Parents visit Pecos High to discuss haircut walkout
Seventeen parents and representatives from United Mexican American Council visited Pecos High School at the invitation of principal Frank Kelley to observe classrooms and discuss the January 24 walkout of about 56 students protesting the school haircut policy. They met with Superintendent Ray Whitley and school officials, heard explanations on hair standards and disciplinary actions, and expressed a desire for better understanding and education for Mexican American students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mexican American Council Inc. of
Pecos
Pecos High School
Frank Kelley
Ray Whitley
Kelley
Dalton Mosley
David Dutchover
Mosley
Kenney Thomason
Bruce Faulkner
Enrique Troncosco
Prisoner releases expected this week in Saigon talks
U S officials say first American POW releases could occur this week as naval mines in North Vietnamese waters may be cleared. Fighting in South Vietnam slackens while U S B52s and fighter-bombers fly over Laos at the Lao government’s request. A four power subcommission meets to finalize the initial prisoner release phase as plans to receive prisoners near An Loc move forward.
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Saigon
U. S
U.S
U. S. Navy
U.S. Pacific
Honolulu
An Loc
Joint Military Commission
Mekong
United States
Paris
South Vietnam
Washington
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
North Vietnam
Laos
Hanoi
Friedheim
Philippines
Thailand
International Commission
Joint Military Commission For Control and Supervision
Haiphong
U.S. Navy
Tonkin Gulf
Pathet Lao
CIA
Nam Yu
Vientiane
Panhandle
Muong Phalane
Savannakhet
Gas well near Pecos capped after blowout and theft
A gas and water blowout occurred north of Pecos when a 18 102 foot well began venting after a pipe failure. Loffland Drilling Co. and operators Jack Blair and Tom Metcalf planned to cap the 2 inch line with salt water trucks on site, while battery theft by unknown suspect George Ortega was reported at the Ramada Inn.
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Pecos
American National Insurance No
Loffland Drilling Co
Jack Blair
Tom Metcalf
Charles Haley
Haley
Pecos Sunshine Triggers Warm Front Across Texas
Pecos saw an unseasonably high 85 degrees with 43-degree chill at dawn as springlike warmth spread across Texas. The AP noted mild readings and clear skies north to California while reports showed POW lists and ongoing ceasefire monitoring in Vietnam and Laos amid heavy activity in the Tonkin Gulf and Savanakhet regions.
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Pecos
Associated Press
Texas
el Paso
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Palacios
Middle Texas
Alice
Rockies
Missouri Valley
California
Minnesota
Hibbing
Minn
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Fire devastates small house on East Second Street
Firefighters arrived at 2 43 a m to find flames pouring from the roof of a two room residence at 1101 E Second St. A woman at the scene was treated for illness and later released. A separate report noted a truck fire on IS 20 at 11 51 a m lasting 18 minutes. Weightwatchers meets at 1 pm in the First Presbyterian Church instead of the Holiday Inn.
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E. Second St
J. T. Prewit
First Presbyterian Church
Holiday Inn
Army adds recruiter to staff in Texas and New Mexico
S. Sgt. Harvey Williams joins Sgt. Gary Biller at the U S Army Recruiting Office in Albuquerque to cover 24 000 square miles from Pecos to Presidio and Sanderson Williams a Hillsboro Texas native spent 14 years with guided missiles and aims to recruit unemployed youths to Army college and trade schools Biller notes closer civilian contact for the volunteer army starting July 1
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Harvey Williams
Albuquerque
N. M
Gary Biller
U. S. Army
S. Cypress St
Biller
Pecos
Presidio
Williams
Sanderson
Army
Hillsboro
Dallas
Carolyn
Thomas
Sherry
Iowa St
Physicians Gather in Pecos for District One Meeting
About 35 doctors and their spouses attended the District One Medical Association conference at Pecos Country Club over Friday and Saturday. Special speaker Dr. Braswell Locker of Brownwood, president of the Texas Medical Association, addressed how the association aids practicing physicians. Mrs. Elizabeth Gerdes, president of the Women's Auxiliary to the Texas Medical Association, urged support for WATMA for doctors wives.
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Texas
Texas Medical Association
Pecos Valley Country Club
Joe Nelson
el Paso
E. W. Schmidt
Pecos
Braswell Locker
The
Brownwood
Ed Franks
District One
Bruce Hay
District One Medical Association
Country Club
Locker
Elizabeth Gerdes
Climbers Die Near Summit of Aconcagua
An American man and woman died near the summit of Aconcagua in the Andes due to exhaustion and high altitude cold. Janet Johnson of Denver and John Cooper of South Houston perished during the ascent, with fatigue cited as a likely cause by the expedition leader. Police reported initial blizzard hypotheses were revised after team members received aid in Mendoza.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Aconcagua
Hemisphere
Janet Johnson
Denver
Colo
John Cooper
South Houston
Tex
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Andes
Mendoza
5 hurt in weekend collision
Five people were injured in a series of weekend accidents. A two car crash at Fifth and Locust left two people in Reeves County Memorial Hospital with serious injuries while three others were treated and released.
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Jose Castillo
S. Almond Sr
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Esequiel Carrasco
S. Oak St
Luis Serrano
E. Ninth St
Robert Diaz
Carrasco
Castillo
Fifth
Locust
Frank James Shorter
Merlyn Shorter
Locust Streets
S. Almond
Memorial Hospital
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Whitley
Ize
George Ortega
Fourth St
Ramada Inn
Montanez
Manuel Bersosa
Ben Montanez
Harvey Seidenstein
E.S. Crossett
Lynn Neill
James Hampton
James Peterson
Charles Cavaretta
Oren Ellis
Bill Hubbs
J. Robert Scott
John Dorr
Roddy Harrison
Dan Peyton
John Tomlin
W. J. Nelson
Joe D. Heath
Kermit
Join Emmett
Lucille Appling Russell
Laura Lodge
Gary Nolan Ingram
Toyah
Charles Smith
John Fran
Cis Dougherty
Third St
James Manuel Murphy
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