County filing window opens for eight county offices
Reeves County announces a Feb 7 deadline for candidates to file for eight county posts including sheriff tax assessor collector attorney judge and precincts 1 and 3 commissioners district attorney and district judge. May 6 is the primary date with a possible second primary on June 3 if no candidate gains a majority. General election is November 7 with a $50 filing fee and party determinations after filings. Voters urged to register this month to be listed.
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Reeves County Clerk's Office
Rental Market Tightens In Pecos As Oil Growth Attracts People
Enterprise reports widespread tightness in Pecos rental housing as oil industry growth draws new residents. Real estate agents note scarce vacancies with only a few unfurnished three bedroom homes available, while managers cite long waiting lists and rising home sales.
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Pecos
Enterprise
Alton Hughes
Hughes Insurance Agency
Hughes
Casa Mana Apartments
Forrest Pape
Ployee
Automotive Proving Grounds
Dorothy Dean
Pecos Insurance Agency
Possibility of test tube babies grows nearer in world debate
News reports from New York outline rising momentum toward producing a test tube baby. Scientists in England Belgium and Japan discuss implanting an artificially fertilized embryo in a volunteer womb. Dr Bevis of Sheffield says implantation could occur soon though he will not disclose a date.
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New York
England
Belgium
Japan
Douglas Bevis
Jessop Hospital
Sheffield
Bevis
Pecos to Lose Local Postmarks Under Area Mail Processing
Pecos residents will see outgoing mail sent to Midland starting Feb 26 as part of Area Mail Processing. Midland becomes a sectional center facility with 43 area offices moving to associate status to speed delivery and boost efficiency.
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Pecos
Paul Morrison
Midland
United States Postal Service
Area
Morrison
SCF
Baton Rouge Street Gunfight Sparks Blame on Black Muslims
Mayor W. W. Dumas blames Black Muslims for a Monday shootout that killed two deputies and two Blacks in Baton Rouge. The NAACP doubts party involvement and seven youths deny Muslim ties while stating they are Black Muslims but not connected to the clash. Police sought calm as 400 National Guard troops were mobilized and curfews imposed.
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Baton Rouge
W. W. Dumas
NAACP
Ater
M Clear
John McKeithen
Downtow Street
Louisiana
Capitol Oy
Bryan Clematis Jr
Eddie Bauer
National Guard
Dutty
Dama
Dumas
McKeithen
Moon rocks reveal three building blocks of lunar crust
Three basic lunar rocks iron rich basalt, kreep potassium rich material, and plagioclase emerged from Apollo data as key crust components. A gamma ray survey linked high radioactivity to a northwest region and Mare regions, with questions about timing of crystallization guiding future study led by NASA's Dr. Paul W. Gast.
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Great Dry Plains
Moon
Earth
Paul W. Gast
Planetary and Earth Sciences
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Gast
Ence
James Arnold
University of California At San Diego
Alfred M. Worden
Mare Dry Sea
Mare Imbrium
Oceanus Procellarum
Apollo 14
Arnold
Stalk destruction deadline set for Trans-Pecos cotton
Texas Agricultural Commissioner John C. White warns cotton farmers in Reeves Ward and Pecos counties that February 1 is the deadline for stalk destruction under pink bollworm quarantine rules. He urges plowing stalks at least six inches deep to curb pests and improve 1972 cotton prospects.
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Texas
John C. White
Trans-Pecos
Reeves
Ward
Pecos
White
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