Twin Divided Spans Planned for Bakersfield Bridge Replacement
Texas Highway Commission approves 23.1 miles of Interstate 10 work including replacing the narrow Tunis Creek bridge near Bakersfield where nine died in a March 9 crash. Project funds come from state money with federal aid hoped for later.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Highway Commission
Bakersfield
Pecos County
Tunis Creek
Interstate 10
el Paso
Rain brings drop in temperatures in West Texas region
A 10 degree drop followed by .04 inch rainfall brought relief to Pecos amid a dry spell. Forecasters predicted scattered showers through the weekend as strong storms lashed towns from San Angelo to Beaumont and Phoenix reported record rain. In Odessa a roof was ripped off and hail fell. Big Spring saw 1.65 inches in 30 minutes with minor fire damage from lightning. A lawn mower was reported stolen in West Phoenix.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
San Angelo
Abilene
Plainview
Turkey
Wichita Falls
Jacksboro
del Rio
Cotulla
Texas
San Antonio
Garden City
Big Lake
Sheffield
Beaumont
Houston
Odessa
Big Spring
Presidents renew alliance talks in Iceland summit
Nixon and Pompidou wrap two day talks in Reykjavik with aim to revitalize the Atlantic alliance for the 1970s. They foresee a possible autumn summit of 16 NATO members plus Ireland, but offer no firm accords. Kissinger says progress may lead to a broader Atlantic charter and potential European leader summit later in the year.
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Iceland
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ireland
Henry A. Kissinger
Newsmen
Common Market
Kissinger
United States
France
Atlantic Alliance
Michel Jobert
Paris
Ervin says top secret papers would shock U S public
Senate Watergate chair Sam Ervin says he read secret White House documents revealing a Gestapo mentality at high Nixon admin levels. He described a blueprint for domestic espionage and said public release would shock Americans, noting Hoover objected to the plan.
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U.S
Washington
Andrew
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate
Watergame Committee
White House
Winston-Salem
N. C
John W. Dean III
North Carolina
Nixon
FBI
Edgar Hoover
Watergate Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
America
CIA
AARP offers defensive driving course in Pecos
AARP and the National Safety Council sponsor a four night defensive driving course in Pecos at the community center from June 11 to 14. Instructors Paul Dowling Harold Meyer and Mel Joetta Colwell will teach eight hours of instruction using films and visual aids with certificates awarded upon completion. Registration is available from Dowling at 2167 Country Club Drive or 447-2805.
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Paul D. Dowling
Trans- Pecos
American Association of Retired Persons
Oak St
National Safety Council
Harold G
Car strikes parked auto in City
City police cited Margaret Sotelo of Country Club trailer park Sp. 17 for driving without a license after she backed from a driveway in the 900 block of S Elm and hit Vaughn Sandell’s parked car at 911 S Elm.
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Margaret Sotelo
S. Elm
Vaughn Sandell
Ruben Gonzales
Sotelo
Savings and Loan Names New Branch Leaders in Pecos Area
Joel Daniel of Pecos Savings and Loan promotes Dwight Hooker to branch manager of the Van Horn office. Hooker, in Pecos since 1971, will start Monday. Larry Eudy of Van Horn is hired to replace Hooker in Pecos as loan officer trainee after farming with his father.
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Pecos Savings and Loan
Dwight Hooker
Pecos
van Horn
Hooker
Texarkana
Ark
Sul Ross University
Alpine
For
Mer Rebecca Smalling
McAllen
Daniel
Larry Eudy
Eudy
Matador
Texas Tech University
Gibsons Discount Center Fire Still Under Control
Pecos firemen monitor ruins of Gibsons Discount Center as cleanup continues. Crews make trips Thursday to extinguish periodic rubble fires while police keep the scene cordoned off to deter pilferage. The roof collapsed and girders rest on ashes as heat weakens remaining metal. authorities urge stayout for public safety.
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Pecos
Gibsons Discount Center
Airplane Crash Near Tyler Kills Pilot and Destroys Mail
An air plane en route from Dallas to East crashed near Tyler early today killing pilot Richard S. Khoury of Longview. The plane carried about 1,082 pounds of mail including 160 pounds of air mail, according to the Southern Regional Post master General's office.
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Tyler
Tex
Dallas
Richard S. Khoury
Longview
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