U S warns North Vietnam with large air armada
The United States marshaled its largest air armada in months to warn North Vietnam and boost strikes in South Vietnam. About 400 fighter bombers and B52s operated across Vietnam and nearby waters, with 204 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong and at least 60 South Vietnamese reported killed in 24 hours. The action followed an expected big Communist offensive this month and involved strikes in the central highlands and Binh Dinh as well as Laos supply routes.
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Saigon
United States
Mths
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Thailand
Pacific
U. S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Preiku
Kontum
Binh Dinh
da Nang
Snelson seeks re election to Texas Senate 25th District
Senator W E Pete Snelson announces candidacy for re election to the Texas Senate from the 25th District, which spans 35 counties in West and Southwest Texas. He notes his role as President Pro Tempore and acting governor, cites his record, and highlights upcoming legislative priorities and district expansion for 63rd Legislature.
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W.E
Pete)Snelson
Dland
Texas Senate
Texas
Snelson
Brewster
Crane
Crockett
Edwards
Irion
Jeff Davis
Kinney
Loving
Midland
Pecos
Presidio
Reagan
Reeves
Schleicher
Sutton
Terrell
Tom Green
Upton
Uvalde
Val Verde
Bandera
Coke
Comal
Culberson
Gillespie
Glasscock
Kendall
Kerr
Kimble
Llano
Mason
Real
Sterling
Ward
Winkler
Pete Snel
Calf Scramble At San Antonio Rodeo Draws Local Youths
Local FFA and 4-H youths enter the Calf Scramble at the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo. Participants include Kyle Crowley Ken Durham and Cecil Lee. Winners receive livestock certificates worth 15 to 50 dollars applied toward future stock purchases. The event, directed by Walter McKay of Fredericksburg, has launched many youths into livestock careers.
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FFA
San Antonio
Kyle Crowley
Wyoming St
Ken Durham
Morris St
Cecil Lee
S. Palm St
Handy Andy Supermarkets
Walter McKay
Fredericksburg
Pecos Girl Named to Who's Who at Cisco Junior College
Deborah Hanson of Pecos is named to Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges. Thirteen of 900 students were selected for the current year based on academics, extracurriculars, college representation, and recommendations. A biographical sketch of each will appear in the 1971 72 edition.
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Deborah Hanson
Pecos
Dean Madison
Cisco Junior College
Balmorhea FFA sends nine to Houston Livestock Show
The Balmorhea FFA Chapter sends nine members to compete in the Junior Division at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Participants include Don Kerley Max Kerley Billy Dale Toone George Toone Kirby Rankin Manuel Brijalba Ronald Weaver Craig Huelster and Sammy Gallego with multiple lamb entries and a Hampshire Ram Lamb. The Houston show plans a record exhibitor base and premium money. Scholarships totaling about $4,000 per student are awarded, with GO TEXAN scholarships of $1,000 across 24 counties. The event runs February 23 to March 5 1972 with livestock judging and sales in the first two days.
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Balmorhea Ffa
Houston
Hampshire
Houston Livestock Show
Texas Agricultural Colleges
Big Bend Police Host Pecos P D Meeting
The Big Bend Area Peace Officers Association met in Pecos in the new police department building with about 56 attendees from Region 4. Mayor E W Schmidt welcomed visitors and a tour followed. George Schuler demonstrated closed circuit TV used in law enforcement.
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Big Bend
Wm. R. Corbett
Corbett
Aubry Edwards
Big Lake
Chet Wilson
Chandler seeks Pecos District Attorney in May primary
Fred C. Chandler Sr the Pecos attorney announced his candidacy for district attorney in the May 6 Democratic primary facing Larry Fuller. A Texas licensed lawyer with earlier service as district attorney in Erath Hood and Palo Pinto counties and later head of the states Anti Trust and Law Enforcement Division, he has practiced law in Pecos after moving from Crockett County with his wife at 1740 Adams Street.
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Fred C. Chandler
Pecos
Chandler
Larry Fuller
Washington University
University of Texas
State of Texas
Erath
Hood
Palo Pinto
Texas
Crockett County
Pecos-Barstow School Board Plans Evening Meeting
The Pecos Barstow school board meets at 5 30 PM at the admin building to open bids on a baseball field fence discuss vocational education building plans order an April 1 election fill two board vacancies for terms of Dr Elvin Reynolds and Paul Williams with candidates Isabel D Florez and L J Montgomery and review the 1972 73 school calendar tax report purchases of three school buses and staff development grants.
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Pecos-Barstow
Elvin Revenolds
Paul Williams
Isabel D. Florez
Nebraska &J
L. J. Montgomery
S. Martinez St
Investigation in Irving autobiography goes on
Federal investigators Morville and Tigue headed to Zurich to pursue mail fraud probes tied to Clifford Irving's alleged Hughes biography. Edith Irving is linked to Swiss bank activity, while Nina van Pallandt tests facts in Ibiza and a writ of attachment targets Irving over a libel suit related to Fake.
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New York
Zurich
Switzerland
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Robert G. Morville
U. S. Attorney’s Criminal Division
Asst
U. S. Atty
John J. Tigue Jr
Morvillo
Irving
Edith
Helga R. Hughes
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
Hughes
Morville
Tigue
Nina van Pallandt
Irvings
Ibiza
Mexico
New York Times Today
Albert R. Leventhal
McGraw-Hill
Bahamas
Leventhal
the Times
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