Vietnamese rangers battle North Vietnamese attackers near Saigon
Vietnamese rangers fought an estimated 400 North Vietnamese attackers near Saigon in a clash that underscores the intensity of the firefight. The article notes the scale of the assault and the ensuing combat operations, with no immediate word on casualties.
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Saigon
le Trung Hien
Pleiku
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Camp Fuller
Alpha 1
Dmz
Edward J. Cavanaugh
Fairfax
U. S
Cadet McGowen Finishes AFROTC Training at Eglin AFB
Cadet Russell B. McGowen of Pecos Texas completed a U S Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps field training encampment at Eglin Air Force Base Florida. He is a Texas A&M AFROTC unit member and Pecos High School 1968 graduate.
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Valpariso
Fla
Russell B. McGown
R. B. McGowen Jr
Jefferson St
Pecos
U. S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Afrotc
Eglin Afb
Air Force
McGowen
Texas A&m University
Pecos High School
Texas offers free license plates for disabled veterans
In 1971 the 62nd Texas Legislature enacted House Bill 615 providing free car license plates for veterans with 70 percent disability or greater. Veterans should contact J. A. Shoemake, service officer, to obtain application forms sent to the Texas Highway Department in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
J. A. Shoemake
Texas Highway Department
Austin
Agreement years on draft bill moves toward two year extension
Washington AP report says House Senate negotiators near a two year draft extension allowing President Nixon to set a date for total U S troop withdrawal from Indochina. Conflicting reports on whether the nine month Senate deadline for withdrawals would be removed or retained.
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Washington
House
Senate
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Car Wash Scheduled byJunior High MYF Group
The Junior High MYF of First United Methodist Church will host a car wash tomorrow at 311 West Fourth Street. Clean inside and outside of autos for 1.75 dollars per car.
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First United Methodist Church
W. Fourth St
Mrs Annie Caywood Rites Held In Monahans
Annie Lavina Caywood 87 died 8 50 a m Thursday at Ward County Memorial Hospital She was mother to Mrs W F Daniel of Pecos Funeral services set for 10 a m tomorrow at Hammond Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Monahans Cemetery She born March 23 1884 in Molina and lived in Monahans since 1934 Member of First Christian Church Survived by two daughters Mrs Flossie Bingham Monahans and Mrs Daniel Pecos two sons E A Caywood San Antonio and E R Caywood Fort Worth seven grandchildren
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Annie Lavina Caywood
Ward County Memorial Hospital
W. F. Daniel
Pecos
Hammond Funeral Home
Monahans
Caywood
Molina
First Christian Church
Flossie Bingham
Daniel
E. A. Caywood
San Antonio
E.R. Caywood
Fort Worth
Stock scandal probes touch Texas officials in 1969 trades
Travis County grand jury questioned three state officials and considers further testimony from Waggoner Carr's law partner Elmer Baum and aides Rush McGinty and Sonny Schulte in the National Bankers Life stock case linked to Sharpstown. The SEC alleges market manipulation tied to 1959 banking bills and state bank insurance aims. Novotny invoked the Fifth Amendment as investigators sought his Pipecreek address.
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Austin
Travis
Us, Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Baum, McGinty and
Houston
Frank Sharp
Insurance Company
Sharpstown Bank
Sharp
Preston Smith
Smith
Baum
McGinty
Schulte
NBL
Sharpstown State Bank
Body Found in Burned Car Near Houston
Deputies found an unidentified man's body in the trunk of a car burned southeast of Houston near the Phoenix Chemical Corp. plant after responding to a blaze shortly after midnight. Officials initially treated it as a possible car theft and arson case while investigators sought clues to the owner.
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Houston
Phoenix Chemical Corp
Leo Horn
Pecos Adds Patrolman Henry Morris to Force
Henry Morris, a 22-year-old State Highway patrolman and native of Teague Texas, is assigned to Pecos. A graduate of the DPS Academy in Austin, he previously patrolled from Midland after graduating January 22. He served 19 months in the U.S. Marines in the Pacific. He and his wife Cheryl Jan and their six month old son Christopher Keith live at 417 South Park.
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Henry Morris
Pecos
Dept. of Public Safety Academy
Austin
Morris
Midland
Teague
Tex
Fairfield High School
Navarro Junior College
U.S. Marines
Pacific
Cheryl Jan
Christopher Keith
South Park
Rain Lashes Pecos Area As Texas Storm Broadsides
Rain began in Pecos at 5 40 a m with high winds and lightning. AP reports severe weather across Texas with tornadoes flooding in Fort Worth and Deer Park damage from hail and wind. A cool front stretched El Paso to Longview, with showers lancing Central and East Texas as temps rose into the 70s and 80s along the coast.
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Pecos
KIM Radio
Balmorhea
Texas A&m
Associated Press
Texas
el Paso
San Angelo
Longview
South Texas
Fort Worth
Forest Hills
Dallas- Fort Worth
Department of Public Safety
Weatherford
Parker County
van Alstyne
Grayson County
Georgetown
Williamson County
Houston Viscinity
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Houston Ship Channel
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Central
East Texas
Abilene-Longview
West Texas
Wink
Abilene
Panhandle
Amarillo
Dalkhart
Galveston
Palacios
Pickens denies Mauzy charges in bid for probe
Odessa Rep Ace Pickens dismisses Dallas Senator Oscar Mauzy as crying over spilt milk and calls the charge of a conflict of interest between his legislative duties and railroad lobbying utterly ridiculous. Mauzy had urged an investigation and cited a conflict tied to past congressional action.
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Austin
Ace Pickens
Odessa
Dallas
Oscar Mauzy
Mauzy
Pickens
Congress
Odessa American
Maury
Washington
Mentone Murray
Harlingen
House General Investigating Committee
House
Pecos All-Stars Advance With 3-0 Win Over Abilene
The Pecos Pony League All-Stars defeated the Abilene All-Stars 3-0 to reach the championship bracket. Kenneth Williams struck out 10 in a three-hitter, setting up tomorrow's game against tonight's winner. Pecos remains undefeated in the double elimination tournament as the lone team with no losses.
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Pecos Pony League
Becky Weatherby Becomes Miss Cotton of Pecos Nominee
Rebecca Sue Weatherby of Cayanosa is among fifteen Cotton area contestants named for Miss Cotton of Pecos 1971. She, a Fort Stockton High School senior, has held student council, speech team and 4-H roles and was a Western Belle in a previous pageant. The pageant, August 5 at Pecos Valley Country Club, includes wardrobe tests, sports and evening gowns, impromptu questions, dinner and a dance. Tickets are $5.00.
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Rebecca Sue Weatherby
Cayanosa
Pecos
Maxine Tharp
Cotton Crusaders
H. L. Robertson
Rebecca Weatherby
Madge Weatherby
Lee Weatherby
Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton High School
Becky
Area II Vocational Clubs of America
Cotton
Pecos Valley Country Club
Cotton Crusader
Robertson
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Russell McGowen
Cadet McGowen
Cavanaugh
U. S. Command
Steve Lackey
Bryan Lackey
Ford Ord
Calif
Lackey
Dr. Baum
Mutscher
Travis County Grand Jury
Dist
Bob Smith
John Osorio
Carr
New York City
West
Jack Strong
Osorio
Strong
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
EDIC
Hwy. 17
Lindsay Addition
Wendell Faulkner
Deer Park
All-Stars
Becky Weatherby
Alton Hughes
Bob Bickley
Howard
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