Pecos Yesterdays Highlights Local Events
Pecos residents see Dallas millinery buys and Georgetown visits as Miss Lizzie Montgomery shows spring hats. Mrs Kelton travels to St Louis for goods. Lilly Ellis arrives from Toyah to organize Woodmen Circle, meeting set for Monday. W A Hudson runs for District Judge 70th Judicial District. Oil drilling advances at Bell No 1 with new black shale oil finds and artesian water. Grisham and Hunter push a Toyah wildcat to 1000 feet. Pecos High plans home economics improvements for half credit in cooking and sewing. Edna Bull marries Cpl Frank Grier in El Paso. Melba Morley wed in Pecos. Engagements and showers mark early 20th Century social life. New officers named for 20th Century Club. Power outage lasts three minutes, traced to Texas Electric Company lines. Pecos Amateur Photographers elect officers and prep for Sultan contest. Ward Reeves road study aims to cross Pecos River at Worsham Oil Field. Future Homemakers of America elect sweetheart and host guest speaker on Denmark holiday foods.
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Lizzie Montgomery
Dallas
Georgetown
Farnum Millinery
Kelton
St. Louis
Pecos High School
Future Homemakers of America
Doveta Hunt
Sue Garrett
J. R. Mosely
Denmark
Landmark school funding rulings spark nationwide debate
A series of lower court decisions challenge property tax funding for public schools and prompt calls for nationwide financing reform. Richmond Virginia faces a proposed metropolitan district merger with racial balancing, while a Kansas City Kansas ruling on college residency may force tuition shifts across states. Rights versus duties underpin these cases, tracing to the Declaration of Independence.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Nixon
State of the Union
Congress
Richmond
Kansas City
Kan
William Ryan
The Nine Million Dollar Chief Wahoo Suit
A $9 million federal suit against the Cleveland Indians alleges the team’s Chief Wahoo symbol slanders Native Americans and mocks self rule. The Cleveland American Indian Center argues the caricature degrades Indian languages and culture and fuels detribalization, with similar actions mulling against other teams.
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Cleveland Indians
Chief Wahoo
Nuernberg
Wahoo
Cleveland
Atlanta Braves
Washington Redskins
California Warriors
Porous pavement eyed as future city paving
Franklin Institute researchers in Philadelphia develop a porous asphalt mixture that lets rain water seep to underground aquifers rather than overflow storm sewers. Tests show strong resistance to stress and freeze thaw, with cost projected lower than conventional paving. Field tests planned across several acres to validate performance.
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America
Chemical & Engineering
Franklin Institute Research Laboratories
Philadelphia
Texans in Politics
Texans eye the money behind campaigns as Ben Barnes and others file for governor. Public relations firms Read Poland Poland Inc and Christian Miller and Hents lead campaign media with aides like Jerry Hall and Sam Kinch Jr. Barn es and Briscoe build statewide staffs amid early expense estimates.
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Associated Press
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Austin
Read Poland- Poland Inc
Christian Miller and Hents Inc
Julian Read
John Connally
Connally
George Christian
Price Daniel
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Jerry Hall
Preston Smith
Sam Kinch Jr
Capital
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Smith
Mickey Smith
Ollie Green
Lubbock
Jerry Conn
Dolph Briscoe
South Texas
San Antonio
George Lawrance
Bentsen
Jack Danson Associates
Briscoe
DeLoss Walker
Memphis
Nola Smith
Tower Campaigns
Kyle Thompson
Houston
Eugene Locke
Ralph Yarborough
Insurance hospital coverage rises since 1940 in U S
The World Almanac notes that early in 1971 health insurance policies provided hospital expense protection to a net total of 112,575,000 persons in the United States, compared with 3.7 million covered in 1940.
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United States
Jumping to conclusions in marriage and work
HAL BOYLE humor column notes that a wife who packs inventive lunches can influence divorce odds and family harmony. It jokes about domestic chores, bragging rights after home projects, aging health, and how marriage wisdom grows with silver anniversaries. Money’s allure remains subtle and private.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Park Avenue
Today in History February Seventh 1972 Highlights
On February 7 1972 notable events span WWII Yalta talks 1945 birth years for Dickens 1812 and Sinclair Lewis 1885 a Baltimore fire 1904 Libyan port seizure 1941 Eisenhower resignation 1948 Beatles welcome 1964 Saarbrucken mine disaster 10 years ago 1962 blizzard 5 years ago 1967 Apollo 14 chase to splashdown one year ago.
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Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Black Sea
Yalta
Charles Dickens
Portsmouth
Sinclair Lewis
Sauk Center
Minn
Baltimore
Bengali
Libya
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Omar N. Bradley
New York
Kennedy
England
Saarbruecken
Germany
U. S
Pacific
February 1967 Meetings Outline Church and Club Activities
The Business Women's Circle of the First Baptist Church met at Mildred Jones home on Tuesday evening 7 30 with Eva Grammer as chair and Annie Slack giving the opening prayer. Callie Bevill led devotional from Hebrews 10 1 14 and read the prayer calendar. Missionary prayer was led by Earl Cowan. The La Gamma Club met at Patsy Gann home on February 7 with garage sale planned February 11 at 1410 W 3rd. The luggage prize will be drawn at Paula Morelan home March 4 at 5 30 p m.
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Lillian
A. E. Douthitt
Bandera
Marvin Cowan
J. C. Wilson
Business Women’s
First Baptist Church
Mildred Jones
Eva Grammer
Annie Slack
Callie Bevill
Bevill
Earl Cowan
la Gamma Club
Patsy Gann
Paula Morelan
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Pecos
Sylvia Sandoval
Lilly Ellis
New Mexico
West Texas
Woodmen Circle
Toyah
W. A. Hudson
70Th Judicial District
Hudson
Grisham and
Hunter
Ry Henry Blackwell
Esther Sorenson
Edna Bull
Cpl
Frank Grier
Picos
First Christian Church
el Paso
D. W. McElroy
Edith Bull
Jim Bennett Jr
O. A. Smith
Melba Frankie
William F. Morley
J. C. English
William C
20Th Century Club
Byron Lackey
Ed Armstrong
J. E. Couch
Wesley Hart
Hugh Roberson
J. B. Woolfolk
Marion Russell
Texas Electric Company
CPS
Pecos Amatuer
Woody Ivy
Minnie Belle Booth
Treasuer
Frank Alexander
J. C. Tatum
Ladies’ Hospital Auxiliary
Ward
Reeves County
Worsham
F. H. Ryan
Reeves Counties
Pecos River
Noble Redman
Pecos Enterprise
Mike Oestreicher
Peggy McCracken
South Cedar Street
Texas
Va __ RESS ASSOCIATION
Garth Jones
Yarborough
Bernard Rapoport
Waco Insurance
Clif Holmes
State Bar of Texas
T. Scott Bunton
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Barefoot Sanders
Neal Speke
Hank Smith
Spelce
Road
Christian
Spelce-Smith
Joe Christie
Sen
Wayne Connally
Floresville
John B. Connally
Secretary of Treasury
Boyle
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