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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1970
Page
3
Betty Geyer 29 of San Antonio died while en route from Roswell to Albuquerque after surviving a Capitan Peak crash that killed six aboard a twin engine Cessna 310. Her body was pronounced dead at St Joseph Hospital after the air ambulance left Roswell early today.
Lance Cpl. Woodrow N. Phillips USNC son of Mr and Mrs Harold E Phillips 903 W 2nd Lt injured in Vietnam on July 23 in Thang Nam Province. He sustained missile wounds to chest spleen and diaphragm from small arms fire during a squad patrol. He was admitted to Da Nang First Medical Battalion Hospital and transferred July 27 to Clark Air Base Philippines. He expects to return to the United States within three weeks for further treatment.
U S Sen John Tower accuses the HEW of a pervasive bureaucracy in handling desegregation and praises 48 Texas districts blocked by bureaucrats. He says desegregation is the law and district boards must act, even if it leads to federal court challenges.
The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women schedules a Sunday gathering in Alpine on August 2. Registration starts at 10 a.m. in the Parish Hall with a Folk Mass at 11 a.m. Our Lady of Peace Church, then a 12:15 p.m. business meeting and 1:30 p.m. luncheon.
A straight line from a point near Charleston South Carolina to a point near San Diego California defines the shortest Atlantic to Pacific route. The distance is 2152 miles.
Sixteen indictments were returned by the 143rd Judicial District Grand Jury. Defendants include Daniel Sosa Fuentez Raul Sotello Frank Rivera Roy Avila and Moses Martinez for burglary at Gibsons Discount Center. Others face charges of murder with malice assault with intent to murder theft by bailee forgery marijuana and possession of weapons. Several remain in jail on bond while others have been released.
Funeral services are pending at Hassel-Foster Mortuary in Palestine for R D Walters longtime vice principal and counselor at Pecos High School who died at 5 30 am in the Veterans Hospital Tyler after a lengthy illness Interment will be Crawford Cemetery Palestine Survivors include his widow Erma and two sons Joe and Mark of Pecos plus several older children and his mother
City Patrolman James Titus and DPS Trooper Joe Mitchell stopped a 1966 Oldsmobile and jailed Sandra Berry Ann White Bobby Miles Howard White and Michael Thomas all from Houston. The car was reported stolen in Brenham and owned by Allan O Brien of Pasadena. Bond set at 5000 each. A three year old girl was turned over to welfare authorities.
The Defense Department released the names of two Texas soldiers who died in Southeast Asia in nonhostile circumstances. Army Specialist 5 Greg D. Stevenson, husband of Carolyn L. Stevenson of Odessa, and Army Specialist 4 Terry L. Merritt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rood Merritt of Houston, are listed among the deceased.
Notice to readers about missed delivery with guarantee by 5 30 p m and circulation department contact number 445 5475 for resolution.
Pecos All Stars defeated Abilene All Stars 4 to 3 with Kyle Johnson earning ten strikeouts for Pecos and Terry Lambert also fanning ten for Abilene. Hitting leaders included Donald Walker David Abila and Danny Herod at 500, followed by Mark Jackson and Wade McLain. Abilene led off with Mayes and Drazynski scoring, Pecos pulled ahead in the fifth on Dominguez Johnson and Herod's at bat, then Walker and Jackson added insurance.
The Reverend Dr. William Hague Foster a retired Presbyterian minister died July 28 1970 after a short illness in Katy Hospital Denison. He preached at Pecos First Presbyterian Church and served in Midland Clarendon McAllen Galveston Brownwood Houston and other Texas churches. Interment is in Whitesboro with a memorial service at Grand Avenue Presbyterian in Sherman led by Reverend Richard Braun.
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