Stafford promoted to brigadier general by surprise call
Air Force officer Thomas P. Stafford, aged 41 and a Weatherford native, was promoted from colonel to brigadier general in a surprise call from Vice President Spiro Agnew. Senate confirmation needed and Stafford says it will be a while before he wears the stars.
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Houston
Tex
Thomas P. Stafford
Air Force
Spiro T. Agnew
Stafford
Senate
Weatherford
Oklo
Suharto’s Elder Daughter Weds in Simple Moslem Ceremony
Siti Hardijanti Hastuti aged 23 married Indra Rukmana Kowara aged 25 in a modest Moslem ceremony at Bogor summer palace. Only 90 relatives attended the private nuptials. A larger public wedding for 3,000 guests is planned for Saturday at the same palace, 40 miles south of Jakarta.
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Jakarta
Suharto
Siti Hardijanti Hastuti
Indra Rukmana Kowara
Summer Palace
Bogor
Hastati
New women advisory chair title used in Minnesota rights group
In St Paul the Minnesota Department of Human Rights forms a new womens advisory committee without a formal chairperson using the term chairone to avoid gender designation. Ruth Stack of Minneapolis is the chairone. In Los Angeles ex convicts are hired as consultants by a drive in food store chain to prevent robberies.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Department of Human Rights
Ruth Stack
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Don Burnside
Santa Ana
Orange Counties
San Diego
Burnside
Manchester students push ban on disposable cups
Manchester University Institute of Technology students demand banning all disposable plastic cups on campus as a pollution and waste campaign. They cite 360000 non degradable cups used yearly and report collecting waste for charity. The group urges decisive action.
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Manchester
England
Manchester University
Institute of Technology
Four killed near Odessa in car and train crash
Four Midland youths died when a car collided with a Texas and Pacific Railroad train near Odessa around 7 30 p m. The victims were Valerie Brown 17 Rebecca Brown 15 Laura Van Pelt 17 and James A McHargue 22 all of Midland. Authorities said they were ejected and run over. Identification took hours.
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Odessa
Tex
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Valerie Brown
Rebecca
Laura van Pelt
James A. McHargue
Midland
U.S. Offers 2.5 Billion in Postwar Aid to Viet Nam
Nixon administration officials disclosed that North Vietnam might receive up to 2.5 billion of a potential 7.5 billion five year reconstruction program for Indochina after a peace settlement. Rogers said Hanoi showed some interest by asking questions, while Kissinger had disclosed secret talks in Paris and Nixon cited eight points in reply to a nine point settlement.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Julie
David Eisenhower
Nixon
George Champion Jr
Deerwood Country Club
Secret Service
Washington
North Vietnam
U. S
Indochina
Hanoi
South Vietnam
United States
William P. Rogers
Paris
Ing
Rogers
Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
Cotton harvest near end of latest Texas season
Open weather allowed the Texas cotton harvest to finish after a delayed season. The report notes varying regional conditions with lingering unharvested cotton on the South Plains and Rolling Plains, while other crops recover from recent freeze damage and livestock remain in good condition.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
West
South Plains
Lubbock
Plains
Vernon
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
San Antonio
Hutchison
Panhandle
West Central
Victoria County
School Week Menu Lists Daily Dishes and Desserts
The menu for Monday to Friday outlines daily main courses sides and desserts with milk and rolls. Friday features hamburger steak with brown gravy and mashed potatoes. The text also includes a stray line noting a roadhog squealing after an accident.
Mini car computer targets cheap pollution control
London reports Ferrarti claims a compact car computer will fit into any vehicle to curb gas use and reduce emissions. It is touted as a low cost method to meet new American air pollution laws.
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London
Ferrarti
Amercan
Reeves County Finances Minutes October December 1971
Reeves County Commissioners Court examined and approved the September to December 1971 quarterly treasurer’s report by Eva R Grammer. The balance statement lists multiple funds including Jury, Road and Bridge, General, Special, Salary, Improvement, Library, Insurance, Social Security, Federal Withholding, bonds, and hospital funds. Total certificates on hand and bonded indebtedness listed as $825,000 with Reeves County Hospital and Pond bonds totaling $685,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Reeves County
Eva R Grammer
Road & Bridge General Fund
Road & Bridge Special Fund
Permanent Improvement Fund Law
Criminal Justice Planning
Prec't
Prec
Nn Memorial Hospital
Petty
Memorial Hospital
Reeves County Hospital
Reeves County Pond
Pecos Enterprise Subscription Rates Listed
The Pecos Enterprise publishes payment terms for Reeves County and other mail subscriptions. Rates cover six months and one year, with separate prices for in county and out of town mail.
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Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedar St
Pecos
Texas
P.O
Reeves County
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Moscow
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Chernyakhovsk
Lithuania
Athens, Ga
Athens
Navy
John Chafee
Chaffee
Radio-Television Institute
University of Georgia
Seattle
Wash
Kathleen Lynn Jones
Valerie Sheen
Bedford Township
Mich
U.S. Naval Academy
University of Michigan Coed
State Department
U.S
S. Moore
Balmorhea
Balmorhea High School
Sul Ross University
Alpine
Reeves
Jeff Davis
Jackson Blvd
Doris
Jerry
J. Mont Moore Jr
Dallas
Charlotte
J. Mont Moore III
Monty
Farmy & Home Savings & Loan
Moore
Hardin
Debbie
A.S.C.S. Board
Farmers Home Administration Board
School Board
Jan-Mar, Inc
Charles A. Weinacht
L. A. Weinacht
Louis Weinacht
Pecos-Barstow
Texas A&m
West Texas
Aggie Club
First National Bank of
Comptroller of the Currency
East Sixth
North Central
Ted Martin
Denton
Highway Department Commission
Charles McNarlen
Richard Talley
Buddy Withers
Ben Matta
Southern Union Gas Co
Far West
Minutes OF County
Eva R. Grammer
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