Westex Hotel Fire Claims One Life and Injures One
A mysterious early morning fire at the Westex Hotel left one man dead and another injured. The ground floor was gutted and the deceased was named Ivan Brandt, with services pending at Pecos Funeral Home. The cause of death was smoke inhalation. Billy White of Midland was hospitalized at Memorial Hospital.
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Westex
Ivan Brandt
Pecos
Billy White
Midland
Memorial Hospital
Adult education classes offered in Pecos for residents
Odessa College will offer free adult basic education classes in Pecos during the spring semester for residents of Pecos Barstow and Toyah. Classes run 7 to 9 p m Tuesdays and Thursdays at Zavala Junior High School. Registration on the first class day. Antonio V Portillo in Pecos is the contact. Fire news: an early morning blaze at the Westex Hotel left one dead and triggered an arson probe. Fire fighters responded to a van fire nearby at 3 21 a m and to the hotel lobby fire at 3 22 a m. it was extinguished by 4 55 a m.
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Odessa College
Pecos
Barstow
Toyah
Zavala
Antonio V. Portillo
Third Street
Westex
Dickie Wadley
Stephen Bates
John Jr
New Orleans
Fotomat
Chalmette
Robert Chabarria
Ninth St
Ford signs 634 million PBS bill on New Year’s Eve
President Ford signed a $634 million five year authorization for the Public Broadcasting Corp. and vetoed a bill to add the Treasury secretary to the National Security Council. He also approved other measures including Medicare premium rise and a $6.4 billion energy research authorization.
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Washington
Ford
Public Broadcasting Corp
National Security Council
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Congress
New Energy Research and Development Administration
Snowy conditions and travel warnings across Texas Panhandle to El Paso
Light snow flurries mixed with sun puzzled Pecos as north and west reports of heavy snow and icy roads arrived. Temperatures ranged from 33 at dawn to 23 in El Paso, with instances of 9 to 10 degrees in the Panhandle. A blue norther blanketed West Texas and the Panhandle, while a separate Midwest storm dropped deep snow in the Upper Midwest and caused drifting winds.
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Pecos
Texas
Associated Press
Transmountain
el Paso
Highway and Public Transportation Department
van Horn
Sierra Blanca
Hueco Tanks
U.S. 62
U.S. 80
Carlsbad Highway
New Mexico State Line
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle Plains
East Texas
Lufkin
College Station
Houston
Texas Piney Woods
Dalhart
Perryton
Panhandle
Corpus Christi
Amarillo
Plainsview
Wink
Childress
Wichita Falls
Upper Midwest
Dakotas
Nebraska
Michi
Gan
Plains
Chadron
Neb
Michigan
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Wib 2601 Es 7 Wy Paso rar literofilm sandel
Fragmentary OCR item from Texas notice mentioning a location at 2601 Es 7 and Paso area. Details are unclear but references a Sandel 410f and the ZIP 79994. No clear action or deadline appears in readable text.
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Wy Paso
Sandel
Texas
Escaping gas evacuation hits Mentone residents
Gas venting from a Parker drilling well a mile and a half south of Mentone forced the evacuation of about 40 residents late Wednesday. The gas contained hydrogen sulfide, but officials said there was no ignition danger. Evacuees spent the night in Pecos as Clayton Williams company workers worked to contain the well.
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Mentone
TPS
Melton Rasberry
Parker
Oil Company
Clayton Williams
Wayne Roye
Roye
Rasberry
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Holiday Inn
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Henry Rubio
Hill’s Thriftway
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