Park Service urged to rethink Big Bend plan in Texas letter
A Texas development committee urges the Park Service to abandon the Wilderness Plan and Master Plan for Big Bend National Park. They oppose labeling most land as Wilderness and fear reduced road access and shifted visitor facilities from the Chisos Mountains to the Rio Grande area.
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Pecos
United States
Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande
Big Bend
America
Texas
National Park Service
The
Park Service
Congress
Chisos Mountains
Chisos Basin
Nixon Holds the Center in 1972 GOP Race
Nixon maintains the political center as Rep. Paul McCloskey and Rep. John Ashbrook test conservative and liberal signals. Ashbrook outlines four triggers for withdrawal, while Agnew remains on the ticket. Forecasts predict a March 7 New Hampshire gale that could trim rivals and boost Nixon.
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Paul
Pete) McCloskey
Calif
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Nixon
Ashbrook
Agnew
Taiwan
Peking
Congress
Russia
McCloskey
White House
Rep
William Buckley Jr
New Hampshire
Sky marshals shortfall prompts scrutiny of anti hijack program
Following the 1970 skyjackings, 1,500 sky marshals rode 14,000 daily flights but failed to prevent any hijackings. Declines in incidents credited to ground screening, with proposed FAA oversight and budget cuts, while marshals may be reassigned or absorbed into other security roles.
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United States
Office of Management and Budget
Customs Bureau
Federal Aviation Administration
Candy Barr Returns to Texas Strut Draws Crowd
Candy Barr, once a noted stripper, visits the Brownwood Bulletin, drawing crowds as staffers halt work. The 5 foot 3 inch former glamour figure, aged 36 by her claim, appears scrubbed and girl-next-door, while revealing she has written poetry during a 15 year sentence.
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Baldhead Row
New Orleans
Las Vegas
Dallas
Texas
Brownwood Bulletin
Candy
Harriette Graves
Today in History Highlights From Jan 12 1972
The column notes events on January 12 across years including the 1945 Battle of the Bulge retreat in Belgium, John Hancock born 1737, Hattie Caraway becoming the first elected woman senator in 1933, Churchill and de Gaulle meeting in 1944, and the Soviet zone proposal in 1958. It also covers later items about Meir Kahane’s arrest tied to a marijuana conviction, Candy’s prison writings and forthcoming book, and prior legal cases in Brownwood.
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Associated Press
Belgium
John Hancock
Braintree
Mass
Hattie Caraway
Winston Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Marrakesh
Morocco
Soviet Union
Arctic Circle
Mediterranean
U.S
Pennsylvania
New York Central
China
Mao Tse-tung
Goree
Candy
Midland
Combined British French Forces Use Of WWI Artillery
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that British and French forces used more than twice as much artillery ammunition in World War I as Union forces expended during all four years of the American Civil War.
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U.S
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Daydreams Keep Men From Going Mad in Doldrums
HAL BOYLE reflects on winter doldrums and unpaid bills, arguing that daydreams sustain sanity. He lists whimsical fantasies from Bali beaches to reforming a werewolf, hints at the urge to escape with imagination until spring.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Bali
Transylvania
North Pole
Kilroy
America
Gen. Custer
Low highway fatality rate marks safer era in 1970
The World Almanac records in 1970 the national highway fatality rate at 4.9 per 100 million miles, the lowest in U S history. It credits alcohol crash reduction programs, added passenger safety features, and safer highways for the decline, noting about 54 800 deaths from crashes with alcohol involvement.
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America
World Almanac
Pecos Yesterdays Highlights Local News and Elections
David Disque, once a county resident now in Arizona, visits Pecos for business while recounting flood losses. Barstow couple Herman Borders and Dochie Lee Brown wed quietly at Brother H. L. Magee's home. Bill Camp seeks reelection as tax assessor and Sally Vaughan runs for county clerk. Pecos P-T A highlights December meeting, band mothers sponsorship, and life membership to Coach M. P. Withers. J C Penney manager H. G. Meyer oversees store expansion. Woman's Society tea set for Jan 13. Home and Garden Club resumes Jan 12 with Mrs. Virgil Turnbow. lecture on garden rows by Mrs. W. F. Howard.
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Pecos
Parent-Teacher Association
Band Mothers’ Organization
Committee On Life
M. P. Withers
Withers
Home and Garden Club
Virgil Turnbow
Ross Boulevard
W. F. Howard
Armstead Purchases Interest in Kaiser-Frazer Agency
January 1947 Ed Armstrong, local contractor, buys out Jimmy McWhirter in the Kaiser-Frazer auto agency here and takes over active management. Also notes Pecos Legion planning a July 4 rodeo, P T A pancake supper, water main repairs, a 1956 sedan crash in Pecos, and Sub Deb Club hosting an enchilada supper fundraiser.
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Ed Armstrong
Jimmy McWhirter
Kaiser-Frazer Automobile
Mr. Armstrong
Mr. McWhirter
AG Opinions Highlight Texas Policy Shifts And Appointments
Attorney General Martin issued opinions on alcohol sales distribution and dry areas, legal status of microfilms, state use of funds for stamps, radios for sheriff vehicles, lifesaving equipment for young boaters, and travel class rules. Governor Smith also announced James F. Warren as 12th district judge and several reappointments to state commissions and boards.
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Martin
Texas International Trade Office
Mexico City
James F. Warren
Navasota
Reginald Bracewell
Smith
Marie H. Winters
Austin
Dan Hemphill
Odessa
Don L. Scarbrough
Georgetown
Texas Library and Historical Commission
Walter E. Long
Ernest A. Emerson
Dallas
Commission On Fire Protection
Hugh V. Keepers
Richard Russell
Richardson
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Odiy
Sky Marshals
Flo
Pecos Enterprise
Steve May
Mike Oestreicher
Georgia Stroud
South Cedar Street
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WSOC
Robert E. Lord
Candy Barr
Brownwood
Boyle
Enterprise Assn
David Disque
Arizona
Mr. Disque
Herman Borders
Dochie Lee Brown
Barstow
H. L. Magee
Bill Camp
Bill
Sally Vaughan
H. G. Meyer
J. C. Penney Co
Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the
Methodist Church
A. E. Wilcox
American Legion
Bill Turpin
South Pecos
P-T-A
Joe Clark
Cleburne
Fort Worth
Mother’s March of Dimes
David Gough
Jimmy Young
City Water Department
John Orlesby
Water Department
East Ninth Street
South Orange
Manuel Moran
Jann Ferguson
Donna Talley
Sub Debs
AG Opinions
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