Parents group led by Mrs Sparkman at school visit
United Mexican-American Council members and other parents met at the Holiday Inn to report findings. Frank Perea described the organization, its charter, and goals. A parent involvement committee was elected with officers including Mrs. Frances Sparkman and Mrs. Lucy Lopez. The group aims to improve communication between students, parents, and teachers and to address discrimination concerns while keeping students accountable to school rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mexican-American Council
Holiday Inn
Frank Perea
UMAC
Frances Sparkman
Lucy Lopez
Alicia Leos
Vickie Jacquez
Perea
Sparkman
Jimmy Toone
Kelley
Hospital board to mall hiring administrator
Reeves County Hospital board plans to hire an administrator after Medicare blocked the plan to split duties between a nursing director and a business manager. Joel Daniel, chairman, said the 7:30 p.m. meeting in the hospital cafeteria will cover routine matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County Hospital Board
Joel Daniel
Daniel
Medicare
IMAGE Pecos Chapter 3 to Hold Bi Monthy Meeting
Wally Gonzales president of IMAGE of Pecos Chapter 3 announces a bi monthly meeting at 8 p m tonight. The gathering at the Yearn to Learn Center 212 S Oak St second floor invites all members and interested visitors per Arnie Calderon director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Gonzales
Image of Pecos
IMAGE
S. Oak St
Arnie Calderon
Traffic lights on city council agenda and zoning change
The city council meets at 7:30 a.m. Thursday to discuss traffic lights. The meeting also considers an April 7 election for three councilmen and a zoning board recommendation to rezone Hillcrest Lots 1–7, Block 6 from R-1 to R-4. Cecil Cothrun owns the lots. Routine items include discharge of Animal Control Officer Ronald August Schneider. Bids open at 8:30 a.m. for a 1973 2 1/2 ton vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest
Cecil Cothrun
Ronald August Schneider
Weather Drizzle Persists Amid cooler Texas Forecast
Slow drizzle dampens Pecos area with .05 inches by 7:30 a m and a continued morning rainfall. Temperatures dip from 70 high to 43 overnight as forecasters warn of extended showers and possible snow in the Panhandle and South Plains later Friday and Saturday. The AP notes widespread light rain across West North and East Texas. wintery mix expected in the Panhandle tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Pleasant
Panhandle
South Plains
Associated Press
West
North
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Hill Air Force Base
Ogden
Utah
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
International Falls
Minn
McAllen
Tex
Four Children Die in Bus Train Crash Near Littlefield
Four children were killed and 17 injured when a school bus collided with a train near Littlefield Texas. Driver Artiss Johnson, 68, held only a commercial license, not a chauffeur’s license required for public school buses. Johnson had a prior DWI conviction in Hale County in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Littlefield
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Artiss Johnson
Johnson
Ried
The
Safety Department
Texas Education Agency
Hale County
Lamb County
Medical Arts Hospital
Silence Falls Over Littlefield After Deadly Train Bus Crash
In Littlefield Texas a train struck a school bus killing seven youths and injuring many others. Relatives and school staff recalled the tragedy as investigators described the collision at U.S. 385 near the Santa Fe depot and the rapid arrival of emergency crews.
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Littlefield
Tex
Fort Summer
N. M
Here
Austin
Frank Stanley
Clovis
Susie Moore
Gilstrap
Littlefield High School
Raul Ortiz
U.S. 385
Santa Fe
Panhandle-Plains
James Cox
Edward Ortiz
Aurora
David Frausto
Diana
Mary Medina
Anita Martinez
Julie Davis
Cox
Jesse Diaz
Johnson
Kissinger Opens 10 Day Asian Mission From Washington
President Nixon directs Henry Kissinger to begin a 10 day trip to Asia aimed at shaping postwar relations with Vietnam. He will meet North Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi for four days then proceed to Beijing for five days of talks with Premier Zhou Enlai and other Chinese leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
America
Vietnam
Andrews Air Force Base
Kissinger
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Indochina
U. S
Peking
Chou En-lai
Bangkok
Ellsworth Bunker
South Vietnam
C. Emory Swank
Cambodia
McMurtrie Godley
Laos
Pecos labor survey presented to chamber by Texas TEC
A report titled Pecos, Texas: A Potential Industry Center With a Growing Labor Supply was given to Harold Meyer, Pecos Chamber of Commerce manager, by Joe Carpenter of the Texas Employment Commission. The economic appraisal covers population trends and the employment picture with primary and secondary labor supplies and notes the survey aids local industry promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Carpenter
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Pecos
Texas
Harold Meyer
Chamber of Commerce
January building permits total near sixty thousand
January permits amounted to about 60 000 with two new houses and additions to a business making up most of the total. The only permit issued for a residence was an 800 dollar bedroom addition and fire damage repair at 802 E Ninth St Severo Jaquez. Greyhound Lines received a demolition permit for two small buildings and Elmer Bechtel moved two houses to 1826 Redbud St and from 316 S Pecan to 2117 S Plum St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severo Jaquez
E. Ninth St
Greyhound Lines
Elmer Bechtel
Redbud St
S. Pecan
S. Plum St
Steps taken to cut excise tax
Bruce McClelland of Continental Telephone Service Corp announced the company has completed paperwork to reduce the Federal Excise Tax. He said the move starts a ten year program with 1 percent annual cuts, keeping customers at 9 percent through 1973 and 8 percent in 1974 after extensive record and computer system changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce McClelland
Continental Telephone Service Corporation
Pecos
Barstow
Balmorhea
Toyah
Continental Telephone System
McClelland
Reeves Oil Wells Advance in Texas and Ward County Progress
Reeves wildcat No 128 State in Reeves County aims 13 500 foot depth near a Siluro Devonian gas discovery with expected high gas flow. Inexco Oil No 1 Jeanne Crockett in Ward County nears production tests in Fusselman and Ellenburger zones after three failed DSTs. A Brushy Canyon test in Delaware zone yielded limited gas with logs suggesting Fusselman and Ellenburger pay, while Tom Rasmussen reports Sealy Smith No 1 extending Queen oil production in Ward Estes North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Getty Oil Co
Midland
Reeves County
T&p Survey
Toyah
Coastal States Gas Producing Co
Jean Spencer Trust
Inexco Oil Co
Fort Worth
Jeanne Crockett
Ward County
Wildcat
Barstow
Fusselman
Ellenburger
Brushy
Delaware
W&nw
Mi Vida
Delaware, Fusselman and
Tom Rasmussen
Sealy & Smith
Queen Oil
Ward-Estes
North
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Mrs. Sparkman
Parents
Hospital Board
Dallas
Charles Donaldson Kent
John F. Keating
Labor Survey
By Mike Cochran
David Northcutt
Civil Air Patrol
Woody Merritt
CAP
Civil Defense
Central Fire Hall
Saigon
U.S
United States
Terry Foley
Terry
Jean Patterson
Johnson's
Debbie Lynn Frausto
Lubbock Medical Hospital
Littlefield Hospital
Frausto
Cliff Davis
Robert Medina
Asian Mission
Vientiane
White House
Administration
Herb Kelin
William Sullivan
National Security Council
Klein
Reeves Wildcat
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