Watergate tapes showdown moves to court
The Watergate committee voted to sue President Nixon to force access to tapes and White House documents. Nixon refused to turn over tapes but offered two memos and said courts lack authority to compel him. Judge Sirica set a prompt hearing on the dispute.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Water
Archibald Cox
Cox
Executive
Senate
White House
Howard H. Baker Jr
Dash
John W. Dean III
Pony Express reenactment faces potential Indian attack
Smoke signal expert Jim Horton warns of an impending Indian attack near Fort Stockton during Aug 4 celebrations. The event aims to prove faster mail delivery by horseback, with routes and timing contrasted against standard U.S. Mail. Festivities include junior rodeo, fiddlers contest, and a dance after the rodeo.
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Pony Express
U.S. Mail
Fort Stockton
Jim Horton
Horton
Alpine
U.S
el Paso
Midland
Pecos Co
Nixon says 1973 budget deficit $14.4 billion
The Nixon administration announced that 1973 outlays totaled $246.6 billion with receipts at $232.2 billion, yielding a $14.4 billion deficit. Officials credited higher tax receipts and reduced federal spending and stated a goal of a balanced budget for fiscal year 1974 without tax increases.
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Washington
Nixon
Drug charge filed here in arrest of Ruben Tarrango Barreno
Barreno 22 address unknown remained in custody after Wednesday night arrest by patrolman Ruben Gonzales at about 8 p m near a car wash on East Third Street. Officers found a brown bag with six plastic bags containing about four ounces of suspected marijuana under a seat.
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Ruben Tarrango Barreno
Barreno
Ruben Gonzales
East Third Street
Gonzales
Weak cool front lowers Texas temperatures and sparks storms
A weak cool front brought cooler air to Northwest Texas with showers around Midland and Paris. Temperatures rose to 96 in Pecos with a 71 overnight low. Forecasters expect partly cloudy to clear skies through Friday amid scattered afternoon and evening storms. Severe weather raged in Southeast Texas with a tornado near Silsbee and heavy winds and hail near Kountze Evadale, Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend.
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Pecos
Texas
Midland
Paris
Associated Press
el Paso
San Angelo
Texarkana
Dalhart
Amarillo
Galveston
Silsbee
Beau
Ehrlichman Testifies on White House Plumbers and Pentagon Papers
Ehrlichman says Mitchell and Hoover knew of White House plumbers plan to investigate the Pentagon Papers. He cites pressure from the President to act and claims the plumbers aimed to prod the FBI into stronger action. Weicker questions Hoover Marx ties. Ehrlichman defense cites national security.
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Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Atty
John N. Mitchell
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
White House
Daniel Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
Lichman
Marx
Hoover
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Mitchell
Krog
Attorney General
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Nixon
Weicker
John J. Wilson
Merger of City Police and County Sheriff Tabled by Pecos Council
Pecos Mayor E W Schmidt assailed publicity on the proposed merger of the city police and Reeves County Sheriff's office. The council agreed to meet jointly with county officials before any action. Schmidt and Holcombe criticized news coverage and suggested combining media outlets to save costs.
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Pecos
E. W. Schmidt
Sheriff's Office
Schmdt
Anc Onty
Schmidt
Enterprise
KIM Radio
Holecomb
Walter Holcombe
Holcombe
Reeves County Sheriff’s Office
Commissioners Court
Lethimidt
Gene Martin
AARP
Pony League Loses To Lubbock In Eight Innings
In Lubbock on Wednesday night the Pony League game ended 6 to 5 after eight innings with Pecos falling to the Lubbock team. The report also covers local civic notes from Reeves County and city council actions including tax relief for seniors, AARP requests, and city staff changes.
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Pecos
Lubbock
Pecos Hosts Crazy Days With Wild Shopper Bonanza
Pecos with 13 000 residents gears up for Crazy Days on Friday. Local stores offer outrageous prices and staff costumes while shoppers compete in the craziest-dressed contest judged by Jay Dycus Doug Mires and Dwayne Dobbs as they help set the event in motion.
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Pecos
Jay Dycus
Doug Mires
Dwayne Dobbs
Cyclist Injured In Hwy 285 Motorcycle Crash
Lakewood California man James Albert Simpson was injured when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Jimmy Ray Willingham at the U S 285 and north service road near IH 20. Willingham received a ticket for failure to yield at the stop sign.
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Lakewood
Calif
U.S. 285
North Service Road
James Albert Simpson
Jimmy Ray Willingham
2213 Country Club
Willingham
California
Ruben Gonzales
58 Children Learn to Swim Through Optimist Club Lesson
The Optimist Club closes its free swimming lessons this week with 58 local children completing the program. Club official Carl McGee says the turnout mirrors previous years and officials are pleased with the response to the project.
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Optimist Club
Carl McGee
Firemen respond to two vehicle fires near major highways
Firemen answered two calls on Wednesday involving vehicles. A trailer house burned about one mile east of the U S 285 SH 20 intersection after an officer alerted the dispatcher, and a car fire occurred at the Chevron station at the IH 20 U S 285 intersection.
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Sheriff's Office
U.S. 285
Chevron
Vernon cotton scheme tied to Estes fraud collapse
The Vernon bank failure triggered the unraveling of a regional cotton operation run by Vernon brokers PLE Huntley and G F Hemphill. An AP investigation shows phony drafts and receipts financed by non existent assets crashing through banks across Mississippi Oklahoma and Texas. Authorities weigh federal receivership and possible criminal charges amid losses estimated up to 88.8 million.
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Vernon, Tex
North Texas
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
Estes
Associated Press
First State Bank of
Vernon
PLE
Huntley
G.F. Hemphill
Hemphill
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