Bands win honors at Midland regional contest
East Pecos Junior High Pecos Junior High and Pecos High bands competed with 50 schools at the Region VI I I Instrumental Solo and Ensemble Contest in Midland. A large contingent earned Division I and II ratings as Clyde Wilson led the day as contest chairman with 23 judges for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Pecos
Pecos Junior High School
Pecos
Austin Junior High School
Midland
Clyde Wilson
Midland High School
Ade
West Texas
Bill Carrico
John McGee
Douglas Garman
Kim Hawkins
Veronica Pagan
Rose Marie Matta
Steve Matta
Abel Alvarez
Ferenando Orona
Randy Hernanio
Image Center Officially Opens in Oak Street Ribbon Cut
Mayor E W Schmidt officially opened the Image Yearn to Learn Center at 212 S Oak St with a noon Friday ribbon cutting.
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E.W. Schmidt
S. Oak St
Antonio Olmos
Harold Meyer
Terry Burns
Mike Medina
Toyan collision leaves driver with head laceration
Antonio Gonzales Renteria, 58, of Toyah, hospitalized with a head laceration after a pickup collided with a car driven by Jesus Manuel Machuca, 19, at an intersection in Toyah. Parrott said both drivers were alone. Renteria to be released today.
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Antonio Gonzales Renteria
Toyah
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Renteria
Jesus Manuel Machuca
DPS
Fred Parrott
Parrott
California
Memorial Hospital
Barstow
J. P. Odell
Garden Grove Calif
IL 20
Canada threatens to quit peacekeeping system
In Paris, Secretary of State William P. Rogers urged a Vietnam conference to create simple safeguards to prevent peace efforts from failing. Canada voiced displeasure with the current system and threatened withdrawal from the peacekeeping commission in South Vietnam.
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Canada
Paris
William P. Rogers
South Vietnam
Rogers
Peace Supervisory Commission
Vietnam
Sharp
U S hope hinges on word on 140 more POWs
Saigon reports a North Vietnamese spokesman says no POWs will be released Tuesday but U S officials remain hopeful for word from Hanoi about 140 Americans. The talks flag expectations for further releases as the cease fire and troop withdrawals continue.
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Saigon
U. S
Hanoi
Tin
North Vietnam
Paris
United States
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
North
South
Vietnam
Laos
South Vietnam
Minor collisions investigated by city police
City police investigated two minor collisions last week. Max Edward Otto 78 of 901 S Plum St was cited for failure to yield right of way and leaving the scene after a two car crash at Third and Oak Streets at 9 48 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Edward Otto
S. Plum St
Third and
Oak Streets
Charles Smith
Otto
Alberto T. Barreno
E . Second St
Easter Seal letters to be delivered this week in Reeves County
Harvey Tinkler Easter Seal Representative outlines plans for the Easter Seal Appeal in Reeves County. The society provides rehabilitation services including physical and occupational therapy and speech programs funded by the annual appeal. In 1972 the society aided 16,572 people and promotes research, education, and scholarships to support disabled citizens.
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Reeves County
Harvey Tinkler
Easter Seal Society For
Easter Seal Society
Tinkler
Texas
Texas Easter Seal Society
Wrecker crews salvage overturned Paso Del Norte truck
B&B Wrecking Service worked through the night to upright a Paso Del Norte butane truck overturned on the IS 20 right of way about six miles west of Pecos. The driver pulled onto the shoulder into deep mud. cargo was moved to another truck before the wreckers could right the vehicle. No leaks or immediate fire risk reported.
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B&b
Pecos
Paso del Norte
Rufus Spivey
Spivey
Historians to Hear Story of Wine Making Venture
Pecos resident Barney Hubbs will present a paper at the Permian Historical Society meeting in Odessa on Saturday. The talk, Sour Grapes in Ward County, details early Pecos Valley vineyards and the vinegar bust that preceded West Texas wine making, with other papers on Permian Basin radio, archaeology, and local history.
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Pecos Valley
Barney Hubbs
Pecos
Permian Historical Society
Odessa
Ward
West Texas
Hubbs
Permian Basin
James Orbeck
Grace King
Wallace R. Jackson
Odessa College
KOCV
University of Texas
Woody Keith
Mitchell County Oil and Gas
Torney Lee Jones Jr
Monument Springs
N. M
Raymond F. Waters
Hobbs News-Sun
Carl Raht
Jesse Cone
William Colwell Sublett
Guadalupe Mountains
Betty Orbeck
Texas
New Mexico
Fog Shrouds Panhandle Texas Amid Mixed Weather
Fog cut visibility to near zero across the Panhandle Plains and South Texas while a weak cold front lingered along Sherman to Midland. Rain or drizzle mixed with fog in spots, with scattered showers or thunderstorms expected as the front moved southeast. Temperatures ranged from 30s in Dalhart to 74 in parts of the Lower Rio Grande, with Brownsville and McAllen the warmest.
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Pecos Valley
Associated Press
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Sherman
San Angelo
Midland
National Weather Services
East Texas
Upper
Panhandle
Dalhart
Marfa
West Texas Mountains
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Page Burkholder
Linda King
Kay Painter
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Cynthia Slack
Joni Ferguson
Julie White
Elizabeth Wilson
Debra Cauble
Celia Lackey
Joyce Jordan
Charles Weinacht
David Peters
Rod Perk
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Mike Salch
Alan Duncan
Johnny Miller
Jay McCormick
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Richard Rankin
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Karol Jung
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Wanda Felts
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Karen Adickes
Connie Scott
Kim Allen
Cloyce Cox
Mary Claire Sammuel
Randall Johnson
David Moss
Paul Meek
J.D. Bell
Robin Mahan
Jim Nail
Kim Dingler
Sonja Jenkins
Image Center
Toyan
Leroy Yerger
Los Angeles
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Wally Gonzales
IMAGE
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San Antonio
Central Board of Directors
Pecos High School
Medina
Gene Gruell
Texas District of Missouri Lutheran Synod
Corenet
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Brian Gross
Susan Dennison
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Matt Williamson
Mark Stephens
Howard Hathorn
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Waldheim
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Casa Manana Apts
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Cactus St
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