Apollo Crew Cleared After Honolulu Fume Incident
Apollo astronauts Thomas Stafford Donald Slayton and Vance Brand were pronounced free of symptoms after a five day hospital stay in Honolulu. A 10 day rest period was advised and their debriefing team would be questioned about the nine day mission including a rendezvous with Soviet cosmonauts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Stafford
Donald Slayton
Vance Brand
Arnold Nicogossian
Space Agency
Stafford
Slayton
Brand
Ing
Earth
OSHA Skews Rodeo Rules In Humorous Letter
A spoof letter from the OSHA head to the Rodeo Cowboy’s Association imagines sweeping safety reforms. It suggests banning bucking bulls and horses taller than four feet three inches, replacing bull riding with cows, adding seat belts for barrel racing, stopping the event, and hobbling steers in bulldogging to reduce injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Rodeo Cowboy's Association
Rodeo Cowboys Assoc. of America Attn
Big
Mr. Meaney
Jersey
Congress
DPS holds rapid fire drill in Pecos with 11 troopers
DPS troopers from Pecos Kermit Monahans Balmorhea Fort Davis and local area gathered at the rifle and pistol range for qualification firing at 25 yards. They shot five rounds in 10 and 20 seconds and must post a score of 200 or more to qualify before lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DPS
Fire County
Pecos
Melton Rasberry
Kermit
Monahans
Balmorhea
Fort Davis
Midland
Senate approves cost of living pay raise for officials
The Senate voted 58 to 29 to boost salaries for Congress members and top federal officials, citing 47.5 percent cost rise since 1969. The raise would apply to Vice President Rockefeller, Chief Justice Burger, Speaker Albert, Supreme Court justices, Cabinet members, and about 14,000 federal workers. President Ford signals support for a 5 percent raise this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Warren E. Burger
Carl Albert
Supreme Court
Ford
THA forms nonprofit insurer to curb high malpractice rates
The Texas Hospital Association announces a Reciprocal Insurance Exchange to provide malpractice coverage for its 675 member hospitals. Officials say the nonprofit company aims to operate by early fall, addressing a potential gap with 75 Texas hospitals possibly uninsured by then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Texas Hospital Association
Texas
THA
Ray Hurst
Reciprocal Insurance Exchange
Dean Davis
Barstow and area lashed by winds and heavy rains
A violent weather outbreak moved through Pecos and surrounding areas Tuesday afternoon bringing scattered moderate to heavy rainfall. Barstow Balmorhea Toyah and areas north of Barstow reported one to three inches of rain and damaged utility poles four miles north of Barstow. Pecos escaped the worst as storms eased and skies began clearing.
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Barstow
West Texas Utilities Company
West Texas
Trans-Pecos
Pecos
Texas Utilities Company
Balmorhea
Toyah
Moonlight Madness Sale lights up Pecos with bargains
Thursday night event features 10 plus stores open from 7 to 10 p.m. offering season closeout savings across Pecos. Participating shops include Window Box Woolworths Penneys United Anthonys Williams Carlton's Western Auto Sprouse Reitz and Goodyear. Join in for a cool summer evening of shopping and savings.
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Pecos
Window Box
Woolworth’s
Penneys
United
Anthonys
Williams
Carlton’s
Western Auto
Sprouse Reitz
Goodyear
Wet fields halt picket lines in Verhalen Pecos area
Wet fields stop United Farm Workers sympathizers from entering cantaloupe fields in Verhalen area forcing a return to headquarters. In Pecos area, 33 demonstrators face criminal trespass charges, with all posting $400 bonds. Eight juveniles were turned over to adults after detention.
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United Farm Workers
Verhalen
Cantaloupe
Charles Weinacht
UFW
Antonio Orendain
Austin
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Pecos
Pecos-Cayanosa
Reeves County Justices of the Peace
John Lewis
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Bud Slover
Slover
Glenn Wood
Reeves
Ward
Winkler
Loving
Jeff Davis
Apollo
Honolulu
Bellows Air Force Station
Here
Tripler Army Hospital
NASA
É Que
Paso
By John Pitts
Texas Panhandle
Pecos River
Wood
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