Nixon to meet Japan's Tanaka in Hawaii talks
President Nixon will meet new Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Hawaii on August 31 and September 1 to bolster U S Japanese relations focusing on trade. The joint statement from Washington and Tokyo notes Tanaka's election and follows past talks with Eisaku Sato.
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Japan
Tanaka
Washington
Kakuei Tanaka
Hawaii
Pacific
U.S
Pearl Harbor
United States
White House
Tokyo
Liberal Democratic Party
Eisaku Sato
Sato
San Clemente
Calif
Okinawa
Peking
Ziegler
Canada
Texans propose modernizing courts across state
A plan to fully modernize the Texas court system in 96 years will be submitted to the state legislature. It creates a statewide system of county level courts with full time lawyer judges, funded by court revenues, and allows smaller counties to keep county judges if desired. The plan aims to speed justice and ensure qualified judges in every contested case, with Pecos and Reeves County highlighted.
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Texas
Pecos
Ment
Robert W. Calvert
Texas Supreme Court
Calvert
Reeves
Darrell Glover
Tinue
Pecos Rotary exchange student returns from Japan
Peggy Knust the Rotary Club’s exchange student to Japan returns to Pecos after a year abroad. She will speak at the Thursday club meeting about travels across Japan and the national Rotary convention experiences. Peggy stays with another exchange student, Lisa Peyton, who just returned in May from South Africa.
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Peggy Knust
Rotary International
Japan
Lisa Peyton
Lisa
South Africa
Rotary Club
Pecos
Dan Peyton
Peggy
Miss Knust
Rotary
Knust
Clifton
Confab Has Textile Talk in Growth Seminar No 1
Abi lene Thursday seminar on getting a textile industry in your town is announced by Harold Meyer Pecos Chamber of Commerce manager. Sponsored by West Texas Chamber Texas Industrial Commission Texas Industrial Development Council and Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce at Sweetwater Coliseum Annex Newman Park. Harry Clark First National Bank vice president will preside. Registration starts 8 30 a m August 24 and continues through luncheon with adjournment around 3 30 p m. Major textile firm representatives will speak.
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Abilene
Harold Meyer
Pecos
Auto wrecks claim 26 in Texas weekend toll
The Associated Press reports a weekend death toll of 34 nationwide, with 26 killed in traffic crashes in Texas. A Dundee Archer County wreck killed oilman Bill Abell, 44, and three Sey mour children among six total fatalities. Three other deaths occurred in Dallas from a two car collision.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Dundee
Archer County
Bill Abell
Willie Daniels Jr
Rudolph
Seymour
U.S. 82
Trans-Pecos Colt League Stars aim for series clinch tonight
The Trans-Pecos Colt League All-Stars host El Paso in Pecos at Jaycee Park at 8 p.m. in game two of the playoff. Don Walker pitched well for Trans-Pecos, who won Sunday in El Paso 2-0 after a Saturday delay caused by a transformer. A second game would follow if El Paso wins, with a potential deciding matchup to determine the playoff winner.
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Trans-Pecos Colt League
Gerald Spray
Trans-Pecos
Trans-Pecos All-Stars
Lubbock
el Paso
Rescue Efforts Continue for Nine Missing Miners in West Virginia
Rescue workers near completion of a five inch bore aimed at the Blacksville No. 1 coal mine where nine men remain trapped after a fatal fire. Microphones and geophones are being used to detect life signs and air quality, while federal inspectors maintain weekly checks due to danger. No word has emerged from the missing miners, and officials called prospects dim.
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Blacksville
Hazlett Corchran
Consolidation Coal Co
Cochran
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Consolidated Coal Co
Blackville No. 1
Lions Meet in Pecos for 2T3 Cabinet Session
Lions District 2T3 from El Paso to Odessa gather July 30 in Pecos for the cabinet meeting hosted by Pecos Downtown Evening and Amistad clubs at the American Motor Inn. District Governor Bill Stevick presides, Lt. Governor Roger Moore attends. Sessions run 11 a.m. to noon lunch, then 1972 year goals and guidelines adopted, with plans for visiting Lions wives' activities.
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Lion Club
Pecos
Tommy Beauchamp
el Paso
Odessa
Texas
Downtown Club
Evening Club
Amistad Club
American Motor Inn
Bill Stevick
Roger Moore
Pecos Declares Cotton Week July 30 to August 5
Pecos Mayor E W Schmidt proclaims Cotton Week July 30 through August 5 and urges residents to honor the cotton industry. Highlight is the Miss Cotton of Pecos pageant August 1 at the Pecos Valley Country Club, open to the public, tickets from Cotton Crusaders.
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Anne Slack
Pecos
E.W. Schmidt
Cotton
Gtaff
E. W. Schmidt
Cotton of
Pecos Valley Country Club
Crusader
Schmidt
Cotton Crusaders
City of
Miss McCutcheon Seeks Cotton Title In Pecos Contest
Adrian McCutcheon, Balmorhea area entrant, daughter of Willis and Mrs. McCutcheon of Fort Davis, competes in the Miss Cotton of Pecos pageant. She is a multi activity student with leadership roles, choir memberships, and PSAC ties, modeling 100 percent cotton garments on August 1.
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Adrian McCutcheon
Pecos
Balmorhea
Willis McCutcheon
Fort Davis
Morhea High School
N.C.A
Student Council Association of America
Saints & Sinners Church
Presbyterian Church Choir
Cotton Crusaders
Cotton Crusader
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William Eberle
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Confab
Dallas
Colt League Stars
Balmorhea High School
Order of the Rainbow For Girls
Future Homemakers of America
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