Dense morning fog grips Texas coast to border area
The state endured a third consecutive foggy dawn with visibility near zero in parts of Central Texas and along the coast. Temperatures dipped to the upper 30s in Waco and Houston while highs reached the mid to upper 70s in El Paso and Mineral Wells as the National Weather Service warned of possible showers and cooler conditions by Thursday.
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Pecos
Texas
National Weather Service
Houston
College Sta
Tion
Longview
Texarkana
Dalhart
Mineral Wells
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
Austin
San Antonio
Cotulla
Victoria
Palcios
Alice
McAllen
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Laredo
el Paso
Mineral
North Vietnam Eyes Quick Prisoner Release
North Vietnam said it would resume freeing American prisoners of war once the Joint Military Commission in Saigon guarantees security for its members in South Vietnam cities. Spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le said liberation would proceed normally after the commission adopts a North Vietnamese working plan to safeguard personnel. He again protested attacks on commission members in Hue and Da Nang.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh le
Liber
Hue
da Nang
Triad
International Conference Center
Avenue Kleber
Rogers
Nixon
U.S
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
United States
Robert McCloskey
McCloskey
Mourning Dove Hill remembers young Marine poet
In Miami Florida Boystown held a twilight tribute at a shrine for Marine Pfc Mark Taylor 19 killed in Vietnam. Staff recalled him as a glorious boy and superb athlete while his poem about war was read aloud by the Rev. John Nevins.
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Miami
Fla
Dove Hill
Mark Taylor
Boystown
Florida
Vietnam
Mark
Daniel Kushner
Robert Lieser
John Glorie
John Nevins
Margaret Hall
Jack Taylor
Allen Park
Mich
Glorie
Urquidi Joins Sheriff's Department in Pecos
Antonio Urquidi a 31 year old city police sergeant has resigned to become a deputy sheriff joining eight full time and one part time deputies. Sheriff Nail said the hire fills a relief need and Urquidi will broaden law enforcement knowledge while remaining on swing shifts. He served in the Air Force 1959 63 and has been a patrolman and sergeant since 1969. He and his wife Emma live at 214 Dagger St with three children.
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Pat Parvis
Antonio Urquidi
A. B. Nail
Urquidi
Tony
U.S. Air Force
Evening Optimist Club
Emma
Dagger St
Priscilla Anne
Annette
Tony Jr
Tommie Rodriquez
Miss Rodriquez
First National Bank
Jack Rogers
Gulf Oil Delaware lies as fifth 5,500 ft gas opener in Reeves County
Gulf Oil Corp reclassified as a 5 500 Delaware oil producer with No 16 J Frost gasser in Waha Reeves County Texas 10 miles east of Pecos The well produced six barrels of 39 8 gravity oil 51 barrels of water per day and a gas oil ratio of 27833 1 through perforations at 5412 5514 feet It was completed in February 1972 as the 5 500 foot Delaware gas opener and is also completed from the 5 800 foot oil zone Continued on Page 2
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Gulf Oil Corp
Delaware
J. Frost
Waha
Reeves County
Pecos
Pecos Boys Club seeks community support and growth
A Pecos Boys Club board member urges the community to back the new program. He warns that lack of supervised activities breeds juvenile delinquency and calls for skills, time, and funds. The club will publicize via radio, newspapers, and posters and asks for community involvement.
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Robert Hernandez
Pecos Boys Club
Paul Revere
Boys Clubs of America
Pecos
Columbian Fathers
Outa sight kites prompt safety rules
Johnnie Holub of Community Public Service urges kite fliers to follow safety guidelines. Do not use metal in the kite or string and avoid power lines and streets. If a kite touches a power line, do not climb. contact the electric company for removal. Posters and newspaper ads promote these safety rules.
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Johnnie Holub
Pecos
Public Service Company
The
Power Company
West Texas hospitals weigh student training affiliation
The Winkler County Memorial Hospital board met with Dr. Lester Woolcott and Dr. Samuel Richards of Texas Tech University School of Medicine to discuss affiliating for medical student training in West Texas hospitals. A preceptorship program will place students with local staff for one to two months, compressing four years of medical training into three.
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Board of Control
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
Lester Woolcott
Samuel Richards
Texas Tech Uni
Versity School of Medicine
West Texas
Alpine
Monahans
Fort Stockton
Seminole
Harley Reeves
Midland
Cotton pest deadline approaching for growers in region
Cotton producers are reminded that the deadline for signing up for the cotton insect pest management scouting service is March 1. Farmers may contact Mike Burkholder or Bill Bagley, the entomologist, for details.
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Mike Burkholder
Bill Bagley
Dystrophy march planned in Pecos in March
Volunteers for the Muscular Dystrophy Association plan a Pecos march from March 1 to March 7 to raise funds and support for dystrophy patients. Jerry Millsapps will coordinate. Mrs. Cecil Stickels is treasurer with help from high school cheerleaders.
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The
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Pecos
Jerry Millsapps
Cecil Stickels
Bill protects persons giving emergency care
A bill to shield individuals who administer emergency care at accident scenes from civil damages was approved 19-7 by the Texas House Judiciary Committee and sent to the House floor. It requires good faith, no wilful or wanton negligence, and no pay expectation. Medical doctors offsite would be exempt if no one else was available and not negligent.
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Austin
Tex
House Judiciary Committee
Bill Presnal
D-Bryan
House
Presnal
Rep
RE. Green
Houston
Four teachers die in Texas plane crash near Friona
FRIONA Tex AP three teachers from Muleshoe High School were killed when their light plane crashed Tuesday near Friona in the Texas Panhandle. A fourth was critically injured. The dead were Mr and Mrs Wyane La Grone and Mike Pollard Burl Block was taken to an Amarillo hospital.
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Friona, Tex
Muleshoe High School
Texas Panhandle
Canyon
West Texas State University
Palmer County
Here
Wyane la Grone
Mike Pollard
Burl Block
Amarillo
SPE study group on Transient Pressure Buildup and Flow Test
The Permian Basin Graduate Center and SPE offer a study group on Transient Pressure Buildup and Flow Test in Wells from March 7 to May 9, Wednesdays 3:45 to 6:45 at the Armed Forces Reserve Center Terminal. Dr. Ben H. Caudle of UT Austin will teach. SPE member fee 115, non member 325. For information contact Permian Basin Graduate Center 104 Gulf Building or call 563-231.
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Permian Basin
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE
Armed Forces Reserve Center
Terminal
Ben H. Caudle
University of Texas At Austin
Permian Basin Graduate Center
Gulf Building
Volunteers map annual American Cancer Society crusade in Reeves County
Volunteers finalize the annual crusade plan for the American Cancer Society in Reeves County. Training sessions set for March 1 with district and house to house workers. April 3 door to door campaign. February film showings and March public education efforts. Next board meeting March 30.
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American Cancer Society
Reeves County
Holiday Inn
William C. Smith
Clark Ford
Beulah Baird
Puspi
Bond Bradford
Security State Bank
David Freeman
Texas
Jimmy Green
First Christian Church Fellowship Hall
Freeman
Armando Hinojos
Green
Cochairman
O. L. Lucas
Public Education
Twentieth Century Club
Bill N. Precit
Crusade Education
Paul Morrison
The
Cancer Society
Morrison
Smith
John Dearley
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Childress
del Rio
Mexican
Wells
Tyler
Young Marine
Mourning Dove Hill
William P. Rogers
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Trinh
Viet Cong
Nguyen Thi Binh
Ing
Sheriff's Department
Odessa College
Air Force
Pecos Furniture Co
St. Catherine’s Church
Jim Urquidi
S. Walnut St
Gene Martin
Antonio Urouidi
Gulf Oil Delaware
Muscuar Dystrophy Association
UMAC
Carl Parker
Dport Arthur
Preston Smith
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