Cuba Frees 18 U.S. Prisoners In Exchange
Seventeen Americans held in Cuba are to be released after four Cuban fishermen were freed in Florida. The swap involves reduced fines and parole for the Cubans, with freed U.S. prisoners departing on two yachts and a tugboat.
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Cuba
U.S
Miami
Eglin Federal
U.S. Coast Guard
Tortugas
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. State Department
Fritz Sprandel
Lentown
Sprandel
Key West
Fla
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
State Department
Washington
California
White Cloud
Bernard Bender
Laren and
Michael
Thomas Joseph McGuire
Berkeley
Calif
Saturna
Florida
Battler
Port Everglades Towing Co
Fort Lauderdale
Havana
Coast Guard
Eglin
Louis Armstrong Dies at 71 in Sleep at Home
Louis Armstrong known as Satchmo is dead at 71. The New York legend helped define early jazz as a trumpet virtuoso and vocalist and was among the last of the era’s authentic artists.
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New York
Louis Armstrong
France to stay in NATO but opt out of NICS
President Pompidou decided to remain in the alliance with the United States and European partners but will not join the NATO Integrated Communications System. The move was conveyed by French Ambassador Francois Tricornot de Rose in a letter to the North Atlantic Council, received May 26.
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Brussels
George Pompidou
France
United States
West Germany
North Atlantic
Francois Tricornot de Rose
North Atlantic Council
NATO Integrated Communications System
NICS
Mansfield pushes phased pullout of U S forces in Europe
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield challenges the 7th Army resistance capacity in Europe amid reported issues of drugs race and field conditions. He plans a new campaign this year to cut back U S forces to one division through phased reductions.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
7Th Army
Europe
Montana
U. S
Federal ruling assigns Galveston Island east end to government
The Fifth Circuit affirmed that more than 1000 acres on the east end of Galveston Island belong to the federal government. The Galveston City Co. lost its claim after buying the land in 1843 and consenting to a 15 acre military use site, which expanded over time due to erosion and storms.
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New Orleans
Galveston Island
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. District
Texas
Galveston City Co
Senators Press Administration Over Child Feeding Funds
Forty senators warn mil lions of children may face hunger this summer and urge immediate release of promised funds for a nationwide child feeding program. They fault the Agriculture Department for urging local program expansion while denying new money. The department said 18.1 million dollars will be available, 15 million short of what is needed, though three times last year's allocation.
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Washington
Nixon
George Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Judge orders Corpus Christi schools to follow desegregation plan
U. S. Dist. Judge Woodrow Seals ruled that Corpus Christi schools must follow government desegregation guidelines. School officials filed an immediate appeal. The ruling largely follows HEW recommendations except that kindergarten and special education attendance zones remain unchanged.
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Corpus Christi, Tex
U. S. Dist
Woodrow Seals
Corpus Christi
Seals
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Merchants Committee Meeting Set for Friday
Paul Randolph announces a Merchants Division meeting at the Community Center Friday at 10 am. The group will discuss adopting a cooperative sales calendar and year end plans with a July 9 vote to approve revise or reject. Door prizes include radio spots and local newspaper advertising space.
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Total Merchants Committee
Paul Randolph
Merchants Division
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Pecos
Randolph
KL U.N
Pecos Enterprise
Reeves County wildcat tests and early oil flow notes
The report covers El Paso Natural Gas project No. 1 Verhalen in Reeves County drilling to 20,075 feet with a 12 million cubic feet per day open flow after acid treatment. It also reports Gulf Oil No. 7 Trees Estate near C-4 PSL, and Mobil Oil No. 166 George Sealy in Ward County with a 327,000 cubic feet per day Ellenburger test and a 1.2 million cubic feet per day drilling flow on a separate interval.
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Reeves
Ward
Winkler
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Reeves County
Balmornea
Verhalen
H&gn
Southwestern Natural Gas, Inc
Henry Wilbanks
Ellenburger
Gulf Oil Corp
No. 7
Et al
Janelle
Ward County
Monahans
South
East Field
Janelle Field
Wichita-Albany
Gulf
C.W. Edwards
Mobil Oil Corp
George Sealy
Ward Deep Explorer
Pyote
Texas Pacific Oil Co., Inc
Ward Grande
Ward Wildcat
Fusselman
Montoya
Delaware
ULS
Humble Oil & Refining Co
John Haley Jr
Evetts
Winkler County
Stabbing Victim Buried Former Pecos Resident
Funeral services were held in DeRidder Louisiana for Sophie Giovanni formerly of Pecos. She was fatally stabbed July 2 at a Northeast Odessa 7ll convenience store. She lived in Pecos from August 1969 to May 1970 before moving to Odessa. Survived by husband Joseph six children and three grandchildren all of Odessa. Three Odessa men are held in connection with the slaying.
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DeRidder
Sophie Giovanni
Odessa
Pecos
Giovanni
Joseph
Weather Outlook for Southwest Texas West of Pecos
Southwest Texas forecast west of Pecos shows clear to partly cloudy skies with no major temperature changes through Thursday. A slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms over the mountains, with highs near 105 and lows around 65.
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Texas
Pecos
Bad Check Charges Filed
Forgery charges were filed against Pecos man Charles E. Smith after his arrest for forging and cashing a First National Bank check for 13 dollars. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Smith is to appear before the Grand Jury tomorrow.
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Pecos
Charles E. Smith
First National Bank
Smith
Grand
Painter named general reporter and sports editor at Pecos Enterprise
Dan Painter is appointed general reporter and sports editor of the Pecos Enterprise by Editor O Ferrall Pauly. A Pecos High School graduate, Painter recently completed Navy service and will reside at 1927 S. Alamo. He previously worked for the Enterprise from 1965 to 1968 as a high school correspondent, sports editor, city editor and general reporter.
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Dan Painter
Pecos Enterprise
O’ Ferrall Pauly
Painter
U. S. Navy
The
Enterprise
Navy
Pecos High School
S. Alamo
Pecos Growers Report Early Harvest For Onions And Cantaloupes
Pecos produce markets show onions shipping to New York and Chicago with cantaloupes to follow. Shed manager Bill Cowden says two weeks of harvest on onions and staked 16 truckloads in a day. Cantaloupe outlook from Duke Larson is optimistic with a first load expected this afternoon. Total cantaloupe acreage is 1700 across three sheds employing about 200 workers. full harvest planned around July 25.
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New York
Chicago
Bill Cowden
Alexander Marketing Company
Cowden
California
New Jersey
Pecos
Larson
Country Club Burglarized in Pecos
Pecos police investigated a burglary at the Pecos Valley Country Club. A thief slit two holes in a snack bar screen and unlocked the latches reaching inside. Total loss estimated at about $10.
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Pecos
Pecos Valley Country Club
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NATO
Merchants Committee
Reeves Wildcat
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