Pecos Eagles Fall to LaGrange in State Baseball Final
In Austin Pecos fell 5-2 to LaGrange. LaGrange erupted for five runs in the fifth inning on four hits and four errors. Donald Ray Walker started for Pecos and took the loss. Rudy Mendoza relieved in the sixth, giving up two hits in two innings. Pecos scored in the fifth and sixth but could not close the gap. Franklin Shorter.
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Pecos Eagles
LaGrange
Austin
Donald Ray Walker
Rudy Mendoza
Pecos
Wheat harvest threatened by fuel shortage in Texas Panhandle
Wheat growers in the Texas High Plains faced a fuel shortage that could trim as much as a third of the bumper crop. The Associated Press reports farmers and gasoline dealers crediting a black market for a one day delay in harvest as fuel supplies remain scarce in Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger, and surrounding counties. Prospects of record yields are blamed for the shortage and requests for Washington aid.
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Associated Press
Texas High Plains
Washington
Burkharnett
Wichita County
Cottle
Foard
North Lower Plains
Texas Panhandle
North Texas
Panhandle
Kerr-McGee
Mullins
Burkburnett
Wichita Falls
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Grand Harrison
Interior Department
Harrison
al Sweeney
Office of Oil and Gas
Jerry Atkins
Crowell
Townspeople Optimistic On Eagles Win
Shoppers and downtown workers voiced optimism as they were asked this morning if the Eagles will win today. Stephen Bates reports a upbeat mood among residents about the game day outlook.
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Eagles
Skylab space walk aims to free jammed solar wing
Two NASA astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Joseph Kerwin began a high altitude EVA to free the stuck solar wing on Skylab 4. They hope to restore power, enabling full instrument loads as Weitz remains aboard. Ground teams monitor progress with cautious optimism.
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Win
Space Station
Conrad
Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Skylab
Museum Adds Back Building To Shelter Historic Wagons
Crews build a new back addition at the Pecos Museum to house old wagons and surveys as part of its Old West history exhibits. Concrete flooring will support the roof with drill stem pipe. City workers haul materials and assist with construction bore by the museum.
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Alty
Pecos Museum
Old West
Temperatures Rise as Texas Sees Warm, Dry Weather
The Dallas area reports mild conditions with highs near 95 in Del Rio and 93 in Houston while Pecos tops 96. Showers linger in South Texas and the Panhandle, with a departing cool front causing scattered thunderstorms. Nationwide, rain and flash flood watches ease as heat remains in many regions.
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Pecos
South Texas
Panhandle Plains
Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Alice
Laredo
Mexico
Lubbock
Lamesa
Dryden
West Texas
Panhandle
McAllen
Dalhart
Wichita Falls
Houston
del Rio
Ohio
South Carolina
South Vietnam Rejects Kissinger Tho Peace Pact Move
South Vietnam says it will not sign any new truce agreement from Paris. Kissinger asks for more time to prepare while fighting continues in Cambodia and along Highway 4 near Phnom Penh. Thieu meets with National Security Council as Saigon voices concern over possible U S concessions.
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South Vietnam
Cambodia
Saigon
United States
Kissinger
Tho
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
National Security Council
Republic of Vietnam
Sig
Gazing extra gasoline in trunks deemed dangerous
Federal fire expert Richard E. Bland warns that carrying extra gasoline in a car trunk amid a fuel shortage could be fatal. He compares it to a bomb in the trunk and notes fumes could ignite from a cigarette or a puncture in a crash, trapping occupants in a fire.
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Washington
Richard E. Bland
President’s Commission On Fire Prevention
Bland
Debt ceiling kept at 465 billion through Nov 30
The House Ways and Means Committee votes to hold the federal debt ceiling at 465 billion dollars through November 30, tightening Treasury cash flow. The current debt stands at 458 billion, with Nixon proposals for a 20 billion increase previously floated. A separate report notes a burglary at 201 South Mulberry Street, targeting a grandmother's house.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Federal
Ruby Wilson
12Th St
S. Mulberry St
Two Attend Boys State at Texas American Legion Event
The 33rd annual American Legion Boys State in Austin opened with 860 Texas high school students and two from Mexico registering at University of Texas. James P. Holley announced. Registered Pecos Post 91 attendees included Arnold Byron Calderon and Richard Clay Slack II. Participants joined Nationalist or Federalist parties and proceed through precinct, county, and state conventions to vote in primaries. The program aims to build civic leadership and interest in government.
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American Legion
Department of Texas
University of Texas
Austin
Texas
Mexico
James P. Holley
Pecos
Arnold Byron Calderon
8Th St
Richard Clay Slack II
Jefferson
Pecos Enterprise launches one week get acquainted drive
The Pecos Enterprise offers free home delivery to the Pecos Trade Area for one week to recruit non subscribers. Evening delivery starts in Pecos and Barstow and will expand to Balmorhea. Subscribers help carriers win a Carlsbad Caverns trip and rewards. Call 445-5475 to start delivery.
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Enterprise
Carlsbad Caverns
Pecos
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