Pecos residents praised for generous help during hospital stay
A Pecos couple thank local residents and officials for extraordinary kindness after a husband was hospitalized. In a letter to Ben Matta of Pecos Chamber of Commerce, many townspeople including police, nurses, a highway trooper, Ramada Inn clerks, a Laundromat owner, and others offered aid and comfort. The letter also notes a federal customs reorganization and a wheat variety approval in Texas.
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Pecos
Ben Matta
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Balmorhea
Ft. Stockton
Nutt
Highway Patrol
Hay
Local Firm Exploring Defense Sub Contract
Baker Pump Corporation of Pecos has been named as a candidate for a government defense sub contract valued at 350 955 dollars. The Army team led by John Odin inspected local facilities for work on the Safeguard Missile System. Company officers are John B Bardin president and Bill Mattox general manager.
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Baker Pump Corporation of
Pecos
Department of the Army
John Odin
Huntsville
Alabama
John B. Bardin
Bill Mattox
Missed Delivery Guarantee Call Circulation Dept
If you have not received your newspaper by 9 30 p m call the Circulation Dept by 6 45 p m to guarantee delivery. The number provided is 445 5478.
Gas Incinerators Improve Pollution Control Claims
W C Renshaw of Southern Union Gas highlights gas powered incinerators as key tools in air pollution control. He notes several designs remove combustibles and non combustibles, evaporate liquids, or reduce solid waste, with one type reducing 500 pounds of garbage to one pound of sterile ash and leaving no smoke or odor.
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W. C. Renshaw
Southern Union Gas Company
Southern Union
Renshaw
Bentsen Demands Open Congress After Secret Meetings
U S Senate candidate Lloyd Bentsen told Lions Club supporters he favors ending secret congressional hearings except where national security is at risk. He criticized 1968 and 1969 closed door committee meetings as undemocratic and urged full public scrutiny of tax and appropriations decisions.
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Congress
Appropriations
Congressional Committee
Car Insurance Study Proposes Legislative Investigation
Austin AP The car insurance study committee led by former Gov. Price Daniel recommends a special legislative probe into car repair charges and urges study of mandatory liability insurance. The panel notes Texas ranks eighth in overall auto insurance and cites high comprehensive rates driven by repair costs hail and storm damage.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Price Daniel
W. O. Shafer
Odessa
Texas
Two Teens Implicated in Irving Marijuana Cache
In Irving Texas officers with a county metro task force seized 36 pounds of marijuana valued nearly 58 thousand dollars in an informant led arrest. Detectives John Looper and teammates arrested two youths aged 17 and 18 as they arrived at a vacant field northeast of Irving. The haul could produce over 50 thousand cigarettes.
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Irving, Tex
John Looper
Irving
Area Parks Now Open in Balmorhea and Monahans
Balmorhea State Park reopens after renovation featuring a refurbished two acre pool bathhouse shelters and new camping sites while Monahans Sandhills opens for camping with 20 new sites as part of a 67328 dollar development including restrooms showers water and electrical systems and roads. The dunes were formed by a prehistoric sea.
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Austin
West Texas
Balmorhea
Monahans
Monahans Sandhills State Park
Texas Air Control Board gives 12 month extensions to three West Texas firms
The Texas Air Control Board granted one year variance extensions for Sir Richardson Carbon Co near Odessa Columbia Division of Cities Service Oil Co near Seagraves and Cabot Corp at Skellytown to avoid full TACB compliance. El Paso's American Smelting and Refining Co received a 90 day extension. The board also denied requests from Rexene Plymers Odessa and Round Rock Lime Co and ordered North Texas Supply Co Wichita Falls to stop outdoor burning of junked cars.
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Odessa
Columbia Division
Cities Service Oil Co
Seagraves
Cabot Corp
Skellytown
American Smelting and Refining Co
el Paso
Rexene Plymers
Round Rock Lime Co
Round Rock
North Texas Supply Co
Wichita Falls
20 Million Claims Set After Big Plane Crash
Air Canada officials estimate claim costs will exceed 20 million after a Super DC8 crashed near Toronto en route from Montreal to Los Angeles. All 108 aboard perished. 40 relatives from Montreal Halifax and Los Angeles arrived to identify victims. inquest planned after weeklong identifications.
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Tornto
Air Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Los Angeles
California
Halifax
Aireline
Ontario
H.B. Cotham
Richard Bolduc
Department of Transport
Bolduc
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San Antonio
U.S. Customs Bureau
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Georgia Customs
Hughes
Savannah
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Houston
Customs Investigative
Washington
Nixon
Thomas J. Dean
New Orleans
Agriculture Department
Department
High Plains
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Homer
Lou Miller
Griffin
Santa Fe
New Mexico
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At&t
Ad Rich
Beth Stl
Borden
Cat Trac
Celanese
Chrysler
Sve
Coca Cola
Cont Oil
Crown Zel
Dow Chem
DuPont
Eastman
el Paso NG
Ford
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Tire
Great
A&p
Gulf Oil
IBM
Int Paper
Kennecott
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penn Cent
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Ind
Texaco
Transition
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolsworth
Bentsen
Air Control Board
B&w Engineering Manufacturing Co
San Angelo
Temple Industries of
Dilbul
Trinity Portland Cement of
Fort Worth
Hooker Chemical Co
Dallas
Phosphate Chemicals Inc
LULAC
Amy Tersero
Santa Rosa Hall
Elizabeth
Lisa) Wright
Sally Marquez
Terrie Talamantez
Lisa
Lulac Council
Amy
Eliza N. Tersero
South Ash
Willie C. Wright
Martinez Street
Burbank
Calif
Die Murphy
America
Henry H. Draeger
Los Angeles Superior Court
David Gofstein
Murphy
Pecos High School
Frances Malek
Robstown
Robin Poling
Marsha Whitley
Maelene Whitley
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