Starr named Packers coach after retirement from playing
Bart Starr, 38, announced retirement as a player and was hired today by the Green Bay Packers to coach quarterbacks. The former quarterback led the club to championships in the 1960s and will begin work in August. Mrs Spiro T Agnew in Spokane said dangers to her husband during campaigning exist but she was pleased Nixon kept him as running mate. she noted Secret Service security.
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Green Bay
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Bart Starr
Green Bay Packers
Starr
Packers
Spokane
Wash
Spiro T. Agnew
Fairbanks says playing The Pleasure of His Company suits him at 62
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. told a National Press Club luncheon he enjoys his lead role at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and has no plans to return to movies. He predicts the permissive era on stage and screen is ending, citing lack of genuine wit and good taste.
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Washington (Ap
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
National Press Club
John F. Kennedy Center For Performing Arts
Fairbanks
McCoy fails escape after jail arrest in Colorado
Richard F. McCoy Jr., condemned for skyjacking and given 45 years, tried to break from Adams County jail after joining prisoners to court. Recaptured within three blocks. ransom money mostly recovered. McCoy, 29, from Provo, Utah, parachuted from a United Airlines 727 near Provo on April 7 with 500000 dollars.
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Denver
Richard F. McCoy Jr
Adams County
McCoy
Provo
Utah
United Airlines
Settlements Reached in 83-Death Allegheny DC9 Crash
In Indianapolis, settlements totaling 1.7 million were approved in eight wrongful death suits stemming from the 1969 Allegheny Airlines DC9 crash near Indianapolis airport. Judge Cale J. Holder oversaw agreements reached after two weeks of testimony that began July 6. The US and Allegheny agreed to terms. payment details were not disclosed. Of 143 suits filed, 80 remain active. the crash had no survivors.
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Indianapoli, Ind
Allegheny Airlines
Cale J. Holder
United States
Allegheny
Indianapolis
Dorchester dairy store owner pledges to quit after robbery
BOTON AP reports Bob Sidelinger a 40 year old Dorchester dairy and grocery store operator says he will burn the key and quit after eight years in business following a robbery by three men who forced him to lie on the floor and emptied the cash register. He says the streets are full of dangerous kooks and adds he may never return to the business.
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Boton
Bob Sidelinger
Sidelinger
Dorchester
Water cooler mishooked to fire hydrant network in Roebling
Township engineers found a six year old water cooler at the Roebling post office was connected to the hydrant system drawing from the Delaware River. Roebling lies 16 miles downstream from Trenton's sewage plant. In Alton Illinois, the Fritz family revealed they housed Peter Gnagi the son of Switzerland's president for 10 months while he attended Alton High School. He helped with chores and daily tasks during his stay under an secrecy pledge. Switzerland’s Federal Council rotates the presidency among seven members with one year per member.
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Roebling
N.J
New Jersey
Delaware River
Trenton
Alton, Ill
St. Louis
Leroy Fritz
Switzerland
Peter Gnagi
Berne
Alton High School
Peter
Field Service
Federal Council
Dedham Oak Demolished by 50 mph Gust in Storm
In Dedham Massachusetts an Avery Oak, a landmark dating to 1636, fell during a thunderstorm with a 50 mph gust. The tree, once five feet in diameter, stood near the Fairbanks House, the oldest frame dwelling in America, and was property of the Dedham Historical Society.
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Dedham
Mass
House expected to approve antibusing law
Washington AP. A House committee moves toward approval of a strong antibusing bill despite a blocking protest by NAACP lobbyist Clarence Mitchell who likened Congress to a lynch mob. The measure would bar cross-town busing for elementary pupils and limit busing in higher grades as a step to curb desegregation orders.
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House
Clarence Mitchell
NAACP
Education and Labor Committee
Mitchell
Congress
Nixon
Crosstown
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Carl D. Perkins
Dky
Roman C. Pucinski
D-Ill
Pucinski
Perkins
Mitchel
Deaths Frank Ray Magee 59 to be buried in Evergreen
Funeral services will be held at Pecos Funeral Home Chapel at 4 p.m. today for Frank Ray Magee 59 of Trapark Sp 20. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Rube Patillo officiating. Magee born Brayton Mississippi in November 1912. Survived by wife Dayma Lee son William Leroy Magee Balmorhea daughter Mrs. Tom Shoopman Fort Worth mother Lovella Magee El Paso and three grandsons. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band did not create jazz as claimed but made the first jazz phonograph records in 1917.
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Frank Ray Magee
Trapark Sp
Evergreen Cemetery
Rube Patillo
Magee
Brayton
Miss
Dayma Lee
William Leroy Magee
Balmorhea
Tom Shoopman
Fort Worth
Lovella Magee
el Paso
The Weather Elsewhere High Lower
The weather report provides a brief regional outlook with temperature ranges and conditions. Specific highs and lows along with locations or stations are not clearly stated in readable form, leaving the forecast generalized.
Miss Your Paper Pecos Enterprise Circulation Contact
If you miss your Pecos Enterprise or service is unsatisfactory, call the Circulation Department at 4455475. The number is open until 6 45 p m on weekdays.
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Pecos
House extends Air Force officer growth four years
The House passed a bill 268 to 128 extending four years for the Air Force to raise its officer ceiling to handle 9,676 planes. It permits more colonels and majors, costs about 4.8 million dollars this year, and aims to standardize officer promotion across services amid a long running Pentagon study.
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House
Air Force
Senate
Milvin Price
Dill
Air Force Field
Pentagon
McGovern to wait on Eagleton reaction to disclosure
Democratic nominee George McGovern seeks public response to vice presidential pick Eagleton admitting psychiatric treatment and shock therapy in 1960 1964 and 1966. Frank Mankiewicz warns the next days will be delicate while Republicans weigh their response amid the Nixon era and Vietnam war.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Custer
S.D
Thomas F. Eagleton
George McGovern
McGovern
Frank Mankiewicz
White House
Nixon
Mankiewicz
Eagleton
Los Angeles
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Strike wave against labor law hits London
AP report details a large scale strike across London’s transport system and Heathrow, with 24,000 transport workers striking and 3,000 ground staff at Heathrow, while 300,000 workers nationwide join the action. The Official Solicitor seeks release of five jailed longshoremen amid a confrontation over anti strike law.
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London
ED Blanche
Associated Press
Heathrow
Industrial Relations Court
South Wales
Liverpool
Merseyside
Heath
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Wilson
Pecos Enterprise Subscription Rates in Reeves County
The Pecos Enterprise publishes daily except Saturdays and Sundays from 324 S Cedar St Pecos Texas 79772 Subscription prices by mail in Reeves County are 6 months 9 00 year 18 00 All other mail 6 months 11 00 12 months 21 00 Second class postage paid at the Texas 79772.
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S. Cedar Int
Pecos
Texas
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Reeves County
Ambulance Calls Reported for July Dates
Ambulance dispatches recorded on July 24 and July 25. At 5:03 p.m. on July 24 Trae Park, age 26, was taken to hospital. At 4:43 p.m. on July 25, an address at 2125 Locust Street was transported to hospital.
Free Theatre Ticket Hidden number in classified ads
A note in today’s paper asks readers to locate a hidden local telephone number among the classified ads. If the number matches yours, visit the office by 5 pm tomorrow with proof to receive a free pass to the State or Texan Drive In Theatre. Also highlights money saving bargains in the classifieds.
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