Letter from a Minnesota girl to Pecos jail keeper
An 11 year old from Minneapolis asks Pecos Police Chief Gene Martin how to see America. The chief replies with a simple answer and the tale of John from Glencoe Ill who was jailed in Reeves County Texas for hitchhiking. He describes a crowded 20 by 20 cell and weekend delays for court while awaiting judges. John was released Monday after his hair was cut.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Pecos
Gene Martin
America
Martin
The
Reeves
Texas
Bob Greene
Chicago Sun-Times
Enterprise
Minnesota
Missouri
Oregon
Greene
John
el Paso
Mike Oestreicher
Court to Hear Denver School Segregation Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a Denver case arguing that black and Spanish surnamed students faced segregation by school board planning and policy rather than by formal laws. Oral argument will occur this term with a ruling by June. Justice White will not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Denver
Byron R. White
White
Ium
Colorado
High Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
New York Times Calls for Dowdy Resignation
An editorial in the Sunday New York Times urges Rep. John Dowdy of Texas to resign following his bribery conspiracy and perjury conviction. The piece supports FBI critique but argues Dowdy should quit only after appeals. Dowdy faces a Feb. 9 hearing on a motion for a new trial in Baltimore.
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New York
New York Times
John Dowdy
D-Tex
District of Columbia
the Times
Texas
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
FBI
Dowdy
U.S. District Court
Baltimore
Maryland
Justice Department
Roszel C.thomson
Fire injuries flare as girl burns in home incident
Lana Sue Kelly six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Kelly of 601 Ross Blvd received first and second degree burns on her chest and legs last Tuesday night when her gown ignited from an open bathroom heater. Her mother extinguished the flames by immersion in a filled bathtub and Lana is in Memorial Hospital expected to be released soon.
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Lana Sue Kelly
Bill Kelly
Ross Blvd
Kelly
Lana
Memorial Hospital
Supreme Court gets first challenge to death penalty
The Supreme Court heard four cases challenging capital punishment as Cruel and unusual under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Attorneys argued the penalty is arbitrary and violates self respect, potentially affecting 694 inmates on death rows across 34 states. The justices announced the term would begin with this pivotal issue.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Anthony G. Amsterdam
Amsterdam
California
Ronald M. George
Stanford University
Earnest James Aikens Jr
William Henry Furman
Georgia
Elmer Branch
Texas
Lucious Jackson Jr
Branch
High Court
Pecos Trail to Be National Spotlight in TTDA Ad
The Texas Pecos Trail will be featured in TTDA national ads next month, with a full color display in four magazines totaling 3.3 million readers. The campaign spotlights Langtry’s Jersey Lilly saloon courthouse and includes Amistad Dam, Val Verde Winery, Mona Han’s Sandhills, and other Pecos attractions. Subscribers receiving the ad coupon will get the Texas Highway Department’s travel guide and Pecos pamphlet.
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Pecos
Texas Tourist Development Agency
TTDA
Texas
Roy Bean
Jersey
Lilly
Langtry
Southern Living
TV Guide
Texas Highway Department
Rio Grande Valley
Pecos Trail
Amistad Dam
Val Verde Winery
del Rio
Monahans Sandhills
Odessa Globe Theater
Midland’s
Museum of the Southwest
Castle Gap
King Mountain Scenic Drive
McCamey
Alamo Village
Brackettville
Judge Roy Bean
Jersey Lilly
Saloon
Caverns of
Sonora
Ambushers sought in killing in Gaza refugee camp
Israeli security men searched a Gaza refugee camp for Arab guerrillas who killed nurse Mavis Pate 46 of Ringgold Louisiana and wounded Rev. Edward Nicholas 49 of Austin Texas and his daughter Carol 17. Nicholas was to be released after bullet removal. Pate died.
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Tel Aviv
Gaza Strip
Mavis Pate
Ringgold
Edward Nicholas
Austin
Tex
Carol
Nicholas
Baptist
Baptist Hospital In the Gaza Strip
Israel
Miss Pate
Beersheba
the Baptist
Open letter to the shooter of the bay mare Half Moon
A distraught mother writes to the shooter of Half Moon, a 14 year old bay mare at Flat Top Farm. She details the mare’s gentle nature, her bond with a 5 year old girl, and the loss of a planned foal in April. The letter pleads for explanation to the child and laments the cruel act.
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Flat Top Farm
Jan
Half Moon
Tia
UTPB Named Regional Historical Repository Pilot
Reeves and Ward counties join a regional historical resources deposit at the Odessa campus of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The Texas State Library designated UTPB as the first regional depository, with oversight by state librarian Dr. Norman Winfrey. The region covers 18 counties and will house archival documents moved from Austin for public viewing and research, establishing a Permian Basin research center.
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Reeves
Ward
Odessa
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Texas State Library and Historical Commission
UTPB
Frank T. Horlock
Dan Hemphill
Texas
Norman Winfrey
Commission
Amstead
Gaines
Dawson
Andrews
Martin
Howard
Mitchell
Loving
Winkler
Ector
Midland
Glasscock
Crane
Upton
Reagan
Pecos
Crockett
Austin
State Archives
Yeilding
Barney
Scho
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George
Melvin Carson Bruder
Dallas
Jackson
Jack Greenberg
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
United States
Louis Jean Monge
Camping Journal
Woodall’s
Price Commission
Associated Press
Congress
Pecos Entersprise
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Come Mission
C. Jackson Grayson
Grayson
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