Western Texas seeks regional tech institute to boost skilled labor
Area leaders including Monahans Chamber of Commerce push for a Texas State Technical Institute branch at Pyote to serve 10 county area between Odessa and El Paso. Governor Briscoe and state officials back the plan, citing local talent shortages and potential regional benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Marfa
Monahans Chamber of Commerce
Hugh Cooper
Monahans
Herman Marcus
Texas State Technical Institute
Pyote
Odessa
el Paso
Cooper
Dolph Briscoe
Pete Snelson
Dick Slack
Tsti Board of Regents
J. H. Kultgen
TSTI
Morris Webb
Gov. Briscoe
Conrad Dunagan
Harold Cox
R. J. Smith
Bob Croft
West Texas Children’s Home
Fred Conradt
J.W. Thrasher Jr
H. W
Hank’? Morgan
A. D. Scott
Bob Orr
Chester Taggart
Leonora Price
George Callender
Chuck Wilson
Earl Mincey
Merchants Plan Talks Over Oak Street Traffic Signals
Pecos residents and downtown merchants prepare to address city leaders and District 6 Highway Engineer Paul Coleman at 7 30 a m Thursday in city hall to protest the lack of traffic control at Oak Street crossings. Coleman cites 8123 58 spent on Cedar and Eddy lights and estimates Oak Cedar signals would cost about 10000. He advised installing signals at Oak and Cedar when old lights were removed but the state refused due to low traffic counts. Cedar Street showed 97 5 percent, other intersections 72 percent or less. Traffic activated signals let through traffic run until a street crossing switch triggers a halt, with pedestrians using a school crossing style switch. City Manager Maxey pledges city support for popular traffic control, as letters opposing the system are prepared for the council by chamber reps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District 6
Paul Coleman
Coleman
Cedar
Eddy
Oak Street
Oak
Cedar Streets
Cedar Street
Eddy Street
J. J. Maxey
City
Chamber
Pecos
Reynolds promoted to controller at Drilco Division
Glenn Reynolds, son of Mr and Mrs Heard Reynolds of 419 W Sixth St, promoted to controller of Drisco Division of Smith International Inc in Midland. He joined Dhilco May 29, 1967 as accounting supervisor and replaces Ray Koehler who moves to VP administration of the downhole drilling tool equipment firm. Reynolds is a Pecos native with a Texas Tech accounting degree and CPA memberships. He served in the U S Army Signal Corps from 1960 to 1962 and is married to Fritz Hendrick with one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Reynolds
Heard Reynolds
Sixth St
Drisco
Smith International Inc
Midland
Reynolds
Ray Koehler
Dhilco
Pecos
Pecos High
Texas Tech
Beta Alpha Psi
Beta Gamma Sigma
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Ft. Ord
Sacramento
Calif
France
Pecos High to Host Magic Show Assembly
Mark Evans the Magician will perform at Pecos High School during the Friday afternoon assembly at 1 15 p m in the auditorium. He has practiced magic since age seven and is accompanied by his wife Mar lynn a seasoned assistant of over two decades. Her father was a professional magician who started her in his act at age one and a half. The couple met in 1963 while studying Theatre Arts in college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Evans
Pecos High School
Mark
Marlynn
Army pay rise moves Army toward all volunteer force
The Army approved a 6.69 percent pay increase making new recruits earn 307.20 dollars monthly before taxes, up from 288. The service also offers free room and board, full medical and dental care, and 30 paid vacation days annually as it aims to end the draft by July 1, 1973. Local rep Garry Biller says the raise, along with educational benefits and enhanced programs, will help attract top high school graduates and support the GI Bill driven studies among more than 80,000 active personnel. He notes the changes bolster the push to meet national defense goals and attract young volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Army
Pecos
Garry Biller
Veterans Administration
Sgt
Biller
Radiological Monitoring School Opens Tonight at Cedar Hall
Volunteer firemen civil defense workers Civil Air Patrol and interested citizens will attend a radiological monitoring school tonight and Wednesday at the central fire hall on Cedar Street. Instruction by Dough McLendon and Joe Pearce of the State Health Department in Austin begins at 7 p.m. tonight. The basic course teaches students to operate and use radiation detection equipment with no charge for classes.
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Civil Air Patrol
Central Fire Hall
Cedar Street
Dough McLendon
Joe Pearce
The
State Health de
Partment
Austin
Grand Jury Indicts Six in Reeves County
Reeves County Grand Jury returned six indictments Thursday with trials set for the week of March 5 in 143rd District Court. Michael D. Brooks and David Ray Terry are free on bond for theft over 50 dollars. Lillian and Sammy Burleson re indicted for theft over 50 dollars. James Henry Jones jailed for burglary with intent to rape with bail 1500 dollars. Andres Garcia free on bond for burglary with intent to rape.
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Reeves County
143Rd District Court
Michael D. Brooks
David Ray Terry
Lillian Burleson
Sammy Burleson
James Henry Jones
Andres Garcia
Minesweepers to Begin Work Off Haiphong
Four U S Navy minesweepers were ordered to clear an anchorage 35 miles from Haiphong to base later mine clearing of North Vietnamese ports. A Monday Haiphong meeting between U S and North Vietnamese reps set the stage for operations. A Navy task force of 20 to 25 ships awaits orders in the Gulf of Tonkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Navy
Haiphong Harbor
Haiphong
United States
North Vietnam
Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
Prisoners to be released around February 10 in Vietnam amid talks
ICCS chairman Michel Gauvin said the first groups of American prisoners could be freed around February 10, with Hanoi and Saigon transfer sites eyed. The U S military reported 2000 more troops withdrawn, bringing total below 20000, with all prisoners to be released by March 28.
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Saigon
International Ceasefire Commission
North
South Vietnam
Michel Gauvin
Canada
International Commission For Control and Supervision
ICCS
Commission
Hanoi
Gauvin
An Loc
Phu Ho
International Commission
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
Pentagon
Quang Tri City
172 miles seal coat contracts awarded in Odessa district
The Texas Highway Commission awarded a 172 mile seal coat contract for highways in the Odessa district including Reeves County. Work in Reeves County covers State Highway 17 from U S 80 to U S 290 and U S 285 from State Highway 302 to U S 80. High Way Construction Inc of Odessa won with a bid of 4133027, with 60 working days estimated. District Engineer Paul H. Coleman supervises, and Russell S. Neal of Odessa is in charge for the department.
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Austin
Odessa
Reeves County
Texas Highway Commission
Paul H. Coleman
Andrews
Ector
Martin
Midland
Pecos
Reeves
Terrell
Ton
Ward
U. S. 80
U. S. 285
St. Hwy
High Way Construction, Inc
Russell S. Neal
Highway Department
Drug charges dropped against David Anderson
Judge Ray L McKim ruled the arrest warrant suppression motion valid and dropped the heroin possession charges against David Anderson 23 of Pecos. The district attorney expressed disappointment but said the judge acted on merits and questioned warrants law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray L.mckim
Odessa
David Anderson
Pecos
McKim
Larry Fuller
Fuller
H. B. Purvis
Jim Breese
Easter Seal drive heads Reeves County appeals
Harvey Tinkler will lead the 1973 Easter Seal Appeal in Reeves County with 223 Texas volunteers. Letters go out March 1 and the drive runs through April 22, funding treatment and services for the disabled with most funds staying in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Tinkler
Reeves County
Rodney D. Hargrave
Dallas
Easter Seal Society
Texas
Tinkler
Security State Bank
Pecos
Woods fined after high speed chase with police
John Claiborne Woods, 17, of Hackberry Street, was fined 250 dollars plus court costs and given a six month jail sentence in county court after being found guilty of driving while intoxicated and eluding police officers during a citywide chase along IS 20. The jail term was suspended for two years with probation and orders to pay for damages to vehicles and a damaged radio speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Claiborne Woods
Texas Faces Clear Skies and Wide Temperature Swings
Clear and pleasant morning temps across West Texas with a 41 degree low in Pecos and an 80 degree high Monday. Light morning showers near Fort Davis and Pecos gave way to widespread fog in the Beaumont area. cities including Texarkana, Houston, Galveston, Victoria, and San Antonio reported foggy conditions with dawn freezes in the Panhandle. The day saw record warmth in places like Houston 80, Cotulla 82, Alice 84, and McAllen, while colder air arrived tonight into Wednesday. A winter storm impacted the northern Rockies with snow eight inches at Butte, Montana, and rain spreading across the central plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Pecos
Fort Davis
Beaumont
Mercury
Houston
Cotulla
Alice
McAllen
Texas Panhandle
Rockies
Far West
Butte
Mont
Weather contrasts across the nation with storms and cold snaps
A stormy pattern spread from Texas to California with thunderstorms in the lower Mississippi Valley. Cold air gripped the upper Missouri River Valley and the Northern Plains as arctic conditions reached Minot at minus 3. Clear conditions prevailed on the Southern Plateau to the Atlantic coast, with dawn temperatures from minus 3 to 67 degrees at Key West.
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California
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Missouri River Valley
Plains
Atlantic Coast
Minot
N.D
Key West
Fla
1917 deed filed for 1/15 interest in Reeves County land
County Clerk Estelle Clinton reports a deed drawn in 1917 was filed at 11 30 a m Friday. The conveyance from Callie Tempie Ross administratrix of W L Ross estate to Hardin S Ross covers 1 15 interest in 80 acres in Reeves County. Heirs include Edna Ross Johnson Hardin S Ross and minors John George Ross and Callie Tempie Ross. DAR members are reminded of a 4 30 p m Friday meeting at 516 Ross Blvd for a special program and good citizen award presentation.
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Estelle Clinton
Callie Tempie Ross
W. L. Ross
Hardin S. Ross
Reeves County
Texas
Hardin
Ruth) Ross
Ross Blvd
James F. Ross
Jane Ross
C. D
Proffitt
Edna Ross Johnson
John George Ross
DAR
Melanie Mattox
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Pathet Lao
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Mekong River
Thakhek
U. S. Pacific Command
Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Meyer
Meyer
Woods
Port Arthur
Orange Triangle
Texarkana
Galveston
Victoria
San Antonio
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Brownsville
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