Youth Led Revival At Calvary Church
Calvary Baptist Church hosts a four night youth led revival beginning tomorrow night July 15 at 7 30 p m with James Edward Jim Johnston of Alpine preaching. Johnston a Howard Payne College graduate and Sul Ross State University Baptist Student Union Director has led more than 20 Texas revivals and crusades. Larry Eugene Beck, Calvary’s first Youth Director and Alpine First Baptist Church associate, will direct music and lead youth activities.
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Calvary Baptist Church
James Edward
Jim) Johnston
Alpine
Howard Payne College
Baptist Student Union
Sul Ross State University
First Baptist Church
Crescent Park Baptist Church
Odessa
Jim
Crescent Park
Belmont Baptist
Texas
Larry Eugene Beck
Midland
Lee High School
Sul Ross
Larry
Jenkins Appointed To FHA Committee
Jerry Jenkins of Pecos has been named to the three member County Farmers Home Administration Committee for a three year term starting July 1 1970. He replaces Ranelle Butler and joins Rayborn Allgood of Barstow and Billy D Toone of Balmorhea. the advisory panel serves the County Supervisor on loan eligibility and community service development. Jenkins, a Pecos farmer and service manager at Crow Chevrolet, has lived in Pecos since 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Jenkins
Pecos
Farmers Home Administration
Malcolm Proffer
Jenkins
Ranelle Butler
Rayborn Allgood
Barstow
Billy D. Toone
Balmorhea
County
Crow Chevrolet Co
Too Many Yelling At Once
Houston AP reports city officials moved to limit crowd noise in council meetings. A door sign capped attendance at 241 inside the chamber, under an occupancy rule set by the fire department and approved by council in 1968.
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Houston
Fire Department
Today in History July 14 events highlighted
Today in history notes multiple events with dates and figures. Paris citizens stormed the Bastille in 1789 signaling the French Revolution. Other items include 1690 privateers capturing New England islands, 1798 sedition act, 1853 expo opening, 1879 Lincoln widow pension, 1942 Clark appointment, 1966 Chicago nurse killings, 1966 DNC nomination for LBJ, Stevenson death, Nixon narcotics attack call in 1970.
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Associated Press
Paris
Bastille
New England
Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket
Block Island
U. S
Los Angeles
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
London
Nixon
Congress
Pecos Barstow Consolidated ISD Sets Budget Hearing
The Pecos Barstow Consolidated Independent School District board met July 9 1970 approved June 11 minutes received a thank you from Mentone School Board and reviewed a June tax collection of 95.65 percent. They approved bills totaling 134246.47 and called bids for gasoline service for buses for 1970 71 with a public hearing on the 1970 71 budget set for August 13 and next meeting August 13 at 5 30 p.m.
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Pecos- Barstow Consolidated Independent School District
Mentone School Board
North Pecos
South Park Street
Amarillo Smelter May Have To Close
Corpus Christi AP Texas Air Control Board executive secretary Charles Barden warned that the Amarillo American Smelting and Refining Co plant could be forced to close if pollution controls are not installed. He cited a 30 year old zinc smelting process and said $20 million is needed for equipment to curb pollution. the board could seek a $1,000 daily fine or court injunction. Barden testified before the Texas House Interim Study Committee on Oceanography in Corpus Christi, noting a proposed factory registration system to ensure future plants meet clean air standards.
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Corpus Christi
Barden
Amarillo
Texas Air Control Board
Texas
Texas House of Representatives Interim Study Committee On Oceanography
Corpus Christ
Houston
Austin
Texas Gulf Coast
Andrews Man Dies in Oil Field Pipe Accident
Andrews Texas AP reports Melvin Harper 54 an oil field worker died after a one inch pipe segment pierced his neck and heart during a well drilling 2.5 miles southeast of Andrews He died after surgery at Permian General Hospital confirming a fatal accident in the oil field scene
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Andrews
Tex
Melvin Harper
Here
Texas
Harper
Permian General Hospital
New LTV Management Could Reconsider Braniff and Okonite
Dallas Times Herald cites potential policy shift as Ling-Temco- Vought may retain Braniff and Okonite despite earlier stance to sell, amid management shakeup and weak Braniff stock offers. J&L issues cited. judge in Coleman County says alcohol sale ban petitions lack enough signatures.
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Dallas
Ling-Temco- Vought Inc
Braniff International and Okonite Co
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Dallas Times Herald
James Ling
LTV
Braniff and Okonite
Times Herald
Jones and Laughlin
Department of Justice
Texas Weather Quieting Heat With Isolated Showers
Light rains eased the Texas heat wave as isolated showers formed near the Upper Texas Coast. Forecasters expect a renewed warm spell with scattered showers inland and a cooling dip in the Panhandle by Wednesday. Monday highs reached 100 in El Paso and ranged in the 90s across Del Rio Midland Laredo Texarkana and Brownsville with modest rainfall totals in Palacios Alice and Galveston.
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Texas
Panhandle
el Paso
del Rio
Midland
Laredo
Texarkana
Childress
Cotulla
Brownsville
Junction
McAllen
Waco
Wichita Falls
Palacios
Alice
Galveston
Huntley Rates Johnson Best Among Presidents
NBC newscaster Chet Huntley, in a Life interview, says Lyndon B. Johnson was the best he knew among presidents he worked with, noting he was kind and gracious. He criticizes Nixon as shallow and says Spiro Agnew appeals to base elements, and comments on astronauts and TV news reliance.
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New York
NBC
Chet Huntley
Life Magazine
Lyndon B. Johnson
Huntley
David Brinkley
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Agnew Claque
Pittsburg Man Killed by Hit and Run Auto
State police said a car that failed to stop struck and killed Conrad D. Rodgers, 32, of Pittsburg, six miles east of Pittsburg, East Texas, early today. A second vehicle struck the body and its driver reported the accident.
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Pittsburg
Tex
Conrad D. Rodgers
Here
Texas
Water Dept. Receives Merit Award for 1969 Safety Record
The American Water Works Association Southwest Section honors John Oglesby and Pecos City Water Department staff with an Award of Merit for no lost time injuries in 1969. This marks the third consecutive year the Pecos department has earned the interim prize for utilities under 50 employees.
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American Water Works Association
Southwest Section
John Oglesby
Pecos City
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Calvary Church
Homer Nowell
Jim Johnston
Larry Beck
FHA
E. S. Butler
Randle Butler
Evans Butler
At&t
Ad Rich
Beth
Ford
Elec
A&p
Gulf Oil
IBM
Int Paper
Kennecott
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penn Cent
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Ind
Texaco
Transition
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolsth
Ling
Braniff
C. Edward Acker
Coleman, Tex
Coleman
Frank Lewis
LBJ
Water Dept
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