Bracelets Signal POWs Return Hope Across Pecos
Pecos residents wearing POW bracelets await word on released captives as Vietnam lists inmates. Some names already confirmed, others still missing in action. At Clark Air Base in the Philippines thousands wear the bands, with plans to collect bracelets on POWs’ return.
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Nona Beauchamp
Marilyn Walker
Air Force
Ronald Bliss
Temple
Tex
Nona
CWO2
Hummel
Barstow
Marilyn
Beauchamp
Enterprise
Texas
San Angelo University
Clark Air Base
Phillippines
United States
Clark
Red Cross
S. Set
Vicki Graham
Hanoi
Steven Adams
Marine Buried Soldier Turns Up Alive In Prison Camp
The Pentagon announced that Pfc. Ronald L. Ridgeway, listed as missing and buried as a Vietnam patrol member, is alive in a Communist camp. Ridgeway was captured Feb. 20, 1968 near Khe Sanh and later identified among POWs.
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Washington
Vietnam
Pentagon
Ronald L. Ridgeway
U. S
North Vietnam
Ridgeway
Khe Sanh
United States
Daniel James
Mildred A. Ridgeway
Fulton Street
Houston
Tex
James
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
St. Louis
North
South Vietnam
Frederick Louis Elbert
Earl C. Weatherman
Southeast Asia
Truce violations rise as observers delayed in Saigon
South Vietnamese command reports more than 250 new truce violations by North Vietnam and Viet Cong between noon Monday and dawn Tuesday, a 30 per cent drop from the prior period. Agnew arrives in Saigon vowing U S support for Thieu and denying North Vietnamese stay in South Vietnam. The four nation commission fails to deploy seven regional teams due to procedural disputes.
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Saigon
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
U. S
Agnew
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Joint
United States
North Vietnam
Thieu
Tan Son Nhut
Ellsworth Bunker
Angew
Joint Military Commission
Canada
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
Commission
Pentagon paper shows Britain’s help embarrassing U.S.
New Pentagon documents reveal Britain acted as a go-between in Vietnam peace feelers under code names Sunflower and Marigold. The study notes Johnson’s secret diplomacy from 1965 to 1968 and British aides seeking visibility, causing friction over timing and language in talks with North Vietnam.
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Los Angeles
Pentagon Papers
Britain
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harold Wilson
U.S
Pentagon
Daniel Elisberg
Anthony Russo
Vietnam
Johnson
North Vietnam
Wilson
Sunflower
Marigold
Rural Health Council Gets AMA Reappointment
Dr Edwin W Schmit of Peco s is reappointed to the AMA Council on Rural Health. John R Kernodle M D of Burlington North Carolina announced the appointment. The council guides rural health delivery including health team concepts group practice with satellites farm safety and health education and liaison with national farm education and research groups to improve rural life
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Edwin W. Schmit
Pecos
Council On Rural Health
American Medical Association
John R. Kernodle
M.D
Burlington
N. C
AMA
License plates go on sale at Reeves County tax office
1973 license plates will go on sale at the tax office in the Reeves County courthouse Wednesday morning. The plates feature black lettering on a reflectorized white background. Since April 1 falls on a Sunday, the deadline to purchase has been extended to April 2, according to county tax assessor-collector Mrs. Pearl Barker.
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Reeves County Court House
Pearl Barker
Bigger tax refunds boost Reeves County spending in 1973
Reeves County residents will receive about 541 060 in tax refunds from the Treasury with 3100 local recipients. Nationally 7 billion in refunds will be issued to 40 million taxpayers averaging 175 each, plus a 2.3 billion federal pay rise and 2 billion Social Security boost. The combined distributions lift spending and inflation concerns loom as economists forecast 782 billion in consumer outlays.
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Reeves County
Washington
Treasury Department
Conference Board
Warm to cool shift as Pecos experiences 71 degree day
Pecos records a high of 71 while early dawn temps dipped to 30s. forecasters expect a new cold front forming in West Texas and moving east by Wednesday night, bringing cooler weather to the state with partly cloudy skies.
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Pecos
Texas
Abilene
Houston
Amarillo
el Paso
Lufkin
Wichita Falls
Alice
Childress
Lubbock
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Dalhart
Longview
Waco
Deep South
Appalachians
Georgia
North Carolina
York
Vermont
New England
Canada
Anchorage
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Nashville
New York
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington
Redheads and Pecos Coaches Battle in Benefit Basketball Game
The All-American Redheads beat Pecos High coaches 68 to 58 in a charity game at Pecos High School Gym. The event drew a capacity crowd. junior class organizers and Pecos coaches Jim Tollett and others played on the home team. The Redheads, touring in more than 200 cities, have a strong record, while weather news notes a deep freeze across the region and storm impacts from the East Coast.
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Harlem Globetrotters
Pecos
Pecos High School
Jim Tollett
Danny Martinez
Tom Blair
Bubba Williams
Charles Patillo
Steve Peters
Jim Strother
David Bradley
Dub Smith
van Grimes
Jessie Villescas
Red Heads
Tercero Elected President of Santa Rosa Credit Union
The Santa Rosa Federal Credit Union held its annual meeting at the Parish Hall naming Jose Tercero as president. Manuel Trujillo served as master of ceremonies and Tercero presented the treasurer’s report. Officers announced included Jim Ariquidi, A. R. Bitolas, Genaro Abila, with new board and credit committee members elected. Approximately 50 of 300 members attended. Door prizes awarded to Mrs. Gregoria Garza, Gomez, and Robert Luna.
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Santa Rosa Federal Credit Union
Jose Tercero
Tercero
Manuel Trujillo
Jim Ariquidi
A. R. Bitolas
Genaro Abila
Arnie Calderon
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Alexei Kosygin
Schmidt
By Carlos Nichols
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St. Catherine Parish House
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