Navy grounds Blue Angels after fatal crash
The Navy grounded the Blue Angels after a crash killed three team members. Rear Adm. William Thompson said 23 demonstrations through November are canceled and the program is under review. Secretary John Warner asked officials to evaluate the program for public attention and recruiting impact.
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Washington
Navy
Blue Angels
William Thompson
Secretary of the Navy
John Warner
Texas constitutional revision panel backs old look and key taxes
The 37 citizens drafting Texas new constitution agree on keeping the ad valorem property tax and the motor fuel tax in the document. They approve funds for the Permanent University Fund and the Permanent School Fund, and seek to preserve state education authority with governor appointment tweaks. The panel delays finish, voting Aug 106-11 for more hearings.
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Austin, Tex
Texas
Texas Constitutional Revision Commission
Guage
Beryl Milburn
Austin
University of Texas
Texas A&m
UT+Arlington
San Antonio
Permian
Consti
State Board of Education
Robert W. Calvert
Texas Supreme Court
Skylab 2 Leak Halted as Astronauts Rest in Space
Skylab 2 crew Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma halted a tiny leak aboard the station after a disruptive wakeful period for a leak check and seasickness like illness. Ground control remotely fed gas to restore pressure and the crew returned to bed to recover before planned spacewalks.
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Mission Control
Athletes to report for school football physicals and drills
Students and athletes must report at the school house August 6 and 7 for physicals for both girls and boys. Shoes issued August 8. Conditional drill August 13. Two a days in pads August 17. School starts August 20. Plains scrimmage August 24 in Andrews. Junior varsity scrimmage August 25 with Alpine. Scrimmage September 1 versus Odessa Permian junior varsity.
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Andrews
Odessa Permian
Hospital Births and Admits Chronicle July 1973
Hospital notes list admissions on multiple dates including July 21 to July 28 1973 with patients Elda Sanchez Graciela Jimenez and baby Kenneth Bowens Craig Bowens Anita Nunez Maria Elena Chavez Eustacia Corralez Bernardo Pena Alejandra Ornelas Thelma Eldred Sara Yeager Debbie Ephriam David Calanchi and others. Birth announcements include a baby girl to Jesus Sanchez Toyah and two other newborns to Jay Sims and Ramon Nunez with dates July 20 21 and 23 1973.
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Baby
Salema Leyva
Betty Cravens
Buck Jackson
Beverly Hardy
Tommy Kilcrease
David Analla
James Bowens
Elda Sanchez
Kenneth Bowens
Craig Bowens
Virginia Brookshire
Anita Nunez
Maria Elena Chavez
Eustacia Corralez
Bernardo Pena
Alejandra Ornelas
Vicki Sims
Ben Nunez
Thelma Eldred
Sara Yeager
Debbie Ann Ephriam
David Calanchi
Eustacio Corralez
Rose Curcurato
Dorothy Benton
Clara Elena Lopez
Dorothy Lindsay
Debbie Ephriam
Jesus Sanchez
Toyah
Jay Sims
Hackberry
Ramon Nunez
Rig count rises in Permian Basin drilling activity
Reed Drilling Equipment reports 199 active rigs in the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, up from 198 last week. Southeast New Mexico leads with 28 rigs in Eddy County, followed by Texas Railroad Commission District 8 with 20 in Pecos County and Lea County New Mexico at 18.
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Permian Basin
West
Texas
New Mexico
Eddy County
N. M
Texas Railroad Commission District 8
Pecos County
Lea County
N.M
Pecos Enterprise Address and Mail Rates Notice
The Pecos Enterprise published in Pecos Texas lists mailing address 324 S Cedar St Pecos TX 79772 and PO Box 2057. Subscription rates by mail in Reeves County are six months 10.50 dollars and one year 21.00 dollars. All other mail six months 12.50 and twelve months 24.00. Second class postage paid at Pecos Texas 79772.
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S. Cedar St
Pecos
Texas
Reeves County
Bean bag shotgun death in New Mexico riot
In Grants New Mexico police used a shotgun firing bean bag rounds on a crowd of 150 to 200 youths. Melvin Ortiz 18 died from chest contusion as a result of blunt impact. Capt. Phal Wyant fired twice after warnings were ignored during a gang clash involving Anglo and Chicano youths.
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Marez
Melvin Ortiz
Wyant
Albuquerque
James Weston
Grants
Ed Bell
Weston
Chief Bell
Deaths Rosary and Mass for Sylvia Villalon
Sylvia Rita Villalon 15 of Pecos will have rosary and mass at Santa Rosa Church at 7 p m today. Burial is set for 10 a m Tuesday at Santa Rosa Cemetery. She died in a one car accident in Pecos Saturday at 7 45 p m. She was born May 18 1958 and was a lifelong Pecos resident. Survivors include her mother Nicaela Villalon of Pecos two brothers Pedro of Odessa and Samuel of Pecos two sisters Ramona Ortega and Herlinda Villalon and her grandparents Felicita Martinez of Arizona and Apolinia Martinez of Mexico.
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Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Santa Rosa
Pecos
Nicaela Villalon
6Th St
Pedro
Odessa
Samuel
Ramona Ortega
Herlinda Villalon
Peecos
Felicita Martinez
Arizona
Apolinia Martinez
Mexico
Riot destroys state prison in McAlester
Weekend prison riot at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester left 1,750 inmates displaced after fires destroyed the cell blocks. At least two convicts were killed, 17 inmates and three guards injured, with 23 held hostage as National Guardsmen regained control by Sunday. Estimated damages ranged from 206 to 330 million dollars.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State
Bar board weighs action on Nixon and five California lawyers
The San Francisco Examiner reports the State Bar of California plans formal proceedings against President Nixon and five California lawyers over Watergate. The board voted by a slim majority to initiate the investigation with 14 of 15 members present. Names include Ehrlichman Kalmbach Segretti Strachan and Marcian.
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Los Angeles
Joanne Garvey
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Florida
Gordon Strachan
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