U S Navy Phantom downs MIG21 in North Vietnam encounter
A U S Navy Phantom jet shot down a MIG21 deep inside North Vietnam as U S air campaigns intensify. Eight Soviet SAMs and antiaircraft fire targeted a Navy RAF recon jet nearby but all U S aircrews returned safely. This marked the first MIG shot down in 20 months amid renewed action over Laos and near the DMZ.
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Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S. Com
South Vietnam
U.S
Enterprise
Gulf of Tonkin
Robert O’brien
Navy
RAF
Quan Lang Airfield
O’brien
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
Pecos to Install Closed Circuit TV Jail System
The Pecos Police will install a six camera, one monitor closed circuit system in the new city jail, with operation by noon Saturday. The $4,362 grant funds most of the project via Criminal Justice Council support, city match 25 percent, and the setup includes monitoring in booking and dispatch areas to aid prisoner safety.
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New City
Gene Martin
Criminal Justice Council Executive Committee
CJC
U. S. Department of Justice
Texas
Pecos
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Midland
Ector County
Martin
West Texas
West
Criminal Justice Council
Police Department
Horoscope moves ahead in Balmorhea paper
Johnny Kingston challenged the horoscope in the Enterprise office asking about reading it after the day ends. Publisher O Ferrall Pauly noted the idea could spoil a nicely started day and agreed to begin printing the following day’s horoscope in tomorrow’s paper.
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Johnny Kingston
Enterprise
Salvation Army aids job search and temp relief in Pecos
The Salvation Army in Pecos offers immediate aid to needy residents and transients including food gas and lodging. Chief Gene Martin oversees disbursements and arranges temporary labor opportunities while Bobby Bell coordinates with Dallas headquarters. The unit participates in the United Fund drive led by J Robert Scott with mild weather outlook.
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Salvation Army
Pecos
Gene Martin
Martin
Bobby Bell
Dallas
The
United Fund
Bell
United Fund Drive
J. Robert Scott
Motel Operators Oppose Three Percent Occupancy Tax
Motel owners and managers voiced strong opposition to a Chamber of Commerce plan for a 3 percent bed occupancy tax. Nine motels four hotels and a trailer park attended the Tuesday night meeting naming Town & Country Motel Bell Motel American Motel Katy Motel Ropers Motel Boulder Motel Lazy F Motel Rocking R Motel Rainbow Courts Lone Star Motel Westex Hotel Holiday Inn Ramada Inn and Hillcrest Trailer Park. Managers of three motels were asked for comments.
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Chamber of Commerce
Town & Country
the Bell
Katy
Ropers
Boulder
Rocking ‘R
Rainbow Courts
Hillcrest Trailer Park
Vera Powers
Ramada Inn
Pecos
Town of Pecos
Powers
Texas
Ivy Mawhiney
Oma Fallis
World's deepest well reaches record depth in Pecos County
The No. 117 University well operated by Lowe Estate, with partners including Skelly Oil Getty Oil Hassie Hunt El Paso Natural Gas and Jake L. Hamon, neared 28 500 feet after reentry and deepening plans filed in June 1970. Parker Drilling Co. of Odessa handles drilling.
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Ralph Lowe
Midland No. 117 University
Fort Stockton
Pecos County
Railroad Commission
Placid Oil Co
St. Bernard Parish
Lowe Estate
No. 117
University
Lowe
Skelly Oil Co
Getty Oil Co
Hassie Hunt Trust
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Jake L. Hamon
Parker Drilling Co
Odessa
Highway safety taught by Texas A&M extension
The Engineering Extension Service at Texas A&M University offers one day courses on light equipment maintenance and safety for Texas Highway Department District No 6 employees. Instructor Billy R. Lofgren says the program aims to extend machinery life with proper operation and upkeep. Nine cities host the two week program from Odessa to Midland with classroom and field work. The Texas Highway Department and the Texas Education Agency share costs.
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Engineering Extension Service
Texas A&m University
Texas Highway Department District No. 6
Pecos
Billy R. Lofgren
EES
Odessa
Andrews
Kermit
Monahans
Fort Stockton
Sanderson
McCamey
Midland
Lofgren
Texas Highway Department
Texas Education Agency
Reeves well in drillstem test advances in Texas fields
Atlantic Richfield Co drillstem tests at No. 1 Worsham in Reeves County show gas flow at 800 000 to 990 000 cu ft per day from 16 608 to 16 733 feet in the Fus selman area with a 1 inch choke. Other tests in Gulf Oil Corp lines near Keystone Cattle Co and PSL survey near Ker mit report oil and gas production as the field expands.
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Atlantic Richfield Co
Worsham
Reeves County
Barstow
Fusselman
Ward County
H&gn
Gulf Oil Corp
Keystone Cattle Co
Ellenburger
Flying W
Winkler County
Kermit
Waha
Pay
Pecos
Reeves County Teachers Credit Union Dinner Meeting
The annual meeting of the Reeves County Teachers Credit Union will take place in the high school cafeteria at 7 p.m. Thursday with dinner followed by a business session. President Homer Graham notes the year was successful and a 6 percent interest rate is declared for the 1970-71 year.
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Pat Purvis
Reeves County Teachers Credit Union
Ing
Homer Graham
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Kim Ashley
Mary Ella Meek
Pecos High School
O’ferrall
Pauly
Betty Snyder
Blood Services of
el Paso
Newil Precit
S. Cedar
Memorial Hospital
Ladies Hospital
Jann Adams
Betty Lott
Nancy Elequin
Carol Slay
Carol Naylor
Mary Ann Weinacht
Vaughn Sandell
Alamo
Section
Block 23
Phillips Petroleum Co. No. 1
EE University
Fort Worth Production Co
Fort Worth
Reeves
Teachers Credit Union
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