Grieving families plan joint funeral for Woodlawn Church victims
Grieving families arranged a joint funeral for 19 Woodlawn Baptist Church members who died in a New Mexico bus crash. A private retreat trip to Valdito ended when the bus collided with a cattle truck on U.S. 60 84 near Fort Sumner. Surviving students and adults were flown home and two couples were sent to San Antonio for services.
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Austin
Tex
Woodlawn Baptist Church
New Mexico
James Abington
U.S
Fort Sumner
N.M
Valdito
Texas International
Kathy Webb
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Jerry Estes
San Antonio
Estes
Frank
Abington
H O
Disaster loans shut off to U.S. farmers
The Nixon administration ordered an end to emergency FHA loan disbursements in disaster-designated counties to cap federal outlays. The move stops new aid after 60 days in some areas and two months elsewhere, affecting tens of thousands of farmers facing weather losses nationwide.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Nixon
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
FHA
George C. Knapps
USDA
Earl L. Butz
Seaboard
Agnes
Rapid City
S.C
D'Anna Bingaman Named in Church Leadership Change
D'Anna Bingaman, daughter of the church's minister of music and youth Charles Bingaman, is mentioned as part of a leadership transition. The article notes Ron Hicks, the minister of education, recently lost his wife.
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Anna Bingaman
Charles Bingaman
Ron Hicks
January Gas Bills To Rise Slightly In Pecos Area
Southern Union Gas Co announces a 1.1 cent per thousand cubic feet rate hike effective January 1. The increase, tied to a cost-based escalation clause approved by the city council, will raise average bills by about 1.1 to 1.5 percent depending on usage. Towns affected include Pecos Monahans Pyote Wink Wickett Thorntonville and Monahans. Local manager Buck Renshaw states shortages nationwide keep prices up with no near drop anticipated. City Manager J J Maxey questions how the utility can maintain low prices.
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Pecos
Barstow
Southern Union Gas Co
Southern Union
W. C
Buck) Renshaw
Pecos- Monahans
Pyote
Wink
Wickett
Thorntonville
Monahans
J. J. Maxey
Renshaw
City approves 3 percent base salary increase for staff
City council approves a blanket 3 percent base salary rise for 1 January. Pay changes affect department heads up $15 from $500 monthly, supervisors with 3 or more staff to the new scale, and ranks from police patrolmen to clerks with monthly rates ranging from $200 to $425 depending on classification and hours.
Odessa firm wins Pecos Housing low rent paving bid
At the Pecos council meeting Jones Bros Construction Co of Odessa secured the hot mix paving contract for the new low rent housing project at 50,259.50, beating S. L. Briley and Chaney Const. Co. Bids for penetration paving were higher. The council also approved a Diesel fire truck alternate bid for earlier delivery and annexed 9.33 acres for a Union 76 truck stop site with related equipment purchases discussed.
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Jones Bros. Construction Co
Odessa
New Pecos
S. L. Briley Const. Co
Chaney Const. Co
Belton
Fred Armstrong
Ward LaFrance
New York
J. T. Precht
Union 76 Oil Co
Treanor Equipment Co
Problem Garvnd Matthews
Schmit
Spring like weather brings gentle rains across Texas
Mild spring conditions persisted with a gentle rain and cloudy skies. Temperatures ranged from near freezing in parts of the Panhandle to 70s in inland towns, while scattered showers moved from New Mexico into West and Southwest Texas and a Pacific front was due by Friday.
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Pecos
New Mexico
West Texas
West
South Texas
East Texas
Texas Pane
Dalhart
Post
Monachans
Fort Stockton
Fort Dave Is
el Paso
Texas
Lufkin
Houston
Longview
Brownseville
San Angelo
Galveston
Alice and Childress
Amarillo
Mercury
Beaumont
Truman to be buried at Truman Library in simple rites
Former President Harry S. Truman lies in state in the library lobby as mourners pay respects. A private burial with 250 guests at the courtyard follows a solemn day of national mourning proclaimed by President Nixon. Bess Truman prepares to receive the flag as pallbearers honor the 33rd president.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Bess
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
No-fault auto insurance favors in Texas district survey
National no fault auto insurance would be favored by a two to one margin in Texas 16th District per a survey by Congressman Richard C White. About 2000 ballots returned with 67 percent for enactment 32 percent against and one percent undecided or weak in conviction.
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16Th Congressional District
Texas
Richard C. White
White
West Texas
Pecos
Medical aid adequate in quake area
Foreign doctors say Managua has sufficient medical personnel and supplies to prevent typhoid or typhus outbreaks after the earthquake. U S relief officials report arrival of grain flour and powdered milk, while Nicaragua asks for more trucks to reach 19 distribution points. Official casualties are estimated at 3000 to 6000 dead and up to 20000 seriously injured. Firemen fought a fence fire at Texan Drive-In Theater and later a car fire at Nik Nak.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Juan Jose Chiari
Panama
U.S
Nik Nak
Cantaloupes Top Vitamin Mineral Rating in 13 Fruit List
In the Community Nutrition Institute weekly report, cantaloupes lead a 13 fruit list in vitamin A and C content with a 99 score for a quarter melon. Harold Meyer of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce urges use by hospitals and institutions for health food promotion.
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Michael Jacobson
Eaters Digest
Community Nutrition Institute
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Harold Meyer
Motor firm elected as active EASA member
A motor repair firm based on West Highway 80 has been elected as an active member of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association. EASA is an international body with over 1,900 members, guiding service centers that repair and maintain electric motors transformers and controls.
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Trans-Pecos
Gas searchers pace Reeves County gas play near Toyah
Reeves County records detail multiple gas tests and completions. Offshore notes include Toyah area staking near the Wright estate and a 5.5 million cubic feet daily Wright opener depleted in 1970. Other tests report Devonian Ellenburger extensions and Atoka discoveries with substantial gas shows and condensate yields.
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Continental Oil Co
Warren Wright
Reeves County
Toyah
Wright
Apache Exploration Corp
Samedan-Wright
Tom Rasmussen
Midland
Sealy & Smith
Ward County
Wildcat
Monahans
Queen
G&mmbea Survey
Mobil Oil Corp
Campbell Estate
Ellenburger
Block 16
H&tc
BTA
Atoka Gasser
Atoka
R.O.C
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George A. Holguin
Harry Clinton Jr
Dewain W. Wilkerson
William
T. Hunt
Harold J. Meyer
Pecos Valley Country Club
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