Ice storm slows travel across West Texas plains
Ice covered roads and highways cripple travel from Pecos to the Davis Mountains with buses and cars stranded. Police reported no injuries by noon as DPS crews cleared incidents and commuters sheltered in hotels. Temperatures linger near freezing with stabilizing forecasts for continued ice and snow across Panhandle to Southeast Texas.
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Pecos
Davis Mountains
DPS
Toyah
IS 10
IL 20
Kent
Davis Mountain
Continental Bus Lines
Abilene
Associated Press
Ice Clad Roads Reported Across Texas Districts
At 9 30 a m the Texas Highway Department listed district by district road conditions with widespread ice on bridges and highways. Several areas including San Angelo Fort Worth Corpus Christi Abilene Wichita Falls Amarillo Odessa and Dallas reported ice or snow cover and no improvement expected today driving conditions expected to deteriorate in Brownwood.
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Fort Stockton
San Angelo
Amarillo
Panhandle
Lubbock
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Houston
el Paso
Texas
Kingsville
Childress
Wsuita Falls
Fort Worth
Abilene
Mineral Wells
Dallas
Midland
San An
Paris
Tyler
Wichita Falls
Odessa
Brownwood
Mental Health Clinic seeks more office space in county
Glenna Miller, a county mental health caseworker, told the Commissioners Court that the outreach clinic needs additional offices for therapy. With a traveling staff of six, sessions are sometimes held in a bathroom. The October caseload was 238 with 80 monthly patients. annual visits 1,759. 1971-72 state expenditures were 40,618 and the 1972-73 budget is 60,501, with Reeves County share 2,490. The clinic is operated by the Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Department via Big Spring State Hospital. The court will inspect a proposed building and discuss again at the January 22 meeting.
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Glenna Miller
Commissioner’s Court
Reeves County
Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Department
Big Spring State Hospital
Hotel closed as New Orleans police probe sniper clues
Police shut a downtown New Orleans hotel while checking leads for a possible second gunman in a sniper attack that killed six people. Officials said a mid day report of a new shooting was false and discussed the possibility of one or multiple snipers as guards limited access to the hotel lobby.
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Clarence Giarrusso
Giarrusso
John E. Fields
City Hall
Associated Press
Edward LaPorte
Field
Frederick O’sullivan
Dallas
Dallas Love Field
Kissinger and Tho Hold Sixth Hour Vietnam Talks in Paris
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho met in Paris for a six hour session of Vietnam peace talks. Hanoi announced no progress or signs of breakthrough despite a cordial exit mood.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Hanoi
Million Dollar Book Exhibit Comes to Pecos
A rare book collection insured for 1 million dollars will be displayed Thursday at The First National Bank in Pecos. The two cashed display cases travel in university vans and will feature about 40 volumes dating to the 1700s, guarded and protected as they tour 29 area towns.
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University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Odessa
First National Bank
Oak and
Sixth Sts
Harold Lindley
J. T. Moore Jr
Dick Slack
Founders
UTPB
Bill Amstead
Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains See Record Visitors
National Park visits reached a peak in 1972 with 856,086 visitors to Carlsbad Caverns and 39,147 to Guadalupe Mountains. Park Superintendent Donald Dayton notes an 8 percent rise at Carlsbad Caverns and a 42 percent gain at Guadalupe Mountains for the year. Holiday crowds were heavy with about 2,000 daily visitors at Carlsbad between Christmas and New Year.
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Guadalupe Mountains National Parks
Guadalupe Mountains
Donald Dayton
Caverns
Pine Springs
Texas
Guadalupe
County to pay full insurance for county employees
Reeves County commissioners vote to cover all hospitalization and life premiums for 76 employees, costing the county $18,769.44 this year. The change ends the 50 50 plan, with employees still paying dependents premiums. The meeting also deferred a deputy request and reviewed budget, library, and tax matters.
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Reeves County
Commissioners Court
Precinct
Cecil Cothrun
Marguerite Kent
Harold Meyer resigns from Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Harold G. Meyer manager of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce resigns effective Feb 1 unless a replacement is found. A Nebraska business graduate and former J C Penney store manager Meyer's tenure began in May 1963 and he earned the Citizen of the Year award in 1967 for chamber and community service. He has held civic roles including three Pecos City Council terms and board positions in Reeves County and the First United Methodist Church.
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Harold G. Meyer
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Meyer
University of Nebraska School of Business Administration
J. C. Penney
Pecos Chamber
Chamber
Pecos
Reeves County Community Council
Odessa judge hears motion to suppress search warrant
District Judge R L McKim in the 143rd District Court heard defense motions to suppress the search warrant in State vs David Anderson. Anderson faces a heroin possession indictment. deputies Purvis and Breese, and J P Hightower testified as witnesses before deliberation and request for transcripts and briefs.
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R. L. McKim
Odessa
143Rd District Court
State
David Anderson
Anderson
Pecos
H. B. Purvis
Jim Breese
Justice of the Peace
J. F. Hightower
Attory
Roddy Harrison
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