Chamber directors map needs for Pecos community projects
Pecos Chamber of Commerce directors approved a plan to identify community needs assign priorities and set completion dates for each project. Board members reported progress from divisions including agriculture rodeo and fair development and the Sand Lake flood control and irrigation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Bob Hughes
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Hughes
Mike Burkholder
J.T. Moore, Jr
Agriculture
Chamber
Fair Assa
Barney Hubbs
Garland Matthews
Pecos
Womens Division
Fred Armstrong
Sand Lake
E. W. Schmidt
Kent Cotton
Bill Pigman
Lady Conductor Sets No Minis for Stage Style
Eve Queler, musical director of the Opera Orchestra of New York, favors floor length gowns over minis and micros. The conductor explains rear view grooming, lack of tight clothes, and practical dress for performances while balancing a career with family and future plans to work with St Louis and conductors. She emphasizes focus on music over appearance and notes her roles with the New York City Opera and other companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Brown
UP News
Eve Queler
Don Giovanni
Opera Orchestra of
New York
Town Hall
Tully Hall
Lincoln Center
Joseph Rosenstock
Metropolitan Opera
Martha Baird Rockefeller
Seattle Opera Company
Symphony At
St. Louis
Agnew name worn in products to fund charity
Three manufacturers planned to give $25,000 from Agnew likeness items to aid war prisoners in Indochina and American Indians after selling Agnew watches and T shirts. Dirty Time Co refused, claiming political comment rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
American Time Co
Detroit
Novelty Watch Co
Baltimore
Varsity House, Inc
Columbus
Ohio
Indochina
Dirty Time Co
Anaheim
Calif
Hale E. Dougherty
Dirty Time
American Time and Novelty Watch
Varsity House
Quotations on Work Ethic Open Sermon Page
A devotional column features quotes about labor and fair pay from I Timothy 5 18 and Edward Harriman. The piece stresses honest returns for others money and encourages diligent, principled effort.
North Texas Beauties Sweep Miss Texas Prelims
Miss Denton Janice Bain and Miss Tarrant County Junior College Canthy Calahan led the preliminary rounds of the Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth. Bain won talent honors with an aria from Romeo and Juliet, while Calahan captured the swim suit title. The event advances toward Saturday's coronation and a chance at a $2,500 scholarship, $3,000 wardrobe, and a trip to Atlantic City for Miss America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
North Texas
Atlantic City
Texas
Miss Bain
John H. Bain
San Antonio
Integration Suit Filed Against Tyler Independent School District
The Justice Department filed suit in Tyler accusing the district of failing to meet desegregation standards through freedom of choice and geographic zoning for student assignment. It seeks a court order to desegregate by fall and dismantle the plan that produced seven all black, three all white, and 11 schools with over 90 percent white enrollment. The district served 15,952 white and 4,727 black students in 1969-70, and was not on a list of 48 segregated Texas districts. A related warning letter to state education officials cautioned possible action if compliance isn’t achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Tyler, Tex
Tyler
Texas
Department
Missed Paper Delivery Urges Circulation Call
If you do not receive your newspaper by 5 30 p m call the Circulation Dept by 6 45 p m and delivery will be guaranteed The contact number is 445 5475.
Funeral Services Held Today for Pelham L. Dick
Funeral services were held today at 10:00 a.m. for Pelham L. Dick, 64, who died in Monahans Hospital on July 14. Clark Ford officiated at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Born March 20, 1906 in Albertville, Alabama, he had lived in Pecos three years after twenty years in Carlsbad, New Mexico, survived by a son Lamar of Rockville, Conn., a sister Mrs. Cecil Cothrun of Pecos, and two brothers Jack Dick of Brownwood and S. D. Dick of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham L. Dick
Monahans Hospital
Pecos Funeral Home
Clark Ford
Fairview Cemetery
Albertville
Alabama
Pecos
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Lamar
Rockville Conn
Cecil Cothrun
Jack Dick
Brownwood
Texas
S. D. Dick
Alberquerque
Hearing To Begin Today For Slayer
A pre trial hearing for Texas Tech student Benjamin Lach accused of killing cleaning woman Sarah Morgan on December 4, 1967, at Tech Science Building was delayed by another case. Nine witnesses waited as Judge Byron Matthews heard final arguments in the other matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Byron Matthews
Benjamin Lach
Sarah Alice Morgan
Tech
Science
Candy Barr Hearing Set Before Trial on Marijuana Charge
A pre trial hearing for former stripper Candy Barr real name Juanita Dale Phillips was rescheduled to August 13 before Judge Joe Dibrell. Barr seeks to quash three search warrants and the possession indictment ahead of her trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood
Tex
Candy Barr
Miss Barr
Joe Dibrell
Juanita Dale Phillips
Nixon mingling with crowds risks security for guards
President Nixon pushes a public mood of accessibility by greeting crowds at All-Star game stops and city street interactions. Secret Service face new challenges as he rides open cars and climbs onto the bubbletop limousine, while aides weigh the political gain of out-of-town appearances ahead of crucial state and congressional elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Cincinnati
Riverfront
Louisville
Secret Service
Cambodia
Washington
Hospital News Admits and Exits For July 12 14 1970
The weekly hospital brief lists admissions and dismissals from July 12 to July 14 1970. Betty Brown admitted July 12. Dismissals include Mrs Bob Stevenson Tommy Jackson and Mary Alicia Flores and baby Corina Rivas and baby Odell Dillion Cheryl Clayton and Rosa Rodriguez and Mary Alicia Flores and baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Brown
Bob Stevenson
Tommy Jackson
Mary Alicia Flores
Corina Rivas
Baby
Odell Dillion
Cheryl Clayton
Rosa Rodriguez
Births in Pecos: twins born July 13 to local families
A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Hal Brown Jr at 1907 S Park Pecos on July 13. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Flores at 305 N Pecan Pecos on July 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Brown, Jr
S, Park, Pecos
Lorenzo Flores
Pecan
Pecos
Grain Shovels Carved From Solid Wood By Early Farmers
Early American farmers shaped grain shovels from solid wood due to a belief that metal should not touch grain. The practice reflects a cautious hand labor tradition and suggests limited access to iron tools in the period.
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Bureau
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
House
John L.mcclellan
D- Ark
Capital
District of Columbia
I Timothy
Edward Harriman
North Texas Beauties
Mike Cochran
Texas Panhandle
Harris County
Houston
Alice
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Palacios
McAllen
Austin
Brownsville
Victoria
Panhandle
Childress
Miss Calahan
Lockney
Calahan Jr
Burleson
Lach
Rusk State Hospital
Candy
Barr
Pony League All Stars
Kenneth Williams
Freddie Villescas
Mickey Marcus
Fernando Hernandez
Wallace Perkins
David Dominguez
Donny Herod
Donald Walker
Mike Sadler
Robert
Abila
Phillip Ryan
Charley Morris
Roger Chavez
Wade McLain
David Smith
Joe Bustamante
Mark Jackson
Kyle Johnson
Lions Club
Preston van Hanken
Andrews Chamber of Commerce
van Hanken
Andrews
Robert P. Scripps
Balmorhea
Demos
Congress
Hospital News
Tere
Rush
Concordia
Missouri
DR. Rush
Brussels
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