jim Gunn
Medical Center Hospital
Larry Oster
Hinojos
University of Texas Hospital
Odessa Medical Center
Salvador
Arturo
North Pecos Elementary
Gunn
Nixon Receives Thieu Reply on Peace Aid Threat
President Nixon in Key Biscayne receives Nguyen Van Thieu’s reply regarding a suspected threat to cut off aid to Saigon if Thieu refuses to sign any peace agreement. Deputy Alexander Haig Jr. is due in Miami after four days of talks with Thieu and other Indochinese leaders.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Nguyen van Thien
Saigon
Thieu
Gein
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Miami
Kidnapers nabbed after freeing Dallas socialite
Mrs. Joe M. Dealey Jr., 22, a Dallas socialite, was freed after her family paid 250000 dollars. Two brothers, Franklin and Woodrow Ransonette, both Garland residents, were arrested as FBI agents recovered the money. She had been held two and a half days in an abandoned house after a kidnapping at gunpoint.
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Dallas
Joe M. Dealey Jr
FBI
Dealey
Franklin Joseph Ransonette
Woodrow
Joe M. Dealey Sr
Dallas Morning News
J. Gordon Shanklin
Mrs
Pecos Declares Key 73 Lunch Prayer Weeks
Mayor E W Schmit proclaims the next two weeks as KEY 73 Lunch Prayer Weeks in Pecos. Thirteen churches join a year long evangelization effort urging citizens to pause at noon daily for prayer at home work or while traveling from December 24 to December 31 and December 25 through January 6.
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E. W. Schmidt
DJ A. Leoni
Santa Rosa
E. W. Schmit
Pecos
Pecos City
United Prayer
Santa on church roof stalls Christmas party in Hamilton
Santa Claus and a helper were left on a church roof after their rooftop arrival for a children's party went wrong. A stolen ladder left them stranded and a police officer questioned them before they could descend. The officer reportedly asked for a toy pistol as a Christmas request.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Santa Claus
Hamilton Journal News
Rex Richardson
Richardson
Cold gripped the north half of Texas this Christmas weekend
Frosty weather tripped the northern half of Texas with freezing temperatures reported from the Panhandle to Lufkin and College Station. Readings ranged from 25 in Wink to 32 in Dallas while Brownsville stayed at 43 and Corpus Christi at 44 on the coast.
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Associated Press
Texas
Pecos
Texas Panhandle
Lufkin Aid College Station
Wink
Mineral Wells
Abilene
Amarillo
Waco
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Childress
Dalhart
Longview
Lufkin
San Angel
Tyler
College Station
Lubbock
Ma.'a
Texarkana
Dallas
el Paso
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Enterprise holiday schedule notice
Pecos Enterprise offices will be closed Monday and no paper will be delivered that day. Tuesday's edition will be delivered early Tuesday morning. Normal publication resumes Wednesday. Merry Christmas from the entire staff.
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Pecos Enterprise
Enterprise
Survivors Help Locate Andes Plane Wreckage Above San Fernando
Uru guayan crash survivors Canessa and Parrado guided a search helicopter to a Fairchild wreck in the high Andes about 12 000 feet up. Officials say 14 others remain alive, some injured, with many dead after a storm.
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Santiago
Andes
Civilization
Roberto Canessa Urta
Fernando Parrado Dolgay
Canessa
Parrado
San Fernando
Argentina
Chile
Old Christians
Montevideo
Uruguay
Stephens Wins 26th Annual VFW Speech Contest
David Stephens, son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Stephens, 520 W 6th St, 17, wins the 26th annual Voice of Democracy Contest sponsored by Baker Curtis Post 6437 VFW. Kenny Thomason places second. Mike Cravens third. Sharon Hall honorable mention. All seniors at Pecos High School. awards to be given at January dinner.
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David Stephens
Baker-Curtis Post
Joe Carpenter
David
Jesse Stephens
W. 6Th Street
Kenny Thomason
J.F. Thomason
Wyoming Street
Mike Cravens
Roy Cravens
Gladwell Street
Taylor
Texas
Sharon Hall
Gerald E. Hall
Missouri Street
Pecos High School
Aw’ Ds
VFW Post
Associations of Broadcasters
Toyah Man Dies in Head-On Collision
Richard Jefferson Compton III 21 a Toyah High School graduate died in a head-on crash four miles east of Cross Plains on Texas 36. Services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Toyah Methodist Church with interment in Toyah Cemetery. Compton and three others were pronounced dead at the scene about 1:25 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jefferson Compton III
Toyah High School
Toyah Methodist Church
Toyah Cemetery
Compton
Cross Plains
Texas
Optimists and War Vets Host Christmas Party in Pecos
The Pecos Evening Optimist Club and the Catholic War Veterans plan their annual Christmas party for Pecos children at Santa Rosa Hall Sunday at 1 p.m. Santa Claus will distribute Christmas bags with candies and fruit, with expectations of surpassing 3000 sacks. Proceeds from related events support youth work and the West Texas Children's Home.
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Pecos
Catholic War Veterans
Santa Claus
Santa Rosa Hall
Optimist Club
Optmist Club
Pyote West Texas
Optiist Club
Saragosa Hall
Evening Optimist Club
West Texas Children’s Home
Truman Still Holding On In Serious Condition
Kansas City AP reports former president Harry S. Truman endured a dangerous period of cardiac instability early today caused by a drop in blood pressure and a fluttering pulse. Doctors said the risk period had ended and he remained in very serious condition, with kidney function improving on a special amino acid diet.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
John Dreves
Research Hospital and
Medical Center
Dreves
Postmaster thanks Pecos for Christmas mailing help
Postmaster Paul Morrison and staff express appreciation for public cooperation in mailing Christmas packages and cards. He notes peak volume passed and a successful operation. All offices close on Christmas as a holiday closing and wishes a happy season.
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Paul Morrison
Pecos
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Cold Grips
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Cisco
Glen Sisk
Cheryl Sisk
Alvin
T&p Railroad
Christene Haywood
Snyder
West Texas
Angelo State College
San Angelo
Toyah
Richard Compton
Truman
Snowman Sentinel
Johnny Chavez
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