Pecos grocery owners form Thriftway group merger
Three Pecos store owners announce joining the Thriftway chain. Hill’s Grocery, Piggly Wiggly, and Popular Grocery rebrand as Hills' Thriftway, Bob's Thriftway, and Popular Thriftway with no ownership changes. Thriftway operates across Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma.
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Pecos
Thriftway Supermarket Group
Hill’s Grocery
S. Cedar
Piggly Wiggly
West Third St
Popular Grocery
East Third
Hills’ Thriftway
Bob’s Thriftway
Popular Thriftway
Bob Hill
Hill’s Thriftway
Bob Hopper
Louis Teller
Third
Oak Streets
S&h
Popular
Thriftway
Abernathy
Borger
Canyon
Dalhart
Dumas
Floydada
Kermit
Littlefield
Lockney
Memphis
Morton
Paducah
Pampa
Panhandle
Plainview
Ralls
Rotan
Shamrock
Snyder
Spearman
Tulia
Wellington
Wheeler
Texas
Artesia
Clovis
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Boise City
Oklo
Hopper
Toyah
Food Mart
Search continues for 400 West Virginia flood victims today
National guardsmen and hundreds of volunteers search the Buffalo Creek area for about 400 missing after the d am broke in Buffalo Creek hollow flooding killed 61 and left thousands homeless. Governor Moore seeks $1 million for relief as Nixon declares Logan County a national disaster.
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West Virginia
Man
Buffalo Creek Hollow
Ben Tudor
Buffalo Mining Co
Coal Company
Arch A. Moore Jr
Buffalo Creek
Nixon
Moore
China
Logan County
Department of Housing and Urban Development
the Hollow
Washington
U.S. Geological Survey
Kentucky
Virginia
Logan
Otto Matters
Steve Dasovich
Pittson Co
Clinchfield Valley Coal Co
Safeway Managers Earn Outstanding Performance Awards
Loewen Standley and James Kimberling of the Safeway Store at 1008 South Eddy Street were selected for the Safeway Outstanding Performance Award covering September 12, 1971, to January 29, 1972. They competed with 105 managers and assistant managers in the El Paso division, announced by R. L. Jaynes at a September 12, 1971 meeting. A separate cone test every four weeks yielded 64 awards in total.
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Loewen Standley
James Kimberling
Safeway
South Eddy St
Safeway Sores, Inc
Safeway Stores, Inc
R. L. Jaynes
Nixon Returns to U S After Historic China Visit
President Nixon flew back to Washington from Alaska after a week in China where he agreed to broaden trade and exchanges with China while preserving opposing stances on Vietnam. The trip included talks with Premier Zhou Enlai and a communique outlining steps toward closer relations and Taiwan policy.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Nixon
China
U. S
Taiwan
Vietnam
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Washington
Peking
Chou Enlai
Shanghai
Nixons
Robert Ruegg
Alaskan Command
Joseph Cunningham
Alaskan Air Command
Chou
Indochina
Japan
Korea
Kissinger
Ottawa
United States
U.S
Bandung
Asia-Pacific
Rig count drops by three in week
The weekly survey by G W Murphy Industries shows 170 active rigs in West Texas and southeast New Mexico, down three from 173 a week earlier. Lea County New Mexico and Pecos County Texas led, with 25 and 24 rigs respectively, while Pecos held steady and Lea fell from 28. County table lists Andrews to Eddy with counts for Feb 25 and Feb 18.
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G.W. Murphy Industries
Permian Basin
West Texas
New Mexico
Lea County
Pecos County
Texas Railroad Commission District 8
Midland
Andrews
Coke
Concho
Crane
Crockett
Dawson
Ector
Eddy
South Vietnam expands Cambodia drive as fighting rages
Saigon announced a third operation into Cambodia with 1,000 to 1,500 men aiming to disrupt infiltration toward South Vietnam. Across multiple engagements 136 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were killed, 20 South Vietnamese dead, 37 wounded. U.S. air support and helicopter gunships aided the operation, while a DH6 helicopter was shot down near Saigon.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Saigon Command
South Vietnam
Mnong Plateau
Ing
Mekong Delta
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Vietnam
U.S
Takeo
Dat Do
Hue
da Nang
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Lao
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Pecos Food Stores
Bobbie
S. Cherry St
Robert
San Angelo State University
Cindy
Don
South Pecos
Teller
Laura
Missouri St
Ted Porras
Richard Delgado
Yuma
Ariz
Sylvia
Louis Jr
Sul Ross State University
Linda
Debra
Saneva
Bob Hill Hill
Ayrren Bob’s Thriftway
Louis Tellez Popular
Alvid Davis
Stowe
Davis
Wallace Adkins
Robinette
Reeves County
E. Second
First National Bank
Alicia Gonzales
LVN
Pearl L. Cobb
Reeves
Reeves County Community Council
S. Locust
Bessie Haynes
R.T. Anderson
Danny Dillard
Sidney ‘Sadler
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