U S Receives Laos Captive List From Hanoi
The United States obtained a list of seven American servicemen North Vietnam says were captured in Laos but previously omitted from prisoner records. Pentagon spokesman Jerry Friedheim said Hanoi informed that the Lao Patriotic Front reported their capture and the U S will persist in accounting for all missing personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Laos
Pentagon
Defense Department
Jerry W. Friedheim
Lao Patriotic Front
Friedheim
U.S
Southeast Asia
Top Texas doctor to speak at Pecos medical meet
Pecos hosts a two day District One medical meet at the Country Club with Dr. Braswell Locker president of the Texas Medical Association as the featured speaker after lunch Saturday. Mrs. Elizabeth Gerdes will address the Women’s Auxiliary at 11 a.m. Saturday and the event includes a social hour, home tours, and a closing buffet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Country Club
Braswell Locker
Texas Medical Association
Pecos Valley Country Club
Elizabeth Gerdes
Texas Medical Assoc
Harold Lindley
Jefferson St
Locker
Brownwood
Tex
TMA
AMA
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity
Masonic Lodge
Lions Club
Howard Payne College
Baptist Church
Gerdes
WATMA
Jack
Houston
District One
Bruce Hay
Fourth St
Weather turns warmer into Friday with scattered snow
Warm conditions are forecast today through Friday while many areas dip colder tonight. Northwest and southwest Texas expect more cloudiness Saturday. Snow blankets parts of the Panhandle with up to 2 1/2 inches around Perryton and Guymon, as tornado warnings cover North Texas.
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Texas
Texas Panhandle
Fort Worth
Crowley
Dallas
Kaufman
National Weather Service
Marshall
Hallsville
Panhandle
Perryton
Guymon
Oklahoma Panhandle
Dalhart
Clarendon
Plainview
New Mexico
Fire destroys home of Mrs. Glover on Alamo Street
Mrs. H D Glover returned from a two week vacation to find her 40 year old home gutted by fire near 423 South Alamo Street Tenants in an adjoining apartment escaped as flames spread through the building Fire Chief J T Prewit led a 30 to 35 man crew who fought the blaze for about 90 minutes and saved some contents including anniversary gifts while several antiques were damaged Investigations indicated the fire started on a couch and the roof was destroyed The Glover family had bought the house in 1930 and moved in 1933 with the elder Mr Glover dying last year of leukemia The owner plans to live in a rental unit while arranging repairs or a new home
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H. D. Glover
S. Alamo St
Billy Frank Davenport
J. T. Said
Prewit
Georgia
John Morgan
Toccoa
Tom Nichols
Gary
Ind
Mrs. Glover
Morgans
Driver Escapes Serious Injury in Two Car Collision
Fannie Mae Soto, 56, of 1017 E Second St, treated for minor injuries at Reeves County Memorial Hospital after a two car crash at 9 16 p m Wednesday. She was transported by ambulance. Soto drove a car that collided with a pickup driven by Hipolito Hernandez, 18, of 665 S Orange St at the intersection of Sixth and Locust streets. Passengers Linda White 14 Loyd Chester White 16 and Eddie Henry Crane 11 in Soto s car were not injured.
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Fannie Mae Soto
Second St
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Soto
Hipolito P. Hernandez
S. Orange St
Sixth
Locust Streets
Honor roll pupils listed for semester
The Pecos Barstow schools announce honor rolls for the first semester. Barstow Elementary lists students by grade with names including Diamintina Vil lalobos, Rebecca kKoen ning, Suzanne Flores, Gloria Gonzales, C. T. Brazeal, Sandra Kay Owens, Rosa Avila, Jim my Galindo, Maribel Gonzales, Bruce Martin, Christina Garcia, Terry Smith, Consuela Chavez, Rosa Guerrero, Dalia Morales, Imelda Tarin, Octavio Villanueva, Julia Galindo, Sonia Rayos, Sonia Hinojos. Continued on Page 3.
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Suzanne Flores
Gloria Gonzales
C. T. Brazeal
Sandra Kay Owens
Rosa Avila
Jim
My Galindo
Maribel Gonzales
Bruce Martin
Micki Fulks
Christina Garcia
North Pecos
Octavio Villanueva
Julia Galindo
Sonia Rayos
Sonia Hinojos
Nixon cabinet picks gain Senate confirmation
The Senate approved five of President Nixon six newCabinet nominees and is likely to confirm Caspar Weinberger next week. Peter Brennan won 81 to 3 as Labor Secretary and James Lynn was confirmed to head Housing and Urban Development.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Caspar W. Weinberger
Peter J. Brennan
New York
James T. Lynn
Cleveland
Ohio
Housing and Urban Development Department
Lynn
Mike Mansfield
Weinberger
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Viet Cong General Tra Arrives For POW Exchange Talks
U S helicopter crews fly to Loc Ninh and Tan Son Nhut to bring Lt Gen Tran Van Tra and 28 other Viet Cong leaders to join the four party joint military commission. Tra, 55, deputy commander of COSVN, may hold key to POW releases as meetings planned for Friday unfold.
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Saigon
U. S
Tran van Tra
Tan Son Nhut
Tra
COSVN
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
U.S
International Commission of Control and Supervision
December United States Savings Bond sales in Reeves County
Reeves County Bond Chairman Archie B. Scott reports December sales of 4256 dollars and a year total of 140,702 dollars, reaching 94 percent of the 150,000 dollar annual goal. Texans bought 17,451,392 dollars in series E and H bonds in December. National totals show December E and H sales at 450 million, up 2.4 percent from December 1971, with 6,236 million for the year, up 13.9 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Savings
Reeves County
Archie B. Scott
Texas
Scout Executive January Named For Sand Hills District
January named the new Sand Hills District executive for Boy Scouts in Pecos replacing Dick Mauldin who is studying theology in Fort Worth. He and his wife arrived early for her teaching post at Bessie Haynes Elementary starting January 22. January, a lifelong Scout, earned the Eagle at 13 and later the Bronze Palm, with Order of the Arrow and interpreter’s stripe. he previously worked with Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma, Circle Ten in Dallas, and held leadership in Pan-American Student Forum Key Club Quill and Scroll and allied youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spence January
New Sand Hills
Boy Scouts
Pecos
Dick Mauldin
Southwestern Baptist Seminar
Fort Worth
January
Enterprise
Bessie Haynes
Order of the Arrow of the Mikanakawa Lodge
Sand Hills
Texas
Southeast Oklahoma
Circle Ten
Dallas
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Dr. Braswell
Bill Hubbs
J. Robert Scott
Roddy Harrison
Dan Peyton
John Tomlin
Braswell Locker, M. D
Lufkin
Louisiana
Corsicana
Bonham
Lear College Station
Dallas, Fort Worth
Greenville
Commerce
Mediately
Paris
Phillip George
J. T. Prewit
H.D. Glover
Vaughn Sandell
Sam Miller
Bill Davenport
Dicky Wadley
Pecos-Barstow
Barstow
Diamintina Villalobos
Rebecca kKoenning
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Brennan
Labor Department
New York Building and Construction Trades Council
Tet
Loc Ninh
Davis
Signal Corps
Woolworth’s
Aranda
Balmorhea
Scout
Orary Boys
Kiwanis
Quill and Scroll, National Thespians and Allied Youth
Addic
Spence
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