Paola Wins 50th National Spelling Bee With Cambist
John Paola an eighth grader from Glenshaw Pennsylvania won the 50th National Spelling Bee after two finalists misspelled sesquipedalian and futtock. He correctly spelled cambist a term about exchange tables to clinch the title and a $1 000 prize plus a color TV. Joan O Leary of Yonkers New York finished as runner up earning $500.
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Harry. F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
John Paola
Glenshaw
Cambist
John
Squipedalian
Joan O’leary
Joan
St. Joseph's School
Yonkers
N.Y
Veery
Futtock
Yizkor
Sesquepedelian
Joseph Fumic
North Olmsted
Ohio
Roxanne Taylor
Forest Hills
Pecos Council Approves Six Small Hangars At Airport
Pecos City Council votes to build six small T hangars within months to aid airplane owners without storage. Bid from ABCO of Odessa totals 41 000 for six tiny structures and 39 111 for two larger hangars for twin engines. The panel also accepts Dr. H F Avery’s old clinic building dubbed The Green Monster for tax purposes and eyes renovation for possible future uses. A Missouri Pacific Depot hearing is slated for July to argue to keep the depot open.
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Pecos
ABCO
Odessa
Clinic
Eighth and Elm Sts
H.F. Avery
Painter
Ray Whitley
Weather and City Council Watchupdate
Weather outlook shows mostly fair conditions with scattered thunderstorms in the southeast through Friday. Highs near 92 to 97, cooler in the Big Bend area. City actions include studying use of the two campus blocks, water and sewer policy review, and new hires including a humane officer and building custodian. Financials cover routine reports and bills totaling 38928.48 with personnel raises and a city attorney memorial resolution.
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Big Bend
Tom Rey
Mariano Aguilar
Alvesia Melendez
Corporation Court
Fred Leigh
Pecos City Council Expands Water Service Exceptions Outside Limits
The Pecos City Council clarified water and sewer policy and approved exceptions for current service contracts hardship cases and need confirmed by the water superintendent and city manager. Residents Bill Cowart Dan Gary Charles Matheny A C Bishop and Gerald Lewis lead a lawsuit over outside-limit connections amid a disputed tract near Lincoln and Daggett Streets. McLain and Barmore, outside the city, had ties to the system and plans for a trailer park drawing comment and scrutiny.
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Peggy McCracken
Pecos
Bill Cowart
Dan Gary
Charles Matheny
A.C. Bishop
Gerald Lewis
Lincoln
Daggett Streets
Hospital
Bill Pigman
100 Jurors Summoned for Civil Jury Week in District Court
Civil Jury Week begins in 143rd District Court with 100 prospective jurors summoned to report at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The list includes Vera Lee Williams Frank Rodriguez Alfredo Reyes Eliria Fuentes Bonifacio Galindo Bill Hubbs Teressa Huey Bernardino Galindo Martha Fuen tes Samuel Muniz and many others.
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143Rd District Court
Vera Lee Williams
Frank S. Rodriguez
Alfredo A. Reyes
Eliria D. Fuentes
Bonifacio C. Galindo
Bill H. Hubbs
Teressa M. Huey
Bernardino N. Galindo
Martha Ann Fuentes
Samuel L. Muniz
Justo Dominguez Jr
Optimists offer free swim class for Pecos youths
The Pecos Optimist Club, led by Sharon Wadley, offers free two week swimming lessons this summer with no student fee. Applications are taken by Carl McGee at 1310 S. Eddy St. Aimed at ages 7 to 12, each class caps at 15 and requires a doctor health certificate. The club covers Wadley’s fee and the city provides pool access.
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Pecos
Optimist Club
Sharon Wadley
Carl McGee
S. Eddy St
McGee
Squirrel molesting law to be removed in North York
Toronto mayor Mel Lastman urges scrapping odd bylaw crimes including molesting squirrels and disturbing fish as part of a borough cleanup. He quips that only another squirrel would molest a squirrel, highlighting the reform efforts in Metropolitan Toronto’s North York.
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Toronto
Mel Lastman
Northark
Castro interview outlines Cuban views on Nixon Carter and allies
Fidel Castro, in a wide ranging ABC News interview, attacks Nixon as false and foolish and says U S Cuba relations are unlikely to improve during Nixon's term. He praises China as a good ally and calls the Soviet Union the freest country, noting WWII sacrifices and questioning a similar test for America.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Soviet Union
China
United States
Fidel Castro
Carter
Castro
Cuba
ABC News
Barbara Walters
Nixon
White House
America
Castro Talks Personal Life Then Addresses Cuban Prisoners
The interviewer fails to extract details on Castro's love life while Castro notes he is a divorced father with a 27 year old son and not married in bourgeois terms. He discusses political prisoners, estimating two to three thousand, down from over 15 thousand at the revolution’s start, attributing the drop to reduced counter revolutionary activity.
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Castro
Celia Sanchez
Communist Party
Miss Walters
Cuba
Supreme Court bars restricting contraceptives to minors
The Supreme Court by 7 to 2 invalidated New York laws requiring contraceptives be sold only by pharmacists to those 16 or older and bans on in-store advertising. Justice Brennan led the ruling, saying adult privacy in procreation extends to minors in certain respects, with several justices concurring or outlining differing opinions on parental rights and privacy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
William J. Brennan Jr
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Lowmren
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J.J. Maxey
Community Public Service Co
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Daggett and
Olive Street
Daggett
Leman Edward Barmore
John Mace
Miles Williamson
Missouri
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Catalina R. Barrera
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Alice Foster
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Marion Monroe
Joe Emmett Stout
Frank Sturgeon
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Isias J. Renteria
Ramon O. Reyes
Margarita J. Villanueva
Quirino B. Evaro
Gloria San Roman
George Natividad
Salvador Arias
Melvin C. Addickes
Nancy Miller
Susie M. Trujillo
J.E. Travland
Flavia G. Salazar
Delma M
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Arturo L. Flores
Laura A. Boswell
Brenda Carter
Rumaldo Dominguez
Gabino S. Bejaran
Catalina G. Tercero
Wilma Turner
Karen Sue Hijar
Juanita Flores
Ann Brasher
Inez Hock
Maria C. Fierro
Lorenzo L. Flores
Thomas Walter Grubb
Richard Ortiz
Judith A. Parra
Mary Ann Ortega
Alfredo Herrera
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Pecos High School
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Paul Briones
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Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Potter Stewart, Thurgood Marshall
Harry A. Blackmun
Brennan
Byron R. White
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