Paroled West Texas wheeler dealer Billie Sol Estes leaves prison
Prison doors open Monday for Billie Sol Estes who is released on parole after serving more than six years of a 15 year sentence for mail fraud and conspiracy tied to mortgages on nonexistent fertilizer tanks. Parole terms bar self employment and promotion and he plans to work on farms in Callahan County.
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Associated Press
Pecos Enterprise
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
la Tuna Correctional Institute
U.S. Parole Board
Washington
Jaycee’s
la Tuna
Callahan County
John Estes Jr
Abilene
Billie Sol
Pecos
Texas
Clyde
Pecos-Barstow Central ISD approves $1.25 million bonds
The Pecos Barstow Consolidated Independent School District Board accepted the lowest bid at 4.85 percent for a $1.25 million bond issue. Funds will build classrooms and shops for trades and arts. taxes will not rise due to oil and gas valuation gains. Meeting also set Missouri Street closing for the new shop project. current bills totaling $42,944.65 were approved and bus fuel bids are due August 12, 1971.
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Pecos-Barstow Consolidated Independent
Missouri Street
Twelve Indicted in Grand Jury Armed Robbery Case
Four persons charged with armed robbery were indicted with eight others by the Grand Jury in yesterday session. Donald David Drake and Leslie Leroy McKenzie were charged in the Balmorhea Enco Station case with bond set at 12,500. The arrests followed a station robbery and abduction north of U.S. 290. Houston suspects Ol ney Ray Burton and Billy Payton Burton had bonds of 20,000 and 10,600 respectively. they were tied to the Boulders Courts robbery and were captured in Kermit after road blocks. David Wayne Ball faces burglary charges with 2,500 bond after allegedly burglarizing Gerald Walker’s residence on June 8. Wayne Dinwiddie was indicted for swindling via a 2,300 worthless check drawn on Pecos County Savings Bank. Ricky Glenn Calloway was indicted for marijuana possession with 5,000 bond. he posted bond. Michael J. Brombach faces robbery charges and 2,500 bond. Four defendants faced second offenses for driving while intoxicated. Alfredo Chavez had 1,500 bond, the others 1,000 each, all posted. Also charged was Charles E. Smith for forgery and passing a forged instrument tied to a cashing of a First National Bank check.
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Balmorhea
Donald David Drake
Leslie Leroy McKenzie
U.S. 290
Houston
Ft. Stockton
Henry L. Teaney
Wayne Dinwiddie
Barstow
Pecos County
Alfredo T. Chavez
Milton Truman Ferguson
Geronimo Jacquez Menchaca
Inocente Juarez Matta
Chavez
Bond
Charles E. Smith
First National Bank
Chile Earthquake Kills At Least 63 In Central Regions
A powerful quake struck central Chile during the night leaving 63 dead and 461 injured. Valparaiso, the port city, reported 25 deaths and about 306 injuries as landslides isolated communities. Communications were disrupted north of Santiago and damage estimates were unavailable, with fear of higher tolls. The quake measured near magnitude 7 on the Richter scale in Santiago, with officials noting readings as high as 10 in hardest hit areas.
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Bruce Handler
Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Valpa- Taiso
Pacific
Argentina
Andres
Alaska
Stone Age Tribe Found In Philippines By Government Agency
Manila report states a government agency announced the discovery of a tribe living in Stone Age conditions and cut off from the outside world for centuries. The finder calls it one of the most fascinating chapters in primitive man studies.
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Manila
Israeli patrol crosses into Ramia ruins two houses
An Israeli patrol entered the South Lebanese village of Ramia near the frontier and destroyed two houses before withdrawing without casualties, the Lebanese army spokesman said. Ramia lies a half mile from the border and is among several Lebanese villages used by Palestinian guerrillas as launch points for raids into Israel.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ramia
Israel
Rolls-Royce price hike raises UK model costs
London AP reports an 18 month Rolls-Royce queue will pay higher prices as the British market sees the price tag of the Silver Shadow and Bentley T rise by 2880 to exceed 24000 dollars. Export prices to be announced later with increased production costs cited. The Corniche and Phantom 6 stay unchanged.
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London
Bombs Detonate in Athens Targeting subway and Esso Garage
Two explosions shook Athens early today injuring no one but causing minor damage to a subway switch and an Esso garage. Police suspect anti government factions carried out the blasts, following a similar explosion at a premier's office branch entrance on Tuesday.
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Athens
Esso
Israeli helicopter crashes into Mediterranean off Sinai coast
An Israeli air force helicopter carrying 10 people crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near El Arish in the Sinai area. The military said the craft fell into the sea and a search was underway.
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Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
el Arish
Sinai Desert
Vietnam says its chemical industry reaches 59.6 percent of 1971 plan
North Vietnam announced through the Vietnam News Agency that by the end of June 1971 its chemical industry had completed 59.6 percent of its production plan, or 22.1 percent higher than the first half of 1970. Labor productivity was up 17 percent.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Rail union threatens July strike over work rule changes
The United Transportation Union warned of a strike against Southern Pacific and Norfolk and WesternRailroads on July 24 if work rule changes go into effect without union agreement. UTU cites about four pages of proposed rule changes slated for July 16, the same day as selective strikes.
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Cleveland, Ohio
United Transportation Union
Southern Pacific
Norfolk and Western
UTU
Urias Named Credit Sales Manager at Pecos Goodyear
David Urias has been named credit sales manager of the Pecos Goodyear Service Store. He and his family have lived in Pecos for five years, originally from Van Horn. The Urias family includes wife Stella and children David Jr aged 4 Virginia aged 5 and Robert eight months, residing at 912 N Hickory.
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David Urias
Pecos
Texas UT Austin keeps fall freshman cap at 5500
University of Texas at Austin reports no qualified freshmen were refused and the fall freshman cap of 5500 was not exceeded. Registrar Byron Shipp said applications meeting entrance requirements did not reach the limit and admission offers have been sent to qualified applicants.
Texas towns ration water during drought across state
Drought conditions in North Central Texas drive water shortages in several towns. Mineral Wells imposes lawn watering limits as Lake Palo Pinto fails to refill after being drained for repairs. Lewisville, Lake Dallas, and Lacy-Longview urge conservation with scheduled watering, tank levels mixed, and new wells planned to bolster supply.
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Associated Press
Weather Service
Texas
Lake Palo Pinto
Dillon conviction reversed by Fifth Circuit
The Fifth Circuit reversed Billy Ray Dillion's five year Dyer Act conviction and sentence. The court ordered a new trial, finding that Judge Ernest Guinn's jury instructions went beyond fair comment and effectively directed a guilty verdict.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Fifth Circuit
Billy Ray Dillion
Appeals
United States of America
Federal District Court
Fred Leigh
Dillion
Missouri
Texas
Leigh
Appells Court
Ernest Guinn
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Federal Farms Program
U.S. Jaycee’s
EAGLE
Pecos Eagle Band
Becky Rogers
Susan Wadley
Carol Casimir
Jimmy Ann Hagar
Kim Blackwell
Nancy Carpenter
Anne Slack
Ricky Glenn Calloway
Calloway
Michael J. Brombach
Reeves County
Chemical Industry
Urias
Lewisville
Dallas
Denton
James Knight
Public Works
Sam Houston
Inter- State
Lake Dallas
Denton County
Leon Smith
Dillon
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