Sheriffettes thank donors in shotgun contest win
The Reeves County Sheriffettes thank donors Lloyd Smith Pecos Sporting Goods Bobby Bell Security State Bank J T Moore First National Bank Eddie Squyers and others for support. Midland Texas was winner of the shotgun contest in Hollywood AP reports Bill Bixby wed Brenda Benet in Malibu on July 4 ending courtship rumors.
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Lloyd Smith
Pecos Sporting Goods
Bobby Bell
Security State Bank
J.T. Moore
First National Bank
Eddie Squyers
Pasadena
Midland
Texas
Reeves County Sheriffettes
Hollywood
Eddie
Bill Bixby
Bixby
Brenda Benet
Malibu
Allen couple attend State Farm regional agents convention
Mr and Mrs Bill Allen of Pecos attended a regional conference for outstanding State Farm agents at the Shamrock Hilton in Houston July 13. About 1 100 agents agency managers and wives from Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico were briefed on company plans and industry developments. Highlights included recognition ceremonies talks by executives and a luncheon honoring agents and their wives.
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Bill Allen
S. Eddy
Pecos
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Pecos Eagle Marching Band selects new twirlers
Band director Bill Carrico announced the Pecos Eagle Marching Band twirlers after Saturday tryouts. Five juniors and one sophomore earned spots along with Band Sweetheart Anne Slack and seven named juniors including Carol Casimir Becky Rogers Susan Wadley Nancy Carpenter and Kim Blackwell. Sophomore Jimmy Ann Hagar rounds out the group with Nancy Carpenter the only repeat from last year.
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Pecos Eagle
Bill Carrico
Anne Slack
Carol Casimir
Becky Rogers
Susan Wadley
Nancy Carpenter
Kim Blackwell
Jimmy Ann Hagar
Plans for Satchmo monument in New Orleans Congo Square area
Admirers of Louis Armstrong plan a monument to the trumpeter in New Orleans near Congo Square. Organizers say the project may cost and locations are being considered after Armstrong's death in New York. Eight thousand dollars was raised at a Los Angeles Armstrong concert for his 70th birthday.
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Bill Crider
Associated Press
New Orleans
Louis Daniel
Satchmo
Armstrong
New York
Congo Square
Jazz
Battlefield
Durel Black
Black
Chamber of Commerce Jazz Committee
Los Angeles
Louis Armstrong tribute and public farewell announced
New York AP report notes Armstrong died in Queens at age 71 after kidney and liver ailments. Friday memorials will gather musicians from California and beyond, with honorary pallbearers including Ellington Crosby Fitzgerald Lombardo and Sinatra. President Nixon praised Armstrong as a world famous American artist. The text also mentions John Ganz Coney being elected to First Pennsylvania Corporation’s board.
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Anaheim
Calif
California Angels
Spiro T. Agnew
Japan
NEW York
Lili Kraus
Korea
Miss Kraus
Tokyo
Okayama
Kobe
Miyazaki
Fukuoka
Hiroshima
Osaka
Kyoto
Tsu
Sendai
Seoul
Japan Philharmonic
New Orleans
Louis Armstrong
California
Armstrong
Queens
Duke Ellington
Bing Crosby
Ella Fitzgerald
Guy Lombardo
Dizzy Gillespie
Pearl Bailey
Count Basie
Harry James
Frank Sinatra
Ed Sullivan
Earl Wilson
Alan King
Johnny Carson
David Frost
Merv Griffin
Dick Cavett
John V. Lindsay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jazz
Ellington
Crosby
Europe
Nixon
Armstron
Eddie Condon
Louis
Moon Landrieu
Philadelphia
John Ganz Coney
First Pennsylvania Corporation
Garland Dial Plan Rates Spark Dispute With City
General Telephone Co was ordered not to cut off Garland residents who withhold part of their bill tied to a metro area rate hike. District Judge Spencer Carver set Aug 12 for a trial on legality of the February increase.
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Dallas
General Telephone Co
Garland
Spencer Carver
Carver
Metro
Dallas County
Lewisville
Wylie
Plano
General Telephone
Jerry Russell
New Jersey Migrant Workers Modern Day Serfs
Bridgeton NJ focuses on migrant farm laborers living in squalid huts under coercive conditions. Workers face debt bondage, restricted movement, shared sanitation, and abuse while authorities and citizens largely ignore the plight. Calls for awareness and reform echo through officials and locals alike.
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New Jersey
Bill Clark
New Jersey Department of Labor Standards
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AEGIS
Eteliase
Reeves County
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ford Love
Joyce Miller
Dan Dominguez
NEA
FUNNY
West Third St
Cleveland
Ohio
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
White House
Mayrhofen
Austria
Caroline Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Caroline
Munich
Jacqueline Onassis
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Elliot Gould
Barbara Streisand
Euripides Matos Medina
Gould
Jennifer Bogart
Adams
Houston
Shamrock Hilton
Tex
Pecos Enterprise
Mayann
By Tom Tiede
Bridgeton
N.J
Puerto Rico
Williams
Florida
Yassah
U.S
Frank Tejeras
Raymond Ortiz
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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