Mutscher Re-Elected To House Speaker Post
Gus Mutscher 38 year old conservative Democrat was reelected unanimously to a second term as House speaker in the Texas Legislature. The speaker and his wife Donna Miss America 1964 announced personal news and planned to address House soon on policy. Mutscher, long based in Brenham since 1961, is viewed as influential with control over committees and legislation.
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Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Gus Mutscher
Mutscher
Donna
Brenham
Capitol
House
Jurors Called For Jan 25 In 143rd District Court
A panel of petit jurors is summoned to report January 25 for Criminal Jury Week in 143rd District Court. Names include Mrs. Carl Byler Eddie Cope Balmorhea William R. Youngblood Hershell B. Smith Carl Holm Woody Ivy Morris Jordan Juan Carrasco and many others from Balmorhea and surrounding areas.
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143Rd District Court
Carl Byler
Eddie Cope
Balmorhea
William R. Youngblood
Hershell B. Smith
Carl Holm
Woody Ivy
Morris Jordan
Juan Carrasco
Halla Bryan
Samuell C.R. Smith
Doug Miller
Bobby Bell
Warren H. Nutt
H.E. Stanton
Bill Hopper
W.A. Jobe
Joe B. Kerley
Doyle Jayroe
Gene Kelly
H.R. Hudson, Jr
C.L. Kline
Lester Morgan
Charles Mitchell
A.J. Carpenter
Hershel McDonald
Rachel Kirkwood
Lonnie Winterrowd
Hs, Holmes
W.B. Jenson
Orla
Joe Bob Kelton
Louis E. Wood
W.E. Powell
C.J. Pfeffer
E.A. Humphries, Jr
A.D. Woody
Eulanda Milner
Howard Campbell
C.E. Carlson
Stanley Ellison
Ray T. Kilsby
Lowen E. Standley
Jerry Jenkins
Martin Kelly
H.G. Meyer
D. B. Morelan
Marvin J. Mills
Laurence Byler
George R. Miller
Robert Meath
W.E. Moore, Jr
Ronald Miller
Tilden Stewart
W.D. Morelan
Arthur Mayes
Jack Rogers
Roy Pearce
Edwin L. Meacham
Saul B. Roquemore
Dan Peyton
Alton Reid
Joe Matta
L.M. Collier
Leon E. Dyer
David Davis
Dirk G. Torsy
John Corrall
Parker Elkins
Robert C. Dean
W.E. Hollis
Harold Simpson
Senate Appointees Shape Texas Legislative Panels
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes names 27 standing committees on the first day of the new session and creates an Environmental Matters panel chaired by Sen. Murray Watson. Conservative majorities appear evident with key chairmanships and new subcommittees to tackle education taxation and jurisprudence.
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Senate
Jurisprudence
Charles Herring
Austin
State Affairs
W.t.bill O’ Moore
Bryan
O.H
Ike'‘ Harris
Dallas
Henry Grover
Houston
Barnes
Max Sherman
Amarillo
Oil and Gas Committee
Pete Snelson
Midland
J.P
Word of
Meridian
Watson
A.m.aikin Jr
Paris
Finance Committee
Grady Hazelwood
Sen
A.r.schwartz
Galveston
United States
Lady Bird Becomes UT Regent In Swearing-In
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson former first lady and UT graduate was sworn in as a University of Texas regent in Austin with her husband President Johnson nearby. Justice Price Daniel administered the oath as Gov Preston Smith praised her career and public service including Head Start and beautification programs. Luci Johnson Nugent accompanied the couple and discussed her sister's continued UT ties and studies.
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John L
Hotard
Associated Press
Austin
Lyndon B. Johnson
University of Texas
Johnson
Joe Thomas Nelson
Weatherford
A.G. McNeese
Houston
Price Daniel
Texas Supreme Court
Preston Smith
America
Luci
Patrick Nugent
Midland College course meeting set at Pecos High
All interested in taking college credit courses from Midland College are urged to attend a meeting at Pecos High School next Thursday night January 14 at 7. Dr. Hunt and Dean Langford will assist in organizing the classes. Any course will be offered if at least eighteen participants attend.
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Midland College
Pecos High School
Hunt
Dean Langford
School Menu Highlight Thursday
Lunch menu lists meat loaf with brown gravy mashed potatoes green beans glazed carrot coins strawberry chiffon pie hot rolls butter and milk for Thursday served in the school cafeteria.
Funeral Services Set For Jack Gray
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 p.m. at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel for George L. Jack Gray, 73, with Rev. John Bird and Rev. Leslie Smith officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
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Pecos Funeral Home
George L
Jack) Gray
John Bird
van Horn
Leslie Smith
Fairview Cemetery
Catholic Women Plan Tamale Dinner in Balmorhea
The Catholic Women’s Club of Balmorhea will host a hot tamale dinner on Saturday January 16 starting at noon at the Church Center. Tamales are priced at 1.25 per dozen with dine in or takeout options. Mr Gray, a retired barber, died at Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was born September 28 1897 in Caldwell County Texas and had lived in Pecos since 1925 returning here from Austin. He belonged to the American Legion Masonic Lodge and the First Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow Margaret two sons Charles DeVearle Gray of Corpus Christi and Jack Leroy Gray of Irving two grandchildren four brothers J R Gray of Lockhart W E Gray of Austin W A Gray of Fort Worth J L Gray of Calimesa California and one sister Mrs Sam McCarley of Luling.
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Catholic Women’s Club of
Balmorhea
Church Center
Mr. Gray
Memorial Hospital
Caldwell County
Tex
Pecos
Austin
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
First Baptist Church
Margaret
Charles DeVearle Gray
Corpus Christi
Jack Leroy Gray
Irving
J.R. Gray
Lockhart
W.E. Gray
W.A. Gray
Ft. Worth
J.L. Gray
Calimesa
Calif
Sam McCarley
Luling
Local CAP Helps In Plane Search
The Pecos Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol assisted for two days in the search for a missing FIA swept wing fighter bomber from Carswell Air Force Base. Seventeen Pecos squadron members worked Sunday and Monday with planes from Jabo Sears Joe Moore John R. Dorr and Bob Trammell aiding ground crews and pilots. Cadets Leslie Wendt Allen Love Gordon Malkowski Ricky Dominguez Danny Kirby Bill Jaco and Ricky Patterson helped. More than 100 planes joined Monday’s effort across a 200 mile radius around Fort Worth. The missing plane departed Carswell AFB at 9 45 a m on a routine acceptance flight. Pilot Lt Col Bruce D Stocks navigator Major Billy C Gentry, both of Fort Worth, were aboard. wreckage identifications remained undetermined.
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Pecos
Civil Air Patrol
FNI
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Pecos Squadron
Charles E. Gann
Jabo Sears
Joe Moore
John R. Dorr
Bob Tram
Air Force
Bruce D. Stocks
Billy. C. Gentry
Legislators Debate 7.5 Billion Texas Budget Skeleton
The Legislative Budget Board presents a $7.5 billion base for 1971-72 appropriations, with $661.2 million in new taxes. The plan largely holds current programs, adds staff for reform schools, narcotics, and expands vocational education and higher education funding including UT campuses in Odessa San Antonio and Dallas, plus Texas Tech medical school staffing.
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University of Texas
Odessa
San Antonio
Dallas
Texas Tech Medical School
Fifteen Die As Rio Airways Plane Crashes At Killeen
A Rio Airways Beech 99A ground-looped in dense fog on landing at Killeen airport killing fifteen aboard and injuring others. Army personnel from Fort Hood filled the rest of the passengers, with the copilot severely hurt and two other civilians receiving treatment at Texas hospitals.
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John Hotard
Associated Press
Killeen
Tex
Rio Airways
Dallas
Brad Lane
Temple
David Simmons
William Tanner
Mary Hardin Baylor College
Belton
Tanner
Ted Connell
Connell
Rio
FAA
Army
Ft. Hood
Local Bicycle Thefts Lead To Two Recovery Reports
Police report two bicycles recovered after thefts. A Western Flyer 200 found at 2402 S Eddy and a 20 inch blue Sears girls bike found at 2208 S Park. Also stolen was an antique 30 gallon wash pot filled with dirt and flowers from 109 E F. Bryant. A toolbox worth about 100 dollars was taken from Guillermo Ybarra’s pickup at the hospital.
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S. Eddy
Sears
S. Park
Ruby Faye Bryant
Guillermo Ybarra
Crude Oil Purchasers Seek Decrease in Texas Demand
The Railroad Commission reported major Texas crude buyers asked for 3,370,979 barrels a day for February, down 50,379 from January. The U.S. Bureau of Mines forecast for February demand had not been received. The commission will meet Friday to set statewide February oil allowances.
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Austin
The
Railroad Commission
Texas
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Teal Flight Speed Estimates Range Widely
Estimates credit the teal's flight speed at 30 to 160 miles per hour, noting the higher end would require a strong tail wind for the bird to achieve such velocity.
Suspects Sought in Seguin Kidnapping Case
In Seguin Texas officers search for suspects in the abduction of 17 year old Manuel Mendoza who was found 40 hours bound in a hay shed near New Berlin. Mendoza said four or five men dragged him from a vacant farm house and used a vehicle to transfer him while he fired his rifle in a frightened escape attempt. Sheriff Medlin planned further interviews to resolve discrepancies.
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Mendoza
New Berlin
Here
Carl Koepp
Joe Herden
Koepp
Phil Medlin
Alfredo Mendoza
Moon Lifeless and Dry Says Lunar Conference
At the Lunar Science Conference in Houston about six hundred scientists report moon samples from Apollo 12 show crystallization without water. MIT and UW researchers note stronger moon interior, short early volcanism, and scarce industrial metal deposits though rare metals like platinum and titanium may be present. No evidence of life was found in the samples.
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Houston, Tex
Moon
Earth
David Jones
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eugene Cameron
University of Wisconsin
G. Eglinton
University of Bristol
England
Eglinton
Vernon’s Hightower Named Third Highest Texas Official
Senator Jack Hightower of Vernon was elected president pro tem of the Texas Senate becoming the third highest ranking state official. In his new role he will preside in the lieutenant governor’s absence and will chair Administration and Youth Affairs. Hightower, 44, has served in the Senate since 1965 and represents a large central Texas district including Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Castro, and many other counties.
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Sen
Murray Watson Jr
Waco
Hightower
Memphis
Hall County
Baylor
Midwestern University of
Wichita Falls
The
Baptist Standard
Colleen Ward
Tulsa
Ann
Amy
Alison
Archer, Bailey
Brisco
Castro
Childress
Cottle
Dickens
Floyd
Foard
Hale
Hall
Hardeman
King
Knox
Lamb
Publisher Harper & Row president Frank S. McGregor dies
Frank S. McGregor, 73, once a textbook salesman, died Monday in Tampa. He joined Harper & Brothers in 1924, became president in 1946 and board chairman in 1955, retiring in 1962. In Los Angeles Charles B. Tompkins, 58, co founder of Engineering Research Associates, died Monday. his firm evolved into Sperry Rand and then Control Data Corp, making him a noted computer applications expert.
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Tampa
Fla
Frank S. McGregor
Harper & Row Publishers
McGregor
Harper & Brothers
Los Angeles
Charles B. Tompkins
Engineering Research Associates of
St. Paul, Minn
Sperry Rand Corp
Control Data Corp
Tompkins
Captain John Handy Dies at 70 Jazz Saxophonist
Pass Christian Mississippi reports the death of Captain John Handy a 70 year old veteran jazz musician famed in New Orleans for his alto saxophone. He played with the Original Tuxedo Orchestra and the Young Tuxedo Brass Band. He was not related to W C Handy.
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Pass Christian
Miss
John Handy
New Orleans
Tuxedo Orchestra
Young Tuxedo Brass Band
W.c.handy
Senate Honors Gen. Rudder
The Texas Senate opened for business honoring the late Gen. James Earl Rudder as an illustrious statesman and citizen soldier. A resolution introduced by Sen. W T Bill Moore of Bryan recited Rudder's life including schooling World War II service honors and public service to Texas and Texas A&M.
Weather Update Texas Showers Calm Ports Amid Fog
The Associated Press reports showers or thunderstorms across West Central and North Texas behind a stalled front. Dense fog disrupts ship movement in Houston while inland fog affects Abilene Wichita Falls and Dallas. Temperatures range from 29 in Dalhart to 70 in Brownsville with a cooling trend and chances of southeast and southwest Texas showers.
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Associated Press
West
North Texas
Upper
Texas
Houston
Panhandle
South
Gulf of Mexico
Houston Ship Channel
Palacios
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
Dallas
Denison
Sherman
Waco
Texarkana
Austin
Childress
Dalhart
Amarillo
Marfa
Lubbock
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
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