Two planes hijacked with ransom lands in Texas
Two airline hijackers armed with shotguns flew a National Airlines 727 from Philadelphia to Brazoria County Airport Texas with 600000 dollars in ransom and four stewardesses. The FBI identified the hijacker as Melvin Martin Fisher 49 of Norman Oklahoma who later surrendered after releasing 51 passengers from an American Airlines 727 at Will Rogers World Airport Oklahoma City.
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National Airlines
Philadelphia
Texas
Federal Aviation Administration
Brazoria County
Houston
American Airlines
Texas Field
FAA
National
Philadelphia International
FBI
Tom Herring
St. Louis
Melvin Martin Fisher
Norman
Okla
Oklahoma City
Will Rogers World Airport
Fisher
McGovern weighs running mate options after Kennedy rejection
Florida reports Sen. George McGovern expanding his vice presidential list after Sen. Edward Kennedy declined the No. 2 spot. Kennedy congratulated McGovern by phone, while potential names include Eagleton Ribicoff Hart Nelson Mondale Gilligan Lucey Woodcock and labor leader Woodcock. Other contenders and reactions from labor and delegates followed as McGovern clinched the nomination late at the Democratic National Convention.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
Illinois
McGovern
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Nixon
Richard Dougherty
Florida
Reubin Askew
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Patrick Lucey
Leonard Woodcock
Alabama Gow
George
Bedlaw
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Ribicoff
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Humphrey
Wallace
Shirley Chisholm
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Muskie
Wayne L. Hays
Eugene J. McCarthy
Jackson
Chisholm
Peace Talks Stall As Negotiations Resume Quietly
PARS AP The Vietnam peace talks resumed after 16 weeks with no shift in positions. US Ambassador Porter presented Nixon’s four point plan, while Viet Cong delegate Binh and Hanoi chief Xuan Thuy urged talks on their terms. Secret sessions expected for real progress amid ongoing frontier war tensions.
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PARS
Vietnam
William J. Porter
Nixon
Nguyen Thi Binh
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
United States
North Vietnam
Politburo
le Duc Tho
Henry A. His
Search shows no lost plane in Reeves County
Reeves County Sheriff A. B. Nail said two witnesses reported seeing a ball of fire fall about six miles north of Pecos near the Sullivan bridge on the Pecos River Tuesday night. The CAA in Wink reported no downed aircraft and a patrol search found nothing.
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Reeves County
A. B. Nail
Sheriff’s Office
Pecos
Sullivan Bridge
Nail
CAA
Wink
Sheriff's Office
Krazee Days Comes to Pecos on July 28
Krazee Days arrives in Pecos Friday July 28 with fun prizes and special buys. Merchants Committee of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event featuring store clerks and bosses in crazy costumes. Cash prizes will go to first second and third place costume winners. Participating stores offer drawings with no purchase required.
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Pecos
Merchants Committee
The
Band Bus Departure Notice for Canyon Hill Trip
Band students must board the Pecos Junior High School bus at 4:30 a.m. Sunday July 16 for an early departure to Canyon Hill. Ensure attendance and prepare instruments prior to leaving.
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Canyon Hill
Pecos Junior High School
Reeves County elderly survey to map needs and resources
The Reeves County survey, organized by the Chamber of Commerce with Pecos churches and Reeves County Community Council, aims to identify needs, desires, talents and skills of residents aged 60 and over. Interviewers will seek voluntary participation. completion is due by July 25.
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Reeves County
The
Chamber of Commerce
Ray Whitley
Cos Churches
Reeves County Community Council
Reeves Couny
Pecos
Balmorhea
Toyah
Reeves Coun
Harold Meyer
S. Oak St
Muniz Establishes Campaign HQ in Texas Area
Ramsey Muniz, Texas gubernatorial candidate on the Raza Unida ticket, set up headquarters at 221 E. Fifth St. Reeves County coordinator Mrs. Salema Ybarra says about 60 volunteers are assisting in the area and campaign materials will arrive soon with information available at the offices.
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Ramsey Muniz
Texas
Raza Unida Party
Fifth St
Muniz
Reeves County
Salema Ybarra
Cops recover some property in June report
Pecos Police Department data show 17.4 percent of property reported lost recovered totaling 2877.99 with 508.14 recovered. Three assaults and 39 property offenses with 30 pending. One sex crime cleared. Two firearm offenses cleared. No narcotics offenses. 56 total offenses, 21 cleared, 35 pending. 61 traffic offenses and 23 accidents, four with injury. $1435 collected in municipal court.
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Pecos
Pecos Miss Cotton Contest Sees Beauchamp Entered
Rhonda Lynn Beauchamp joins sixteen other Pecos area girls in the 1972 Miss Cotton pageant set for August 1 at the Pecos Valley Country Club. Beauchamp, 17, is a Pecos High senior and active in tennis band theatre student government church youth work and Spanish club. The Cotton Crusaders sponsor the event now in its fourth year with each contestant modeling two cotton outfits and judged on beauty poise and personality.
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Rhonda Lynn Beauchamp
Miss Cotton
Pecos
Pecos Valley Country Club
Miss Beauchamp
Eagle Band
St. Catherine’s Catholic Church
Catholic Youth Organization
Texas Youth Conference
Wayne Beauchamp
Fourth St
Pecos High School
Cotton Crusaders
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Rosa Camboa
Pedro M. Acosta
Demetrio Aguero
F.L. Akridge
Mike Allison
Ordon Anderson
D.H. Armstrong
Alfred Arvizu
Pablo Avila
Mary Susan Baggett
Enterprise
Lucio Lara
Vincent O
Duncan
David Armbruster
E.J. Smith
van Horn Advocate
Posse
Posse Barn
Lone Star Beer
Joy Boys
Judy
van Horn
VanHorn
BACOS
Pecos Cantaloupe Company
Singer
Porter
Koreas
Temple
Kerrville
Chou En-Lai
Radio Peking
Kissinger
Tho
Washington
Cotton
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