Odessa Woman's Body Found Amid Slayings Mystery
Police discovered the remains of 26 year old Gloria Sue Nix Green in an uninhabited Odessa area after a mattress was found beneath a road. Sheriff Gabrel said identification is certain though pathologists confirm. Meantime officials prepare extradition for Johnny Meadows, now in Aztec New Mexico on other charges. The case ties to a string of Odessa area women’s disappearances and deaths dating back to 1968.
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Odessa
Tex
Gloria Sue Nix Green
Texas
Ector County
A.M
Slim” Gabrel
Aztec
N.M
Johnny Meadows
Meadows
Green
Gabrel
O&l Oil Well Service Co
Don Reaves
Porter leaves talks to go home then to Washington
U S delegate William J Porter secretly flew to Massachusetts with his wife over the weekend and will likely visit Washington before returning to Paris for the next session. His deputy Howard Isham covered Porter's duties at the session as North Vietnam's Xuan Thuy accused the United States of planning to seize Indochina.
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Paris
U.S
William J. Porter
United States
Washington
Porter
Howard Isham
Stephen Ledegar
Massachusetts
Ledogar
Xuan Thuy
South Vietnam
Indochina
Flashing Flasher System Hits Cedar Street Intersection
A new fire department flasher system at Cedar Street and Fifth and Sixth Streets operated smoothly today. The red lights halted traffic to protect arriving firemen and dispatched trucks as crews arrived from all directions. Signs warn Stop When Flashing. Installed cost about 750 dollars with minimal ongoing electricity costs.
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Cedar Street
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Cedar
Pecos Girl Wins Congeniality at Texas Junior Miss Pageant
D'Andra Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Davis of 15018 Eddy earned Miss Congeniality and Miss Personality from 29 contestants and 20 judges at the Texas Junior Miss Pageant in New Braunfels. She placed on the preliminary talent nights and won a Breck Hair Styling award for an original Texas Taffy hairstyle using lemon jello. Davis represented Pecos with a modern dance youth fitness routine and sang You Made Me Love You in jazz style.
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D’andra Davis
Howard Davis
Eddy
Texas
Pecos
Davis
D’andra
Miss Davis
Mauldin Named Sandhills District Scout Executive
Dick Mauldin, longtime Midland scout executive, is named district executive for the Sandhills District of the Boy Scouts of America. His posting in Pecos becomes effective in January. The Sandhills District covers Monahans, Kermit, and Pecos with about 1,100 Cub Scouts and Explorers.
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Dick Mauldin
Midland
Sandhills
Boy Scouts of America
Mauldin
Pecos
Jan. J. Mauldin
Adams St
Monahans
Kermit
Feminist urges rename hurricanes to honor senators
Miami activist Roxey Bolton formerly of NOW urged naming storms after U.S. senators at a NOAA conference. She proposed alternating men and women names, arguing hur ricane sounds like her icane and that current practice degrades women. Officials dismissed the idea. Johannessen suggested an alternating system, while Bolton pressed her case.
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Miami
U.S
Roxey Bolton
Cheryl
Betsy
Mrs. Bolton
National Organization of Women Now
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ference
Karl Johannessen
National Weather Service
Bolton
United States
Livestock Showdown Highlights Reeves Loving County Trio
Paul Tapp and 4-H’er Sammy Gallego of Saragosa joined Reeves at the Arizona National Livestock Show in Phoenix to show four animals. Sammy’s Charlouis-Angus cross steer finished fourth in its class. A Bar A Ranch Angus bull from Mt. Pleasant Texas also shown by Sammy placed fourth in a 21 bull breed class.
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Reeves-Loving County
Pecos Rodeo and Fair Grounds
Reeves
Loving County
Paul Tapp
Phoenix
Sammy Gallego
Saragosa
Sammy
Bar A Ranch
Mt. Pleasant
Texas
Midland College Extends Three Night College Classes
Midland College reports 39 students enrolled in three Pecos High School extension courses meeting three nights weekly from 6 to 9 p.m. The line up includes Government 232 on Mondays by Jim Marks, History 232 on Tuesdays by Glenn Driskill, and English 232 by Bonnie Northcut. Credits are three semester hours each with tiered pricing and rooms 25 and 26 at the high school. For information call 445-3234 to register.
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Midland College
Pecos High School
Jim Marks
U.S
Glenn Driskill
Bonnie Northcutt
Howard Davis
Nixon urges Congress to back bigger defense budget and new technology program
President Nixon calls for rejection of political year pressures and approval of a larger defense budget along with a new technology program to foster research and job creation. He urges action on more than 90 major administration proposals and outlines foreign policy dialogue with China and the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Cin
China
Soviet Union
Scouting units to be reactivated in Pecos area
Dick Mauldin of the Buffalo Trail Council works to reactivate Pecos scouting units with the aim of enrolling one third of eligible boys. About 15 units exist, needing more leaders. local sponsors include churches, clubs, and citizens.
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Dick Mauldin
Sandhills
Buffalo Trail Council
Pecos
Mauldin
Adams St
David Davis
James Hefner
LDS Church
First Presbyterian Church
Rotary Club
First Baptist Church
Big Spring
Hefner
Davis
Paul Yeager
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City
Fire Department
J. J. Maxey
Banky Stocks
Davis Mountains
Prew
Balemorhea
Maxey
Stocks
Betsy Stewart
Thuy
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Maullin
Mr. Johannessen
Peking
Moscow
Vietnam
Republc
England
Baden-Powell
Marilyn Walker
First Methodist
Harry King
Robert Morris
Boy Scout
United Fund
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