All-District Basketball Picks Highlight 2AAA Standouts
Norman Tinkler heads the All-District first team as the leading scorer in District 2AAA. Also named are Donald Roberts, Joe Williams, Robert Slay, James Fallon, Darrel Mitchell, and Joe Davis. Second team includes Huckabee, Watkins, Pearson, Dampier, and Livingston. Honorable mentions list several players from Andrews, Monahans, Kermit, and Ector. The Ector Eagles clinched the district title with a 79 to 75 playoff win over Ft Stockton in Monahans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Tinkler
Harvey Tinkler
Tinkler
Pecos High
Donald Roberts
Seminole
Joe Williams
Monahans
Robert Slay
Ft. Stockton
James Fallon
Darrel Mitchell
Ector
Joe Davis
Dub Huckabee
Jesse Watkins
Mike Pearson
Andrews
Dan Dampeer
Kermit
Jim Livingston
Crawford Williams
Alfred Rougeaux
Ronnie Bivens
Fred Green
Rodney Lunceford
Ector Eagles
Jurors Summoned for Civil Jury Week March First
The following petit jurors have been summoned to Civil Jury Week on March 1 at 9 30 a.m. Those called include Mrs H S Holmes Mrs Hubert Nunn H W Jones J B Kirklin Ernest Teague Bob Burkholder James L Sears Bill Davis Jewel W Hobbins Mrs Russell Smith Mrs Carl Holm and Mrs Crawford Hughes Elmer L Jones Mrs Jake W Jones J C Stubblefield Mrs J B Hopkins Mrs Ted Johnson Ray Kesey Mrs Harry Clinton Aaron Dye Joel Daniel Frank Martinez David Robison and Fred Pearce Mrs Nancy E Rediger Gene Owens Billy Wayne Powell Coy Nichols Mrs J E Scott Garland Rowe Mrs M L Marsh Alfred Pax Jimmy Rankin W W Clem Louis Dutchover Harold Clayton Jack Duke Wendell Dade John Downs L B Johnson W A Cunningham Carl L Weinacht Alvin Moore A J Potter Claude C Weaver Floyd Brownfield Lloyd Topliss Fred Strode Jr and Mrs M Hoover Russell Johnson Mrs Max Stool Henry Hilton J E Scott Bueford Rowe Gus Natividad Ord Rowden Robert M Owens Mrs Edwin L Mes cham Mrs George Ross Bill Pigman and Heard Reynolds Garvin Passmore James C Preslar Jimmie Odie Sr Tom Segalia C J Ryan John Harvey Moore Jr Truman Foster and Frank Fuentes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Holmes
Hubert Nunn
H. W. Jones
J. B. Kirklin
Ernest Teague
Bob Burkholder
James L. Sears
Bill Davis
Jewel W. Hobbins
Russell Smith
Carl Holm
Crawford Hughes
Elmer L
Jones
Jake W. Jones
J. C. Stubblefield
J. B. Hopkins
Ted Johnson
Ray Kesey
Harry Clinton
Aaron Dye
Joel Daniel
Frank Martinez
David Robison
Fred Pearce
Nancy E. Rediger
Gene Owens
Billy Wayne Powell
Coy Nichols
J. E. Scott
Garland Rowe
M. L. Marsh
Alfred Pax
Jimmy Rankin
W. W. Clem
Louis Dutch
Pecos Traffic Case Totals Revealed In 1970 Report
The Pecos Police Dept reports 1970 traffic enforcement results to the Texas Dept. of Public Safety listing charges, completed cases, and guilty verdicts by violation type. Highlights include drunk in auto and no driver’s license with high charge totals, plus pedestrian violation counts and a note on a local genealogical society meeting in Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Texas Dept. of Public Safety
City Court Reports January Fine Totals
City Court collected 2095 in fines for January. Judge W. O. Bill Pigman reports offenses yielding 940 from drunk driving with 350 for drunk in vehicle. Traffic violations totaled 1155, with no driver’s license leading, then disregard of traffic signals and speeding.
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Janary
W. O. Bill Pigman
Still at Large Murderer Escapes Jail
Ignacio Apodoca Cuevas, 39, remains at large after escaping Reeves County Jail around 7:30 p.m. Friday. He is serving 45 years for the murder with malice of Rita Villalon on January 12, 1970. He fled as guards escorted inmates rumored to be deported, last seen near Ramones Grocery on Hwy 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignacio Apodoca Cuevas
Reeves County
Cuevas
Rita Villalon
Mexico
Ramones
Pecos
Hwy. 17
Reeves
Villalon
Ignacio A. Cuevas
Border Patrol
Easter Seal Appeal Opens March 1 in Reeves County
The 1971 Easter Seal Appeal will begin March 1 in Reeves County with letters arriving to request rehabilitation services from the Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Texas. Harvey Tinkler, the local representative, notes that funds support 20 Texas centers and provide therapy, equipment, and information to families of the handicapped regardless of ability to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
Harvey Tinkler
Tinkler
Texas
Chamber Banquet Ducat Sale Set for March 29
Ticket reservations go to all Chamber of Commerce members for the annual Chamber Banquet and Membership Meeting at Pecos Valley Country Club with Governor Preston Smith as guest speaker. Awards include Citizen of the Year Outstanding Director and a teacher award plus two service honors. March 8 deadline to return unused tickets. $5 billed April 1. Committee members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Randolph
Pecos Valley Country Club
Preston Smith
Randolph
J. T. Moore, Jr
J. Robert Scott
Ben Meek, Jr
Joe Bob Kelton
Nixon plan would share revenue with Pecos and Reeves County
An Associated Press release notes Pecos would get 69643 dollars and Reeves County 114798 dollars under the president’s revenue sharing proposal. But strong opposition to the plan is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres. Nixon
Associated Press
Pecos
Reeves County
Tire blow up injures boy at Pete's Enco Station
Jimmy Smith, 17, was cut on the forehead when a tire blew at Pete's Enco Station at 7th and Eddy yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Memorial Hospital by Pecos Ambulance Service and admitted at 6 p.m. He remains hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MecNarren
Glenn Vandiver
Cruz Villareal
Johnson
John Sturgeon
South Palm
del Rio
Tony Urquidi
Urquidi
Jimmy Smith
Pete’s
Enco Station
Eddy
Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Pickup and Camper Burn Near Davis Mountain Station
Fire crews responded to a blaze 3 miles east of Davis Mountain Station where a pickup and camper burned destroying several thousand dollars worth of musical instruments. Earlier, 8:20 p.m., a grass fire west of Valley Motors prompted flames but caused minimal property damage.
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Davis Mountain Station
Valley Motors
Wreck Victim Rites Pending for Goransson Brother
Funeral services are pending at Pecos Funeral Home for Joseph Goransson 32 of Lambertville Michigan who died from injuries in a highway accident one mile east of Kent on IH 10 yesterday morning. His brother Gustave 49 survived with scalp lacerations.
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Pecos
Joseph Goransson
Lambertsville
Mich
Goransson
Kent
Gustave Goransson
Michigan
Pat O'Brian
DPS Highway Patrol
van Horn
Trans Pecos Agriculture Conference Draws Large Crowd
About 150 farmers ranchers and businesspeople registered for the Trans Pecos Agriculture Conference held Friday at the Reddy Room of the Community Public Service Company. Speakers covered cotton profits insect control harvesting and forage sorghum production with an afternoon slate chaired by A B Foster Jr. and co sponsored by Pecos Chamber of Commerce Texas A&M University Station and Extension Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trans-Pecos
Reddy
Community Public Service Company
Bette Ivy
Texas Agriculture Experiment Station
David Davis
Pecos
D.E. Longnecker
Sweetwater Cotton Oil Co
Texas Oil and Gas Co
West Texas Production Credit Association
South Western Irrigated Growers Association
A.B. Foster, Jr
Trans-pecas
Dr. L. Pope
W.C. Bacon
Jack King
Paul Revier
Kenneth E. Lindsey
J. T. Moore, Jr
Agriculture
Chamber
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Texas A&m University Agricultural Research Station
Agricultural Extension Service
L. S. Pope
Texas A&m University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Planning and Zoning Board
Jim Ed Miller
Permian Basin Genealogical Society, Inc
Ector County
Vernice Hillier
Odessa
Louisiana
City Court
Pima Cotton Quality Report
USDA
Mack Bennett
Carlsbad
David Paul Teer
Center Point
Raymond P. Holloway
McCamey
Texas House of Representatives
Legislative and Public Information Division
Delwin Jones
Pecos Chamber
Harold Meyer
Cayanosa
Reeves and Pecos
Coyanosa
143Rd District Court
J. H. Starley
Huntsville
Murray Howze
West Pecos
Bertha Jaso
Mitzie Davis
Gloria Hernandez
Sue Spray
Cindy Scott
Twyla Blackwell
Kathy Clark
Clair Dennison
Sherrie Lewis
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