Apollo 15 launches for first lunar driving expedition
Apollo 15 astronauts Col. David Scott Lt. Col. James Irwin and Maj. Alfred Worden lift from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn 5 to begin a voyage to the moon. They plan the first driving survey on the lunar surface to a Hadley Apennine basin site with the Falcon lander and moon buggy to study the moon’s origin and geology.
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AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Air Force
Scot
Irwin
Worden
Lunar
Scott
Falcon
Apennine Mountains
Donald K. Slayton
Earth
Nixon
Godspeed
Soviet Union
Moon
Railroad talks stall after 12 hour session in Washington
In Washington a 12 hour labor meeting between UTU President Charles Luna and National Railway Conference chair J P Hiltz Jr failed to yield an agreement. Negotiations resume at 3 p.m. EDT as walkouts threaten four railroads and potentially more, with work rule disputes and cost cuts at issue.
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Washington
Labor Department
United Transportation Union
Charles Luna
J. P. Hiltz, Jr
National Railway Conference
Pope Paul VI to outline reform of Catholic confirmation
Pope Paul VI announced in Castel Gandolfo that a public apostolic constitution reforming the sacrament of confirmation would be released within weeks. He said scholars, bishops, and Vatican experts have worked on the revision for over three years, though he did not specify changes.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Paul VI
Papal Summer Palace
Vatican
African leader Amin to visit Addis Ababa and OAU
President Idi Amin will travel to Addis Ababa on Tuesday for his first post coup visit to another African nation. He plans to meet at the OAU secretariat in Ethiopia, signaling a potential return to normal Uganda-OAU relations after prior strains over the June summit transfer.
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Kampala
Idi Amin
Addis Ababa
Radio Uganda
Amin
Uganda
Organization of African Unity
Ethiopia
OAU
Barnard reports patient with new heart and lungs in satisfactory condition
In Cape Town Groote Schuur Hospital issued a bulletin saying Adrian Herbert, 49, who received Christian Barnard’s second heart lung transplant, was in satisfactory condition with heart and lungs working adequately after Sunday's operation. The donor, Jackson Gunya, 28, died from injuries sustained in a fight.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Christian N. Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Adrian Herbert
Jackson Gunya
Attorney General asks Sharp called as witness
The judge granted a state request to call Frank W. Sharp before an Austin grand jury after August 17. The court allowed Sharp at least 90 more days immunity to testify in a stock manipulation probe. The U S attorney urged prompt questioning of the 65 year old financier.
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B.F. Kellum
Associated Press
Houston
John V. Singleton
Frank W. Sharp
Austin
Singleton
Sharp
Krazee Winners in Pecos Enterprise Coupons
Friday edition lists winners including Pecos Men's Shop Ruth Johnson 1716 Jefferson Penney's Bengie Maldonado 210 1/2 N and others. The court ruling clears the way for state investigators to question Sharp after Aug 17. Sharp had pleaded guilty to two federal banking and securities charges tied to the National Bankers Life scandal and the collapse of the Sharpstown State Bank.
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Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Men’s Shop
Ruth Johnson
Jefferson
Penney’s
Bengie Maldonado
Sharp
Morton Susman
Singleton
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Sharpstown State Bank
NBL
Break-in Thwarted at Sinclair Station
A passerby alerted police to a break-in attempt at the Sinclair self service station at 8th and Cedar. Juan Rudy Martinez, 17, and a 16-year-old boy were arrested at the scene as Deputy Kenneth Stroud detained them. Bond for Martinez set at 2000 by Justice of Peace J F High tower. The juvenile was handed to juvenile officer J E Couch. The pair allegedly tried to kick an air conditioner from the rear opening.
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Kenneth Stroud
Sinclair
8Th
Cedar Streets
Juan Rudy Martinez
Martinez
Justice of Peace
J. F. Hightower
J. E. Couch
A. B. Nail
Hwy. 285
Drivers injured in IH accident near Collie Road
Two persons were injured and eight escaped with no injuries in a rear end collision at 4 am Saturday on TH 20, 1.5 miles east of the Collie Road exchange. The drivers of the vehicles were taken to Memorial Hospital by Pecos Ambulance Service. Beverly Ann Stump, 28, suffered possible neck and back injuries.
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Beverly Ann Stump
Phoenix
Ariz
Elva Pope Duncan
Garland
Collie Road Exchange
Memorial Hospital
Pecos Amebulance Service
Tex
Stump
Duncan
Dept. of Public Safety Highway Patrol
Joe Mitchell
Henry Morris
Michael
Coantha
Robbie Lynn
Duncan Childdren
Ernie
Cynthia
Linda
Joll
Earnest Duncan
Dept. of Public Safety
Exhibit shows soldier life in outdoor Army exhibit
The American Soldier outdoor exhibit, sponsored by the Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, is on display at Oak and Third Streets with free admission. It features Army programs Project Transition and Project 100,000, plus training centers Datacom and the Army Aviation Center and School, in a 12 ton expandable van with a narrated slide show and three portrait depictions of the American soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce
Oak and
Third Streets
United States Army
Project Transition
Datacom
Army Aviation Center
Miss Cotton of Pecos Pageant Names Holly Owens Finalist
Holly Cheryl Owens, 17, Pecos High School senior and Pecos Eagle Band member, is among sixteen entrants announced for the 1971 Miss Cotton of Pecos contest. The pageant on August 5 at Pecos Valley Country Club includes two appearances per contestant, questions for judges, luncheon with judges, entertainment, and a dance to finish the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Cheryl Owens
Pecos
Pecos Valley Country Club
Cotton Crusader Organization
Holly
Gene Owens
Pecos High School
Pecos Eagle Band
First Baptist Church
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Endeavour
Merrill Worden
Jackson, Mich
Hadley Rille
Hadley-Apennine
Chicago & North Western
Union
Railroads
UTU
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Luna
U.S
Ted Pinson
James Thomas Dick
Cecil Cothrun
Fairview Cemetery
Brownwood
Blanket
Cothrun
Minenie
Selmer Dick
Holly Owens
Maxine Tharp
Cotton Crusader
Howard
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