Weather Drift Prompts mixed rain and snow across West Texas
A cold front and weak cool air mass bring a mix of rain and snow to West Texas elevations while light showers spread elsewhere. Temperatures swing from subzero readings in the plains to near 60s in the far south as forecasters call for a warming trend late week.
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Pecos
Wal
West Texas
New Mexico
el Paso
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Rocky Mountains
Guadalupe Pass
Texas
Dalhart
Panhandle
Brownsville
California
Arizona
Pecos River
Plains
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Laramie
Wyo
Long Beach
Calif
Shoo-fly track moves rail traffic after wreck
Rail traffic resumed on a temporary shoo-fly track after a morning wreck derailed 14 cars near the Santa Fe Depot. Five cars carried carbolic acid or flammable chemicals. volunteers kept the danger in check as four injuries were treated and workers drained contaminated water from trenches.
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Del
Texas and Tey
Wes Pacific
W. W. Lewis
Pecos
Memorial Hospital
Odessa Medical Center
Terry Goodpasture
Harold Burleson
Weldon Brookshire
Obie Maddux
Bill Cowart
Clarence Cox
J. E. Handley
Fort Worth
Handley
Journal
Santa Fe
Sinai airstrike downs Libyan passenger plane killing 76
Israeli warplanes fired on a Libyan passenger plane near the Suez Canal in the Sinai Desert forcing it to land. Military sources report about 76 lives lost and 13 survivors were hospitalized. The aircraft reportedly was en route from Cairo to Beirut. Spokesman recounts the events.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Sinai
Cairo
Beirut
Libyan 727 Crashes Near Suez Canal After Israeli Intercept
A Libyan airliner entered Israeli airspace near the Mediterranean coast and was fired on by Israeli warplanes after not landing. The craft crash landed about 15 miles from the Suez Canal. A Lebanese pilot noted the Libyan may have been hit and Gaza tensions rose after a Lebanon raid by Israeli commandos.
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Raeli
Canal
Mediterranean
Beirut
Rogers hails Laos cease fire as step toward Indochina peace
Secretary of State William Rogers told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Laos cease fire goes into effect by Laotian midnight with a provisional government to be formed within 80 days and foreign forces withdrawn in 60 days. He said U.S. bombing will halt by noon Lao time and noted Cambodia and South Vietnam remain unsettled with recent cease fire violations. The Laos accord marks progress toward Southeast Asian peace, though North Vietnamese movements raise concern.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Laos
Indochina
U.S
Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ment
Vietnam
Paris
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Nixon
Indochina States
CAP Sifts For Missing Light Plane In New Mexico
Civil Air Patrol units from Clovis and Alamogordo searched southeast New Mexico for a tan and green Cessna 172 missing with two people aboard on a flight from El Paso to Roswell. Pilot William Cargile and passenger Pat O Conn er were identified, weather hampered early efforts with low ceiling and gusty winds.
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Roswell
N.M
Civil Air Patrol
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
William Cargile
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Pat O’conner
CAP
Clovis
Alamogordo
Pecos County selects 24.8 acre site for Memorial Hospital
Pecos County Commissioners choose 24.8 acres south of James Rooney Memorial Park on U S 285 for the new Pecos County Memorial Hospital. The site, approved at a regular court session, was the architect’s first choice and was already county owned since 1945. The hospital faces toward the city and sits on land listed in the John Flood Survey.
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Pecos County Memorial Hospital
Fort Stockton
Pecos County
James Rooney
Sharp
Wichita Falls
O. D
Buck) Luttrell
Luttrell
Wingler
Sanderson Highway
Rooney Park
Ligon Trust
U. S. 290
Billy Hodges
Hodges
Judge Luttrell
Christie Named Head of Texas Insurance Board
Gov. Dolph Briscoe appoints former Senator Joe Christie to chair the Texas State Insurance Board replacing Ray Kirkpatrick. Christie will study the department and report on steps to lower insurance rates. Kirkpatrick and Ned Price terms end Jan 31, 1975. Briscoe plans another board appointment.
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Christie
Ray Kirkpatrick
Preston Smith
Senate
Briscoe
Ned Price
Gun-toting pupils turned over to law by district
Channelview School District trustees voted Tuesday to hand gun carrying students to police after an elementary pupil and a junior high pupil brought handguns to classes. Board President Charlie Parker stated the action followed the incidents.
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Houston
Channelview
Charlie Parker
Jurors summoned for Criminal Jury Week district court
District Court calls 125 petit jurors for Criminal Jury Week starting 9a Monday March 5. Names include Charles H. Lee Henry E. McAnally Mary Otto L D McNeil Vaughn Morrison John F Downs several dozen more jurors listed along with numerous spouses and relatives. Two arrests noted after $40 reported missing from Orbit Car Wash with $32 in cash register key recovered. Patrolman Charles Smith reports two suspects apprehended with the cash register key and money.
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District Court
Charles H. Lee
Henry E. McAnally
Mary Otto
L. D. McNeil
Vaughn W. Morrison
John F. Downs
Dick Winter
Eufimia P. Fuentes
M. D. Malone
Robert Gomez
Jack W. Starrison
Joe D. Wright
Richard D. Naylor
Jimmy A
Ernest Marquez
Maria Larez
Jane Ross
Jimmy Lovelace
Conception Martinez
Beatriz A. Hadderton
R. D. Proctor
Dalton Moseley
Felix Salcido
Nathan Dickson
David L. Robison
Wynn Hamilton Jr
Steve Guevara
Antonia Herrera
W. H. Barton
A. F
Orbit
Charles Smith
UMAC Meet With Mexican American Parents Council Tonight
The UMAC and the Mexican American Parents Council will meet at 7 pm today in St. Catherine's Parish Hall. All members and interested parents are urged to attend.
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UMAC
Israeli Raid Attacks Guerrilla Bases in Lebanon
Israeli commandos struck two Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon's north, saying dozens of guerrillas were killed. Guerrilla sources claim 15 to 26 dead with 60+ wounded. Israel reports eight wounded. The raid involved about 350 troops and included hand to hand fighting. Premier Saeb Salam calls it an outrage and Lebanese forces search for delayed bombs left on campus.
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Middle East
Lebanon
Suez Canal
Israel
Sinai
Egypt
Libya
Muammar Kadafi
Tel Aviv
Saeb Salam
Oxnard Quake Shakes Southern California Coast
A 5.5 magnitude quake centered in the Santa Barbara Channel near Oxnard rattled Southern California, injuring five in Oxnard, sparking fires, and causing skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles to sway. Utility services remained intact as residents awoke to the rolling tremor.
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Los Angeles
California
Oxnard
Seismological Laboratory of
Califfornia Institute of Technology
Pasadena
National Earthquake Information Center
Boulder
Colo
San Fernando Valley
Santa Barbara Channel
Arroyo Grande
San Diego
City Council to Repair and Seal Coat 161 Blocks
The bi monthly City Council session at 7 30 a m will consider repairing and sealing 161 blocks between Walthall and Stafford. Estimated material cost is 18500 dollars with funds from revenue sharing proposed for rock stockpile 6165 dollars. Also planned are a Caterpillar loader lease purchase 18480 dollars and bids advertising costs for a fertilizer truck and spreader with discussion by Jim Patte and Carl Holm.
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Walthall
Stafford
Jim Patte
Carl Holm
Coastal States No. 1 Wiggins completes gas discovery in Reeves County
Coastal States Gas Producing Co No 1 Wiggins in Reeves County near Orla is completed as a gas discovery with an absolute open flow of 59.8 MMcf per day from perforations at 15 636 to 15 711 feet after acidizing 10 000 gallons. Adobe Oil Co of Midland reports earlier drillstem tests in No 1 Monroe and potential Fusselman and Atoka gas zones.
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Coastal States Gas Producing Co
Wiggins Orla
Reeves County
Texas Beach
Atoka
Loving
Chapman, South
Delaware
T& P
Orla
Adobe Oil Co
Midland
Ellenburger
Monroe
Wildcat
Fusselman
Adobe
Adobe Corp
Dorchester Gas Co
Dallas
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Robert Norton
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Marty Lethco
Nelson Lethco
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Joe Christie
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Genaro B. Abila
Evangelina Chavez
A. L. Acosta
Virginia Armendariz
Betty Oe Jackson
Ysidro Florez Rosa
James W. Wilson
Howard Davis
Flo Dominguez
Donaciano Lara
James Scott
Celia Natividad
Katie Villesca
George F. Young
Helen M. Pelton
James E. Hopkins
Kenneth Scott
Isias Renteria
Bacilio Pallanes Jr
W. F. Edwards
J. R. Mosley
Irene Bueto
Albert Joe Bishop
Andy Hannah
Joe Billeiter
J. C. White
Ysidro M. Ortega
Jose C. Ramirez
J. C. Yocom
R. D. Whittington
Veronicia Barrera
Lidia Garcia
Lorenso Flores
Pablo Rivera
Franklin Pankey
W. E. Moore Jr
Zulema S. Red
Riquez
Maria Fuentez Chavez
John G. McGee
Cruz R, Acosta
Paul Yeager
Sue Bishop
Candida A. Martinez
David A. Moreno
Jonathan L. Scott
N.S. Calhoun
Charles Blevins
Trine Ortega Jr
B. D. Dearing
Larry Windham
Edward A, Daniel
Robert Lozano
K. A. Schloemer
Guadalupe H. Varela
Baulia A. Machuca
Francisco Rodriguez
J. B. Exum
Joe Gallego Jr
Trini Alvarez
Marcon Rafael Contreras
Jerry Wayne Salisbury
Eva Ornelas
Roosevelt Gipson
Amelia Mora
Cresencio Machuca
Bobby G. Choate
Martina Lopez
Juan Matta
Brijida Baeza
Ben R. Howard
Mike Jones
Sofia B. Valles
James L, Davis
Chon G, Gomez
Tcol
Baraid
Leon Sharp
Bruce Campbell and Son Construction Co
Horace King
Ruben Gonzales
Gonzales
Dana Beauchamp
Alamo St
Arturo Adame
Barstow
la Despedida
Jeff Brammer
12Th St
Coastal States
Wiggins
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