Hijacker faces air piracy charges for Braniff 727 hijack
Billy Eugene Hurst 22 of Mesquite Texas is charged with air piracy and interfering with air crew after hijacking a Braniff 727 from Houston to Minneapolis on November 8 1970. He held crew and 94 passengers for nearly seven hours aboard a remote Dallas area jetway as officers chased a ransom and a southward escape to South America.
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Dallas
Billy Eugene Hurst
Mesquite
Tex
Texas
U.S
Patrick Malloy
Hurst
Tom Hill
FBI
Houston
Pat Hampton
Mote
Hill
Helen Niles
South America
Bill Piper
Pecos City bed tax plan withdrawn at council meeting
The Pecos City Council meeting saw the retreat of a proposed three percent motel bed occupancy tax. Harold Meyer of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce announced the plan’s withdrawal due to local opposition, though the tax was designed to fund tourism without motel costs. The audience included many motel operators surprised by the move, as the council session began with high attendance.
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Peeces
Harold Meyer
Pecos
Texas
Meyer
E. W. Schmidt
Tornado Kills Four in Alabama near Ft. Rucker
A tornado struck southeast Alabama killing four people and injuring scores near Enterprise and Ozark. It damaged Pine Brook and Dogwood Acres trailer courts and struck Lowe Army Airfield at Ft. Rucker, destroying two helicopters and injuring others. Army crews aided the rescue as authorities awaited daylight.
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Ozark
Ala
Alabama
Dale County Sheriff’ S Office
Public Information Office
Ft. Rucker
Lister Army Hospital
Army Hospital
Enterprise
Pine Brook
Dogwood Acres
Rucker Reservation
Lowe Army Airfield
Rucker
Rucker Is
Army Aviation Center
Dale County Sheriff’s
Price signs available free at Enterprise
The Pecos Enterprise reports that base price signs required by the Internal Revenue Service must be posted in retail stores. The Enterprise prints, distributes free 22 by 28 inch signs for all items not otherwise required to be posted. Signs are available on a first come basis as compliance checks proceed.
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Internal Revenue Service
Pecos
O’ferrall Pauly
The
Price Commission
Enterpriser
Wintry North Winds Hit West Texas With Cold Front
Freezing air swept across Texas as a cold front moved from Paris to Odessa, dropping Amarillo to 15 degrees and sending others into the 20s. Gusts reached 60 mph in the Guadalupe Mountains while South Texas saw 60s to 70s in the coast region, with official alarms and a 90 cent monthly gas-rate hike approved by Pecos City Council for Southern Union Gas.
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Associated Press
Texas
Paris
Hillsboro
San Angelo
Odessa
Amarillo
Guadalupe Mountains
Pecos River
Houston
Lufkin
Brownsville
North Central
South Central
Pecos
Southern Union Gas Company
Fred Leigh
W. C. Renshaw
Southern Union
Renshaw
Second petit jury list released in Reeves County
Judge J H Starley released the second list of 106 Reeves County residents chosen as possible petit jurors for the 143rd District Court. Jurors must report at 9 a.m. Wednesday unless notified otherwise. The first list of 100 residents had been published previously, with reporting Monday.
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Reeves County
143Rd District Court
J. H. Starley
Wedensday
District Court
Starley
Elva Crona
Linda Beth LaBaume
Nixon orders larger Vietnam troop withdrawals
President Nixon announced further plans to pull U S troops from South Vietnam reducing forces to about 69,000 by May 1. An additional 70,000 would be brought home in the next three months, with roughly 23,300 departures between Feb 1 and May 1.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
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Tourist and Convention Committee
Texas Tourist Development Agency
C. F. Skipper
Creation
Nivia Coelho
Pecos High School
Brazil
Nivia
Frank Kelley
Bill Moss
Elisa Urquidez
S. Ash St
10Th and
Cak Streets
Gwendolyn Adams
11Th St
Miss Urquidez
Memorial Hospital
Perryton
Dalhart
Childress
Lube Beck
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Corpus Christi
Retshaw
Southern Union Division
Jim Wyman
Balmorhea
Francisco A. Sandoval
Raymundo Salas
S. Ash
Dorothy Neagle
Cherry
LaVelma Mann
Oak
Edward Carrasco
Cedar
L.M.R, Rogers
Nebraska
Alicia T. Barreno
Gregorio Sabia
Ash
Charles Heath
Lindsay Addn
Jose de la Luz Hernandez
Lucio A
Herrera
M.G. Bolinger
Town & Country Motel
Harold Williams
Toyah
Jack Moody
Robert E. Miles
S. Hackberry
G.G. Passmore
Jef
Ferson
Alton Reid
S. Cypress
Ruben O. Valdez
Billingsley
N. Cypress
Boyd Merworth
Scott
Harvey E. Tinkler
Missouri
Macario G. Martinez
W. 7Th
Albino Casias
Saragosa
Joe Prevw, Jr
Wesles McCree
Johnson
Ray Holler
Judge Roy Bean
Chamber OF Commerce
Cedar Street
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