Nixon asks Congress to approve arms pact
President Nixon urged swift congressional approval of a bilateral arms curb package with the Soviet Union. The ABM treaty limits deployments to two sites per side, with a companion executive agreement freezing total land and sea based offensive missiles. Nixon warned of potential withdrawal if tighter curbs aren’t agreed within five years.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Congress
Senate
United States
Con
U.S
NATO
Moscow
Commissioners to join Permian Basin planners
Reeves County commissioners voted to join the Permian Basin Planning Commission, enabling Pecos and other county towns to access planning and facility construction aid. The meeting also covered Memorial Hospital remodeling, architect lists, and possible voter approval after cost studies. Debts, property values, and tax appraisals for 1972 were discussed, with Blue Cross Blue Shield plans proposed for county employees. The court authorized road donation, routine bills, and plant maintenance, plus civil defense planning and a new disaster relief coordinator.
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Reeves County
Permian Basin Planning Commission
Pecos
Board of Equalization
Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Co
Marguerite Kent
VeriFax Corp
Xerox
Rabies Vaccination Drive Set For Pecos Friday
The Pecos rabies prevention drive will be held by the Animal Clinic at Dean Memorial Park from 5 to 8 p.m. Vaccinations cost 2.50 per animal. Health officials warn rabies remains present among wildlife and urge strict immunization to prevent possible epidemics in the area.
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Animal Clinic
Dean Memorial Park
Joni Thompson
Bob Strother
Pecos
Dallas
Cotton Bowl
Billy Graham
Johnny Cash
Kris Kristopherson
Amarillo Slim to appear on Carson Tonight Show
Former Pecos businessman Thomas Preston known as Amarillo Slim will appear on The Tonight Show. The world poker champion, brother-in-law to L D Byler of Pecos, owned Airlawn Recreation Center years ago, and travels worldwide for big stake games.
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Pecos
Thomas Austin Preston
L. D. Byler
Jackson St
Airlawn Recreation Center
Pearson
Nashville
Tenn
Preston
Australia
Slim
Texas
Vegas
Las Vegas
Charles Austin Preston
Lawrence Byler
Flood toll revised as Rapid City buries dead
Rapid City began burials in three cemeteries as the death toll rose to 202 after floods from Rapid Creek. Anton Zieglmeier, a department store manager, was laid to rest with about 75 mourners present, as services continued across Mount Calvary and Black Hills National Cemetery and a mass memorial was planned for Sunday.
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Rapid City
S.D
Mountain View Cemetery
Anton Zieglmeier
Marshall Young
Zieglmeier
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Black Hills National Cemetery
Sturgis
Ziegsmeier
Ralph Smith
Rapid City High School
Rapid Creek
Black Hills
Bored Citizens for a Better Time Meet Tonight
A newly formed group calling itself Bored Citizens for a Better Time plans an 8 pm meeting at 1607 W Sixth St to organize outings. Members describe the group as an unclub with no officers and no routine business, aiming for bi weekly activities and a June 24 swimming party possibly at Pyote, plus trips to Mexico in July and other events.
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Sixth St
Pyote
Mexico
More thundershower activity expected here
The Pecos area outlook calls for more showers and thundershowers today and Wednesday with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s and mid to lower 60s. Rain chances range from 50 percent today to 30 percent tonight and 20 percent Wednesday.
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Pecos
U.S. Weather Bureau
Midland
Swig Cottonoil Mill
Reeves County Library to host summer reading club
The Reeves County Library partners with the Texas State Library for the Summer Texas Reading Club 1972. Mrs Corinne C Odom assists as head of the program guiding children from Pecos-Barstow ISD. Eligible participants in grades 3 through 8 must read twelve books and submit a report to qualify for a Certificate of Completion. Registration is June 15 and 16 from 9 to 12 and 1 to 6 p.m.
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Security State Bank
Archie Scott
Pecos
West Texas Telephone Co
Pecos- Barstow
The
Enterprise
Bessie Haynes
North Pecos
East Pecos
South Pecos
West Pecos
Reeves County Library
Texas State Library
Austin
Corinne C. Odom
Texas Reading Club
Odom
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Gibson's Discount Center
Gloria San Roman
Bing
O’ferrall Paul
John Rediger
Permian Basin
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Mike Burkholder
W. S
McCree
Gordon Holiday
Memorial Hospital
State Department of Public Health
S. B. Hunt
Darrell Glover
Estelle Clinton
Department of Public Health
Johnny Carson
Sim
Fort Worth
Navy
Amarillo
Wink
West Texas
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McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Wichita Falls
Dalhart
Panhandle
Beaumont
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Palacios
Galveston
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